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Student Outcomes

The fruit of the formation.


A curriculum is only as good as what it produces in a life. What follows is the record: filmed and written accounts from women who have completed the New Woman Masterclass, arranged by the arena of life where the change actually showed up.

Every account here was submitted by the woman herself, in her own words.

25+Years of teaching
50+Countries reached
8Wholeness Arenas
ThousandsWomen formed
In their own voice

Filmed accounts

Short interviews with students and formators. Each runs a few minutes and is best watched before reading further.
Angela Schneiders
Formator
Amy Karney
Formator
Bridget Reid
Masterclass student
Victoria
Masterclass student
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Where the change showed up.

The Masterclass forms a woman across eight arenas. Select an arena on the wheel, or a season of life, to read only the accounts that apply to you.
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“January's genius is her ability to take complex philosophy and make it simple for any woman to apply. She teaches us how to integrate the whole woman and how to live out holiness in modern times. Her understanding of the woman makes her a masterful teacher, and her message is not only relevant but prophetic for our times.”

Angela
Formator
Contribution · Self-Image

“Slowing down. Thinking about what I really like and don't like, rather than just going with the flow. Saying no. Trying to unlearn life as a people pleaser who has unconsciously tied my worth to earning love through pleasing others. It's a lot. But it is a common reality for so many of us. I know that I am not alone, and knowing that I am capable of changing the trajectory of my life is empowering.”

Jennifer
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Friendship

“I'm entering my third year in the Masterclass, and I am still learning new insights and gaining new skills. I have never seen such a comprehensive strategy for inspiring and encouraging women to become their best selves, to provide space to dream freely and limitlessly, and to help women create concrete plans to achieve those dreams.”

Debbie
Third-year student
Contribution · Self-Image

“This is the third time completing the class. There are so many skills that I wish my younger self would have known. I have multiple Ivy League degrees but I still couldn't mask the pain of my traumas. I'm so grateful for the tools to reprogram my life and the skills I'm learning, and to have a community of women growing, dreaming and living their faith.”

Laila
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Friendship

“Thank you for all the hard work you have put in over the years in developing the New Woman Masterclass. I have found that with your message, it is easier to share the universal call to holiness. Helping people to strive to present their best self and how that impacts their whole lives is an honor and so fulfilling.”

Fiorella
Masterclass student
Contribution

“This school cultivates courage. Even if you don't know what you are after when you start the course, or have the perfect dream or vision, you can formulate the right next step. It helped me make life decisions by going deeper and mapping out what I want.”

Vendela
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Contribution

“This Masterclass has made me a more enjoyable person to be around overall, which has had positive effects on all my relationships. I have been able to grow in my family, friendships and work relationships. I would recommend this course for anyone who feels stuck in life and wants to grow and find their full potential. I was on the fence about it at first and now it is potentially the best decision I have ever made.”

Morgan
Masterclass student
Friendship · Relationship · Family

“The Woman School has impacted my life. I would not have had the courage to leave my prior job, go to grad school, and pursue my dream if I hadn't done the Masterclass.”

Donna
Masterclass student
Contribution · Wealth

“You are such an inspiration and continue to be since I first took your class in 2020. I can't shake the desire to be a coach with The Woman School. The script that has been resonating with me in this season is, I step forward in courage.”

Paige
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Contribution

“When I felt stuck and needed strength, God led me to a special place called The Woman School. It's been a year, and though I still have so much more training, I am thankful for January Donovan and her mission from the Lord to rebuild our culture one woman at a time.”

Melissa
Masterclass student
Self-Image

“It's a lot to soak up, and it can be easy to let limiting beliefs set in, even going through the course. If only I learned this before. It's too late for me. How can I possibly manage to learn all these things. But then you say something encouraging and let me know I'm not alone. I'm leaning in on a truth that I can build skill sets and mindsets to realize my deepest desires in this lifetime.”

Katrina
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Health

“My eyes are open to search for the truth and beauty in a way that I see the human person now, and how I see relationships. You have been part of my journey of healing and discovery, and The Woman School has helped me start to understand the gifts that God has given me to share with others to help them heal and grow as well.”

Leandra
Masterclass student
Relationship · Contribution

“Five years ago, I started The Woman School. Five years later, I can honestly say that I am living my dream.”

Celeste
Five-year student
Contribution

“It helped me design a life that works for me, not just in theory, but in practice. It gave me a framework to live with intentionality and to pursue God's will in a way that's both thoughtful and actionable. I am also using the tools to help my children learn how to manage their minds, organize their days, and intentionally design what they want out of school, life, and friendships.”

