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Empowering Leaders, Educators, and Organizations to Thrive

We partner with leaders, schools, and organizations to cultivate emotional intelligence, foster resilience, and create lasting impact.

Let’s explore how we can support your growth.

No pressure. Just a conversation to explore possibilities.

Our Services

We believe that leadership, emotional intelligence, and well-being are the cornerstones of sustainable success.
Through our personalized leadership coaching and management training, customizable SEL curriculum, and wellness workshops, we equip leaders, schools, and organizations with the tools they need to foster resilience, inspire future changemakers, and build thriving cultures of growth and well-being.

How It Works

Our simple 3-step process makes getting started easy:

1. Connect with Us: Schedule a complimentary consultation to explore your needs and goals.
2. Customize Your Plan: We’ll design a tailored solution aligned with your vision.
3. Create Lasting Impact: Watch your leaders, students, or team grow stronger, more resilient, and purpose-driven.

Explore our core offerings below to discover how we can support your journey

Leadership & Management Training and Coaching
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Curriculum for Schools
Wellness Workshops for Teams, Educators, and Leaders
We provide transformational leadership coaching, management development, and high-impact professional training to help leaders and managers at all levels grow with emotional intelligence, resilience, strategic clarity, and essential leadership and management skills. Whether you're stepping into a new role, managing a growing team, or seeking to sharpen your leadership presence, we offer customized support designed to help you thrive — and cultivate authentic leadership and management practices that create lasting, meaningful impact.

Key Offerings

Leadership Development Focus:
  • Personalized one-on-one leadership coaching sessions 
  • Emotional intelligence development for authentic leadership 
  • Strategic goal-setting, vision planning, and decision-making 
  • Leading with influence, empathy, and resilience 
  • Communication and conflict resolution skill-building 
  • Overcoming limiting beliefs to cultivate leadership confidence 
Management Development Focus:
  • Professional development training for new and emerging managers 
  • Effective delegation, supervision, and team empowerment 
  • Time management and productivity strategies for team leaders 
  • Stress management techniques for sustaining performance 
  • Operational planning and workflow efficiency skills 
  • Coaching for smoother transitions into leadership or management roles

Learn strategies to lead people and manage teams successfully.

Our CASEL-aligned SEL curriculum is customizable to your school’s needs, empowering students with emotional awareness, communication skills, self-regulation, leadership development, and future planning strategies.

Key Offerings

  • Comprehensive 20-week SEL curriculum featuring over 50 engaging lessons, complete with facilitator guides, student workbooks, and lesson slides
  • Alignment to CASEL core competencies (self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision-making)
  • Customization to integrate your school’s values, vision, or creed
  • Teacher coaching and support to ensure effective implementation
  • Student-centered activities, reflection prompts, and project-based learning
  • Integration of leadership skills, career readiness, and mindfulness practices into SEL learning

Empower your students with emotional intelligence and leadership skills.

Our holistic wellness workshops offer practical tools for managing stress, building resilience, and promoting holistic well-being — supporting happier, healthier, and more engaged leaders and teams.

Key Offerings 

  • Stress management techniques based on mindfulness and breathwork
  • Resilience-building and self-regulation strategies for everyday life
  • Mindful movement sessions (such as yoga-inspired stretching and grounding practices)
  • Emotional wellness and burnout prevention education
  • Customized workshops for school staff, leadership teams, and corporate groups
  • Practical strategies for balancing mental, physical, and emotional well-being

Explore workshops that build resilience, balance, and well-being.

Leadership & Management Training and Coaching
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Curriculum for Schools
Wellness Workshops for Teams, Educators, and Leaders
We provide transformational leadership coaching, management development, and high-impact professional training to help leaders and managers at all levels grow with emotional intelligence, resilience, strategic clarity, and essential leadership and management skills. Whether you're stepping into a new role, managing a growing team, or seeking to sharpen your leadership presence, we offer customized support designed to help you thrive — and cultivate authentic leadership and management practices that create lasting, meaningful impact.

Key Offerings

Leadership Development Focus:
  • Personalized one-on-one leadership coaching sessions 
  • Emotional intelligence development for authentic leadership 
  • Strategic goal-setting, vision planning, and decision-making 
  • Leading with influence, empathy, and resilience 
  • Communication and conflict resolution skill-building 
  • Overcoming limiting beliefs to cultivate leadership confidence 
Management Development Focus:
  • Professional development training for new and emerging managers 
  • Effective delegation, supervision, and team empowerment 
  • Time management and productivity strategies for team leaders 
  • Stress management techniques for sustaining performance 
  • Operational planning and workflow efficiency skills 
  • Coaching for smoother transitions into leadership or management roles

Learn strategies to lead people and manage teams successfully.

Our CASEL-aligned SEL curriculum is customizable to your school’s needs, empowering students with emotional awareness, communication skills, self-regulation, leadership development, and future planning strategies.

