Strengthen your inner life. Transform your leadership.
PACE is a 21-month leadership formation journey for business, professional, and organizational leaders who want their inner life and outer work to align.
You’ve built something meaningful. But success without depth eventually feels hollow or exhausting.
PACE helps you cultivate the inner clarity, emotional maturity, and spiritual grounding needed to lead with wisdom, resilience, and integrity.
This isn’t just leadership strategy.
It’s leadership transformation.
You want to lead your business with more intention and presence, but:
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You don’t have seasoned guides who understand both leadership pressure and inner growth
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You’ve built success, but you were never taught how to lead in a way that forms people, not just manages outcomes
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Your days are consumed by decisions, deadlines, and responsibility
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You’re reacting more than you’d like
And maybe you sense something deeper:
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You know your inner life matters, but it keeps getting pushed to the margins
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You feel scattered, fatigued, or quietly overwhelmed
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You tell yourself you’ll slow down “once things settle,” but they never quite do
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You’re not fully sure how your spiritual and emotional health connects to your leadership effectiveness
You care about your company. You care about your people. You just don’t want success to cost you your soul.
You know you’re capable of leading with more clarity and depth.
But you’re not sure where to start.
You want to lead from steadiness, not stress.
But the pace of business keeps pulling you off center.
- Lead from clarity instead of urgency
- Make decisions with discernment, not reactivity
- Navigate conflict with emotional maturity
- Build healthy, life-giving team cultures
- Facilitate meetings that are focused, grounded, and relationally intelligent
- Develop rhythms that prevent burnout and sustain long-term leadership
- Coach and mentor others from a place of depth, not ego
You won’t just acquire tools. You’ll become a steadier, wiser leader.
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Move at the pace of grace
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Grow at the pace of transformation
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Lead at the pace of Jesus
Most business leaders are trained to scale revenue. Very few are trained to scale wisdom.
PACE is about building the kind of inner reservoir that allows you to:
- Withstand pressure
- Think clearly under stress
- Lead people, not just manage projects
- Grow without burning out
When your inner world is healthy, your leadership becomes calmer, clearer, and more creative.
That’s good for your soul. And it’s good for your business.
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By the end of this process, you'll be able to:
- Lead from steadiness and clarity rather than urgency
- Develop the habits of an unhurried, grounded leader
- Coach individuals and teams toward real growth, not just performance
- Listen deeply and respond thoughtfully under pressure
- Notice and regulate your own internal reactions
- Ask better questions that unlock ownership and creativity
- Lead meetings that are focused, relational, and purposeful
- Build a culture marked by humility, trust, and alignment
- Design meaningful retreats or off-sites that foster vision and cohesion
- And most importantly, lead in a way that is sustainable for the long haul.
Five in-person retreat intensives
Four days each in San Diego, CA.
Four Online Large Group Gatherings
An introductory meeting and follow ups on our final projects.
Alan & Gem Fadling
As well as the members of the Unhurried Living Board, all of whom have decades of experience in business.
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Grounded, Values-Driven Leadership
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Partnering with God in Your Work
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Strategic Planning with Discernment
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Sustainable Inner Habits
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Coaching for Growth
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Peer Cohort Learning
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Clear, Reflective Decision-Making
PACE Cohort 3: Business
2026
September 10, 4:00pm PT (Zoom)
October 1-4 (Retreat Intensive)
2027
March 4-7 (Retreat Intensive)
June 3-6 (Retreat Intensive)
October 21-24 (Retreat Intensive)
2028
March 2-5 (Retreat Intensive)
April Zoom - Final Project Reporting (2 hours, Date TBD)
May Zoom - Final Project Reporting (2 hours, Date TBD)
June Zoom - Connection & Closure (1 hour, Date TBD)
Book a Discernment Call with Alan
Book with AlanBook a Discernment Call with Gem
Book with Gem*Additional fees and investment:
- One-time $50 non-refundable registration fee to apply.
- Six months receiving spiritual direction with a Christian spiritual director of your choice (pricing varies).
- Books and other resources.
SCHOLARSHIPS - Because our scholarship funds are limited, we prioritize applications from those with genuine financial need. This often includes young leaders, cross-cultural workers, and nonprofit leaders serving in low-income or under-resourced contexts. Scholarships may cover up to 25% of tuition, and are intended to remove financial barriers for those who would otherwise be unable to participate.
Your Spiritual Leadership Mentors
We have faced the same pressures you do.
The weight of responsibility.
The endless decisions.
The pace that never seems to slow.
We know what it feels like to carry a vision and a growing list of demands at the same time. We’ve wrestled with anxiety, overextension, and the subtle belief that slowing down would mean falling behind.
Over the years, we’ve learned something different.
Leading at an unhurried pace is not weakness. It’s strength. It produces clearer thinking, steadier decisions, and healthier relationships. It builds influence that lasts.
As we’ve learned to tend our own inner lives in partnership with God, our leadership has become more grounded, more focused, and far more sustainable.
We would be honored to share what we’ve learned with you.
Alan and Gem Fadling are the founders of Unhurried Living, Inc., a Christian non-profit that trains leaders to rest deeper, live fuller and lead better. Gem and Alan are both trained spiritual directors, mentors, and coaches with more than 30 years’ experience at the intersection of spiritual formation and leadership.
Alan is the award-winning author of five books including An Unhurried Life, An Unhurried Leader and A Non-Anxious Life. Gem is the author of Hold That Thought and the co-author of What Does Your Soul Love? Together, they host the Unhurried Living Podcast. The Fadlings coach and train individuals, groups, and leadership teams, and they love to speak about the genius of Jesus’ unhurried way.
We hope to have you join us for this 21-month life-changing experience.
PACE Faculty & Mentors
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What if your leadership moved at the steady, grounded pace of Jesus?
Not driven by pressure.
Not defined by hurry.
But marked by peace, clarity, and compassion.
Imagine leading your work with calm strength.
Relating to your team with patience and discernment.
Making decisions from trust rather than anxiety.
Whether your role includes guiding others directly, or you simply want your business and relationships shaped by a deeper way of being, PACE is designed for leaders who want their inner life and outer work to align.
I'M READY FOR THIS!PACE may be right for you if:
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You run a business, team, or organization and feel the weight of responsibility
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You want to grow your company without losing your soul
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You’re tired of hustle culture and reactive leadership
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You want to lead with emotional intelligence, discernment, and steady presence
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You care about the culture you create, not just the bottom line
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You want a trusted cohort of peers who understand both leadership pressure and personal growth
This is for leaders who believe success and depth do not have to compete.
Unhurried doesn’t mean we don’t take action.
Don’t let another season pass before tending to your own inner life and strengthening the way you lead.
Step off the treadmill of constant urgency. Choose a different pace, one rooted in clarity, depth, and alignment.
Learn the steady, gracious way of Christ, and discover how that way reshapes your decisions, your relationships, and your work.
Let us walk alongside you as you grow into a wiser, more grounded leader who leads from the inside out.