Maria
Mother of two
Family · Environment

“Through The Woman School, I have learned to dream in each season. I have developed a language and skill set that helps me take inventory of each arena of my life. I have new habits that help me wake up each morning with energy and joy. It has been truly life-changing. My husband and children can also testify to its fruit in my life and in our family life.”

Elizabeth
Wife and mother
Health · Family · Environment

“The information and inspiration that January has provided would cost hundreds of dollars in counseling fees and major time and travel to those sessions. I wish I had these courses as a younger woman and young mother, but I can begin anywhere along the path.”

Marcia
Masterclass student
Wealth

“This is the best investment you can give yourself and your family. It is a complete 180.”

Haydee
Masterclass student
Wealth · Family

“I made the wisest and most practical investment of my lifetime.”

Lucy
Masterclass student
Wealth

“We are three generations in the Masterclass, and we are all growing in wholeness together. There is so much hope now.”

Angela C.
Three generations enrolled
Family

“I am shocked at the differences I see already. I feel more myself than I ever have. She trains you and provides you with the real tools and skills to achieve your purpose and calling.”

Grace
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Contribution

“The best investment I could make to prepare for post-grad life. So much clarity on who I am and what I want from life that I felt was otherwise missing from my college experience. I highly recommend this course to every college woman and young professional.”

Kate
Graduate student
Self-Image · Wealth · Contribution

“I took the class with my daughters, and it was one of the best decisions we've ever made. We will be using this course forever and will pass it on for generations.”

Stephanie
Mother of daughters
Family

“The practical skills I learned have made such a dramatic change in the way I show up for my marriage, relationships, and kids.”

Kathy
Wife and mother
Relationship · Family

“It taught me how to be the mother I had always wanted to be, but just couldn't quite figure out before. It taught me intentionality and how to have a peaceful mindset amidst motherhood and busy days. It gave me the freedom to be more myself than ever before.”

Kari
Mother
Family · Self-Image

“I am currently working through Class 13, Peaceful Environment. I wanted to share my gratitude for your countless personal examples of home, order, cleanliness, peaceful environment, and beauty. I am truly experiencing much fruit, wisdom, and growth in so many aspects as I continue through the New Woman Masterclass.”

Emily
Lifetime member
Environment

“I had a family meeting that night and told my kids about our new house standard, and they were surprisingly very excited about it. The next week we practiced every day putting things back. By the end of the week my sweet eight-year-old son was such an efficient cleaner he didn't even wait for his little siblings to help.”

Belle
Mother
Environment · Family

“The course is so brilliant, the women can harvest in any season or situation. I think the principles apply to all. To the married, single, pregnant, empty nester.”

Arianna
Masterclass student
Contribution

“The lessons have taught me how to set boundaries, that it is okay and needed to set boundaries, and how to have difficult conversations with loved ones and others. I did not know that I forgot how to dream. Now, I have tools to recapture some of those dreams, but most importantly, I have become a role model and someone that my friends turn to for sound advice.”

Janet
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Friendship

“I thought I was called to some form of religious life, and everyone said prayer was key to discernment, and people insisted discipline was indispensable for a good prayer life, but nobody had told me how to grow in discipline. Through The Woman School, I learnt that the dream of being a saint was the fuel for my discipline. I built a routine to protect my prayer life, and with the new order came clarity. Two years later I am now a consecrated virgin. I know my vocation, and I have the tools to live it out.”

Tesi
Consecrated virgin
Self-Image · Health

“The Woman School has made such a dramatic, lasting, and positive impact on my life as a mother, wife, daughter, and friend. So much so that my husband and I now refer to time as either before January or after January.”

Melissa W.
Wife and mother
Family · Relationship

“Taking the course helped me establish and hold very sacred getting up early and taking the time to fill my cup via prayer, meditation, study, and getting ready so I can receive my boys. I play offense on the day, not defense. It's critical I take care of myself so my boys have a sane mother. We all win when I do this, and I protect it at all costs.”

Melanie
Mother of boys
Health · Family · Environment

“The Masterclass helped me learn how to dream again, manage anxiety and develop healthier habits that I can now teach my daughter.”

Yashi
Mother
Health · Family

“I have always believed I was meant to touch the world with my singing voice, but I had no direction. We are meant to bless, not impress. Game changer. My desire to perform and impact others has gotten stronger, and an amazing opportunity has come to me. I am living my dreams right now in this duo. The big dream is still in front of me always.”

