For Women Ready to Lead, Contribute, and Play Bigger

One of my favorite leaps was facilitating a workshop with my sister in Perú…

I came to the Playing Big book while writing my Master’s dissertation about working mothers. I could recognize my inner critic and the academic critical thinking style trying to sabotage my work, making me believe that I wasn’t telling anything relevant. Thanks to you, Tara, I met my inner mentor and discovered that this research was the starting point of my own practice, a practice that seeks to inspire professional women to navigate through motherhood without fear but with optimism as they enter to the best personal development transition.

After reading the book and experiencing the power of the tools by myself, I decided to enroll in the Facilitators Training. The process was completely transformational! Playing Big has helped me to name a lot of things that I was feeling and experiencing during the process of connecting with my calling. At the same time, it has inspired me to take leaps and connect with the audience that I want to impact and serve, from a spirit of curiosity and authenticity. One of my favorite leaps was facilitating a workshop with my sister (a Playing big alumna as well) for 20 brilliant women in Perú, noticing how the tools resonate with women, no matter the culture or age.

Thanks for so much inspiration, Tara. I feel supported by you, and all the amazing women in the Playing Big Community.

– Lorena Carrasco
Organizational Psychologist and Playing Big Facilitators Training Alumna

Tara’s work was instrumental…

When I was at a critical career juncture, I took Tara’s online leadership course and it was transformative. After just three sessions, I had decided to quit my current job, start my own consulting practice, and follow my passion around developing leadership for large-scale social impact. While I’d already had some success, Tara’s work (Playing Big) was instrumental in helping me find my own inner calling, unhook from other’s expectations, and start playing really big.

– Heather Mcleod Grant
Co-founder, Open Impact
Author, Forces for Good

Playing Big has changed my life…

Tara Mohr’s Playing Big has changed my life. I started the course amidst a terrifying professional transition. I was welcomed and supported by Tara’s dynamic community of women from all over the world who not only affirmed that there is room for my gifts in the world, but also encouraged me to leap into my brilliance with courage and conviction.

Since starting the program my salary has more than doubled, I have started my own LLC, and strategized next steps for my personal and professional success, all while learning to live with, and not be paralyzed by, my inner critic. Playing Big, both the course and the book, is filled with engaging content and effective exercises that mine women’s innermost aspirations and dreams. As a professor and public religious leader, I cannot say enough about the difference Playing Big has made in my life. Playing small is no longer an option!

– Reverend Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman
Assistant Professor of Theology and African American Religion,
Yale University Divinity School

I want to give a heartfelt thank you to Tara…

When I took the Playing Big course, I wasn’t sure how I wanted to play bigger in my life but the themes in the book (especially around callings) completely resonated with me and I knew it would help me somehow.

Flash forward ~3 years and I’m in the process of building my own business. I truly don’t think I’d have gotten to this moment without the support and insights from this course, so I want give a heartfelt thank you to Tara Mohr and her team.

– Stacy Cohen Weinstein
Marketing Coach at Hello Healing, www.stacyweinstein.com

I am still on my path, leaping and learning…

When I learned of the Playing Big course, I knew it was something I had to do for myself and for the women I wanted to serve. It was beyond excellent, and as an educator myself, I can attest to the quality of the materials and time spent working directly with Tara. She’s an authentic, compassionate, brilliant teacher.

Since the Playing Big course, I have started bringing the Playing Big model into my professional sphere. I hosted more than 50 women faculty and staff for an all-day retreat incorporating Playing Big concepts and tools. The response was so positive that I was invited to teach an online women’s leadership class. Of course, Playing Big is one of the required texts.

I’ve also used Tara’s work with my staff, all of whom are women. I bought them the book, and we’ve adopted her key concepts into our everyday vernacular, allowing us to support each other so much more effectively. I have found her tools work with women at all levels of our organization. All of this, every single thing, I attribute to reading Playing Big and taking the Playing Big course. That was less than a year ago, and I am still on my path, leaping and learning every step of the way.

– Alexis Kanda-Olmstead
Managing Director of Talent at Colorado State University

I’m announcing my candidacy for the State Senate…

If, like me, there’s a part of you deep inside that’s screaming ‘get out there and make a difference,’ then I encourage you to try Playing Big. This course helped me find my strength, and gave me the tools I needed to go out into the world and speak honestly and powerfully. I had been considering running for a State Senate seat for a long while, and knew that I could do a much better job than the incumbent. But politics can be intimidating, and not everyone plays nice (especially now). It takes real courage and compassion to stand up and say ‘No; No longer will we allow disingenuous and mendacious people to shape our world.’ And through Tara Mohr and Playing Big, I found that courage to stand up to protect our people and our planet. I hope you find it too.

– Pinky Vargas
Sr. Business Account Manager, Puget Sound Energy
Bellingham City Council Member, Mayor Pro Tem
Candidate for the Washington State Senate, 42 LD

I made a total transformation…

I wanted to write to you to tell you the profound impact your book has had on my life. I really battle with impostor syndrome and I’ve never known how to deal with ‘her’ before. This past Friday I was a speaker at a conference here in South Africa. It was a Women in Business conference and I addressed 300 women on the topic of Resilient and Resourceful. Two days before the conference my inner critic showed up very loud. I felt physically ill (despite the fact that I do public speaking for a living and love it!). I panicked and kept thinking about all the reasons why I am actually not good enough to speak. My inner critic nearly disabled me. Then I put her in the backseat and asked for inner mentor to take over, and though I still had slight nerves, it was the healthy nerves you talk about in your book.

I made a total transformation. When I walked onto the stage, my inner mentor was holding my hand. I felt the strangest sense of calm on stage! I shifted from pachad to yirah. I felt it and it was POWERFUL!!!! I knew in the moment that I was a messenger for other women. And they LOVED my talk. I got such positive feedback afterward.

Thank you for your work. It’s making an incredible difference in my life!

– Celeste Stewart
Director, Bold Curiosity

Your book has been a great gift to me…

A couple years ago I created a retreat for women whose children have died from chronic illness. Twice each year this retreat is put on through the Ethan Lindberg Foundation, which I founded in my son’s honor who died at 7 years old from congenital heart disease. At our most recent retreat, I read a portion of your book to the group. We were talking about finding purpose and the ‘future self meditation.’ They loved it and I wanted you to know. I believe that when we help women heal, we help our families, communities and world heal. Your book has been a great gift to me this year.

– Jessica Lindberg
Founder, Ethan Lindberg Foundation