About Us
A BIG thank you to our husbands Ronn Landsman and Rick Buckley!
Our mission is to increase women’s access to and full expression of their Feminine Wisdom.
Our mission is to increase women’s access to and full expression of their Feminine Wisdom. When a woman ignites her Feminine Wisdom she sets fire to her innate intelligence. This enables her to create a new future in her life, love, and leadership.
The Wisdom Connection Vision of Feminine Wisdom Our vision is that when women reclaim, refine and reveal their Feminine Wisdom they experience a blossoming of personal power and extraordinary joy and expand their influence in family, community, business and the planet. ![]()
Our Story
Karen Buckley and Fay Freed launched the Wisdom Connection on April 19, 2008. Connecting women with their Feminine Wisdom and each other is our passion! Get to know us. Watch a video, read our blog, join a call, or jump into a program. We guarantee wisdom, fun, community, and results. ![]()

Fay Schlesinger Freed
Fay Schlesinger Freed is Co-Director and Founder of the Wisdom Connection.
For more than twelve years, Fay was a senior staff member for The Hunger Project, www.thp.org, a global not-for-profit dedicated to ending hunger on the planet. ![]()

Karen Wilhelm Buckley
Karen Wilhelm Buckley is Co-Director and Founder of the Wisdom Connection as well as the founder and Director of the Wisdom Leadership Initiative, www.wisdomleadership.org. Her work to develop an integrated wisdom, one that includes the best of the masculine and feminine, has informed her speaking, publishing, coaching and consulting since 1980. ![]()
Our Clients Tell our Story Best
“For a long time I’ve been on a male trajectory. I feel like I am a woman again. My insides and outsides match as this private feminine place where I’ve always felt so at home is reflected in each of the women in the program.” ~ Peggy Francis, International Spa Designer
“Because of the Wisdom Connection I have new passions and sense of purpose that I expect for my reality. I’ve laid out an exciting, dynamic, and grounded life to live into over the next decade.” ~ Genie Ohashi, Executive Projects Manager
Meet Some of our Clients:
The Private Sector
- Pacific Gas and Electric
- Dupont
- BP/Arco
- Pontes Financial Group
The Public Sector
- County of Santa Clara Executive Group
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Department of Transportation
- City of Berkeley
Not-for-Profit Institutions
- American Society on Aging
- Grace Cathedral
- United Way
- Andrea Martin, The Breast Cancer Fund
Small Business Owners/Directors
- Jill Eikenberry & Michael Tucker, Actors, LA Law
- Lynne Twist, The Soul of Money & The Pachamama Alliance
- Dave Ellis, Brandt Foundation
- Me Ra Koh Photography
Our Media and Press