Lindsey
Recording artist
Contribution

“This work has brought the why in my life. Not only to my struggles, pains, and hardships but more importantly to my dreams, goals, vision, and future. I found more tools in my life toolbox and now my worth does not have conditions. My eyes are opened to how our Lord sees me.”

Myra
Masterclass student
Self-Image

“I am in tears. Where has this been for me all these years. I have felt stuck feeling suffering because I thought that's just how it was. I feel hope right now.”

Sarah
New student
Self-Image

“When I became a student and made the decision to start the interior work, I said, honey, I don't need a present for my birthday, anniversary, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, Christmas. The growth interiorly makes every other material gift pale in comparison.”

Catherine
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Wealth

“The Woman School has given me the practical tools, guides, scripts, and questions that make me feel more confident about my abilities, free to fail, grow and serve.”

Pilar
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Contribution

“Workout, completed. I could tell you that my body wasn't wanting to, but my mind was using my scripts from The Woman School and just repeating, I am a woman of solutions, not excuses, and I am a woman of results. And I pushed myself through it.”

Hannah
Masterclass student
Health · Self-Image

“I have had anxiety for years jumping from one therapy to another but after one month into the program, I can see the radical transformation in my life already. I learned so much in the first month of training than I did in the last several years. I feel like we have been so deprived of practical skills that make our life harder than it should be. This Masterclass is truly an answered prayer.”

Suzane
Masterclass student
Health · Self-Image

“I went through the Masterclass last year and it completely transformed my life. I used to always feel so busy and stressed, but this past year has been the most peaceful year of my life.”

Teresa
Masterclass student
Health · Environment

“I've read all the books, but didn't see much change. This class exponentially changed my life. The accountability has been pivotal. The support and the guidance is irreplaceable.”

Erin
Masterclass student
Self-Image

“This class increased my awareness on a whole different level and was a huge aid to my inaction in my life. I pay attention now to my desires and dreams and actively take action for my health, self-image, home life, and other arenas. Taking responsibility and not playing the victim in my life.”

Alexandra
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Health · Environment

“Before The Woman School, I was afraid to dream and design the life that I want. I put my job and others first rather than myself. After being introduced to the Masterclass, I began to be more intentional about my actions and thoughts. Now I am doing something that I thought was never possible: teaching abroad. I am free to design the life that I want and choose not to live by default.”

Cassandra
Teacher
Contribution · Self-Image

“I am able to honor my vocation as a wife and mother, as well as serve women. I have the tools I need to create a routine, manage my mind, and to strategically build the life of my dreams. I am more intentional about my contribution because I am living from a place of integration. The class has transformed all the arenas of my life.”

Laura
Wife and mother
Contribution · Family · Health

“Thanks to your yes I have a tool kit of skills to draw on to manage my thoughts, routine, home and work towards my dreams.”

Tanya
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Environment

“It has brought about a deep level of healing and internal freedom I didn't even know was possible. I learned more deeply about myself, specifically how I have been spending way too much time and energy working to prove myself. I learned it is okay to fail and not to be perfect. My worth is not based on what I do or how hard I work, but it is found in being chosen and loved by God.”

Amy S.
Masterclass student
Self-Image

“I spent the past 24 years raising kids and now they've been leaving the nest. I thought, what now? The [New Woman Masterclass] had me immediately pursuing dreams I thought were dead or meant for the distant future. I have gone from negative thinking and complaining to an attitude of gratitude. It has even brought about changes in my husband, who was inspired to start pursuing his own goals.”

Rosanne
Empty nester
Contribution · Health · Family

“When I first signed up, I didn't even think I needed the course. Most areas of my life were good. I was happy. But after just the first class, I quickly realized that I was spending most of my time letting life happen to me and not for me. I feel better, hopeful, excited about each day. Little things that used to upset me aren't an issue anymore.”

Krystal
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Environment

“The Woman School has transformed my life. I am becoming the daughter, wife and mother that I was created to be. I didn't even know it, and through the Masterclass I was able to discover it.”

Johana
Wife and mother
Family · Self-Image

“I learned more in six months through The Woman School Masterclass than my four-year college degree. Every woman needs this.”

Lisa
Masterclass student
Contribution

“Having worked in the healthcare field for over 21 years, last year was one of the toughest periods in my life. The Masterclass helped me manage my mindset during times of extreme stress and overwhelm, and at the same time helped to improve my relationships with my family, as well as elevating the skills of how I served my patients.”

Jen
Healthcare professional
Health · Relationship · Contribution

“The Woman School caused me to shift my mindset in ways that I didn't know were possible. It has impacted my spiritual life, relationship, attitude towards money, and even how I view my ability to do things I've been afraid to do. I am more knowledgeable about being a support to my fiance and how to encourage dreaming for us both.”

