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The GDT                   Cohort

Expansion

Expand your life and work

on your own terms.

Create work that expands your life — not work that confines it.

A 7-week curated cohort for creators, founders, storytellers, and builders of meaningful work to clarify their direction, build aligned momentum, and expand alongside a thoughtful circle of peers.

Global Dream Team brings together thoughtful builders — creators, founders, storytellers, and visionaries — designing meaningful lives through the work they create.

Inside the Expansion Cohort, members gain clarity, sharpen their thinking, and build momentum alongside a small circle of ambitious peers.

Participants include founders and creators building companies, media platforms, and creative ecosystems

Application required · Limited seats · Intentionally curated cohort

Next cohort begins Sunday, March 15

Inside GDT you’ll meet people like:

• a creator building a global media platform
• a founder shaping a new company
• a writer exploring big cultural ideas

• a filmmaker developing a documentary
• a strategist designing a more intentional life

These are people building meaningful work — and wanting thoughtful peers alongside them.
 

They come from different industries, but share the same orientation: building meaningful work and living intentionally.

What We've Noticed...

Many people feel the pressure to “go all in” on their dream.

But without a stable foundation, that leap often creates financial pressure, burnout, and creative compromise.

At Global Dream Team, we take a different approach.

We help thoughtful builders stabilize the foundation of their work — clarity, positioning, platform, or income — while building the long-term creative asset, company, or ecosystem that expands their life.

Some participants come to stabilize income.

Others come to build platforms, media, or ideas that support an existing company or vision.

In both cases, the goal is the same:
to build meaningful work with stability, freedom, and long-term vision.

Inside the cohort, we focus on three layers that allow meaningful work to become sustainable.

Foundation

Stabilize the foundation of your work — your positioning, direction, systems, and (when needed) income. Clarify your skills, offers, and opportunities so your work begins creating real financial momentum.

Expansion

Develop your voice, ideas, and platform.

Build systems for content, audience growth, and opportunities so your work starts reaching the right people.

Long-Term Asset

Begin building the project, platform, company, or ecosystem that compounds over time.

This is where your ideas begin to compound into leverage.

What People Have Accomplished Inside GDT

Clarity & Direction

• Clarified the work they want to build over the next decade
• Identified their most valuable ideas and opportunities
• Designed a long-term creative path

Long-Term Creative Assets

• Launched podcasts, media platforms, and content ecosystems
• Began building projects designed to compound and expand over time
• Turned ideas into platforms, intellectual property, and communities

 

Built Businesses

• Launched content businesses and secured retainer clients
• Launched coaching programs
• Built creative studios

Increased Income & Autonomy

• Doubled their monthly income
• Signed high-paying clients
• Replaced their 9–5 roles
• Now own their time

Expanded Influence

• Built sustainable content systems
• Secured paid brand deals

• Gone viral (1M+ views)

These are high-potential individuals who didn't need motivation —
they needed clarity, structure, and the right room to build alongside others doing the same.

Who This Is For

The GDT Cohort is designed for:

• Creators building meaningful platforms or media
• Founders shaping thoughtful companies
• Storytellers and artists developing their voice
• Builders who want their work to expand their life

This is not for:

• People looking for quick hacks or shortcuts
• Passive participants
• Those not actively building or creating something

For people building meaningful lives and work — and wanting to do it with clarity, depth, and care.

Most ambitious, thoughtful people don’t struggle with capability

they struggle with clarity, emotional bandwidth, and having the right structure to move forward without burning out.

The GDT Expansion Cohort is a curated, intimate experience designed for visionaries, creative leaders, founders, storytellers, thinkers and ambitious builders of meaningful work who are ready to evolve beyond hustle, overwhelm, and external noise — into clarity, confidence, and deeply grounded expansion on their own terms.

This isn't motivation

Motivation fades.
Capacity compounds.
This isn’t surface-level tactics or performative growth.
It’s aligned, embodied transformation.
This isn't hustle culture.

It’s sustainable expansion that respects your humanity while building real power.

This is strategic, evidence-informed transformation — the clarity, structure, grounding, and support system high-caliber humans rarely receive.

WHO THIS IS FOR

You're already capable, intelligent, and

in motion.

This space is for people building — or ready to build — something meaningful, and who care deeply about how they create it.

For people who have operated in demanding environments — and are now looking for a space that values depth, discernment, and originality over performance.

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Somewhere between your potential and your execution, friction has crept in.
Not because you’re incapable — but because you’ve been carrying too much alone.

This is for you if you're experiencing any of these:

It's not discipline you're missing. It's clarity, structure, grounded support — and a strategy that actually honors who you are.

Overthinking, creative paralysis, or emotional overwhelm blocking your natural flow
Too many ideas, not enough grounded direction to channel your vision
Capable of extraordinary work - but execution isn't matching your potential
Clear talent, but unclear positioning or pathway forward in the landscape.
Building something meaningful and craving strategic refinement at the highest level
Ready to be surrounded by peers operating at the level you are growing into
Deeply committed to alignment, excellence, emotional intelligence, and impact
Ready to step into deeper leadership, visibility, and creative power with grounded confidence

THE TRANSFORMATION

Over 7 weeks, participants move from:

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You'll leave with:

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This isn’t hype.
It’s capacity building for people who intend to keep going.

We don't push you harder — we help you build the capacity to move forward with steadiness, confidence, and ease.

