The Resilience Toolkit Facilitator Certification – Cohort 19 Enrollment
Become a Certified Facilitator of The Resilience Toolkit
The Resilience Toolkit Facilitator Certification prepares people who are already holding others to do that work with greater steadiness, discernment, and sustainability.
This is a cohort-based professional training for practitioners, organizers, educators, clinicians, and facilitators who need embodied practices that hold under real conditions of pressure—political, institutional, and relational. The focus is on personal healing AND building the capacity to stabilize stress and trauma responses, restore choice, and support collective work over time.
Certification supports participants to skillfully teach and integrate the Resilience Toolkit within organizations, communities, and movement contexts, with attention to ethics, power, and real-world application.
Program Structure
The certification is delivered fully online and includes:
- Supervised 1:1 mentoring and case consultation
- Small-group learning and facilitated discussion
- Recorded lectures within an interactive learning platform
- Peer and independent practice sessions
- Personal practice and reflective writing
Participants join a dedicated cohort learning space and gain access to the Lumos Transforms Community for ongoing connection and support.
Enrollment Information
Cohort 19 registration is open.
You may register anytime before 19 January.
All three prerequisites must be completed by 2 February
Please review the program prerequisites and full details carefully before enrolling.
Course Schedule
Enrollment closes Tuesday, 19 Januart at 11:59pm UTC-07h (find in your time zone). The Certification course commences on 2 February 2027.
Cohort 19 of The Resilience Toolkit Facilitator Certification Program has a maximum cohort size of 36 trainees, divided into mini-cohorts with a maximum of 18 trainees per group. One mini-cohort meets at timings more convenient to the Americas and the other meets at timings more convenient to Africa and Europe. You choose which mini-cohort you’d like to join.
Here are the required virtual meeting times. Click here to find in your time zone.
Tentative Schedule*
| Opening Gathering:
Meet the Faculty and Students |
Tuesday, 2 February at 1700-1900 UTC |
| Mini-cohort meetings: Americas | 23 Feb, 9 Mar, at 0100-0230 UTC
23 Mar, 4 May, 18 May, 1 June, 15 June, 29 June at 0000-0130 UTC |
| Mini-cohort meetings: Africa/EU | 23 Feb, 9 Mar, at 1700-1830 UTC
23 Mar, 4 May, 18 May, 1 June, 15 June, 29 June at 1600-1730 UTC |
| Weekend Workshops | Saturdays 3 Apr, 10 Apr, 17 Apr at 1400-1830 UTC |
| Closing Gathering | Tuesday, 6 July at 1630-1900 UTC |
PROGRAM COSTS, PAYMENT AND ENROLLMENT
US Total: $4,100
Tuition payments may be made via credit card, Bank Transfer (USD or GBP) or check (US Only). To make tuition payment via Bank Transfer (accepted in USD or GBP) contact Certification Coordinator Franceli Izaguirre at admin@theresiliencetoollkit.co
Register now by paying the full tuition amount or choosing a 6-part payment plan. Upon enrollment, you’ll join the dedicated learning space for Certification Cohort 19 and gain access to the Lumos Transforms Community.
Already a Lumos Community member and ready to sign up? You can enroll directly inside Mighty Networks. If you need any assistance, feel free to contact our Certification Coordinator, Franceli Izaguirre at admin@theresiliencetoolkit.co!
FACULTY
Nkem Ndefo, MSN, CNM, RN, (she/they) is the creator of The Resilience Toolkit and founder of Lumos Transforms. She is a skilled practitioner, dynamic speaker, and valued strategist. She is known for her unique ability to connect with people of all types by holding powerful healing spaces, weaving complex concepts into accessible narratives, and creating synergistic and collaborative learning communities that nourish people’s innate capacity for healing, wellness, and connection. More…
Mary Shriver CMT, (she/her) is a Certified Provider of Trauma Release Exercises (TRE®), Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Compassion Fatigue Educator, and holds a B.S. in Psychology from Denison University. Additional training includes the Trauma Resilience Model and Community Resilience Model through the Trauma Resource Institute, Motivational Interviewing for Behavior Change (MINT), and Level 1 Resistance Flexibility with Bob Cooley. More…
Devika Shankar (she/her) is a transnational feminist, organizer, and passionate advocate for justice. For over 12 years, Devika has worked with youth, women of color, immigrant, and LGBTQ survivors providing counseling, support services, and advocacy, and over the past 4 years, has worked with individuals who do harm in relationships, as well. More…
Mikaela Johnson Vaal (she/they) is a Certified Facilitator of The Resilience Toolkit, Certified Massage Therapist, Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula, Lactation Educator, Yoga Instructor, and Reiki Master living and working in Los Angeles. She is trained in a wide range of modalities to support health and healing for people from all walks of life, with a special focus on reproductive health, pregnancy, and postpartum care. More…
Kiara Lee, MSW (any pronouns with respect) is a holistic trauma healing coach and dynamic speaker and facilitator with over 15 years of experience supporting survivors of trauma. Known for their unique ability to connect with people from diverse lived experiences, Kiara creates powerful individual and community healing spaces that blend heart-centered support with pragmatic efforts to facilitate meaningful change. More…
Gia Hasan, MS, PCC (she/they) is a cultural worker, certified facilitator of The Resilience Toolkit, ICF-credentialed leadership coach, and systems practitioner with over a decade of experience in leadership development. Her work lives at the intersection of systems thinking, creative practice, and collective liberation. She supports individuals, teams, and organizations in leading through uncertainty, embracing complexity, and building cultures rooted in trust, care, and transformation. More…