The psychology-backed framework to own your leadership from the inside out
without the patriarchal advice that taught women to act like a man instead of think like a leader
I’m Dr. Kelsey Medeiros (you can call me Kels): organizational psychologist, author of Painted Wolves, and your brilliant bestie with a PhD.
If you’re tired of being the hardest worker in every room and still feeling invisible, something needs to change. And it’s not your work ethic.
I help women build the thinking skills that shift you from proving you belong to knowing you do.
Out of date. Expired. Stale.
You're the hardest worker in the room. But you’re still being overlooked. Still watching someone less qualified get the opportunity you earned.
And you’re tired of it. Exhausted. Totally over it.
The problem is not your work ethic. It's that no one ever taught you the thing that actually matters: how to think like a leader.
Not what to say in a meeting. Not how to 'lean in.' How to actually think — strategically, confidently, and in a way that moves the room.
That's how I describe the leadership advice you've been given your whole career. Do this. Say that. Follow these steps.
And be honest, how is that working out for you now?
How We Do It: The Painted Wolf 💅🏽🐺 Leadership Model
Five skills.
One rewired mind.
Doing “all the things” got you here.
Thinking like a leader gets you promoted.
My signature Painted Wolf Leadership Framework rewires how you think — five cognitive skills that shift you from the hardest worker in the room to the leader nobody can ignore.
My approach to leadership development focuses on three key principles:
For women. Not adapted for women. BUILT for women. Women experience leadership differently. The pressures, the expectations, the double standards. So I built something from the ground up for how women actually lead. Not a pink version of a men's program.
Research, not vibes. My Painted Wolf Leadership Framework is grounded in peer-reviewed research on leadership, cognition, and how women lead. No motivational fluff. No one person's opinion dressed up as a methodology. Just science that works. (And I make it fun, I promise.)
Your crew is waiting. Women thrive when other women have their back. Inside Like a Leader you'll find ambitious women who get it — the pressure, the double standards, the 'am I enough?' spiral, all of it. Part accountability group, part group chat, part wine-night-with-your-smartest-friends energy. Because growth happens when smart women think out loud together.
