Human Intelligence Is the New Infrastructure.
Dawn Stone architects the emotional and decision capacity organizations need to leadeffectively in the AI era, through C-Emotional Sustainability™.
Keynote Speaker · Fractional Advisor · Executive Intensive Facilitator · Founder, C-Emotional Sustainability™
The Leadership Layer Is the AI Governance Gap No One Is Talking About.
Organizations are deploying AI at the infrastructure level and discovering that the human layer —
the managers, directors, and executives who translate decisions into action — is operating beyond
sustainable capacity.
Decision fatigue is compressing judgment. Emotional overload is slowing execution. Conflict that
once resolved itself is escalating because no one has bandwidth to absorb it.
This is not a technology failure. It is a human intelligence infrastructure failure. And it is measurable.
71% of senior leaders report increased decision complexity since 2020 (Deloitte, 2023).
60% are expected to move faster with less certainty (MIT Sloan, 2024).
65% of meetings fail to produce clear decisions (Harvard Business Review, 2022).
Burnout-related leadership turnover costs 1.5–2× the departing leader's annual salary (Gallup, 2023).
Emotional Sustainability™
The framework that closes the gap between high performance and human capacity. Leaders who use it stop absorbing the cost of pressure and start leading from a restored center. Your competence, your conflict navigation, and your culture, aligned.
Somatic Leadership™
Pressure lives in the body before it shows up in the exit interview. A trauma-informed, nervous system-based approach to leadership that gives women the biological language for what they have been experiencing — and a system to change
Culture Transformation™
Emotionally unsustainable leaders build emotionally unsustainable cultures. When the leader's internal system changes, the organizational system follows. Dawn works with organizations to build cultures where retention is a symptom of leadership health, not a goal in spite of it.
The Unburdened Woman™ is a global movement powered by The Conflict Chick™.
I help women leaders, executives, educators, and entrepreneurs lead, love, and live without running on empty.
Hi I'm
DAWN STONE
I rebuilt my life after a stroke caused by stress and emotional overload.
I was a high-achieving woman doing everything “right”—until the burden became too heavy. Years of overperforming, masking, self-silencing, code-switching, and carrying emotional weight I never named pushed my body beyond its limits.
The day my body said no became the day I learned to say yes to myself.
Through somatic healing, emotional sustainability, and nervous system restoration, I rebuilt my leadership without losing myself this time.
Today, I teach women and organizations how to do the same without burning out.
Enterprise Keynotes
I bring C-Emotional Sustainability™ to organizations and conferences navigating the human cost of AI-era leadership. Research-grounded. Framework-delivered. Immediately applicable.
Fractional Advisory
For organizations that need the C-Emotional Sustainability™ framework embedded in their leadership system. Culture resets, AI governance readiness, and capacity assessments on retainer.
Unburdened™ System
C-Emotional Sustainability™ applied at the personal level — for high-achieving women carrying the organizational cost of AI-era pressure. Quarterly intensives, executive cohort, book.
Catch Dawn in Action
See how courageous conversations, bold leadership, and conflict transformation come to life.
Inspiring, high-energy speaking moments.
Breakthrough coaching and conflict wins.
The Unburdened Leadership Cycle™
A four-step model based on Dawn’s lived experience and leadership expertise to help leaders rise without exhaustion. When you hire Dawn, your leaders get this evidence-based framework to implement immediately.
Empowering workplaces and individuals to lead with courage, clarity, and compassion.
Let’s rewrite the way you lead, resolve, and relate — one courageous conversation at a time.
Featured Services
At The Conflict Chick LLC, we are dedicated to turning your vision into your organizational reality.
Speaking
Tailored presentations that empower your team or events and workshops.
Retreat
Two-day immersive retreats that release emotional weight, restore nervous system balance, and reconnect women to their power.
Corporate
Transformative organizational programs that build emotionally sustainable cultures where leaders thrive without burning out.
Featured Offerings
The Unburdened Woman™ Retreats
Two-day transformational experiences for women ready to rise rested.
Emotional release • Somatic healing • Boundaries • Leadership clarity
Corporate Emotional Sustainability Programs
Signature training and culture transformation for organizations ready to reduce burnout, increase retention, and build emotionally sustainable leadership.
Keynotes & Leadership Talks
High-impact, research-aligned sessions for conferences, universities, associations, and corporate events.
The Unburdened Woman™ Community
A restorative space for high-achieving women ready to stop running on empty.
Current and Former Clients
Hear From Our Clients
Emily Gabhart
Habitat for Humanity Williamson-Maury
“Each session has been incredibly insightful and impactful. Dawn continues to impress me with her professionalism and her unique gift for engaging groups with varying personalities.”
“Her workshops provide practical tools for managing conflict and improving collaboration and leave a lasting impression on everyone involved.”
Dawn Harrington
Free Hearts
“At Free Hearts, we were desperately in need of a comprehensive conflict resolution strategy and infrastructure. The Conflict Chick provided a tailored, evidence-based approach that strengthened our team dynamics.”
“The curriculum and workbook were meticulously designed to address our unique challenges and goals, ensuring the knowledge gained translated seamlessly into our daily operations. The Conflict Chick is nothing short of phenomenal.”
