About us

About The Broad Place

At The Broad Place, we are devoted to the art of meaningful living.

We are a global school offering a unique synthesis of ancient wisdom, modern neuroscience, somatic intelligence, and creative inquiry. Our mission is to guide individuals into deeper self-understanding, emotional expansion, and grounded clarity. We create transformative experiences that bridge the realms of the mind, body, and spirit—helping people worldwide live with more consciousness, creativity, and coherence.

For over a decade, we’ve supported people from all walks of life to move beyond stress, confusion, and burnout and into a life of genuine fulfillment. We believe the quality of our being determines the quality of our doing. That our internal landscape shapes our external experience. That personal evolution isn’t a luxury; it’s essential.

Our teachings are rooted in timeless principles and made accessible for modern living. We blend meditation, self-inquiry, nervous system regulation, and deep creative exploration to help our students become more present, intentional, and awake to what truly matters.

Meet Jacqui Lewis – Principal & Co-Founder

Jacqui works at the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern psychology, in the space where old truths and new science meet. For fourteen years, she’s been curious about one thing: what actually changes a person. That curiosity has taken her around the world, teaching people from every walk of life, from CEOs through to stay at home parents, teenagers, the elderly, the grieving, those dying, the creatives, the geniuses, the confused, the weary and the inspired. And again and again, she found the same truths waiting in every room.

Jacqui’s training spans multiple worlds. She’s a qualified therapist, also trained in Internal Family Systems and Somatic Experiencing, and she understands how the nervous system holds what the mind can’t always name. She’s a meditation teacher, grounded in the nondual traditions of the East; she knows fully and has been witness to what happens when we stop trying to fix ourselves and start seeing clearly instead. And she spent over a decade coaching leaders through the real pressures of running teams, companies and lives, which means she understands that insight alone doesn’t change behaviour. Integration does.

This combination isn’t a gimmick, it’s just where the real work happens. Most leadership coaching stays at the level of strategy and performance. Most therapy stays in the room. She like to bring both into one space, because none of us leave our nervous system at the door, and the patterns that shape our biggest decisions are often the same ones shaped in childhood. The power of seeing what we truly are beyond intellectual understanding also cannot be underestimated and we weave this in, less identity and more soul.

Jacqui had the joy of teaching this work in person across Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, France, England and America, and have hosted over thirty residential retreats along the way. She has written four books exploring this territory, and shared it on the TEDx stage. But it’s not the credentials that matter most to her. It’s thirty years of solid practice herself and fourteen years of doing this work with real people, under real pressure, in the death spaces, in the gritty life moments, in the nervous breakdowns, in the burnout, and the creativity, clarity and expansion and heart spaces, that is what she brings. You will bring your whole self, and together, we create.

Our Philosophy

We believe real change is multidimensional. It involves nervous system regulation, emotional intelligence, spiritual insight, and practical action. And it must be sustainable, rooted in the body as much as the mind.

At The Broad Place, we are not here to help you simply do more. We are here to help you be more present, more connected, and more aligned with what truly lights you up. Our students don’t come to us just to optimise their calendars or manage their stress. They come because they want to live—and lead—with greater clarity, confidence, and depth.

We honour every student as a partner in the learning process. We recognise that without students, there is no teacher. Our mission is to continue evolving the way personal development is taught, experienced, and embodied.

What We Offer

Our work spans multiple formats to support different stages of growth:

• Private Coaching + Therapy -Deep, one-on-one work for individuals seeking personal evolution, nervous system attunement, and a richer experience of life.
• Small Group Mentoring -Intimate, guided containers for those craving community, accountability, and elevated conversations.
• Immersive Retreats -Transformational experiences hosted in nature, blending deep rest, expansive teaching, and embodied integration.
• Courses + Programs -Online and in-person offerings that support clarity, creativity, and consciousness in daily life.
• Leadership Trainings -Bespoke and open-enrolment programs for conscious professionals, teams, and organisations.

Why We Do It

Because the world is asking for a new way to live.

Because being overwhelmed, anxious, and disconnected can no longer be the norm.

Because we believe fulfillment isn’t found in overachievement or spiritual bypassing—but in presence, clarity, emotional resilience, and conscious action.

Because we know that when people understand themselves more deeply, they live with more grace, courage, and purpose. And that this, in turn, transforms everything.

The Broad Place is where lasting change begins. Where the sacred meets the practical. Where you return to yourself.