THE CONOCIMIENTO COACHING PROGRAM

Nurture your inner world as you work to

create change in the outer world.

PROGRAM DETAILS

  • Changemakers and transformational leaders are often overextended, stressed, and on the edge of—if not already experiencing—burnout. I am a former academic who went from the struggles of burn out, illness, and exhaustion (misalignment) towards a deeper connection to (in alignment) to myself. Today, I share this experience of moving towards alignment with my truth and purpose with others, supporting them in doing the deep internal work essential for sustainable social change. The Conocimiento Coaching Program offers a restorative path forward, guiding you to live your purpose with greater wholeness and clarity through consistent, client-centered support.

  • Conocimiento Coaching is a coaching model that can be customized to fit your individual needs or the needs of your group. I therefore customize 1:1 coaching and offer group coaching. Groups can include faculty, cohorts of graduate students, team members, or other groups, and can vary in size. I am intentional about prioritizing a community-centered setting that allows for ample participant interaction and individual coaching.

  • *In addition to customizable group programs, I offer a six-week program that includes 1:1 and group support throughout the program (please see below).

  • QUESTIONS? Please reach out to Brenda with questions or to schedule a discovery call to discuss if this program is a good fit for you and/or your group.

BRENDA SHARES ABOUT THE UPCOMING FALL 2025 CONOCIMIENTO GROUP COACHING PROGRAM:

SIX-Week CONOCIMIENTO COACHING OVERVIEW:

* AN INITIAL 1:1, 90-MINUTE COACHING SESSION WITH BRENDA to discuss your experience and needs and desired outcomes for the program in order to personalize the experience for each participant.

* SIX LIVE GROUP COACHING CALLS | 60 min per week (with an option for 75 minutes, depending on the needs of everyone in the group).

  • WEEKLY SESSIONS INCLUDE: creative exercises to connect with your authentic self and inner wisdom as you explore each theme, community-building exercises, and opportunities for movement, meditation, and contemplation.

  • MODULES/THEMES:

    • Building Community, Collective Care, & Expressing Our Truth

      Connect to and express your truth in personal and professional spaces.

    • Tapping Into Inner Wisdom

      Strengthen your intuition and reconnect with other forms of knowing.

    • Ritual as Self-Care and Resistance

      Build sacred practices that restore and protect.

    • Owning Our Medicine / Medicina

      Name and honor your unique gifts and embrace your power.

    • Protecting Our Energy / Holding Boundaries with Integrity

      Establish and sustain boundaries that honor your whole self, values, and needs. Set energetic boundaries and preserve your capacity.

* INDIVIDUAL COACHING WITHIN GROUP CALLS

* COMMUNAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND SUPPORT

* VIRTUAL COMMUNITY

  • In addition to weekly live coaching, participants can access a virtual community space for ongoing discussion and support.

* EXCLUSIVE CONTENT

  • A “Making Soul Toolkit” of resources, including journal prompts, articles, videos, and other materials on spiritual activism and self-care as community care.

On the Use of Conocimiento and Our Work Together

The Conocmiento Coaching Framework, developed by Brenda Sendejo, amplifies the importance of self-care and soul-care for changemakers from historically marginalized groups serving their communities in these tumultuous times.

Conocimiento is the Spanish word for knowledge or skill. Here, we refer to self-discovery, soul inquiry, and self-and-soul-care, which is a process of coming into a new way of knowing oneself and hence others. It is inspired by the theory of the path to conocimiento developed by Gloria Anzaldúa.

Changemakers and transformational leaders in various sectors and fields are welcome, including but not limited to education, academia, birth, reproductive, and racial justice, non-profit, and social and spiritual entrepreneurship. We will integrate the stages of conocimiento into our work together. That is, a path towards integrating one’s truth into one's life in a way that is connected to the struggles of others on the planet, and the Earth itself.

Participants will explore stages such as nepantla, or the in-between stage, on our paths to conocimiento/towards new ways of being that more closely reflect our truth and attend to the well-being of our minds, bodies, and spirits.

The Path of Conocimiento by Gloria Anzaldúa:

“A form of spiritual inquiry, conocimiento is reached via creative acts-writing, art-making, dancing, healing, teaching, meditation, and spiritual activism – both mental and somatic (the body, too, is a form as well as a site of creativity). Through creative engagements, you embed your experiences in a larger frame of reference, connecting your personal struggles with those of other beings on the planet, with the struggles of the Earth itself."

- now let us shift…the path of conocimiento … inner works, public acts (2002)