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The Daring Way™, Rising Strong™ & The Gifts of Imperfection™
​​​8-Week and Graduate Groups
​1, 2 or 3-Day Intensives


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Winter/Spring 2021 Group Dates TBD - contact Kate if interested
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​THIS IS FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO:
Identify & move through what's holding you back
Experience vulnerability as courage
Create healthier boundaries
Develop greater self-compassion
Truly believe that you are enough
Realize that you are not alone in this process
Cultivate a deeper connection with yourself and others
Identify new choices and practices towards authentic living
Own your story and love yourself
Be brave in your life

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The Gifts of Imperfection™, The Daring Way™ and Rising Strong™  are highly experiential methodologies based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown.  The methods were developed to help men, women, and adolescents learn how to show up, be seen, and live braver lives.  They can be facilitated in clinical, educational, and professional settings and are suitable for work with individuals, couples, families, work teams, and organizational leaders.  Further information is available at www.thedaringway.com.
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About The Gifts of Imperfection™
This group is about learning to be wholehearted, to engage with the world from a place of worthiness.
Our authentic journey is about moving from “What will people think?” to
“I am imperfect and I am enough.”


About The Daring Way™
During the process, we explore topics such as vulnerability, courage, shame, and worthiness. We examine the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are holding us back and we identify new choices and practices that will move us toward more authentic and wholehearted living. The primary focus is on developing shame resilience skills and developing daily practices that transform the way we live, love, parent and lead.

About Rising Strong™

The physics of vulnerability is simple.  If we are brave enough, often enough, we will fail.  The Rising Strong™ workshop is about what it takes to get back up and how owning our stories of struggle gives us the power to write a daring new ending.  Struggle can be our greatest call to courage and the clearest path to a wholehearted life.  In this group, we will reckon with where we are and how we got here, learn to rumble with our emotions and examine the old "stories" or narratives that we've believed that no longer serve us, so that we can now choose and practice strategies for resilience in cultivating the life we want.

​About Brené Brown
Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past fifteen years studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness & shame. Her groundbreaking research has been featured on PBS, NPR, CNN, The Katie Show, and Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday. Brené is the author of Braving the Wilderness (2017), Rising Strong (2015), the #1 New York Times Bestseller, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (2012), the New York Times Bestseller, The Gifts of Imperfection (2010) and I Thought It Was Just Me (2007). Brené’s 2010 TEDx Houston talk, The Power of Vulnerability, is one of the top ten most viewed TED talks in the world, with over 11 million viewers. Additionally, Brené gave the closing talk at the 2012 TED conference where she talked about shame, courage and innovation.


​​Here’s how Brené describes the progression of her work:
The Gifts of Imperfection – Be you.
Daring Greatly – Be all in.
Rising Strong – Fall. Get up. Try again.
​Braving the Wilderness – Belong. Stand Alone.

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Rising Strong Trailer from Brené Brown on Vimeo.

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​1, 2 or 3-DAY INTENSIVES:
The Daring Way™ can be facilitated in clinical, educational and corporate settings and is suitable for work with individuals, couples, families, work teams, and organizational leaders.  Kate Gotelli, LCSW, SEP, CDWF is available to offer this experience in a variety of formats to your work or service organization, church, or common purpose groups/clubs.  Please contact Kate to discuss any ideas you may have.
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What Previous Group Members are Saying about These Groups:

"The Daring Way™ group was life changing. I have a renewed hope and energy as I look toward further personal growth."

"I recommend the Rising Strong™ workgroup to anyone - you cannot afford not to and the skills learned are invaluable.
Kate provides a safe and comfortable space which adds to the overall experience.
I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to participate and use Rising Strong daily in my life!"


"This has been an exceptional experience, and one that I am so glad that I opted in for. Kate is a wonderful, experienced leader in doing this work and creates a safe space in which you can dig deep and grow."

"This group helped me make breakthroughs and changes that I have been trying to get to for years.  Brené Brown's work
on shame and authenticity has helped me see things about myself I don't think I ever could have on my own, and
Kate Gotelli is a compassionate and committed steward of the process, which has its rough patches.
​I highly recommend this group to anyone who feels they are stuck on a problem, or need a jolt out of a rut.
​It was good hard work, and it was actually really fun at the same time."


"Taking part in Kate's Rising Strong™ group was eye-opening, a bit earth shaking, exactly what I needed to begin my journey to living my most authentic life, without sacrificing myself or my values to please others, as I had been doing to varying degrees my entire life. What do I want? What is best for me? I've got this one life, I'm ready to start figuring that out. Thanks Kate!"

"Kate's Daring Way™ group has given me practical tools to understand where my issues came from and how to
handle ongoing difficult situations.  The skills from this group are grounded rather than theoretical, which has made it
easier to apply what I have learned to my everyday life."

"The work in this group has given me a context for understanding why I react the way I do in certain difficult situations, as well as tools and ideas to help me change my responses for the better."


"This workshop motivated me to take a look at the ways in which I remain with a problem instead of working through it and “Rising Strong.”  With Kate’s facilitation & the way she brings the group together, this experience becomes a place for you to let go and work toward a calmer and more genuine life. I found the workbook to be extremely helpful. I highly recommend this group experience."

"I feel more calm and centered since attending the Daring Way™ ​ group. It was really helpful to have time set aside each week for personal growth and reflection, and I enjoyed meeting other group members and connecting with them. Kate is a great facilitator too!"

"I appreciated the weekly accountability group offered in working through the material.
​It challenged me to show up with my whole self, not only for the sake of the group, but for the sake of my own personal growth." 


"This was an invaluable experience to me, worth every dime!"
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The Daring Way™ Facilitator Training with Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW
                               San Antonio, Texas - February 2014

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BEGIN THE JOURNEY TOWARDS WHOLEHEARTED LIVING
Find the courage to Show Up, Be Seen, Live Brave™ in your life!

SPACES ARE LIMITED (but YOU are NOT)!

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR ALL GROUPS & INTENSIVES

Mindful Awakening, PLLC
​205 Lloyd Street, Suite 204, Carrboro, NC 27510
​Free parking available

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