Showing Up Certifications
Build your skills. Expand your impact.
Become equipped to train and facilitate the practical, repeatable skills that help people navigate difficult human moments, strengthen relationships, and build supportive, connected cultures. Choose the pathway that fits how you want to bring Showing Up LLC programming to others.
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Certified Trainer (CT)
Build human capability across organizations.
For individuals who want to offer Showing Up LLC programming and consulting as paid services to external clients.
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Certified Organizational Trainer (COT)
Build and sustain capability within your own organization.
For individuals whose organizations have partnered with Showing Up LLC and want to embed practical skills into their organization through an internal trainer.*
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Certified Peer Leader Training
Equip peer leaders to navigate difficult moments with care.
Focused training for resident assistants, ERG leaders, orientation leaders, team captains, and others who support their peers. Participants develop practical skills to recognize when support is needed, respond effectively, and facilitate designated Showing Up LLC activities within their organization.**
*For internal facilitation only; does not authorize paid external training or consulting.
**Uses a distinct, role-specific curriculum. For internal facilitation only; does not authorize paid external training or consulting.
It’s not just training, it’s a community.
What you’ll get—
Trainer Certification: CT & COT
This thirteen-week program equips Certified Trainers (CTs) and Certified Organizational Trainers (COTs) to facilitate Showing Up LLC programming. Through live cohort learning, personal reflection, and human-to-human practice, you’ll explore your relational strengths and areas of improvement and engage in a thorough skills application process.
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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 -
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 human relational skills. Here’s what you can expect to learn in each section of the training:
Weeks 1–6: Build Your Foundation
Learn the core concepts from the Showing Up and Lifting Up books, connect your personal story to the work, and practice human relational skills with your cohort. Begin integrating supportive care behaviors into your everyday interactions.
Weeks 7–12: Learn The Programming
Experience and learn to facilitate Showing Up LLC’s Discovery, Core Culture, and Leadership programs. Deliver a full-length keynote presentation grounded in current research and real world relevance.
Week 13 & Beyond: Bring the Work to Others
Develop goals and a plan to bring Showing Up LLC programming to your clients, organization, or community. Continue strengthening your skills through the Certified Trainer community and ongoing professional development.
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