RESTORATIVE
DEMOCRACY
"Your 5-Year Simple Legacy Plan" ($4,997)
A simple guide to turn your big goals into a 5-year master plan for making lasting political change and influence.
Expert Class: "How to Build Rest Into Your Team" ($3,500)
A 90-minute training to create powerful rest habits for your whole team, fixing burnout from the top down.
"The Crisis Calm Guide" ($2,997)
A clear, step-by-step plan for handling major organizational crises while protecting your team's and community's trust and safety.
Expert Interview: "The Sustainable CEO" ($2,500)
A 90-minute class on how to build a burnout-proof work system by mastering delegation and setting up sustainable habits.
"Restorative AI Automation Playbook" ($1,500)
5 ready-to-use ChatGPT templates to quickly turn your Impact Framework into policy ideas, talking points, and scripts for advocacy.
"The Policy Power Mapping Toolkit" ($997)
An advanced guide to quickly turn your goals into a 6-month strategy for political influence and major policy wins.
"Joy-Driven Delegation Scripts" ($750)
10 fill-in-the-blank scripts to help you have tough talks, set firm boundaries, and easily give away tasks that drain your energy.
TOTAL BONUS VALUE: $17,241
Karen Cardenas
"I went from feeling overwhelmed and detached to building true confidence, clarity, and agency in my work, finally breaking free from overthinking."
Anahid M.
"I was paralyzed and isolated after a challenging year, but these sessions helped revive my full identity, not just my roles as a mother or leader.
I feel empowered and less frozen by my circumstances."
Maria
"I now feel so relieved. It feels like a big weight has been taken off my shoulders, providing humanity to processes that often lack it.
Now I have a clear strategy and a place to anchor myself."
Shalece Daniels
"I was able to take the tools I learned and immediately apply them to my role and my personal life, getting to the root of my challenges.
I now feel significantly more centered and have clear boundaries."
Hear From Our Clients
Don't Just Take Our Word for It
Results from leaders just like you.
Tasha Speed
Women's Democracy Lab
"Raquel’s dedication to each person, every challenge, and each session is truly admirable. She makes people feel seen, heard, and a genuine sense of belonging. Raquel is truly a gem, and her impact is invaluable."
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Christina Haswood- Former Kansas State Legislator
"Raquel gave us permission to just sit in the pause and absorb our thoughts. It was a powerful experience. And that is what we need in this environment in politics - to be able to stand our ground. I enjoyed being in her presence."
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Kim Schofield
State Representative, GA
"Raquel's coaching style is absolutely relevant and powerful. I was able to have several 'AHA moments' that moved me past feeling overwhelmed, leading directly to streamlined processes and clear decision-making."
Cindy Gamboa
MI Poder Exec. Director
"This was an invaluable investment—not just for my professional leadership growth, but for my personal well-being. I gained the clarity needed to manage my team effectively and align my actions with my core goals."
The Cost of Service Shouldn't Be Your Life.
The Real Problem: It's Not Your Fault.
You're running on empty while trying to manage a million things, but your own needs are always last.
You're exhausted from over-giving and always saying "yes" when you really mean "no."
You feel alone because no one truly understands the political fights you face every day.
Spinning your wheels, putting out endless fires.
Constantly
questioning your impact.
Sacrificing your well-being and personal relationships.
This deep exhaustion is not a personal failure.
This isn't "just stress." You are not "burning out."
You are being targeted by a system built to drain you—a system that isolates powerful leaders like you to stop you from winning.
Unfortunately, too many dedicated leaders are stuck using survival strategies that have little to no real impact on their well-being or securing their wins.
You need a strategic system that will SECURE your wins, not DRAIN your life.
That's why I created the Restorative Leadership Circle- to save you years of struggle and guesswork.
1. Join the Restorative Leadership Collective
2. Grow your influence and leadership network.
3. Increase your impact
and confidence
We're with you throughout your journey...
We support you no matter where you are in your journey—from advocacy, to running for office to serving as a public official—each cohort is tailored to meet your unique needs at every stage.
Public Officials Cohort:
Support after swearing in. Increase your impact, drive your policy agenda and build collective power.
Candidates Cohort:
Manage campaign stress, strengthen your strategy and maintain your wholeness throughout the campaign.
Democracy Workers Cohort:
A homebase for values-aligned workers in government, non-profits, and philanthropy.
What You Get: Year Round Support
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Bring your questions, problems, or thoughts you want to work through in our group coaching calls. We'll be there to workshop challenges and support you with practical advice you can use immediately.
Two Live Q&A Coaching Calls with Your Coaches, Raquel & Carlos
Each monthly workshop focuses on an important theme like Strategy, Base Building, or Leading with Wholeness, giving you a clear plan to lead with confidence and drive real change.