Kristen B.
Engaged
Wealth · Relationship

“The Masterclass drew awareness to why I compare and compete with other women. I don't do that anymore. Now I know that other people's dreams are their dreams and my dreams are my own. There is nothing fruitful in comparison and competition. There is space for everyone to shine.”

Mariana
Masterclass student
Friendship · Self-Image

“I am a huge person of imagination. Over time, that often gets pummeled and crushed by others or by experiences. The way January talks about imagination is a huge affirmation of the way I naturally am. Being shown a process to articulate all of those dreams on paper, setting an actual steps-to-success method, is very helpful to me in ordering all those dreams beyond just imagining what they look like.”

Maria A.
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Contribution

“The purpose of a beautiful life is contribution. This is so motivating. It really fuels me as I move towards a holier version of myself. I had never heard this language before. Giving ourselves permission to dream and to have desires sets us on a path to wholeness and freedom.”

Megan
Masterclass student
Contribution

“You are either defined by a vision of the future or by an emotion of the past, mostly at the subconscious level. My actions are heavily influenced by my vision of the future. Clarity has been a great gift of this program.”

Marisol
Masterclass student
Self-Image

“It's so valuable the way she speaks about how we cannot demand another person change, only that we grow and become our best selves, and that often inspires growth in others. This has been so helpful in my friendships, family relationships, and in my marriage.”

Catie
Wife
Relationship · Friendship · Family

“It really made me see the importance of looking at each day through the lens of contribution. How do I contribute to the ones I love the most and even the stranger in the store? Having contribution in the forefront of my mind changes how I show up for my family and live each day.”

Nicol
Mother
Contribution · Family

“The [New Woman Masterclass] has given me the tools necessary to combat a negative mindset that I have been dealing with the majority of my life. It has provided me with hope that with these skills and scripts, I can have interior freedom and break the generational chain of a fixed mindset. Most importantly, I now feel equipped to raise my children with a growth mindset.”

Nicol B.
Mother
Self-Image · Family

“The Woman School was made for such a time as this. It demonstrates that you can be fully yourself and that we each have a purpose as we are, as women. I have a vision, I know my purpose and I am much more equipped because of the skill sets, perspectives, and action items taught in this class. I recommend this class for those who feel completely lost and stuck as well as for those who are already on a path with a vision.”

KimberMarie
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Contribution

“I'm taking the Masterclass a second time, and really enjoying it. One thing I was reflecting on today is how all the arenas really are connected. I'm focusing on my health right now, and today it dawned on me how it's helping my family. I make a healthy meal, and my family eats healthy and spends time together eating that meal.”

Katie L.
Second-time student
Health · Family

“The Woman School renewed my hope that there was a way for me to get out of feeling stuck. It gave me the tools to use and brought the awareness I needed to break out of the many prisons I didn't realize I kept myself in. I no longer have to feel defensive and reactive towards others because I've learned how to manage my mind and free myself of the ruminating, negative thoughts I had.”

Kathy R.
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Relationship

“I used to wake up dreading the day and go to bed feeling like a failure. I felt stuck. The [New Woman Masterclass] taught me that my worth is not defined by my accomplishments or failings. It gave me the scripts to replace these negative thoughts and change my mindset so that I can learn the skills to become a whole woman.”

Kim
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Health

“I was in survival mode with two kids and another one on the way. The Masterclass helped me stop shaming, blaming, and condemning myself. It taught me to manage my thoughts, and I'm now able to live with gratitude on a daily basis. I now have the skills I need to make my life less stressful, and I have more hope in myself.”

Katie Z.
Expecting mother
Self-Image · Health

“January has challenged me to continually strive to be a better woman. The issues and truth she discusses touch me to my core. It has been invaluable to realize that I am not alone in my daily struggles and crosses as a woman, wife, and mother.”

Becky
Wife and mother
Friendship · Family

“This class has helped me overcome so many of my obstacles that were holding me back from becoming the best version of myself. The Woman School has helped me rewire my thoughts and know that my worth is not wrapped up in how big my house is or how much I weigh.”

Emmy
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Wealth · Health

“The Woman School has truly been an eye-opening experience for me. I'm so glad I made the choice to invest in myself. I would recommend this class to every single woman.”

Ashley
Masterclass student
Wealth · Self-Image

“I was stuck. I had two small kids, no skills, and no long-term vision. I was taking in lots of information, but had no formation. This program has it all. Practical skill training for me to thrive as a mom. I'm more equipped to put my prayer life into action. I'm able to rewire my thoughts and actually find role models to guide me.”

