Rooted and Rising Education, PLLC was founded by Renee David and Rebecca Lee. Our paths crossed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic—a time of unraveling and truth-telling. We reflected that even in the midst of a traumatic global crisis, the world was still offering profound possibility: a chance to reimagine how we care for one another, and how we can learn more deeply about who we are and who we can be.

We felt this! As, so many of us felt this! Yet instead of creating new norms, we watched our industries cling tighter to status quo. Systems meant to support us were the very systems continuing to take from us. We witness staggering burnout. We’ve felt the invisibility, the disconnection, the harm of a culture that glorifies self-sacrifice. We’ve all seen heart-centered compassionate professionals pour everything out, only to be left empty. Amid rising burnout and widespread clinician moral injury, we both found one another other in a shared truth: We need a radically different way to support clinicians and giving professionals—one that is kinder, more honest, and unapologetically natural.

So we start with the root - what we’re taught.

All to often our roots don’t feel rooted. Too often we’re seeing education used to keep us conformed to a box, fueling imposter syndrome and taking us away from our most natural gifts - perpetuating the notion that the next training or certificate will finally make you worthy. This is a lie we refuse to pass down.

Rooted and Rising Education was born to bring hope and connection back into learning.

We believe education should affirm your inner knowing, not overwrite it.
Education should magnify your wisdom, not make you a clone of your teacher.
Education should deepen your authenticity—not dilute it.
Education should be revolutionary—it should offer you back to yourself.

We believe care must be reciprocal. Those holding space for healing also deserve spaces that hold them. Our work is in creating that space and beginning with honoring the clinician, the helper, the giver — as a whole person — whose wellness matters. We’re creating learning spaces rooted in community, connection, curiosity, and radical self-trust.

Because when we are ALL well — when we can fully engage our connection, curiosity, natural abundance, and growth — then our communities are well.