Adult Leadership + Wellness · Ages 18–25 · 8-Week Cohort
On Purpose is an 8-week cohort for Black women ages 18–25 who are navigating the transition from girl to woman, student to professional, potential to practice — and doing it without the roadmap anyone promised. This is the program for the woman who is smart enough to know she has not figured it out yet and brave enough to admit it.
On Purpose combines identity development, early leadership formation, and mental wellness — because you cannot lead anything sustainably if your inner life is on fire. Arts are the methodology throughout: creative writing, music, movement, and visual practice create space for the kind of honest self-examination that lectures and worksheets cannot reach.
| Week | Theme | What We Do |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Who Are You Really | Not your role. Not your GPA. Not your potential. Identity mapping exercises that strip away performance and get honest about what is real — values, history, wounds, and gifts. |
| Week 2 | The Body Keeps Score | Mental wellness starts in the body. Somatic awareness — how the body holds stress, history, and emotion — and practical tools for regulating the nervous system through movement and breath. |
| Week 3 | Lead With Your Life | Leadership philosophy is not abstract. It grows directly from who you are and what you have lived. Develop a personal leadership philosophy grounded in your own story. |
| Week 4 | Your Inner Critic | The loudest obstacle to a Black woman's leadership is often inside her own head. Through creative writing and cognitive reframing, examine self-talk, imposter syndrome, and inherited stories about what you are allowed to be. |
| Week 5 | Boundaries as Leadership | Saying no is a leadership skill. Set and hold boundaries — at work, in relationships, in community — as an act of self-respect and strategic clarity. |
| Week 6 | Community and Accountability | No one does this alone. Build your people — peer accountability structures, community networks, and the habit of asking for what you need without shame. |
| Week 7 | On Purpose Planning | Vision without a plan is a wish. Create a concrete On Purpose Plan — one year of intentions, commitments, and steps grounded in who you actually are. |
| Week 8 | The Emergence Ceremony | Share your On Purpose Plan and one declaration about who you are becoming. A closing ritual that names what has shifted and what you are carrying forward. |
Eight weeks of hybrid sessions, online community access between sessions, materials, the Emergence Ceremony, and ongoing access to the On Purpose Alumni Community.