Diane
Mother of two
Contribution · Family

“When I signed up, little did I know it was exactly what I needed to prepare me for bringing our fourth baby home. Pregnancy, labor, and postpartum is a beautiful and wonderful experience that can also bring new challenges. Because of my time here, I was able to see these challenges as opportunities for growth, and it gave me endurance when sleep was lacking and emotions were high.”

Erin M.
Mother of four
Health · Family

“For anyone on the fence about the Masterclass, do it. My life has been completely changed. My husband constantly reminds me I'm not the woman I used to be. I really feel I'm able to give from a place of abundance, not from scarcity, and that I can offer sustained contribution to my family and the world.”

Debbie C.
Lifetime member
Contribution · Family · Relationship

“I can already see a transformation happening in my home, my marriage, my parenting, and friendships as I strive to intentionally work on being a better woman by intentionally elevating each moment toward the highest good.”

Elise
Wife and mother
Family · Environment · Friendship · Relationship

“The Woman School is a well-constructed journey of transformation. It is rich and enlightening, and the content alone is worth the price you pay for the program. But the real jewel of the experience was in the other women who accompanied me, and our wise and loving leader. I truly felt like I gained sisters and cheerleaders as we all embraced our growth and made it our own.”

Holly
Masterclass student
Friendship · Wealth

“My life has been transformed by the Masterclass. One of the greatest privileges that I have experienced is accompanying numerous women on this same journey. I have seen so many women who were stuck in the same way that I was regain their spark, regain their hope, reawaken their dreams and their vision. I truly believe that one woman who is living her best self can transform the world.”

Angela S.
Formator
Contribution

“What I realized when I said yes was that my yes was not about me, but rather the unique ripple effect it would cause. It is a privilege to serve women heart to heart and guide her along her unique journey to wholeness. You don't have to look very hard to find a woman who is struggling, lacks confidence or is numbing her pain. This program gives the gift of freedom.”

Meghan
Formator
Contribution

“The best part about helping women is challenging them to face their fears and take action steps towards their dreams. It is very satisfying to coach them through growth and watch the collaboration of women as they open up and step out to help one another.”

Rosanne T.
Formator
Contribution · Friendship

“Every single woman has a unique gift to share with the world, and when she is standing in her power and living her unique dreams, she is living her beautiful life. Many women have forgotten who they are and believe the lies of the world. I want to be a part of restoring true femininity and building up one woman at a time.”

Amy
Formator
Contribution · Self-Image

“I've been in education for 20 years and knew very little about starting a business. When I first signed on, I couldn't believe the resources that were available to me. We are encouraged and taught how to be our best in business and in life, so we can help other women do the same. This isn't a fairy tale. It is real imperfect people striving every day to be their best.”

Mary Beth
Formator
Wealth · Contribution

“I am so touched and inspired to hear you speak with all your heart and soul on the art of being a woman. It moves me to tears. I had really never heard anyone speak like this about all our possibility, potential and impact ever before. My favourite quote so far from the course is, I need every woman on deck.”

Rachel
Masterclass student
Contribution

“Every woman deserves the gift of an abundant life. January Donovan gives practical knowledge and simple frameworks that any woman can use to build the life of her dreams. By rewiring the subconscious mind, the transformation can be lasting. When women invest in themselves, we are able to transform the culture and create a beautiful future for ourselves and the generations to come.”

Laura B.
Formator
Contribution · Wealth

“I used to be a woman spinning plates, trying many bandaid approaches to improve myself. My husband and I were separated for 14 months around our fifth anniversary. The [New Woman Masterclass] gave me healing from the separation, beyond what counseling offered at the time. It helped me invest in myself so much that over time my husband became inspired by my growth and desired to do the same for himself.”

Catherine M.
Wife and mother of four
Relationship · Environment

“My toddler kept climbing out of his crib at nap time. I flipped it over and found the tools to unscrew the bedspring. I kept saying, I am a woman of solutions. This is something I never would have done before, as small as it seems. I would have waited until my husband did it, or resented him for not taking care of it quickly enough. I would have had an awful day and would not have been a nice wife to come home to.”

RyAnne
Masterclass student
Environment · Relationship · Family

“I started my dissertation for my PhD in Education and Human Resources at the same time as the [New Woman Masterclass]. Part of the success in completing that dissertation was that I learned the skills to manage the work: the routines, the mindset, and the skill set to tackle dense academic material and work on personal growth at the same time. Success is truly in mastering the mundane.”