Key Offerings

  • Comprehensive 20-week SEL curriculum featuring over 50 engaging lessons, complete with facilitator guides, student workbooks, and lesson slides
  • Alignment to CASEL core competencies (self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision-making)
  • Customization to integrate your school’s values, vision, or creed
  • Teacher coaching and support to ensure effective implementation
  • Student-centered activities, reflection prompts, and project-based learning
  • Integration of leadership skills, career readiness, and mindfulness practices into SEL learning

Empower your students with emotional intelligence and leadership skills.

Our holistic wellness workshops offer practical tools for managing stress, building resilience, and promoting holistic well-being — supporting happier, healthier, and more engaged leaders and teams.

Key Offerings 

  • Stress management techniques based on mindfulness and breathwork
  • Resilience-building and self-regulation strategies for everyday life
  • Mindful movement sessions (such as yoga-inspired stretching and grounding practices)
  • Emotional wellness and burnout prevention education
  • Customized workshops for school staff, leadership teams, and corporate groups
  • Practical strategies for balancing mental, physical, and emotional well-being

Explore workshops that build resilience, balance, and well-being.

How We Help You Grow

At Dream BIG. Create. LLC, we help individuals, schools, and organizations cultivate the authentic strengths that drive meaningful, lasting growth through leadership development, social-emotional learning (SEL), and wellness education.

Our approach is designed to inspire growth from the inside out — blending emotional intelligence, resilience-building, and strategic leadership skills to create real-world impact across personal, academic, and professional spheres.

Leaders seeking to grow. Schools nurturing future changemakers. Organizations committed to well-being. We offer customized solutions that meet you where you are and help you thrive.

Ouriana Walker, Founder

At Dream BIG. Create. LLC, we believe that real leadership, lasting growth, and well-being begin from within.

Founded by Ouriana Walker — experienced leadership coach, SEL facilitator, and wellness educator — our mission is to nurture emotionally intelligent, balanced leaders and equip change-makers to turn their visions into meaningful, lasting impact through resilient, transformative leadership and wellness practices.

We blend emotional intelligence, strategic leadership, social-emotional learning, and wellness practices to help individuals thrive — personally, academically, and professionally.

Leaders, schools, and organizations each have a unique role in shaping a better future. We’re here to help you grow with confidence, cultivate emotional intelligence, and foster holistic well-being every step of the way.

At DBC, we don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. Instead, we partner closely with each client to craft customized strategies that align with their values, goals, and vision — always with heart, professionalism, and impact in mind.

Dream Big. Create boldly. Lead with heart.

Resources

Explore our collection of free, research-backed tools designed to strengthen leadership, support student well-being through SEL, and help you manage stress — all crafted to inspire meaningful, lasting growth for individuals, schools, and organizations.

Leadership Tools
SEL Growth Strategies
Wellness & Stress Relief
Features

Lead with Clarity, Confidence, and Emotional Intelligence

Great leadership starts from within.

This free infographic outlines 7 essential habits emotionally intelligent leaders practice every day — habits that help them stay grounded under pressure, build trust, and inspire those around them.

What You’ll Get:

  • A beautifully designed, easy-to-follow leadership habits guide
  • Practical strategies you can apply right away
  • A clear snapshot of what emotionally intelligent leadership looks like in action
  • A tool you can share with your team or reflect on personally

5 Proven Strategies to Build Emotionally Resilient Students

Support your students’ emotional well-being with these 5 proven, research-backed SEL strategies that help cultivate resilience, emotional regulation, and positive school culture. This free guide is designed for educators, counselors, and school leaders who want practical tools to help students thrive — academically and emotionally.

What You’ll Get:

  • A beautifully designed, research-based SEL guide for educators
  • 5 actionable strategies that support emotional regulation and resilience in students
  • Practical implementation tips you can begin using right away
  • A tool that strengthens classroom climate and supports whole-child development

Is Your Body Stressed Out? Learn to Recognize the Hidden Signs.

Your nervous system holds the key to your well-being — but most of us don’t know how to listen.

This free guide will help you recognize the physical signs of stress, overwhelm, and nervous system dysregulation so you can begin your journey back to balance.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The 3 states of the nervous system and how they show up in your body
  • Common signs of fight, flight, freeze, and regulation
  • Quick reflection prompts to build awareness
  • A gentle invitation to shift from survival mode into calm, confident leadership

Social and Emotional Learning: An Innovative Approach

Discover how Ouriana Walker is helping Harlem Academy students grow from the inside out.

This feature highlights her work bringing social-emotional learning (SEL) to life in the classroom — empowering students with tools for emotional awareness, self-regulation, and leadership.

Leadership Tools
SEL Growth Strategies
Wellness & Stress Relief
Features

Lead with Clarity, Confidence, and Emotional Intelligence

Great leadership starts from within.

This free infographic outlines 7 essential habits emotionally intelligent leaders practice every day — habits that help them stay grounded under pressure, build trust, and inspire those around them.

What You’ll Get:

  • A beautifully designed, easy-to-follow leadership habits guide
  • Practical strategies you can apply right away
  • A clear snapshot of what emotionally intelligent leadership looks like in action
  • A tool you can share with your team or reflect on personally

5 Proven Strategies to Build Emotionally Resilient Students

Support your students’ emotional well-being with these 5 proven, research-backed SEL strategies that help cultivate resilience, emotional regulation, and positive school culture. This free guide is designed for educators, counselors, and school leaders who want practical tools to help students thrive — academically and emotionally.