Monthly Workshops
Expert-led masterclasses focused on your personal well-being from professionals in key areas like Legal, Financial, Estate Planning, Safety and Wellness.
Guest Expert Masterminds
Stop struggling with coursework alone. Get the Restorative Win Playbook frameworks and curriculum implemented with focused, supportive check-ins and peer accountability.
12 Week Planning Co-Working Sessions
One 45min coaching session with the coach of your choice to workshop through your top challenge.
One 1-1 Coaching Session w/ Coach of Your Choice
Shed your armor, drop the performance and show up as your true self in a community of values aligned peers that understand the challenges of being on democracy's frontline.
Community of Belonging and Support
You get access to the exact templates, worksheets, and slides from the Level Up Your Leadership curriculum and workshops as they happen.
Access to Restorative Democracy Knowledge Base
The Collective is your 12-month membership to stop surviving and start leading with wholeness.
Welcome to Your Support System
Lead From a Full Cup: Show up in your role as your whole self, using simple restorative strategies that fuel your leadership for the long run.
Reclaim Your Time: Get back 5 hours a week by grounding your schedule in your well-being.
Wake Up With Clarity: Start every day focused with clear priorities so your time is protected and maximized.
Meet Your Coaches
Trust me, I GET IT…
I was the first Latina elected to the Detroit City Council, serving eight years.
I quickly realized no comprehensive support existed for Womxn of Color leaders fighting for justice. The constant systemic attacks and personal cost were unsustainable.
When I left office, I began my healing journey and learned restorative practices like somatics, mindful self-compassion, and neuro-emotional literacy.
I took these learnings and the stories of many women in leadership to create Restorative Democracy and its curriculums.
My goal is to save you years of struggle, so you can reclaim your time and wholeness.
Raquel Castaneda-Lopez,
Founder & CEO
Carlos Menchaca,
Former NYC Council Member
As the first-ever Mexican-American elected to the New York City Council, I spent eight years on the front lines, navigating the complexity of chairing the Immigration Committee and making tough, sometimes controversial, decisions for my community.
That experience revealed that passion isn't enough; you need strategic backup and a system to preserve your personal sovereignty.
Now, as a coach (including for the Progressive Governance Academy), I bring that battle-tested, high-stakes political knowledge directly to you within the Restorative Leadership Collective to ensure you lead with power and reclaim your life.
"You are worth this investment! This coaching is the time and luxury every leader deserves to give themselves.
I came in paralyzed by imposter syndrome and the constant reactivity of big challenges, but through coaching I was able to move through the feelings of shame from my inaction.
It helped me re-assess my priorities, leading to renewed energy, commitment, and the realization that joy has to be an important part of every day."
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BONUSES:
Get Your Time, Power, and Rest Now!
We are so confident in this system that we eliminate all the risk of your $5,000 investment by guaranteeing your success.
Our "More Time, No Fear" Guarantee
We guarantee you will get a minimum of 5 hours of personal time back every single week, and you will finally feel the relief of having strategic backup in your role.
To activate our Double Guarantee, you must take the steps necessary for success: Attend 12 of the first 14 Weekly Strategy Sessions and fully implement our Time-Recovery Protocol within 60 days.
If you meet the conditions and these two core goals are not met, you receive both of these guarantees:
1. 100% Financial Refund: A full, no-questions-asked refund of your entire $5,000 investment.
2. Personal Service Guarantee: The founder or a lead coach will work with you 1-on-1 for free for 90 days until you confirm the minimum 5 hours of personal time have been reclaimed.
Love it or Leave It:
If within the first week of the program you realize it isn’t for you, you can get your money back, no questions asked. We want you to be happy and if you aren’t, whether it’s on day one or day seven, you can get a full refund. All you have to do is email contact@restorativedemocracy.org and tell us “I’m leaving it.” and our processing team will send it back to you.
We're Not Breaking Up 'Til You Get There:
If you don’t achieve a clear, actionable 12-week strategy blueprint for your leadership or policy goal by the end of the accelerator, I’ll continue to work with you for free until you do as long as you did the following beforehand:
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Make your payments on time; and
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Attend all expert led sessions; and
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Attend all the group coaching sessions; and
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Meet with your bestie regularly.
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The Restorative Leadership Collective: The membership that supports you throughout your leadership lifecycle.
From Burnout to Centered, Clear, and Confident
The Collective gives you the tactical skills and restorative strategies to protect your well-being, level up your leadership and increase your impact - by centering your wholeness.
*Don't worry. We'll never share your information with anyone.
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