HOPE & GRIT
Leadership. Coaching. Community.
What is Hope & Grit?
Hope & Grit is a leadership and transformation ecosystem built by Rachael Brown-Kendall and Shaun Kendall. Through consulting, facilitation, coaching, live experiences, and community initiatives, we help individuals and organizations reclaim strength, break invisible burnout patterns, and build lives rooted in resilience, health, and meaningful contribution.
Our Work
Hope & Grit operates as a leadership and transformation ecosystem. Our work spans individual growth, organizational strategy, live experiences, and community initiatives — each designed to cultivate strength, clarity, and meaningful impact.
Consulting
Strategic partnership for leaders and organizations navigating growth, systems design, and meaningful change. We specialize in collaborative problem-solving, cross-sector partnerships, and building support structures that last.
Facilitation
Guided planning sessions, leadership intensives, and experiential workshops for teams ready to reset, realign, and move forward with clarity and courage.
Coaching
Personalized health and identity coaching for individuals ready to rebuild strength, sustainable habits, and embodied resilience.
Events & Experiences
Immersive gatherings and workshops — including Becoming By Design and Reset Week — designed to create space for reflection, recalibration, and intentional growth.
Community Initiatives
Projects like Roaming Cup and Punk Walk & Roll that foster connection, local impact, and collective strength beyond traditional coaching spaces.
Who We Are
Hope & Grit was founded by Shaun Kendall and Rachael Brown-Kendall— partners in life and in the work of recovery, leadership, and building sustainable change.
We don’t claim to have arrived. We believe meaningful change is built daily — with structure, honesty, and support.
IGNITE: Mattering in Our Early Learning Profession
A summer evening around the campfire with early learning professionals from Pierce County — to reconnect, reflect, and remember why this work matters.
July 31 · 6:00–9:00pm
The Blessing Place, 14919 62nd Ave E, Puyallup 98375
$50 includes dinner + 3 STARS hours
Punk Walk & Roll — Year 2
Punk Walk & Roll 5K — Year 2
September 12, 2026 · Wright Park, Tacoma
Walk. Celebrate. Show up for recovery.
Punk Walk & Roll is back — bigger stage, more community, same heart. Join us for a 5K walk through Wright Park with live music, good people, and all proceeds benefiting Tacoma Recovery Center.
$35 registration includes your event shirt too.
September is National Recovery Month. This is how we mark it.
The Clearing is coming back.
A 10-week cohort experience for women who are ready to stop performing their life and start designing it. Be the first to know when registration opens again.