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Have you been thinking about how to kick start solid habits, fine-tune your winning mindset and chart your course towards achieving your goals in this new 2022 year?

Are you curious to sample online yoga classes from the safety and comfort of your home?

Do you want to test out some personal development and journaling activities rooted in leadership development theory, to level up professionally and personally this year?

And do you want to do all this on your own time?

Let's do it!

Set a strong foundation for your 2022 year by joining Hope and Power's online, self-paced five-day goal-setting and yoga series led by Melody Gonzales.

KEY DATES

  • From Monday, January 24th- Friday, January 28th: You take the goal-setting/personal development workshops and yoga classes online, whenever you like.

  • On Saturday, January 29th, 12-1:30pm ET: The program concludes with a live group coaching session where we'll reflect and de-brief on the 5-day journey plus have an open-space group coaching time where you can get feedback and coaching on your unique goals.

THIS ONLINE SERIES INCLUDES:

5 daily goal-setting and mindset videos with worksheets

... to help you map out your professional and personal dreams. These reflective personal development sessions are rooted in leadership development theory and tactics I have personally found to be valuable.

5 DAYS OF RECORDED YOGA CLASSES

Each 60 minute class starts with some gentle stretch, builds into full-body movements and winds down into final stretches and a meditation. As a certified yoga instructor and former dance instructor, I explain proper alignment and offer variations so all levels can find focus, strength, balance and flow.

A live closing group coaching session with Melody

To close out the journey, join a special closing Zoom on Saturday, January 29th from 12-1:30 pm ET. Meet other participants, reflect on your 5-day growth journey and get coached by Melody and the group on your next steps to thrive in 2022 and reach your goals.

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WHAT YOU'LL GAIN IN THIS GROWTH JOURNEY

By the time you're done with this online series, you'll be on the road to building up habits, beliefs and behaviors that'll guide you in bringing your dreams to life in 2022.


You'll gain...

  • Reflective Personal & Leadership Development Tools that Deliver Results: Log in each day, for five days, at your convenience, to watch a mini-workshop with a reflective activity designed to help with your 2022 goal-setting and personal/professional goals. The activities I've developed have helped my clients, and me, score personal and professionals wins that are deeply rewarding. Each video session also includes a worksheet you can download and use/re-use after the program. Whether your write into your worksheet or a journal or an online document, you'll walk away with some powerful notes and next steps for success.


  • Physical & Mental Wellness Time: Over the five days you'll have access to take a recorded yoga class anytime that works for you over the course of the five day program. The vinyasa yoga flow movements are structured with several options that new and experienced yogis can enjoy. From the comfort of your home you can experiment with the moves and experience how yoga can play a role in improving your strength, balance, flexibility, relaxation, energy, mood, sleep, stress and confidence.


  • An encouraging coach and community! As your coach, I'm committed to helping you build the capacity and resiliency you need to build a brighter future for yourself and those around you. Once you've completed your series independently, we'll meet on zoom for a live group coaching session with all of the growth journey participants. The community of people who join Hope and Power Strategies workshops are amazing, good-hearted, inspirational go-getters from around the country that you'll enjoy connecting with and learning from as well.

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cost: $22

As a special New Year's deal in honor of 2022, I'm excited to bring you this program at a pretty accessible rate -- just $22.


My hope is that this helps encourage you and others you know to carve time out for yourselves to focus on your goals and dreams.

Program Value: $290 ($40 for each of the 5-workshops + $65 for 5-yoga classes + $25 group coaching session)

SPECIAL PERKS:

  • Pre-register by Fri. 1/21 and receive a free 30 minute private coaching session with Melody.


  • Referrals: Recruit 4 friends to sign up for the 5-day journey and receive 1 free hour of private coaching with Melody.


  • Coaching Add-on: Growth Journey participants can purchase individual coaching sessions for a discounted $80 per hour (vs. a $100 hourly rate). Sign up for one session to dive deeper into your goals -- or sign up for a package of 6-8 sessions to really commit to transformative work advancing your life and career aspirations.

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about melody

I coach high achievers (especially women of color and racial/social justice advocates) to show up as the leaders our world needs today. I focus on helping you build your capacity, resiliency, hope and power via leadership coaching sessions and yoga.

Born and raised in San Diego, California, my career has been an exciting journey blending policy, political and management experiences. Over the years, my love for fitness and wellness has been central to helping me center, focus and build resilience -- especially given my work in high-stakes and fast-paced work environments.

Through nearly 18 years in Washington, D.C., I have established myself as a creative, impact-oriented, bilingual professional in the union, nonprofit, campaign, Congressional and Federal sectors. Much of this work centered in empowering and advancing equity for diverse and often marginalized communities. Through my professional experiences, my own personal leadership development work and my training with Georgetown University's Executive Leadership coaching certificate program I've learned from - and served alongside - inspiring and motivational leaders. 


Teaching others in my free time has always been a passion -- whether as a leadership facilitator; a ballroom, Latin and salsa/mambo dance instructor or a certified yoga instructor with Corepower Yoga (where I taught vinyasa flow, sculpt and hot power fusion classes before COVID-19 pandemic).

During the COVID19 pandemic -- to build community and share my love for leadership development, teaching and yoga -- I rolled out Hope and Power Strategies. It's my small business and passion project aimed at something I am deeply committed to... building the capacity and resiliency of leaders working to shape a brighter future for our nation, world and themselves.


I offer confidential individual leadership, career and life coaching sessions. I'm also offering leadership and yoga sessions as live group workshops and on-demand digital courses.


The purpose of these group and one-on-one experiences is to share with you:

- the technical experiences, tools and inspiration I've found practical to my growth and the growth of others around me;

- my personal experiences as a Latina senior executive navigating the worlds of politics, advocacy, and both small and large institutions;

- my genuine interest in partnering with you to support your unique leadership and personal development journey and

- my training as both an executive leadership coach and certified yoga instructor.


I have trained, coached, mentored and advised mid-level to senior level leaders working in career and presidential positions in the Federal government; the U.S. Congress; political and legal organizations; private sector and Fortune 500 companies; philanthropic and nonprofit advocacy organizations; and institutions of higher education. I also enjoy coaching junior to mid-level employees in the earlier phases of establishing their career and leadership trajectories.

The powerful thing I’ve come to appreciate about engaging in leadership coaching is that it is a journey unique to you. It is what you make of it. The intent of this work is to help you let go of what no longer serves you and stretch into the stronger and more fulfilled leader and person you want to be.

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