Rising Tide Consulting: Empowering Women to Overcome Barriers and Lead Boldly
Raina Gandhi's Rising Tide Consulting helps women break through barriers, reclaim their leadership potential, and overcome self-sabotaging beliefs.
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Nov 4, 2025
INATIONWIDE - NOVEMBER 2025 - (USAnews.com) In a world where women are increasingly rising to the top of their careers, the journey is often riddled with invisible obstacles. For Raina Gandhi, Founder and CEO of Rising Tide Consulting, this journey is both deeply personal and universally relatable. Her own story of overcoming challenges, internal and external, has fueled her mission to help women break through the psychological barriers that often prevent them from reaching their full potential.
“I'm not your traditional coach," says Gandhi. "I believe that to truly succeed, we need to confront not just external obstacles, closed doors, gatekeepers, structural inequities, but also the internal narratives we've been taught to believe about ourselves.”
A Journey Rooted in Experience
Raina Gandhi’s journey to becoming an influential leader in women’s coaching didn’t follow a typical path. With over 25 years of experience across industries such as investment banking, consulting, nonprofits, and higher education, Gandhi brings a wealth of perspective to her work. Her background in financial services was promising, but she made the bold decision to take an 11-year hiatus to focus on raising her daughters. This transition, while fulfilling, was not without its challenges. When Gandhi returned to the workforce, she found herself facing new barriers, ones that many women encounter when attempting to re-enter the workforce after a break.
It was during this phase of her life that she realized the full extent of the limiting beliefs many women carry. The self-doubt. The fear of asking for what they truly deserve. The ingrained notion that success is something that must be granted, rather than claimed.
This experience shaped Gandhi’s approach to coaching. Drawing from both her personal struggles and professional expertise, she set out to create Rising Tide Consulting, a platform dedicated to empowering women to overcome the unique barriers they face in leadership.
Overcoming the Inner Glass Ceiling
Through Rising Tide Consulting, Raina Gandhi works with women who are ready to break free from the psychological barriers holding them back. The “inner glass ceiling” is one of the main hurdles that she addresses in her coaching, workshops, and keynotes. It’s the belief that despite all external success, whether it’s a promotion, recognition, or professional achievement, there’s a deep-seated fear of inadequacy that undermines confidence.
“One of the biggest challenges I see is that women often feel like they have to prove themselves over and over again, even when they’re already qualified,” explains Gandhi. “Traditional coaching might address time management or energy management, but I take a deeper approach by examining why women feel responsible for everything in the first place.”
This focus on examining and dismantling deeply ingrained beliefs is what sets Rising Tide apart from other coaching businesses. Instead of focusing on surface-level strategies, Gandhi digs into the societal conditioning that causes women to self-sabotage, to feel undeserving, or to doubt their abilities.
The RISE Program: A Transformation Framework
Central to Rising Tide Consulting’s offerings is the RISE program, which helps women challenge limiting beliefs and step into their leadership potential. RISE stands for Reclaiming Identity, Shifting Expectations. This program delves deep into the psychological blocks that often stop women from stepping into powerful roles, focusing on the differences between knowing your worth intellectually and truly embodying it. Gandhi emphasizes that while women may intellectually know they deserve recognition, they often don’t feel it at their core, which can create a disconnect in their leadership journey.
A key component of the RISE program is the exploration of societal socialization. Gandhi explains how women are often taught to wait for opportunities, rather than seize them. This programming leads to hesitance when it comes to self-advocacy and claiming what they rightfully deserve. It’s a narrative that needs to be rewritten, one that Rising Tide is committed to helping women transform.
The Heart of Leadership
For Gandhi, leadership isn’t just about achieving a role or title, it’s about understanding what kind of leader you want to be and whether traditional models of leadership fit with your values and strengths. She believes that women-centered coaching, like the approach at Rising Tide, helps women redefine leadership on their own terms.
“The leadership role you want to step into should align with who you are, not what society tells you a leader should look like,” says Gandhi. “It’s about creating a model of leadership that is authentic to you and your values, not just conforming to outdated standards.”
Her commitment to reshaping leadership narratives is what has made Rising Tide Consulting a sought-after platform. Gandhi has been recognized as one of the Top 20 Inspiring Female Entrepreneurs of 2025 by NY Weekly Magazine, a testament to her influence and the transformative work she is doing for women across industries.
A Bold New Future for Women in Leadership
Through Rising Tide Consulting, Raina Gandhi is reshaping what it means to be a successful woman in leadership. She continues to challenge the narratives women have been taught and encourages them to lead with authenticity and courage. Her mission is simple but profound: to empower women to embrace their leadership potential and rewrite the rules on their own terms.
Her approach isn’t just about coaching, it’s about creating a movement of women who are confident, self-aware, and unapologetically bold. “When women rise, organizations benefit,” says Gandhi, reflecting on the broader impact of her work. “The productivity, collaboration, and innovation that follow are not just good for business, they're good for the world.”
If you're ready to confront your own limiting beliefs and step into a leadership role that truly reflects who you are, Rising Tide Consulting offers the tools, the support, and the transformative insights to help you get there.
Visit Rising Tide Consulting and explore how you can break through barriers and lead the way in your own unique style. Join Raina Gandhi and thousands of women who are rewriting the rules of leadership because when women rise, everyone rises.
