Shining LeadHers
Program
Our Shining LeadHers Program is a confidence and skills building program for current and aspiring women leaders and entrepreneurs.
Designed in partnership with our sister nonprofit, Open Dreams, this program takes place over 3 months. It combines live workshops with one on one coaching from diverse, fully certified coaches, and individual buddy sessions with groups of 5-15 women from all over the world.
Our workshops are taught by women entrepreneurs and certified coaches on such topics as taming the inner critic, identifying our values as leaders, and finding compassion for ourselves in moments of doubt and growth.
Build community, connection, and confidence with She Shines and Open Dreams. Our March program has just concluded, but sign up for our waitlist for our next program here.
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She Shines Coaching
Want individual support? Then sign up for one on one coaching with our founder, Cristina Bernardo!
Our She Shines Coaching Program takes place over 6 months. It includes 10-12 sessions that are 60-90 minutes in length. During these sessions, Cristina will use integral coaching techniques to listen deeply to your presenting issue(s), try her best to step into your world and life and see things from your perspective, and help you find ways to make actionable change in your life.
With your guidance, she will develop an Action Plan that contains valuable practices, self reflection exercises, and resources that will help guide you in your own personal journey.
Working together over time, we aim to help you align your mind, body, and heart to achieve your own individual goals with
greater peace, balance, purpose, and freedom.
She Shines Workshops
We offer virtual and in person workshops for individuals, organizations and companies that seek to strengthen, unite, and uplift
women leaders across the globe.
Our unique, women centered workshops incorporate both feminist and integral coaching content, meditative practices, and self-reflection exercises. They aim to help current and aspiring women leaders find courage, confidence, and compassion for themselves while also
building community with other women leaders across the world.
Designed and delivered by women leaders for women leaders, these workshops help women find and act upon the
ABCs of Confidence:
Awareness, Beliefs, and Compassion.
Caitlin, NYC
"I was at a very low point in my career, feeling like I was stuck in a bad situation that just kept getting worse. It was affecting me mentally, emotionally, and even physically, and I was feeling paralyzed, fearing the unknown. I was also about to turn 40! Cristina helped me to break down what was actually holding me back, focus on what I was important to me, and to build my confidence.
I always thought confidence would naturally come with age, but I've realized since working with Cristina, that it is something I need to cultivate and develop, and truly put in the hard work to maintain. I couldn't have done it without her!"
Jaclyn, Seattle
"Working with Cristina...I realized how deeply gender norms through social conditioning had been engrained in my mind and affected my actions, self-image, and confidence on a subconscious level. I found myself realizing my routine behaviors and my lack of self-advocacy were direct results of several different circumstances and experiences throughout my life. Even more astounding, I learned that those behaviors were common to so many women because of perceived societal expectations. I learned that I was in fact my own self-saboteur in the ways I perceived what others thought or how I felt I should behave, rather than giving myself credit for my acquired skills, talents, and leadership traits. The fact that I was making everything easier for my competitors, or for those who wanted to take advantage of me, was one of the hardest and important lessons I’ve ever learned, and am still learning. Cristina helped me find my true voice, the one that cares about my well being and is kind to me, as I would be to a family member or very close friend. "
Onezwa, South Africa
"I found inner peace, confidence and most importantly reconnected on a deeper level with my faith. I went on a journey of self-love, I matter and I put myself first and the things that bring me joy and happiness.IMy day to day experience is now filled with intentionality, love and I show up with the best version of myself. now cement myself in the spaces that I am in fearlessly because I found my voice, I found my identity in God and in the workplace.
Cristina is incredibly wonderful and the coaching journey will be a safe haven and a liberating space that bears fruits of growth.