Carron
Doctoral candidate
Contribution · Health

“The [New Woman Masterclass] has allowed me to see myself as someone who is visible, someone who has the ability to contribute and make an impact for the better. I am beautiful, and constantly practicing humility and understanding. I am different and unique, because there is only one me.”

Pauline
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Contribution

“I always had a heart for being independent from a corporation, and The Woman School handed me the tools on just how to do it. It also made me part of an army of women so hungry to change the world because their own worlds have been changed.”

Carolina
Formator
Wealth · Contribution · Friendship

“Watching women grow from a place of depletion to a place of wholeness is a dream. I leveled up my existing coaching practice and found a new tribe of growth friends. We have a sisterhood that encourages me every week. I didn't realize the impact it would have on my own personal life as a mother, wife, and business owner.”

Amy C.
Formator
Friendship · Wealth · Contribution

“It has been such a profound gift. I'm so grateful for the tremendous awareness, transformation, and enrichment it is bringing in my own life, my family's life, and the lives of the women I have the honor to walk alongside and lead on this journey.”

Megan G.
Formator
Contribution · Family

“My relationship with God has grown so much in these past two years. I've learned what to do with fear, doubt, and despair. I've learned that being a beloved daughter of the Father is an experience of admiration and joy, that we are not meant to be slaves. There is no peace without the battle, but now I know how to fight the battle of the mind. And the greatest gift is not being alone.”

Christi
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Friendship · Relationship

“I have come to appreciate environments with a true spirit of collaboration and contribution. It's a different room when you feel free to share and serve without needing to dim your light, because there's a mutual understanding that everyone contributes something unique. There's no resentment, competition or comparison, because I honour the work that I will be putting in too.”

Camille
Masterclass student
Friendship · Contribution

“What I gained was the realization that we have the tangible practical tools to live in a space of peace, joy, and freedom rather than anxiety and stress.”

Maria S.
Masterclass student
Health · Environment

“The Woman School has changed and influenced my life in such dramatic and little ways. I love being a part of this program and continuing my education by listening to the Masterclass multiple times and moving on to more goals.”

Mary D.
Masterclass student
Self-Image

“I heard this advice today: turn your inner critic into your inner coach. The [New Woman Masterclass] is helping me do this. For too long, I allowed others to chip at my self-esteem, and the voices of my critics became indistinguishable from my own. This paralyzed me and I became stuck, complacent, and resentful. I began to recognize that although some of my critics cared deeply for me, they were unknowingly projecting their own fears onto me.”

Betsy
Formator
Self-Image · Friendship

“This training has been a test of endurance and commitment. I honestly wanted to quit as I was feeling overwhelmed. I am so grateful to have been pushed through the discomfort by God's grace and the support of this community. You all encourage and inspire me to keep at it.”

Veronica
Formator
Self-Image · Friendship

“My grandmother passed away the day after orientation, so I missed the first week and wasn't sure I'd be able to keep up, especially with a full-time job and another business to run. But I have gained so much confidence and courage through the certification, and I am so hopeful.”

Teresa M.
Formator
Self-Image · Contribution

“My heart is beaming new life. Sometimes strength looks like putting on some makeup, putting on your red dress, putting on your daisy earrings, and going out and doing the work. The Woman School has been so pivotal in this season of my life where I am shedding layers of bondage. Life is beautiful. Life is always worth living, and living well.”

Kiki
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Contribution

“I realized that I had gone through years of school attaining my nurse practitioner degree, and despite my training as a professional, I never went through training for my actual role as a mother. This has given me the tools and the mindset shift that I desperately needed. My own children have given me affirmation on the very things that I set out to work on. I have more joy, and I now parent from a place of abundance and confidence.”

Maria B.
Nurse practitioner, mother of six
Family · Self-Image

“When I took the course, I had three children. I had my fourth a couple of months after finishing. With my first three babies, the first six months of postpartum was usually a blur. My routines, sleep, eating habits, and family life were turned upside down. The tools I learned gave me space to adjust while helping my family transition with ease and grace.”

Kari B.
Mother of four
Health · Family

“I'm not only learning to manage my mind, I'm also able to teach my children to manage theirs.”

Lauren
Mother
Family · Self-Image

“Every mother needs this course. You can't afford not to take it. It is a life changer.”

Amanda
Mother
Wealth

“I am one of the Ursuline sisters from Slovenia. Having just finished this course I feel that I am only beginning. I appreciate that so many things are systematically collected together. The worksheets are a big gift too. They help me to ponder, to get insights, to open a new view. It helps me to clarify the dream, to express designs, and to learn strategies. All of this has an impact in my daily life, and I have experienced that discipline is a gift and a freedom.”

