Hi, I’m Leslie!
Integrative Health Coach, Inclusive Wellness Advocate + Yoga Teacher
Leslie Hardy, MS, RYT-200, is an integrative health coach and inclusive wellness advocate specializing in self-care, stress management and mindful living to support high-vibrational motherhood. Leslie helps mothers of color practice unapologetic self-care and stress management by supporting their healing journeys through holistic health coaching so they can live well and be well.
Additionally, Leslie currently serves as program manager in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Cleveland Clinic. She is responsible for partnering with internal and external stakeholders to promote workforce and professional staff diversity, education, and inclusion initiatives across the enterprise. Through strategic programming and partnerships, she works to advocate for and support a workforce that is reflective of the changing demographics of our country and the multinational landscape to provide improved patient outcomes. Her extensive healthcare background also includes experience in hospital and program administration, health policy analysis, and the pharmaceutical industry.
With over a decade of experience in the health sector, and many more years spent as a seeker and life-long learner, Leslie believes self-care is the most important form of health care. As a busy mother to two little boys, she has learned that healing our body, awaking to our purpose, transforming our minds, and connecting in intentional community are essential practices that support embodying the best versions of ourselves. Leslie centers mothers of color, specifically, to create safe spaces to embrace our wholeness and personal power. This is crucial for diverse communities who have been historically excluded from wellness spaces, and regularly navigate internalized oppression and racial stigma that make the path to personal healing and connecting to our inner-knowing complex and multifaceted. And while our motherhood stories, personal experiences, wellness goals and self-care journeys are as varied and diverse as each of us, a consistent truth remains: SHE must come before WE.
Leslie uses her platform and coaching practice to help mothers-to-be, new mothers, and moms who have been around the block a time or two (or three or four) reclaim permission to pour into themselves before serving as caregivers to our children and partners. Healing is not something we “do” - it’s a life style that allows us to be fully present for ourselves and others.
Leslie completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences at Howard University in Washington, DC, and she earned her Master of Science degree in Health Policy and Management at The New School in New York, NY. She is on the board of the National Association of Health Services Executives Northeast Ohio Chapter. She also serves on the Diversity Committee for the National Center for Healthcare Leadership and Cleveland Clinic’s Enterprise Wellness Committee. Additionally, Leslie is passionate about accessible health and wellness practices and is a 200-hour registered hatha yoga teacher and reiki level one practitioner who trained at the Cleveland Clinic. She obtained her Integrative Health Coach certification at Duke Integrative Medicine.
When she is not trying to keep up with her sons, Leslie can be found at a Saturday morning yoga class, journaling, listening to a podcast, and trying new restaurants with her family. A global citizen and travel enthusiast, Leslie also enjoys vacationing with her husband (next up - Ghana!).
Leslie’s Credentials:
Bachelor of Science, Health Sciences - Howard University
Master of Science, Health Policy and Management – The New School
200-Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Certification, Wellness Focus – Cleveland Clinic School of Yoga
Reiki Level One Practitioner Certification – Cleveland Clinic
Integrative Health Coach Certification – Duke Integrative Medicine