A six-month leadership accelerator
You've been doing everything right. So why do you still walk out of rooms wishing you'd said the thing?
Women Who Lead is a six-month program for women who are good at their jobs — and quietly know they are not being paid, recognised, or heard the way they should be.
01 — The moment
If you are here, something has shifted.
Maybe it was the pay review that went nowhere. The return from maternity leave to a role that had quietly shrunk. The redundancy you saw coming and the one you didn't. A boss you can't quite let yourself call toxic. Or the Sunday evening dread that has become so familiar it feels like your personality.
You are not in crisis. That is the most confusing part. From the outside, things are fine. You are competent. Composed. The one people lean on. And still, you watch others get more — more money, more recognition, more room — while you hold back in the meeting you should be owning, and leave without saying the thing.
You have done the work. You are self-aware. You are not broken. You are just not fully expressed yet. And something in you said: not yet. not done. there is more.
02 — What you actually want
What you actually want.
Not more ambition. Not another framework. These are the small, specific moments the whole thing is actually about.
01
The offer letter on the kitchen counter with the number you named printed on it.
02
To say the number in the comp conversation — and then stop talking. The silence is his problem now.
03
To send the message that has been sitting in your drafts for a month. To press send and laugh at what all that fear weighed.
04
The 6:47pm call to ring out while you finish dinner. And nothing bad to happen.
05
To walk into the room and say the real thing. Without rehearsing it for three days first.
06
Your daughter to watch you work and see a woman who likes her life.
This is not about becoming someone else. It is about finally being the woman you already are — in the rooms that count.
03 — How it works
Three pillars.
Six months. A small cohort of senior women. Live sessions. Real depth. Three pillars holding the whole thing up.
01
Sisterhood
A room of women who get it. No performing. No translating yourself first.
02
Somatics
The body learns what the mind already knows. Nervous system as instrument.
03
Strategy
The game, named clearly. Then a way to play it that is actually yours.
Think this might be your room?
Book a call with Ruth04 — What is inside
What is inside.
Six months. Live sessions. A small cohort of senior women. This is what the program actually contains.
- Every month — one live workshop where we go deep on a single, high-leverage theme.
- Every month — one live group coaching session. You bring the real thing you are navigating. The room holds it with you.
- Every month — one somatic yoga session to build nervous system intelligence and cyclical awareness.
- Every month — one AMA session. Nothing off the table. Ask me anything.
- Throughout — a private community space where the work continues between calls.
- All sessions are recorded. Nothing is lost if you miss a week.
The program runs in three phases.
Phase One
Root to Rise
Become the woman who trusts herself.
Feel grounded, supported, and safe in your own body so you can finally lead without the constant hum of self-doubt.
You walk away with
- A calmer nervous system.
- A Sisterhood that makes you feel seen.
- Rituals that support you as a leader.
- Clarity about who you are and what you actually want.
- The first shape of a new identity you can feel in your bones.
Phase Two
Power, Voice and Boundaries
Become the woman who speaks, asks, and leads with clarity.
Show up in rooms with presence, communicate with confidence, and stop leaking your power through people-pleasing.
You walk away with
- One brave real-life conversation completed.
- A new way of speaking that actually sticks.
- Boundaries that hold.
- A stronger internal sense of authority.
- Tangible respect from colleagues because you are finally owning it.
Phase Three
Career and Authentic Leadership
Become the woman who gets what she wants.
Claim the career you actually want and build the presence, clarity, and courage to ask for it, negotiate it, and walk into it.
You walk away with
- A twelve-month career roadmap.
- A bold move planned and initiated within ninety days.
- Your leadership manifesto.
- The internal safety to lead without shrinking.
- A renewed identity as a Woman Who Leads.
05 — Reviews
What women say.
“Ruth has helped me step confidently into my light, balancing strength and softness as a woman of colour in leadership. Through Bloom, she has connected me with an incredible community of women.”
— Ness Monsequeira
went from People Director to VP People
“I learned to stay open, speak honestly, and advocate for myself in rooms where I would previously have silenced my voice. Her blend of warmth, candour, and practical wisdom reshaped how I see my own power.”
— Denika Campbell
went from VP People to Chief People Officer
“For the first time in my life, I gave myself permission to recognise my own achievements without minimising them. A deep-rooted, steady confidence that is not performative or loud, but calm, earned, and lasting.”
— Emily Wild
promoted to Director
“Partway through the program, I stepped into a new role, and it felt like more than coincidence. The work helped me navigate a significant career milestone with clarity and self-trust.”
— Amber Fraser
landed a new role as Head of People
“What this gave me was a real sense of calm and clarity. I know what I'm here for and what I'm not. My ambition is dialled up and I'm finally taking action in a way that feels grounded.”
— Marcela
now Partnerships Director — leading with calm, earning more
Ready to see if it's a fit?
Book a call with Ruth06 — What changes
What changes.
Not a list of features. A different way of standing in your own career.
Before
Holding on tightly.
Performing. Over-preparing. Twice as ready as you need to be.
Watching the room more than you speak in it. Quietly tracking who got the promotion you didn't ask for.
The email asking for the comp review still in your drafts. The full version of what you wanted to say delivered to your best friend on the way home — and wondering why nothing ever changes.
After
A full exhale.
Straight spine. Shoulders back. The body knows first.
You walk into the comp conversation with a number and zero apology. You say it. You stop talking. The silence is his problem now.
You close your laptop at 6pm and the evening belongs to you. Sunday arrives and the dread doesn't. Your career finally feels like a decision you made — not a verdict someone else delivered.
07 — About Ruth
Hi, I'm Ruth.
For years, I tried to lead the way the world told me to — focused, tough, relentless. I built a career as Chief People Officer at some of the most exciting companies in tech. From the outside, I had arrived. Inside, I was quietly disconnected from myself — pushing through burnout, silencing my intuition, measuring my worth by everything external.
Somewhere in the middle of all of it, I stopped. I did the slow, unglamorous, deeply human work of coming home to myself. I started paying attention to my cyclical nature as a source of strength rather than something to override. That is where Bloom was born.
I'm known for warmth with an edge, candour without cruelty, and an unusual willingness to say the thing everyone else in the room is thinking. I believe women rise higher when they stop performing and start belonging — to themselves first, and then to a room of other women doing exactly the same.
Women Who Lead is the program I wish I'd had at every pivot in my own career. So I built it.
08 — Investment
The investment.
$3,950
Payment plans available — from $695/month. Early bird pricing available for the September cohort. Email ruth@ourtimetobloom.com to find out more.
Can your company pay? Absolutely. Most women self-fund because they are done waiting for permission. If you want reimbursement, a support letter is available.
09 — Questions
A few questions.
Who is this for
Women who are ready to stop shrinking — in rooms, in relationships, in their own minds. Women who know they are capable of more but feel stuck on the edge of their next chapter. Women who want to lead with truth, presence, and power without abandoning their softness. Women who are done doing this alone.
If this is you, you already know.
Who is this not for
People looking for a quick fix, a corporate leadership course, or a checklist of tactics. Anyone expecting change without doing the internal work. Women who want to stay comfortable instead of getting honest.
This work is deep. It asks something of you.
How much time will I need
- One live workshop per month.
- One live group coaching session per month.
- One somatic yoga session per month.
- One AMA session per month.
- All sessions are recorded.
What if I am scared
Most women who join felt exactly that. They came anyway. That's the first act of leading as the woman you actually are.
If something in you said yes, come and tell me about it.
Thirty minutes. No pitch. Just a conversation to see if this is yours.
Come if this is for you. You know where I am.