CONOCIMIENTO COACHING PROGRAM

developed & led by Brenda Sendejo, PhD

Changemakers and transformational leaders are often overextended, overwhelmed, and on the brink of—or already experiencing—burnout.

  • As a former academic, I moved through burnout, illness, and deep exhaustion into a more grounded, aligned connection with my true self. Today, I draw on that lived experience to support others in doing the inner work essential for sustainable, meaningful change.

  • The Conocimiento Coaching Program offers a restorative path forward—guiding you to live your purpose with greater clarity, wholeness, and intention through consistent, client-centered support.

  • This flexible coaching model can be tailored to your individual needs or those of your group. I offer both 1:1 and group coaching for teams, faculty, graduate student cohorts, and other groups. Each space is intentionally designed to be community-centered, fostering meaningful interaction while allowing for individualized support.

The Conocimiento Coaching Program invites you to nurture your inner world as you work to make change in the outer world.

Tailor Your

CONOCIMIENTO COACHING EXPERIENCE

We can customize a program to fit your needs and budget, whether it be 1:1 or group coaching. Either way, each participant will engage in an initial 1:1 call with Brenda. Some of the potential themes and topics are listed below.

* 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.

* LIVE COACHING CALLS | We offer 60, 75, and 90 minute weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly sessions.

  • 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.

  • COACHING THEMES:

    • 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.

    • 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.

On the Use of Conocimiento and Our Work Together

The Conocimiento Coaching Framework, developed by Brenda Sendejo, centers the vital role of self-care and soul-care for changemakers from historically marginalized communities as they serve and lead in these tumultuous times.

Conocimiento — knowledge and awareness — is understood here as a practice of self-discovery, soul inquiry, and deep care of the self and spirit. It is a process of coming into new ways of knowing ourselves, and in turn, relating to others. This framework is inspired by Gloria Anzaldúa’s theory of the path to conocimiento.

Changemakers and transformational leaders across sectors are welcome, including those working in education, academia, birth work, reproductive and racial justice, nonprofit spaces, and social or spiritual entrepreneurship. Together, we integrate the stages of conocimiento as a pathway for embodying one’s truth—grounded in connection to the struggles of others and to the Earth itself.

Participants will explore key stages of conocimiento, such as nepantla—the in-between space of transition and possibility. Though often uncomfortable, this generative threshold invites us into new ways of being that more closely reflect our deepest truths.

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) ‍ ‍

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.