Adult relational leadership for founders who are done repeating the same patterns with better language.
This is not therapy.
It's not motivational.
It's what happens when intelligence meets accountability.
If you're successful in business and quietly exhausted in your closest relationships, you're not broken. You're using relational strategies that once worked and no longer do.
Most relationship problems aren't communication issues.
They're leadership failures.
- Over-function and call it generosity
- Stay silent and call it self-control
- Manage discomfort instead of addressing it
- Use insight to avoid change
If one of these landed, you already know why you're here.
The Founder Relationship Reset
A live, small-group experience for founders who stop managing relationships through silence, over-functioning, or explosions.
This work assumes intelligence.
It requires adulthood.
- 6-week live cohort
- Weekly 90-minute sessions
- Maximum of 10 participants
- Designed for founders, not seekers
You won't be analyzed.
You won't be coddled.
You will be supported and challenged to lead differently.
This work is for you if:
- You're competent, capable, and tired of doing the emotional heavy lifting
- Your relationship conflicts feel repetitive, not mysterious
- You value clarity over comfort
- You're willing to be honest without being cruel
- You want change, not insight you already understand
This work is for you if:
- You're looking for validation without responsibility
- You want to diagnose your partner instead of changing your stance
- You prefer insight over action
- You expect transformation without discomfort
This isn't about blame. It's about leverage.
About Maureen
Maureen McBride has spent decades working with founders and high-performing professionals who have built successful businesses while quietly struggling in their most important relationships.
Her approach is direct, grounded in relational systems theory, and assumes that you are already intelligent—you don't need more insight. You need a different stance.
She doesn't analyze. She doesn't pathologize. She helps founders stop managing their relationships the way they've been managing everything else: through control, avoidance, or over-responsibility.
This work is built on the conviction that adult relationships require adult leadership—not the performance of intimacy, not the appearance of connection, but the real, uncomfortable work of showing up differently.
Structure & Investment
The Founder Relationship Reset is a 6-week live cohort program. Sessions are held weekly for 90 minutes with a maximum of 10 participants.
Cohorts run on a rolling basis. Investment details are shared upon application.
This is not a course. There are no recordings. The work happens live, in real time, with real people willing to be challenged.
If you're ready to stop managing and start leading in your closest relationships, request details below.
Request Details
If you're ready to lead differently in your relationships, start here. Fill out the form and Maureen will be in touch with details about the next cohort.
This work is part of the broader Rekindle philosophy: living without fear, loving without limits.
© Maureen McBride. All rights reserved. This work is educational and experiential, not clinical therapy.