Transform and inspire today’s leaders to create a positive impact and greater consciousness in their organizations and in society.

To empower individuals and organizations by giving them the tools, training, and accountability needed to find and develop their deeper purpose, ignite positive change, and achieve lasting results.

Create global impact by empowering people with advanced skill sets to fulfill their missions in life.

Southwestern Empowerment is guided by: integrity, trust, commitment, excellence, empowerment, vision, transparency, harmony, and uniqueness.

From executive and leadership development coaching to unique, content-rich public events, we leverage our experience to provide straight-forward, dynamic programs that reliably solve existing challenges and provide lasting results.

Founder

Katy Kvalvik is a certified executive coach, creator of the Harmony Method®—a blueprint for work-life harmony—and founder of Southwestern Empowerment, a company that provides personal and professional development services to transform and inspire today’s leaders. She is an expert in advanced communication skills for high-stakes conversations and presentations, influence and negotiation, and leadership development.

After overcoming multiple life-altering injuries—and relearning how to walk—Katy has dedicated her life to empowering leaders to fulfill their missions and live out their life purpose. From today’s leading corporate brands to entrepreneur-led start-up businesses, she has worked with companies such as Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Sony, American Express, Beach Body, Singularity University as well as tech startups like VideoAmp, Pivot Bio, and MediGram, to name a few.

Katy is also an authority in integrative health—specifically stress reduction, chronic pain, gut health, and chronic fatigue. She specializes in helping individuals build resilience, increase their high-performance mindset, and achieve sustainable results by incorporating health and wellness strategies into their everyday life. A graduate of UC Berkeley, board-certified health counselor, certified trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), certified yoga instructor, and business mentor, Katy is passionate about helping people thrive.

Project Manager

As an integral part of Southwestern Empowerment, Tiffany Sawyer uses her skills of adaptability and problem-solving to handle the consistent change that occurs within a growing business. Her responsibilities range from event planning and business operations management to content creation, company branding, and marketing.

Before joining Southwestern Empowerment, Tiffany served as the Director of Publicity for a nonfiction imprint of a well-known book publisher. As publicity director, she worked on national book release campaigns for New York Times bestselling authors. Tiffany is also an Associated Press and Emmy Award-winning news producer and summa cum laude graduate of Middle Tennessee State University where she ran cross country and track, and earned a degree in Mass Communications.