Hello!

I help individuals, teams & organizations transform their practices and processes to make work effective & sustainable.


I’m happy you are here!

I am a Consultant and Master’s Student in Positive Organizational Development at Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland Ohio (May 2024).

My mission is to bring new approaches to the field from my multi-faceted background as an environmental/experiential educator, somatic movement educator, artist/dancer/poet, and international citizen.
(I also have worked in non-profits, corporate, higher ed and high school, conference/event planning, community outreach, and service-learning development)

I believe that how we do anything is how we do everything. I believe that process is as important (if not more important) than product. I believe that by transforming process we can shift our relationship with ourselves, others and the natural world to enable regeneration and flourishing.

I work with individuals and organizations to facilitate the development of processes and practices that enable personal and/or professional work to be effective, sustainable, joyful, enriching and delightful, all while caring for ourselves, our colleagues and communities, our organizations, and the land that nourishes us all.

I’m Amanda Comstock, and welcome to my consulting company, Empowered Learning by Design!

(…and maybe even fun! and joyful!)

Image by: JehanLLC.com

What ELD is About

Learning by Doing for lessons that last…

…transforming information into knowledge into wisdom by our active participation

Cross-Cultural Flourishing

…every different perspective enriches all!

Embodied Learning…

yes…remember we have bodies and we can think better when we work with them!

Process Development Through Practice

…for results that last!

Sustainability … and beyond!

strategies for better care of our planet, our selves, and one another

Everyone has a seat at the table

…or a space in the room! (We don’t need to sit all the time!)

Everyone deserves their voice to be heard, for their perspectives and ideas to be included, and to shape and share in any journey they are a part of.

Creativity
Creative Solutions
Creative Thinking

Being Creative

…PS - everyone is creative - yes! even you!

Collaborative discovery
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Collaborative design

Would you like to talk?

I offer free 15- or 30 - minute initial conversations to see how we might work together, offer direction or insight to a beautiful challenge, or provide referrals to others who may be better suited to assist you.

In other words, there is no downside!

And we get to connect.

How we Play
with orgAnizations

Appreciative Inquiry

dialogue-based processes for
dreaming, designing and doing

Up-skilling interpersonal and cross-cultural competence

Guided experiences to think & Create
…differently…together

Coaching
for growth

Sustainability // Wellness Plans & Practices for people and Planet

Innovation Journeys

…to develop strategies for change in vision, processes and/or goals.

Facilitating creative Thinking practices to find collaborative solutions to stubborn problems

TeamBuilding & Communication

…because conflict is inevitable, and we need to work together!

How we Play
Outside of work

Coaching and support for passion projects or Start-Ups

Resources for your work and life

Nature Excursions - inner/outer landscapes

…reconnecting to ourselves and to the land ~ weaving ourselves back in to the web of life.

Co-Learning Communities

…being together to study the things that interest us

Creative Practices for personal exploration and development

Creative Writing Workshops

Intergenerational Inquiry

…celebrating all of our collective wisdoms

Somatic Movement

…learning to attend to the wisdom of the body

Methods

  • Our bodies matter. We need to care for them and listen to their signals. [stay tuned…under construction]

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Be Part of our Beta-Testing

ELD is currently in the process of developing multiple workshops: on creativity and creative practice; business & workshop development; team building and communication; enriching personal relationships; and leadership development in partnership with the natural world.

If you would like to try out these workshops in exchange for your honest feedback, click below to sign up!

If you are interested in diving deeper on any of these topics in a collaborative research community, you can also use the button to sign up!

Questions & Suggestions… an invitation to dialogue

I am learning by doing too!

Websites are just a single slice of our work when we first put it in the public sphere.
We want to show ourselves and what we do;
we want to cover all the bases; but also not wait until everything is perfect!

Consider this space to be an emergent evolution…

Really, a website is an invitation into connection!

As I am experimenting with different ways of being present in the virtual world,
I invite you into dialogue with me.

You can use this form to send me any questions that you have, suggestions for what you would like to know or see on this site, or any other offerings for connection - they will be received!

With gratitude and appreciation.