Candis Smith Certified Leadership and Executive Coach

Candis Smith – Transformational and Executive Coaching for the woman who’s done it all and still feels something’s missing

Women of color in mid to executive leadership roles carry too much. In a constantly changing corporate world, they live with silent fear of losing their job, being misunderstood, or having to prove themselves again. They work in systems that weren’t built for them. They show up, lead, provide, and hold it all together but inside, they’re lost. That’s why Shaping Pathways Inc. exists; to create a space to release the pressure, hear from God and realign with who they were before the proving, perfectionism and pretending began.

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What You Can Expect from Identity-Based Coaching

I blend spiritual alignment, emotional clarity, and strategic support to help high-achieving women of color release performance and lead with authenticity.

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Clarity That Grounds You

Step out of autopilot. Hear clearly from God and lead with intention.

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Identity That Aligns You

Let go of who you had to be and reconnect with who you truly are.

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Boundaries That Protect You

Redefine your pace. Guard your peace, time, and emotional capacity.

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Confidence That Sustains You

Make bold decisions rooted in wholeness, not pressure or perfection.

What Is PATHs™

For women who are exhausted from holding it all together and don’t want to lose themselves in the process.

The PATHs™ framework is a faith-based coaching journey for women of color who carry the weight; the job, the family, the responsibility and still feel like it’s never enough.

You’re trusted, but tired. Tired of proving. Tired of pretending. Tired of feeling like who you are is tied to what you do.

This isn’t performance coaching. It’s a return to the version of you that existed before the pressure, before the fear, before the mask.

This is transformation that sticks because God calls you to lead from truth and faith.

What PATHs™ Stands For

A 5-part framework designed to walk you through spiritual recalibration, emotional clarity, and practical leadership transformation:

  • P – Permission to Pause & Be Present
    Step out of high-functioning autopilot and create space to hear what’s really going on.
  • A – Awaken Your Identity
    Reconnect with who you are beyond roles, expectations, or performance.
  • T – Transform What’s Been Tied to You
    Release internal narratives, pressures, and past patterns that no longer serve your calling.
  • H – Heal Through Insight & Revelation
    Surface what’s been buried, and release it with grace, not guilt.
  • S – Step Boldly Into Your Alignment
    Move forward with clarity, peace, and leadership rooted in your God-given identity.
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Ways to Experience the PATHs™ Coaching Journey

I help ambitious women grow with clarity and confidence. Each coaching journey is personal, shaped around your goals and pace. I understand how heavy it can feel to lead, to prove yourself, and to still want more. That’s why my coaching blends calm guidance, real strategy, and honest reflection so you can step into your power and create change that lasts.

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PATHs Discovery™ A Strategic Reset for What's Next

Outcomes:

✓ Clarity on your current season

✓ Your top 3 spiritual + leadership priorities

✓ A 30-Day Spirit-led Action Plan

✓ Emotional release + space to process

✓ Clear next steps — with or without the full program

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Crystal Clear PATHs™ Plan

A 12-week journey to help you lead from identity, not pressure.

✓ Reconnection to who God called you to be

✓ Short & long-term goals rooted in purpose

✓ Spirit-led rhythms, routines, and boundaries

✓ A personalized 90-Day Divine Assignment Plan™

✓ Confidence to lead without fear, masks, or burnout

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Speaking, Workshops, and Leadership Training for Organizations

For teams, churches, and communities ready to lead differently.

✓ Real conversations on faith, identity, and pressure

✓ Tools to support women of color in leadership

✓ Culturally safe, spiritually grounded spaces

✓ Leadership practices that prevent burnout

✓ Strategies to build lasting, inclusive culture

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Meet Candis

I’ve lived what I now coach.

As a woman of color navigating my career to executive leadership, I know what it’s like to carry the weight, the pressure to perform, to prove yourself, to keep showing up even when you’re running on empty.

The PATHs™ framework was born from my own breaking point and the moment God called me back to truth. Back to who I really was beneath the title, the pressure, and the mask.

Now, I walk with women who are done pretending, but still called to lead.

This work is about leading from identity, not fear.

Rooted in faith. Aligned with purpose.

And no longer trying to hold it all together alone.

Clarity, intention, confidence. This is how you lead and live with peace and power.

Candis Smith

Transformational Life Coach

Don’t Take My Words for It…

“Shaping Pathways helped me break through career stagnation and step into a leadership role with confidence what I never got yet before.”
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Brandy
Business women
“I’ve learned how to confidently use my voice as a leader and establish boundaries that keep me spiritually and emotionally grounded.”
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Georgia
Freelance Developer
“I finally have clarity, confidence, and the support I need to navigate my industry successfully. Thank you soooo much Candis for your candid sessions!”
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Writer
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