Pocket Reset™: The Pause That Changes Everything

When the stakes are high, your nervous system is your real bottom line. Pocket Reset™ puts composure within reach, a short embodied pause that restores your ability to respond with precision and presence.

For high-performing founders and executives, this simple practice delivers measurable results: better decisions, smoother execution, and relationships that strengthen under pressure.

The right state at the right moment is what makes drive sustainable.


Regulation is Performance

Elite founders and leaders come to Carla when they need steadiness in the moments that carry real weight. Through trauma-informed, body-first coaching, she helps leaders develop the internal capacity to stay clear, grounded, and effective under pressure.

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Ways to Work With Carla

Year-Long Coaching

Deep, high-touch work that transforms how you lead from the inside out. We work in real time with the pressures, patterns, and relational dynamics that shape your days.

Two-Day Intensives

A private, in-person reset for turning points, crises, or decisions that can’t wait. Two focused days to unwind protective patterns and rebuild clarity fast.

Pocket Reset™ Suite

Short, targeted resets and masterclasses that train your system to return to steady before conversations, after conflict, or whenever intensity spikes.

Leadership Advisory Retainer

Selective support for founders who want their key leaders steady under pressure. Descreet, customized access for the inner circle during pivotal moments.

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About Carla

Carla Royal helps high-performing leaders sustain excellence by restoring balance to the nervous system. Drawing from somatic intelligence, Internal Family Systems, and applied polyvagal theory, she teaches the physiology of composure and the art of grounded, real-world leadership. Her work is direct, grounded, and designed for leaders who need reliable access to the right state at the right moment.

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Leadership Through Composure

Insights, tools, and stories from the front lines of high performance—showing how calm becomes a genuine competitive advantage. From micro resets you can use between meetings to navigating moments of intensity without spinning out, Carla’s writing translates nervous system science into clear, usable guidance for leaders who want steadier execution, cleaner conversations, and better decisions.

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Ready to Reset When It Matters Most?

If you’re a high-performing founder, executive, or leader ready to move from reaction to regulation, let’s talk.

Carla offers limited, high-touch engagements for those who want meaningful, lasting change at the level of their nervous system—not just their strategy—so they can access the right state at the right moment when the stakes are high.

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