About Seven Stones

The Seven Laws of Enough:
1. Stories Matter
2. I Am Enough
3. I Belong
4. No One is Exempt
5. Resting is Required
6. Joy is Available
7. Love is the Answer

Seven Stones founders Gina LaRoche and Jennifer Cohen met each other in 2005 through a collegial group dedicated to looking at the distinction of sufficiency. After discovering they shared a common way of seeing and thinking about the world, as well as a passion to pursue meaningful work that could have a positive impact on both individuals and society, they began collaborating together and eventually founded Seven Stones Leadership Group in 2009.

Our learning programs, coaching practice, organizational consulting engagements and groundbreaking thought leadership work are all designed to help bring about a world that is loving, courageous and just.

Shifting from Scarcity to Sustainable Abundance

We pursue this vision primarily by shifting the paradigm from one of scarcity to one of Sustainable Abundance in the individuals, organizations and communities with whom we work.

In this spirit, Seven Stones offers a new worldview that we want your help to create: one wide enough and deep enough to heal a planet; one generative enough to build a new model for doing business and defining success; one far-reaching enough to generate new metrics and a new economics; and one solid enough to allow people to experience deeply the truth of who they are.

The Seven Stones of Sustainable Abundance

We aim to immerse our program participants, clients and partners in a totally new experience-the feeling that fills you when you allow scarcity to give way to abundance, whether in your home or in your place of work.

We call this experience the Seven Stones of Sustainable Abundance: respect, love, courage, truth, opportunity, wisdom and clarity. Each stone rests on and supports the others to transform how we see our fellow human beings, our organizations, the natural world and ourselves. Courage overcomes fear; love and respect dissolve contempt and disregard; truth exposes dishonesty; opportunity opens closed minds; and clarity and wisdom reveal a better way forward.

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“What a beautiful, nurturing and honourable process. …the interactive answers and participation was invaluable too and it was a perfect balance of leading and sharing. I am so moved and grateful for the simplicity and sacredness or grace of these laws and for the Host(s) clarity and leadership and acknowledgement of anyone who shared.”

– Linda Robinson

4 Virtual Learning Sessions plus 6-month Racial Affinity Group Experience

For this learning path, you will participate in the 4 virtual learning sessions and be enrolled in one of three Racial Affinity Groups:

1) People who identify as People of Color (Black, Indigenous, Asian, Hispanic)

2) People who identify as Bi-Racial or Multi-Racial

3) People who identify as White

*More specific affinity groups may be formed upon the completion of course registration

We believe that it is important to do our own work with people with similar racial experiences to build capacity for cross-race dialogue that supports authentic relationships and deep belonging for everyone. We will ask you to self-select into the group that best aligns with your racial identity. We recognize that for some this is not a simple choice and we are available to have a conversation with you to support your selection.

Together we will:

  • Reflect personally and collectively on the impact of embodied trauma, separation, scarcity and disconnection.
  • Work in learning partners and/or small groups for the sake of holding each other accountable and deepening our learning through multiple disciplines.
  • Engage in embodied practices for unwinding from the impact of racism in order to build stamina, capacity, and resilience.


Where:
Online Zoom Sessions

Time: 11am-12:30pm ET/8am PT/4pm GMT*

When: 5-Sessions scheduled between Sept 28, 2023 – Jan 26, 2024 (see below)

*All sessions will run from 11am-12:30pm ET.

Racial Affinity Group Schedule
Thurs, September 28, 2023 — 11am-12:30pm ET Kick-off/ Authentic Communication
Thurs, November 2, 2023 — 11am-12:30pm ET Unpacking Our Racial Autobiographies
Friday, November 17, 2023 — 11am-12:30pm ET Self-Compassion
Thurs, December 7, 2023 — 11am-12:30pm ET What is Sustainable Abundance?
Thurs, January 25, 2024 — 11am-12:30pm ET Inclusive Leadership

Course Registration

Upon registration, you will be directed to our online community space, where all aspects of your program will live, including: pre-work, event links, and a space to connect with fellow participants.

4 Virtual Learning Sessions Only

These four learning sessions will provide you with a new view and innovative framing of the problem as we see it. Below is a brief description of what will take place in each session:

  • Learning Session 1: Why Context Matters
    In session one, we look at our individualist narratives and the impact of not understanding the context in which we exist. 
  • Learning Session 2: Unpacking Trauma
    In session two, we discuss individual and collective trauma. We define trauma and look together about our current systems of inequality and how they evoke trauma-like responses in so many of us.
  • Learning Session 3: Global Anti-Black Racism: A History Lesson
    In session three, we get a history lesson like none other: we explore the global slave trade as the foundation for our current economic model.
  • Learning Session 4: Understanding Power
    In our last session, we examine power; power structures, our relationships with personal power; the importance of learning a healthy relationship with power when so many of us have had power abuse in our lives.


Where:
Online Zoom Learning Sessions

Time: 11am-1pm ET/8am PT/4pm GMT*

When: 4-sessions scheduled between Sept 21, 2023 – Jan 18, 2024 (see details below)

*All sessions will run from 11am-1pm ET.

Learning Session Schedule
Thurs, September 21, 2023 — 11 - 1pm ETWhy Context Matters
Thurs, October 26, 2023 — 11 - 1pm ET Unpacking Trauma
Thurs, November 16, 2023 — 11 - 1pm ET Global Anti-Black Racism: A History Lesson
Thurs, January 18, 2024 — 11 - 1pm ET Understanding Power

Course Registration

Upon registration, you will be directed to our online community space, where all aspects of your modular program will live, including: pre-work, event links, and a space to connect with fellow participants.