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6 WOMEN. 8 WEEKS. ONE catalyst: each other.

high-touch

Each cohort is limited to 3-6 participants in a global, virtual setting. You get personalized attention and group support through weekly facilitated cohort sessions, 1:1 meetings with me, expert guidance, and accountability follow ups.

strategic

The program uses strategic design—a problem-solving approach that starts with you. It helps you innovate and actively shape your life. We combine design thinking, storytelling, method acting, and concrete action planning to move you from stuck to strategic.

empowering

You'll invest 3-5 hours per week over 8 weeks to build creative confidence and build your plan. You’re actively aligning intellect with intuition, with a group of peers who elevate the conversation and push you forward.

the journey

anchor your purpose

In the first few weeks, we get clear on what actually matters to you—not what you inherited or what sounds good on paper. You'll articulate your narrative: who you are, what you're building, and why it can't wait. This is where clarity becomes conviction.

activate your plan

Inspiration without activation is not enough. In the later weeks, you design a concrete project that moves you forward and build a 90-day plan that makes progress inevitable. This is where intention becomes momentum.

Build your nextbook

Throughout the program, you create your Nextbook—a living document that captures your narrative, your plan, and your progress. It's your reference point when doubt creeps in and your proof when you need to remember how far you've come.

the structure

virtual cohort

You'll join 5 other women who share your determination and your journey. This is where you work out loud in a space built on trust and mutual respect. We hold weekly live salons and ongoing discussions where you test ideas, get pushed, and practice saying the truth before you're ready. I facilitate to keep us honest and moving.

private guidance

You get 4 private 1:1 sessions with me to work on your specific challenges and build your Nextbook. I've spent 20+ years in strategic leadership across design, marketing, and innovation—these sessions are where that experience becomes yours.

expert sessions

You'll also learn from accomplished leaders who've made bold pivots: Brenda James (actor, method acting teacher), Latha Rao (COO, strategic advisor), and guest experts in design thinking, entrepreneurship, finance, and executive presence including Raj Bhargava and Rochelle Webb. They're here to show you how it's actually done.

weekly PROMPTS

Between sessions, you engage in exercises and reflection that move you from thinking to doing. New prompts every week to challenge your assumptions and clarify your direction. This is where intention becomes decision.

For Women Ready to Bring the Pieces Together

a strategic investment in yourself

Investment: $900
Flexible payment options available. Your journey is my mission, and we will find a way to make it happen. Let’s talk.

What's Included:

  • 9 weekly 90-minute small-group salons

  • 4 private 1:1 sessions with Sunaina

  • Expert-led sessions with accomplished leaders

  • Weekly guided exercises and reflection prompts

  • Your personalized Nextbook

  • 3 post-program accountability sessions

  • Ongoing cohort WhatsApp group

  • Weekly post-program co-working

Cohort 3 Dates:

  • February 28 - April 25, 2026

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FAQs

  • Design Your Next gives you both 1:1 guidance and the power of a curated cohort. It's strategic design applied to your life. You're actively creating your next chapter alongside other ambitious women in an intimate community that keeps you moving forward and accountable with structure and momentum, even after the program is over.

  • What you get out of this program depends on you. Your "next" is yours to define—a new role, a business, a portfolio career, a creative pursuit. This is a process-driven program that gives you the method and community to determine outcomes on your terms, not someone else's template.

    You'll leave with three things: (1) Clarity on your purpose and vision, (2) A 90-day action plan, and (3) A cohort of women who will keep you moving beyond the 8 weeks.

  • Some women arrive knowing what they want to create. Others show up restless, sensing there's more but unsure what it looks like. Both belong here. Design Your Next helps you clarify while moving forward - the frameworks, reflection work, and cohort conversations help the answers emerge as you go.

  • You could go it alone—but without structure, support, and reflection, many women find months or years slip by without real progress. Design Your Next gives you a small cohort, a clear plan, and a framework to move forward confidently—so your next chapter unfolds on your terms.

  • Most career programs focus on external outcomes—landing the job, building the resume, hitting the milestone. Strategic design starts with you: your values, your energy, your real life.

    We don't hand you a template. We help you design a path that actually fits—one you can sustain and build on. Through storytelling, you gain clarity on what matters. Through embodied practice, you reconnect with your intuition and energy. Through action planning, you break it down into steps you can actually take.

    It's not about working harder. It's about working strategically and innovating, for yourself, not against yourself.

  • All sessions are recorded and transcribed. If you miss one, I'll catch you up personally.

  • Sessions are held at 7 AM Pacific Time on weekends (Saturday or Sunday, depending on what works best for the cohort). This timing works across most global time zones.

  • No. Design Your Next is for ambitious women at a crossroads regardless of industry or experience. What matters is restlessness and readiness, not resume.

  • Fill out the application form in the Apply link. I'll reach out to schedule a call where we'll both determine if this is the right fit. Each cohort is filled on a rolling basis.

  • Design Your Next is a virtual program open to women worldwide based in Beverly Hills, California.

  • Email me at sunaina@designyournext.studio or contact me here and I'll respond within a day.

  • Our Design Your Next community is for program alumni only. If you’re already a Nextmaker, your circle is here.