ENVIRONMENT DESIGN

GDT is not just a program.

It’s an intentionally designed space.

Because environment shapes everything — from how clearly you think,
to how grounded you feel,
to how confidently you move forward.

After spending time in both high-pressure systems and deeply grounding environments around the world, one pattern became clear:

When noise drops, clarity rises.
When stimulation quiets, direction sharpens.

The Expansion Cohort mirrors those conditions — without requiring you to step away from your life.

Thoughtful Curation

This is a carefully curated space.

Who you’re surrounded by matters.
The people in the space shape the quality of conversation, thinking, and momentum.

This cohort is built for thoughtful, self-aware builders who are already in motion — and want a space that supports clarity, integrity, and follow-through.

Culture by Design

This is not hustle culture.
Not performative growth.
Not surface-level connection.

It’s a space that values:

  • depth over noise

  • clarity over urgency

  • momentum without self-abandonment

When the environment is right, progress doesn’t need to be forced.
It becomes sustainable.
And it lasts.

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HOW IT WORKS

7 Weeks • Intimate Cohort • Deep Support

A deliberately designed experience balancing strategy, emotional grounding, creative clarity, and real support — without unnecessary complexity or performative pressure.

You'll receive:

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THE CURRICULUM

7 Weeks of Strategic, Integrated

Transformation

Week 1 — The North Star

Identity • Direction • Alignment

Clarify what you're building, who it's for, and why it matters.

Week 2 — Foundations & Systems

Structure • Workflow • Sustainability

Build supportive systems that actually work with who you are.

Week 3 — Confidence & Creative Courage

Emotional Regulation • Visibility • Nervous System Awareness

Release perfectionism, regulate overwhelm, and build steady, grounded self-trust.

Week 4 — Momentum

Execution • Energy Discipline • Identity in Motion

Strengthen consistency, commitment, and forward movement.

Week 5 — Growth Pathways

Business • Partnerships • Monetization • Expansion

Clarify revenue streams, opportunities, and strategic direction.

Week 6 — Showcase & Elevation

Visibility • Expression • Leadership in Practice

Share work, step into presence, elevate quality & voice.

Weeks 7–8 — Integration & Future Strategy

Solidify habits • integrate identity shifts • lock in sustainable rhythms

Leave with a grounded plan, real momentum, and a way of operating that lasts.

THE METHODOLOGY

This experience uniquely integrates:

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This isn't about quick tactics. It's about developing the clarity, emotional capacity, and leadership identity to sustain meaningful growth.

REAL PEOPLE. REAL MOMENTUM.

Transformation in Action

“I went from terrified to post… to going viral. I finally feel like a real creator.”

Before →

Stuck at 1.8K followers • scared to post • overwhelmed by perfectionism • unclear voice • unsure how to grow

After →

Viral to 1M+ views • grew audience 8x • landed paid partnerships • confidently talking on camera • clear brand + direction

​- India, Cultural Storyteller

“This is support you cannot get anywhere else.”

Before →

Financial inconsistency • unclear positioning • lots of ideas but no clear path • creating without structure or support

After →

Built monetization + coaching model • secured paid deals • launched new series • grounded clarity, confidence & direction

— Noelle, Content Creator

& Musician

“I left every call feeling grounded, inspired, and capable.”​

Before →

Overwhelmed • emotionally and mentally spread thin • unclear future direction • losing creative spark

After →

Restored alignment • sustainable systems • grounded confidence • renewed excitement about creating again

Christine, Tech Leader & Creator

See the full journey behind the results — not just the highlights.

YOUR FACILITATOR

Led by Ysabel Chavez

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Ysabel Chavez

Founder, Global Dream Team

Visionary storyteller, strategist, and creative leader

Ysabel’s work sits at the intersection of creative excellence, emotional intelligence, and grounded strategy — designing environments where high-caliber humans can expand without losing themselves in the process.

 

Background & Experience

  • UCLA — International Development Studies + Entrepreneurship

  • Experience across Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, and CAA

  • First employee at a Forbes- and TechCrunch-featured startup, learning how to build and scale from zero inside high-pressure environments

  • Founder & producer of Global Dream Team — a travel and storytelling platform spanning 40+ countries and 100+ filmed human stories

  • Built and led a 35k+ global community across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram

  • $120k+ in brand partnerships and collaborations (including KIND, Marriott, BuzzFeed, and Koia)

  • Developed and facilitated growth programs for students and emerging leaders across UCLA, USC, UC Berkeley, and NYU

Ysabel’s approach is deeply human, intentional, and grounded. She facilitates spaces where clarity replaces noise, momentum feels sustainable, and people are supported in building lives and work that genuinely feel like their own.

INVESTMENT

Ready to Step Into Your Next Chapter?

$3,500

or 3 payments of $1,250

7 Weeks

Live Virtual

Application Required

Payment Plans Available

Selection considers the work you’re doing, your lived experience, and the way you show up — alongside alignment, integrity, and readiness for this season.​​

Spaces are intentionally limited to maintain intimacy, depth, and quality of support. 

If you're ready to stop circling your potential and step into aligned, grounded, powerful expansion — apply.

A 7-week immersive cohort for creators, founders, and builders ready to gain clarity, momentum, and step into their next chapter.

WHY THIS EXPERIENCE IS DIFFERENT

Transformative by Design — Grounded in Humanity, Strategy, and Excellence

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