Kim Jeffs, MA, LCMHCS
President, The Resiliency Solution | Executive Coach | Speaker | Resilience & Embodied Leadership Expert
Kim Jeffs is a nationally recognized speaker, executive coach, psychotherapist, and organizational leader with more than 25 years of experience helping individuals and organizations navigate chronic stress, change, leadership, and resilience.
As President of The Resiliency Solution, Kim works with leaders and organizations across healthcare, government, education, and professional services to transform the way people understand and respond to stress. Her work brings together the science of the nervous system, somatic psychology, behavioral health, and practical leadership strategies—making complex concepts accessible, engaging, and immediately applicable in the workplace.
Kim is also the founder of the first somatically based trauma clinic in North Carolina, where her work contributed to serving more than 10,000 individuals, and the Founder and CEO of Soma & Soul, an executive coaching and women’s leadership company. She is the creator of RISE: Embodied Leadership Summit for Women, one of the Southeast’s leading gatherings dedicated to advancing women in leadership through education, connection, and embodied practice.
Known for bringing warmth, humor, storytelling, and real-world application to the stage, Kim speaks on resilience, chronic stress, embodied leadership, workplace well-being, healthcare, and the human skills required to lead through uncertainty and change.
Kim was named the 2019 Chapel Hill Business Woman of the Year and recognized as a WCHL Hometown Hero in 2026. Whether speaking to executives, healthcare professionals, community leaders, or teams, her message is grounded in a central belief: resilience isn’t simply about enduring more—it is about developing the capacity to meet challenge differently.