Healing Consciousness. Naming Power. Transforming Systems.
We create spaces where women learn the truth of our history, heal from its impacts, and build the capacity to lead differently.
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Helping women leaders unlearn harmful narratives and become grounded, conscious leaders who model freedom for others.
The Conscious Liberation Institute supports women leaders through historical truth, healing-centered integration, conscious practice, and intentional renewal.
Many Pathways. One Conscious Liberation Journey.
Leaders need different support at different moments. CLI offers core offerings designed to meet leaders where they are—and support them over time.
About The Conscious Liberation Institute
The Conscious Liberation Institute (CLI) is a leadership development and learning organization dedicated to supporting women leaders navigating complex systems with clarity, sustainability, and integrity.
Founded by Francellis Nunez, CLI was created in response to a growing truth: too many women are carrying systemic responsibility, mission, and care without the language, context, or support needed to sustain themselves over time.
CLI’s work is grounded in education, systems awareness, reflection, and community-based learning. Our programs are designed to help participants separate personal worth from systemic pressure, reduce burnout, and lead without self-erasure.
At its core, CLI believes that leadership is not only about skill or strategy, but about how leaders are shaped — internally and collectively — by the systems they move through.
Our Approach
CLI offers structured, time-bound experiences that prioritize:
Clear learning objectives
Thoughtful facilitation
Respect for boundaries
Completion as an ethical practice
Our flagship offering, Liberation Foundations, is a cohort-based learning experience for director-level nonprofit leaders and women entrepreneurs who are ready to lead with clarity without losing themselves in the process.
Our Long-Term Vision
In addition to its leadership development work, CLI is committed to contributing to a future where women and girls grow up grounded in self-worth, agency, and truth.
This commitment is expressed through Roots & Rising, a legacy initiative designed to cultivate self-love, leadership consciousness, and community connection across generations — offered intentionally and at a sustainable pace.
CLI exists to support women in leading well today, while planting seeds for a more conscious, compassionate future.
Programs
CLI offers pathways designed to support women leaders through orientation, understanding, integration, and renewal. Understanding history is not enough. We must also heal the ways it lives in our bodies, relationships, and leadership.
Conscious Liberation Labs are facilitated healing and practice-based spaces designed to help participants process harm, unlearn internalized oppression, and build the emotional and relational capacity needed for sustainable change.
These labs integrate trauma-aware (not trauma-driven) practices, somatic awareness, reflective dialogue, and collective care.
Awaken and Understand
Intro to Systems of Oppression:
Orientation | Safe entry | Shared language (90 minutes)
This foundational workshop orients individuals and organizations to systems thinking—without guilt, shame, or overwhelm. It’s designed to reduce defensiveness, build shared language, and create readiness for deeper work.

Best for: teams, staff meetings, community groups, and leaders beginning the conversation.
2026 Main FOCUS: Heal and Practice
Liberation Foundations:
Understanding | Historical truth | Systems clarity (5-part series)
Liberation Foundations is a cohort-based learning series that grounds leaders in historical truth and systems analysis. Participants gain clarity about power, oppression, impact, and leadership—building shared understanding before moving into deeper integration.
Best for: leaders seeking context, clarity, and a strong foundation for conscioius leadership.
Fill out the interest form below to sign up. Our first cohort will run from
MARCH to APRIL 2026.
Embody and Transform
History, Harm & Healing:
Integration | Capacity | Sustainable leadership (Half-day)
This half-day immersive experience supports leaders in processing the emotional and relational impact of history, harm, and responsibility. It’s healing-centered and trauma-aware (not therapy), designed to reduce burnout and strengthen leadership capacity.
Best for:
leadership teams navigating change, conflict, burnout, or moral complexity.
Creative Expression-Reflection-Community
Embodied Expression
Healing & Liberation Painting Experiences
Art as a shared language for healing and liberation (120 minutes)
Healing & Liberation Painting Experiences create intentional space for people to slow down, express what words cannot, and connect with themselves and others through creativity.