What You’ll Get:

  • A beautifully designed, research-based SEL guide for educators
  • 5 actionable strategies that support emotional regulation and resilience in students
  • Practical implementation tips you can begin using right away
  • A tool that strengthens classroom climate and supports whole-child development

Is Your Body Stressed Out? Learn to Recognize the Hidden Signs.

Your nervous system holds the key to your well-being — but most of us don’t know how to listen.

This free guide will help you recognize the physical signs of stress, overwhelm, and nervous system dysregulation so you can begin your journey back to balance.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The 3 states of the nervous system and how they show up in your body
  • Common signs of fight, flight, freeze, and regulation
  • Quick reflection prompts to build awareness
  • A gentle invitation to shift from survival mode into calm, confident leadership

Social and Emotional Learning: An Innovative Approach

Discover how Ouriana Walker is helping Harlem Academy students grow from the inside out.

This feature highlights her work bringing social-emotional learning (SEL) to life in the classroom — empowering students with tools for emotional awareness, self-regulation, and leadership.

Community

​The Balanced Leaders Collective is a supportive space for leaders, educators and entrepreneurs to find balance, grow in self-awareness, and master leadership and wellness practices.

Client Praise

Learning about emotional intelligence has created the biggest shift. It was very eye opening. I believe the concepts and strategies apply very well to my day to day work life. I am very engaged during these training sessions, discussions are very lively and meaningful. The content is very clear and easy to understand. It’s one of the reasons I look forward to the sessions. Thank you Ouriana.

Antoine Galloway
Manager, A&E Networks

I’ve collaborated on projects with Ouriana before so I anticipated my coaching session would be good. However, what I didn’t anticipate was how great it would really be. The space she provided was comfortable and relaxed and it created an environment for me to be vulnerable and honest with not only her but with myself. The end result led to clarity on things that I couldn’t formulate on my own. I’m looking forward to more.

Samirat Rivers
Senior HR Executive

Attending this workshop was a truly transformative experience! My favorite part was learning how to align my vision with tangible action steps, making my dreams feel more achievable than ever. I was inspired to join because I wanted to gain clarity and confidence in manifesting the life I desire, and this session exceeded my expectations. It completely shifted my perspective on goal-setting, helping me see that success isn’t just about effort—it’s about alignment, belief, and consistency.

For anyone considering this workshop, I’d say: Do it! It’s a powerful, eye-opening experience that will leave you feeling motivated and equipped with the right tools to turn your dreams into reality. I walked away with a renewed sense of purpose and a clear roadmap for 2025, and I’m confident this workshop will help me stay focused and intentional in reaching my goals. In one sentence: This workshop was the breakthrough I needed to manifest my ideal life with clarity, confidence, and excitement!

Lorisa Gittens
Founder & CEO, GS Solutions, LLC

I found the leadership training extremely useful for developing the skills needed to successfully achieve my short- and long-term career goals. The training successfully homes in on and helps improve professional skill gaps that are difficult to measure and address.

Client
Jonal Laboratories, Inc.

I started this journey looking for a tutorial on how to be a manager. I am leaving this training having learned more about myself than I knew existed and with an understanding of how to access the tools inside of me to be an effective leader. Ouriana helped me realize that there is no how-to to be a good manager, but professional and social development gives you the tools and confidence you need to grow into that role.

Haley Nemeth
Jonal Laboratories, Inc.

This training program is an essential tool for management and all department leaders.  We have quite an eclectic group of leaders and this program was able to be tailored to meet our specific needs for each department’s unique goals/challenges.  It is especially vital for new leaders who haven’t had a basic/foundational business background.  It’s a summary of integral resources and tools to assist the leader – whether they are new to leadership or have been a leader for years – lots of great “nuggets” of information!

MaryJo McCarthy
Human Resources Manager, Jonal Laboratories, Inc.

My experience working with Ouriana has been nothing but positive. Although I have taken numerous leadership and management courses throughout business school and my early career, they were always tailored for “cookie cutter” corporations. Being in both a unique business and unique position within the business, I found that I could rarely relate to the trainings that I had previously received. Ouriana was able to take this unique situation and apply her leadership training to actual scenarios, and set goals that were actually achievable in our dynamic environment. I would highly recommend Ouriana to others and look forward to continuing my personal and professional growth.

Dan Levine
Engineering Manager, Jonal Laboratories, Inc.

I started this program without any formal management or leadership training. I had been making do on intuition and witnessing a list of things “not-to-do” over the years. This program has provided structure and further understanding of how a manager and leadership should act and present themselves. The approach is data-driven and interactive; it is flexible to your needs. The program has provided me with a sound foundation and an achievable pathway forward to be successful in my career.

Jake Zagorski
Material Science Manager, Jonal Laboratories, Inc.

Ready to Create Lasting Growth?

Whether you’re a leader, educator, or organization, you deserve a partner who’s committed to helping you grow with purpose, resilience, and heart.

We’d love to learn more about you and explore how we can support your goals.

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