Sr. Anka
Ursuline sister, Slovenia
Self-Image · Contribution

“The course has given me the opportunity to reflect on my life and to realise that I can and need to take control of it. I think I was living mostly by default. Some of the worksheets were very helpful, and the time I spent on them was revitalising.”

Stella
Formation 101 student
Self-Image

“This was a very inspiring class and I am very grateful to have been able to take it. It was a good reminder and motivation that I need to make the time and effort to complete the full course, since I need the tools for the battle we are in.”

Mary K.
Formation 101 student
Self-Image

“In my groups, the women shared that they feel the need for deeper friendships and community, and the need to make themselves a priority and take time for their personal growth. With the homework questions they thought they already knew the answers out of habit, but paying attention to them made them realize they actually did not.”

Sonia
Formator
Friendship · Self-Image

“I've had women come up to me a year later to talk about how a talk I gave at a women's group had a significant impact on their lives, and the radical changes they made based on that single interaction. Sometimes there's no sale, but there is incredible fruit, and it helps fill that contribution arena.”

Catherine Y.
Formator
Contribution · Friendship

“It was not just inspiring, it was revolutionizing. I have never been so sure before that I needed something the way I know I need what January has to give.”

Stefania
Masterclass student
Self-Image

“It was such a gift to journey through this and to learn how important it is to dream and to go for our dreams. I remember when we started and I had to work that dreaming muscle, and it was quite challenging. I was not used to letting myself dream.”

Ashton
Masterclass student
Self-Image · Contribution
At length

Four accounts in full.

Some formation is too long to fit in a quotation. These four women described the whole arc.
Emily
Wife, mother, and formator
Primary arena: Contribution

What if it didn't have to be that way?

When I met with my Woman School guide for the first time, I remember her asking me to describe the life that I was currently living. I am tired. I am stressed. I am anxious. I feel like all I do is yell at my kids. I feel like I am just hustling for the evening so I can crash on the couch. I am processing grief that I feel like I should be better at by now. I feel like I am drowning and the next wave is going to take me under for good.

She smiled at me and simply said, what if it didn't have to be that way?

That simple question was the spark that I needed to give myself permission to see my world through a different lens. Fast forward six months later, everything changed. That might sound really dramatic, and that is because it is. It was that dramatic of a change.

I now have vision and direction. I now have a strategy to go after the dreams I want. I know my purpose. I have peace. I have a marriage that looks to the future with excitement. I wake up every day excited to keep working towards the woman who I want to become. The Masterclass literally breathed life back into me, my marriage, and my family.

But the most rewarding part about this wholeness journey has been passing that spark on to the next woman. It's not something you want to keep to yourself. There is nothing more beautiful than when a woman's spark catches fire.

Bridie
Healthcare worker
Primary arena: Health

Jesus, caffeine, and a really good mascara

Last summer I was nursing a breakup, walking with my mother, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer and heart disease. I wore a mask every day, working 60 hours a week as a health care worker. On some days I volunteered to use an interior mask so no one could see what was really going on in my life. I held myself together with Jesus, caffeine and a really good mascara. I was not living a life of peace or abundance.

The Woman School came into my life in the fall of 2020 and it has never been the same. I have been given permission to fail. I now believe that I am a woman who is worthy of living a beautiful life. I choose to be a woman who now honors her body by trusting the signals it sends me. I am designing the woman I want to be and I grow in self-knowledge every day.

Venerable Fulton Sheen said, the history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women. The culture as it stands today wants to define me, but I am far too busy leveling up and creating a legacy to listen to what it has to offer me.

Paola
Wife and mother
Primary arena: Relationship

Eight things that changed

I discovered I was ignoring my dreams as I thought there was no way to achieve them. This program made me realize that every dream in your heart has a reason to be there and needs to be explored and fulfilled. That is the only way you can contribute to the world.

I realized the problems of my marriage were not because of him but because I was not fulfilled and unmotivated. My marriage has changed in a very good way. I still can't believe the change that took place only with the changes I made in myself. I am very happily married and I wasn't.

I discovered we need to live with a plan and not just react to the days as they come. I understood that the happiness is not in arriving at the dreams and goals but in the process and the path of getting there.

I live with more joy and peace, and that has opened the way I connect to others. I can see how now I am giving light to others, and that fills my heart with more love and joy. I reconnected with God and that has been amazing. It helped me love my imperfectly beautiful life. There are no words to explain.

