Showing Up Certifications

With our in-depth Showing Up Certifications, individuals can become leaders of supportive care and connection by facilitating programming in organizations, schools, communities, and workplaces.

Become A Showing Up Certified Trainer

The deepest level of understanding and application of the skills of supportive care and leadership.

With our in-depth training, individuals can become a leader of supportive care and connection by bringing programming to organizations, communities, and workplaces.

The thirteen-week training walks participants through their personal supportive care behaviors, their strengths and areas of improvement, and a thorough skills application process. All trainees go through a step-by-step customized training to optimize their strengths.

What you’ll get

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20+ hours of virtual training with Founder Jen Marr and the Showing Up team:
- 18 hours of in group sessions
- 8+ hours of at-your-own-pace homework
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Collaborative group training and program modeling sessions, as well as an accountability partner
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Access to our Training Vault, with comprehensive programming materials, facilitator guides, handouts, and other resources
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Ongoing development and support including quarterly virtual calls and annual in-person Summer Summits
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Certification in and ability to facilitate Showing Up and Lifting Up signature workshops, presentations, book studies, and more
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Ongoing consultive support from the Showing Up team

What to expect

This training is intentionally structured around clear learning objectives, with a strong emphasis on mastering both the content and practical skills of supportive care. Here’s what you can expect to learn in each section of the training:

Weeks 1-6

Develop a deep understanding of key teachings and concepts from Showing Up (our peer-to-peer program) and Lifting Up (our leadership program).

Build the knowledge, tools, and skills needed to intentionally foster human care, connection, and supportive leadership across personal and organizational settings.
Articulate and share your personal story in a way that authentically connects you own experiences with the value and impact of supportive care.
Integrate supportive care as a daily practice by applying strategies that strengthen your ability to consistently show up for and lift up others.

Weeks 7-12

Learn to administer and interpret results from Supportive Culture Surveys and Awkward Zone™ Assessments and generate insights and actionable recommendations from the data.
Confidently facilitate Showing Up and Lifting Up signature workshops such as Discovery, Awkward Zone™, Team Connections, Showing Up Workshops, Supportive Leader Workshop, Book Studies, and some Bespoke Programming.
Give a full-length keynote presentation to a sector/audience that best aligns with your interests.
Explain the critical need for supportive care in today’s world of disconnection, burnout, and exhaustion, grounded in current research and real-world relevance.

Weeks 13 and Beyond

Develop strategic goals and plans to effectively bring Showing Up and Lifting Up programming to target audiences and organizations in the field.
Strengthen your outreach and networking skills to confidently promote this work, address potential objections, and inspire investment in supportive care initiatives.
Actively participate in the Certified Trainer community, foster collaboration, shared learning, and connection through ongoing meet-ups, continuous learning sessions, and our annual in-person Summer Summit.
Commit to ongoing professional growth by engaging in complimentary mentorship calls, Town Halls, and continuous learning opportunities designed to deepen your expertise and increase your impact.

Certified Organizational Training

Certified Organizational Training is designed for organizations who have previously partnered with us and want to embed and sustain a culture of supportive care and connection established through our work together.This training equips on-staff leaders to become experts in supportive care and empowers them to facilitate both Showing Up and Lifting Up programming within their own organization.

Certified Organizational Training ensures that your organization continues to foster a supportive culture long after our training is completed.

This personalized, thirteen-week training walks participants through their personal care behaviors, their strengths and areas of improvement, and a thorough skills application process. All trainees go through a step-by-step customized training to optimize their strengths. They are certified to facilitate our signature workshops within their organization.

In this all-inclusive Certified Organizational Trainer package, we’ll equip up your team members with the Certified Organizational Training and provide the following:

Annual Supportive Culture Scorecard
with aggregate data for 3 years.

Awkward Zone Assessments
for all training sessions for 3 years.

Ongoing Support & Consultation in implementation of programs & strategy.

Quarterly Updated Training Calls to keep content fresh.

Access to Training Vault & Materials with facilitator guides, handouts, toolkits, and more.

1 Day Shadowing & Facilitation with Jen Marr to ensure successful program roll-out.

Certified Peer Leader Training

Certified Peer Leader Training is perfect for places where peers or mentors play a key role in supporting others. This certification equips groups such as ERG leaders, Resident Assistants, Orientation Leaders, or Team Captains with the skills and confidence to offer supportive care and establish deep connections with those they lead.

Programming includes:

Advanced orientation to the skills of supportive care, including in-depth scenario-based leadership training
Copies of the book Showing Up for each leader, paired with collaborative group sessions to identify specific strategies to be able to care for and support those in their charge
Participation in and facilitation training for Showing Up signature workshops
Ability to lead “Comfort Response” activities during events that affect the community
Ongoing consultive support and resources from the Showing Up team

What is Project Comfort?

Project Comfort is an 8-lesson character development program. Each lesson includes an accompanying application activity of creating and delivering a signature comfort plaque. The more time spent discussing and collaborating during these lessons and applications, the more the skill takes root and cultivates new behaviors.

This program is the ultimate “learn-by-doing” program that awakens the empathy that lies within us. Project Comfort’s programming is perfect in the classroom, for after school clubs, summer camps, or groups that are in need of group bonding and deeper relationships.

We certify your staff to facilitate the program.

Who can facilitate Project Comfort?

You’re qualified to facilitate the Project Comfort program if you are:

— Someone who has a huge heart and cares deeply for students
— An expert at managing time and projects
— An engaging communicator
— Someone who the students feel able to trust
— Someone who believes in a culture of care

We believe that it’s everyone responsibility, not just that of mental health professionals, to cultivate a culture of care.

You do not need to be a mental health professional to be a Project Comfort Facilitator. That being said, we recommend that a mental health liaison be present for some sessions to ensure the well-being of the students.