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Our Philosophy

What is Sustabu?

Your life. Your organization. Your world.

Created from love, joy, community and purpose.

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Affectionately nicknamed Sustabu, Sustainable Abundance is a leadership movement at the intersection of personal development and global sustainability. It guides each of us to achieve our true potential as individuals and as leaders, in a way that affirms the value of all life.

Sustainable Abundance invites us to ask—and teaches us to answer—one fundamental question:
What is enough?

So why Sustainable Abundance? Sustainable because there are no quick-fixes in life, and our movement pursues a deeper truth and way of being that has the power to create lives, communities and organizations that will stand the test of time. Abundance because it teaches us how to embrace what is full, exquisite and already available in our lives.

Sustainable Abundance is also a framework that equips us to feel, think, speak and act in response to the stressors of everyday life, and to triumph over the doubt, worry, fear and shame that keep us from achieving our true potential.

Sustainable Abundance is both a philosophy and a concrete learning program that teaches applied leadership strategies and frameworks. Our goal is to support you in developing new habits by equipping you with practices and tools that you can use in work and in life to transcend society’s scarcity myths and embrace the belief that who you are and what you have are, simply, enough.

By integrating philosophy and practice in this way, our programs teach you to listen to yourself and to others, discover your needs, define your values, align your actions with your priorities and unlock your potential as a leader. Our leadership programs also put your personal leadership journey into a larger global context, plugging you into a vibrant community whose collective efforts express a care for all of life, respect the limits of the earth and strive to return us to the gift that was given for free to all beings.
“Happiness is very serious business. The Dogma of limitless productivity and growth in a finite world is unsustainable and unfair for future generations.”
– Jigme Thinely, Prime Minister of Bhutan 1952–1964
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About Seven Stones
Seven Stones is a leadership journeys company founded in 2009 by Gina LaRoche and Jennifer Cohen. 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. 9 Damon Mill Square, Suite 2H | Concord, MA 01742 [email protected] | (617) 531-3548 ©2023 Seven Stones  Leadership Group Website by Avenue 4 Design Collage artwork by Gina LaRoche
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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.

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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.

Learn More