Join RISE San Diego and Nadeaja Shaheed, M.A., of Honey & Kind Coaching for Becoming: A Liberatory Practice of Identity, Rest & Transformative Leadership, an in-person, one-day workshop exploring what it means to lead from the fullness of who you are, rather than from what the world expects you to be.
Using the metaphor of a tree, participants will map the roots, trunk, branches, and leaves of their identities, and explore how the stories we carry, the voices within us, and the systems around us shape the way we lead.
Together, we will:
Explore storytelling as medicine, ancestral wisdom, and reflective writing
Build nervous system awareness through grounding, breath, and embodied practice
Examine identity, power, and belonging in conversation with bell hooks, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Frantz Fanon
Reclaim rest as a practice of resistance and care, drawing on Tricia Hersey’s Rest Is Resistance
Saturday, December 5, 2026 (10:00 am–4:00 pm): University of San Diego, Mother Rosalie Hill Hall
Investment: $449 RISE alumni · $849 general admission
For more information and to register, please visit our event page on Give Butter.
Nadeaja Shaheed, M.A., of Honey & Kind Coaching is a leadership coach, educator, and nonprofit consultant whose work lives at the intersection of transformation, justice, and human connection. A RISE Urban Leadership Fellow (Cohort IX), Nadeaja holds an MA in Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego and is pursuing a doctorate in Organizational Leadership.
RISE Leadership Development leverages adaptive leadership frameworks, group relations theory, and cultural competency to empower leaders to tackle seemingly complex challenges within and alongside their communities. Learn more on our program page.