Personal Development, Speaking, Coaching &

Workshops for Women in Greater Houston

Still repeating the same mistakes &

expecting life to improve?

You CAN get better at choosing to better and

create a life with more soul, sass & substance.

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Founder, Tina Bernard

WISE Conference 2026 breakout speaker

Athena Leadership Award nominee 2026

Featured in VoyageHouston

2026 Global Recognition Award Winner (Leadership)

2026 Marquis Who’s Who in America

WISE Conference 2026 breakout speaker Athena Leadership Award nominee 2026 Featured in VoyageHouston 2026 Global Recognition Award Winner (Leadership) 2026 Marquis Who’s Who in America

Welcome to The Badass Arts™

Ever felt like you've done a lifetime of personal development work, but somehow, you're still repeating the same messed-up patterns?

Finding yourself rolling your eyes mid-"practice"? Reading the Shelf-Help books, making the vision boards, and none of it sticks?

We may be soul sisters.

Because all the insight in the world doesn't heal the wounds or bridge the gap between what you know and how you live, especially when the shift hits the fan.

That’s where the practical tools, transformative ideas, and delightfully weird language of The Badass Arts™ come in.

Through honest conversations and a little badassery, we work on interrupting old patterns, taming those Doubt Goblins™, and learning how to get better at choosing better.

Think personal development meets clarity coaching meets creating the life you’re called to live.

So where do you go from here?

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Life Coaching and Personal Development for Women in Greater Houston

The Badass Arts™ offers life coaching, personal development workshops, and practical tools for women who are ready to make meaningful changes in their lives.

You're smart, capable, and emotionally aware. You're often better at giving advice than following it, and you can probably recognize your own patterns better than most.

You're wise and tender, playful and deep, practical and spiritual.

You have little patience for shallow answers or the same old outcomes. You yearn for the magic without the magical thinking. And you're tired of personal growth that feels like performance: saying the right things, buying the books, making the vision boards, doing the practices, and still ending up in the same damn place.

If you're reading this and thinking, "Well, damn..." welcome. Come see what The Badass Arts™ can look like in your own life.

“Tina Bernard of The Badass Arts has a remarkable gift for helping people unlock their creativity and see possibilities they didn’t know existed. Her innovative approach goes far beyond traditional assistance—she creates experiences that inspire personal growth, healing, fresh thinking, and genuine transformation.”
— Dr. Michael Mantell, Ph.D. International Behavioral Science Expert, Bestselling Author & Former Chief Psychologist

Motivational Speaking and Personal Development Workshops for Organizations in Greater Houston

Audiences are drowning in information and starving for meaning.

Organizations want speakers who can move a room and leave people thinking differently about their work, one another, and what is possible.

I bring behavioral insight, storytelling, soul and sass to conferences, leadership events, retreats and community gatherings.

You get personal development with a practical payoff: stronger self-awareness, better decisions, more effective communication, and tools people can use immediately to change how they lead, work and relate.

Let’s create something people will remember and use to change what they do next.

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Gain Clarity, Find Healing & Create the Life You're Called to Live Through Life Coaching

Between the mess and the miracles is where The Badass Arts™ comes alive.

Getting Unstuck
Breaking old patterns, habits, and choices that keep repeating.

Clarity & Decision-Making
When you know something needs to change but can't quite see the next move.

Self-Trust & Confidence
Learning to hear yourself again, quiet the doubt, and trust what you know.

Boundaries & Relationships
Navigating communication, expectations, conflict, and the people you love.

Life Transitions
Career shifts, relationship changes, empty nests, reinvention, and the big question: "What now?"

Purpose & What Comes Next
Figuring out what matters now and how you're called to live it.

Let's bridge the gap between what you know and how you live, so you can Live Bigly with more soul, more sass, and more substance.

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