Facilitated by an experienced educator and leadership practitioner, these gatherings are designed to be accessible, welcoming, and non-judgmental. Participants are guided through reflection, intention-setting, and painting as a form of expression—not instruction.
Painting is used as a learning and reflective practice, supporting:
Emotional expression and release
Presence and mindfulness
Self-reflection and insight
Relationship-building and community care
No prior art experience is required. The focus is on process, not product.
What Makes These Experiences Different
These are not paint-and-sip events and not art classes.
Facilitated by a teacher with deep experience holding group learning spaces
Grounded in reflection, intention, and shared meaning
Centered on expression rather than technique
Designed to build supportive, affirming community
Participants often describe these experiences as grounding, freeing, and deeply connecting.
Best for:
Leaders and professionals seeking creative restoration
Community members navigating stress, transition, or change
Teams and organizations looking to build trust and connection
Women and caregivers wanting space to express and be held in community
All materials are provided. All levels are welcome.
Renewal and Rejuvination
Retreats
Return to Self Retreats
Renewal | Restoration | Recommitment (Women leaders)
Return to Self retreats are intentional spaces for women leaders to restore mind, body, and spirit—through rest, embodied practice, reflection, and community. These retreats support clarity and renewal so women can return to their work grounded and whole.
Retreat formats:
Maine Coast Edition (Weekend Reset)
Dominican Republic Immersion (Deep Recalibration): Update! Please reserve your spot asap for this amazing opportunity. SAVE THE DATE! November 11-15, 2026!!
Link HERE.
Retreat spots are intentionally limited. Join the waitlist for early access.
Special features
Best Quality
We guarantee your full satisfaction
Family business
A professional, personalized experience
24/7 Support
Our phone support is always available to you
Level I: Awaken and Understand
Purpose:
Understanding history is not enough. We must also heal the ways it lives in our bodies, relationships, and leadership.
Conscious Liberation Labs are facilitated healing and practice-based spaces designed to help participants process harm, unlearn internalized oppression, and build the emotional and relational capacity needed for sustainable change.
These labs integrate trauma-aware (not trauma-driven) practices, somatic awareness, reflective dialogue, and collective care.
What This Looks Like:
Healing-centered circles (not therapy, not training)
Somatic grounding and nervous system regulation
Identity reflection and internalized oppression work
Relational repair and courageous dialogue
Practices for holding complexity without harm
Coming soon: online modules and public workshops
Outcome:
Participants develop emotional resilience, self-trust, and the capacity to stay present and accountable in challenging equity conversations.
Level II: Heal and Practice
Purpose:
Understanding history is not enough. We must also heal the ways it lives in our bodies, relationships, and leadership.
Conscious Liberation Labs are facilitated healing and practice-based spaces designed to help participants process harm, unlearn internalized oppression, and build the emotional and relational capacity needed for sustainable change.
These labs integrate trauma-aware (not trauma-driven) practices, somatic awareness, reflective dialogue, and collective care.
What This Looks Like:
Healing-centered circles (not therapy, not training)
Somatic grounding and nervous system regulation
Identity reflection and internalized oppression work
Relational repair and courageous dialogue
Practices for holding complexity without harm
In the context of leadership cohorts, retreats, and premium facilitation
Outcome:
Participants develop emotional resilience, self-trust, and the capacity to stay present and accountable in challenging equity conversations.
Level III: Embody and Transform
Purpose:
Healing and awareness must eventually shape how power is used.
Liberation in Practice supports individuals and institutions in applying historical understanding and healing work to leadership, policy, supervision, and systems change. This work helps participants embody equity not as ideology, but as daily practice.
What This Looks Like:
Power and systems analysis grounded in historical context
Equity-informed leadership and supervision practices
Conflict transformation rooted in repair, not punishment
Organizational practices aligned with liberation values
Collective accountability frameworks
Institutional partnerships and systems work
Outcome:
Participants and institutions shift how decisions are made, how harm is addressed, and how power is exercised.