About

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I’m

Kelly Diels.

Writer. Entrepreneur.
Culture Maker

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Over the last

10 years...

I’ve worked with NY Times best-selling authors, national and international organizations, and thousands of online entrepreneurs.

Founders. Coaches. Leaders. Teachers. Healers. Creatives. The culture-making leaders I work with are doing whatever it takes to cultivate the internal & external resources needed to grow culture-making bodies of work.

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In other words:

we are the culture-makers.

and so are you

Bring Something New Into the World

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In the last 15 years, I've built a successful education company that lifted my family out of poverty. I've ghost-written for big names, been published in magazines and journals, and my first book, Make Yourself Matter, is being shopped to publishers as you read this.

I'm a firm believer in making miracles: turning an idea into a body of work and a vision into an organization -- which is what culture makers do, day in and day out -- is nothing short of miraculous.

Speaking of Miracles:

I am the first in my family to graduate from university; I have a BA with honours in Poli Sci; I won academic prizes, scholarships and admissions to prestigious schools…yet still managed to get pregnant and drop out of grad school before finishing my thesis.

Some days I'm sensitive about this. Most days I'm grateful: it means I'm trained up with the academic rigour necessary to connect intellectual dots and build out IP frameworks AND I didn't get fully institutionalized. Being outside a thing means you can see things other people can't -- and that is always an asset & source of power.

I have seventy zillion children (ok, five, and they are MAGNIFICENT), a Rottie I'm obsessed with, and significant family ties and financial responsibilities in both Canada and Trinidad. We've lived for extended periods of time in each country (I’m currently in Canada).

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Let's DO what we're dreaming of

I teach three courses (Externalize, Surface Your Methodology, and Laureate) and my approach is grounded in:

  • My training as a political theorist -- and the writing chops I developed along the way
  • My work designing corporate and non-profit marketing & communications strategies
  • My history as a teacher in kindergarten classrooms, writing classes, and adult education programs (in every career iteration, I've been a teacher. It's who I am)
  • My experience as an entrepreneur developing successful businesses, brands and platforms.

I welcome critique and feedback; I think conflict is generative and essential to the project of culture-making…and I get a lot of illegitimate and frankly predatory pushback that I do not accept (nor will I allow it to silence or stop me).

This isn’t about optics or personality or how charming or persuasive I am; this is about cultivating the analyses, frameworks, and internal & external skills we need to grow culture-making bodies of work that bring something new into the world.

That’s why

I’m here.

I help culture-making leaders skill up, internally and externally, to build out bodies of work & organizations that truly make a difference.

Together, we're developing careers & businesses that generate money and meaning -- and co-creating a future in which we all flourish.

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Because we are the culture makers

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Meet the Team

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Trevia Woods

Community Manager, Co-Facilitator of We Are The Culture Makers

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Ntathu Allen

Meditation and Restoration Teacher

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Mary Diaz

Marketing & Communications Coach

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Rebeca Arango

Senior Copywriter

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Danielle Cohen

Brand & Visibility Coach, Co-Founder of GOOD MONEY

How I can help

Business Development for Culture Makers

Bake your principles into your business practices
So you can create a money-making, culture-shaping body of work

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Self Development for Culture Makers

Dissolve Shame. Activate Power. Change EVERYTHING.
Including how you see yourself & the world

Business Development for Culture Makers

Bake your principles into your business practices
So you can create a money-making, culture-shaping body of work

Self Development for Culture Makers

Dissolve Shame. Activate Power. Change EVERYTHING.
Including how you see yourself & the world

Every week, I send you a

Sunday Love Letter

I write them so that…

  1. You remember your life-changing, culture-making power
  2. You have the inspiration + tools you need to bring something new to the world
Are you in?