Michelle
Wife, mother, and entrepreneur
Primary arena: Family

For better or for worse

Five years into our marriage, my heart was shattered into a million pieces. Due to infidelity, causing insecurity, doubt, fear, and a lack of belief in myself. All I could hear in my mind was for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health.

It was hard to progress in our marriage, but my husband and I decided not to take the easy way out. Together, we got closer to God. We read self-improvement books and went to counseling, which helped. We became entrepreneurs, learning to work together and discovering we had dreams in common and some that were forgotten.

I still felt stuck. Something was missing. I was scrolling on social media when I found The Woman School. That is where I learned the skills to define goals and bring them to reality. I found myself. I became more confident, a better wife and mother, and I found my contribution in serving more women.

Ana
Nurse practitioner, Houston
Primary arena: Contribution

A dream that was answered in a different order

My daughter was two years old at the time, with very compromised health, and I was an anxious, depressed mother and nurse practitioner trying to take care of her, my patients, my home, and myself. My biggest fear was caring for my patients and bringing COVID home to my daughter. At that moment I was also struggling with infertility, since my husband and I wanted to expand our family. From the class, my 145 was to become a mother for a second time, either naturally or through adoption.

I started implementing all the tools, wrote my scripts, and my husband and I eventually signed up to foster and adopt. Sadly, that didn't work, and it broke our hearts. I kept going with new interventions and concrete steps. We decided to adopt privately, submitted the application, saved all the money needed, and I was working on our video to present to future birth mothers when a priest friend invited me to a retreat.

At that point I was accepting God's alternate plan for us. While I was in adoration, I felt God call me to start a senior community center to help older people rediscover their purpose. I am an adult geriatric nurse practitioner and I see older persons suffer so much from social isolation. Many of them wake up having wanted to die the night before. They have lost their friends and spouses and become forgotten in our technological society. I left that retreat determined to follow God's request, and at peace.

A new 145 was written, and I slowly began to develop a nonprofit combating loneliness in seniors. Within three months of working for God, I got pregnant with a baby boy. Andres was born six months ago. In March I submitted the nonprofit's IRS application, and within three weeks it was approved. So I created another 145.

Observed from outside

What other people noticed.

Clinicians, counselors, and husbands describing the change they saw in a woman who had not told them what to look for.

“I worked for over 10 years as a psychologist in clinical practice. My experience has been nothing short of amazing. This program will allow me to empower women in a far more efficient, effective, and complete manner than I could in weekly therapy sessions. It is a way to build every aspect of the woman rather than focusing specifically on the challenges they are facing. Women will be surrounded by peers on the journey who are also able to build them up without the stigma associated with diagnoses and a pathology-based approach.”

Dr. Eve
Clinical psychologist, 10 years in practice

“Recently I have been affirmed on multiple occasions by my therapist that I am not the same person I used to be. I took a two-year hiatus from counseling and during that time I took the Masterclass. She told me to keep doing what I'm doing and is now referring the class to her other clients.”

Karla
Masterclass student

“Six months ago, my husband noticed that I was cranky, unhappy, and anxious. Six months after taking the course, he said he noticed a remarkable change, that I'm happier, more confident, and becoming more me. He said before, I was merely surviving. Now I am thriving. My husband is a frugal man, so I was surprised when he said it was worth the investment. His actual words were, it was worth every penny.”

Sheila
Wife and mother

“This is what my husband sent me: more confident, more vocal about your needs and wants, willing to take more risks, wanting more for yourself, allowing yourself to dream bigger, less concerned about others' opinions of you, knowing you can be successful in your goals and be a great mother at the same time.”

Jamie
Wife and mother

“My first thought was fluff, bogus, pyramid scheme, and scam. But after watching my wife work her way through the course, it is none of those things. My wife was a wonderful person before, no doubt. What this gave her was beyond what I imagined. She became confident in her identity, choices, and purpose. She grew in her faith. She learned how to love herself better and in turn love those around her better. Watching that growth has made me all the more attracted to her.”

David
Husband of a student

“There are so many fruits that have come from this gift, but the one that stands out most to me is simple. My husband has said he has never felt so deeply loved, a depth we never knew existed. My children have echoed the same thing. Though we had what I would have called a happy home before, the skills we are using have taken our home to a whole new level of peace and joy.”

Mary Katherine
Wife and mother

“My husband has told me that he feels he is now constantly learning a new version of me. He has been caught off guard by my new reactions to things, as opposed to my old defensive ways. It made me proud of the work I have been putting in.”

Laura S.
Wife
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