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Welcome to the Discovery of Becoming Fully You
We all experience limitations in life, but the beauty of it all is everything you need is already inside of you. I’m Kathleen Brown, and I’ll be your coach.
As a specialist in deep transformative learning and change, my work centers Black women and Women of Color, 35 years of age and older, who want to be authentic in every aspect of their lives. Join me and together let’s unlock the treasures that make you FULLY YOU.
New Era of Leadership for Women
I believe that it is women who will save the world and that this will occur more readily as we believe in ourselves and our abilities and take steps to actualize our beliefs into action.
From Empowerment
My philosophy is that when we as women focus on meeting our own needs, on empowering ourselves, we are less dependent on looking outside of ourselves for others to do these things for us.
To Whole-Self Empowerment
When we find ways to recognize and meet our basic needs, our relationships are comprised of two healthy people rather than one or two parts seeking to make a whole.
Programs, Executive Coaching & Masterclasses
Signature Systems
The Signature Systems Programs are focused on working individually and collectively with women to embody our highest dreams.
T-Groups
A powerful way to increase your self-awareness and communication skills, through interpersonal dialogues to gain information about your impact on others.
6-Month Women's Group
Women join together to work on our individual and collective growth & development in community for 12 months.
Your Invitation to an Exploratory Session
Hello and welcome!
As you explore my website, I hope that you can tell from your experience here that I am wholly and passionately committed to women empowering themselves and being in action as a result. And what I’ve been thinking about is what I can create that will help you and others like you get started quickly, with exactly what you need to move forward on your goals.
To address this, I am opening up a limited number of slots for people to have a session with me, at no cost, for up to 30 minutes. It’s my 30-minute “Exploratory Session.” This session is perfect for you if you feel stuck, stopped, or unclear on your next steps.
Executive Bio
Founder & CEO
About
Kathleen Brown, PhD is an educator, trainer, leadership coach and recognized expert in the training, group development, social justice, personal growth and organizational leadership and development fields. She is an advocate for personal empowerment and is skilled in refining and defining individual and group values aligned with team and organizational results. Kathleen served as a manager and leader for over 21 years at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She has over 29 years’ experience in Organizational Development & Transformation as a coach, consultant, trainer and group facilitator.
She is a champion of, and for, the marginal voice in collective efforts and is committed to examining and advancing the leadership potential of all peoples, in particular Black women and other women of color.
As an intuitive coach, author, spiritual teacher and guide, Kathleen is dedicated to helping people embody who they truly are. She loves witnessing the growth and development of her clients and is fiercely and passionately committed to the success of those with whom she works.
Kathleen is a highly recognized and skilled group process consultant and has facilitated Training Groups (T-groups) since 1999 in the Graduate School of Business (GSB) at Stanford University. She served as a guest trainer for the Facilitators Training Program in Stanford’s GSB, is a senior trainer in the National Training Laboratories’ (NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science/ NTL) Human Interaction Laboratory and has participated as staff and lead in the program to train trainers of NTL Human Interaction Labs. Passionate about self-development, self¬ empowerment, and leadership, Kathleen has been instrumental in founding programs such as the Women’s Leadership Program, Strategies for Success for Women of Color, and the Facilitators Training Program, all three at UCSF. In April of 2001, she received the UCSF Chancellor’s Award for the Advancement of Women in recognition for her work with women. During the 2020 pandemic, she also created on-line T-Group experiences for Black women and women of color. Kathleen served as an adjunct Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco, where she taught Group Dynamics, Group Intervention, and Ways of Relating for Leaders. At Saint Mary’s College of Moraga, California she taught Leadership Theory, Practice of Building a Learning Community, and Building Cross-Cultural Capacity in the Masters in Leadership Program. Kathleen has a B.A. in Social Work, a B.S. in Physical Therapy, an M.A. in Organizational Development & Transformation, and a PhD in Humanities, with a concentration in Transformative Learning and Change.
Work With Me
Rarely does someone listen as intently as Kathleen. She helped me to articulate what I really want to do. Our sessions gave me the confidence to move forward, to take my ideas and organize them into an action plan. She drew out the best in me—and I’ve been directing that energy into my work.
– Maria Strom, Illustrator
