About Us

Optimizing One Mind at a Time

Who We Are

MindShift Mental Wellness & Soft Skills Training Services is a Rwanda-based professional training and coaching consultancy dedicated to strengthening mental wellbeing, emotional intelligence, and human capacity across individuals, teams, and institutions. We exist to address the often-overlooked human side of performance, the mindset, emotional health, behaviors, and leadership capacities that shape how people function, relate, and succeed in both personal and professional environments. Our services are delivered within Rwanda, across the East African region, and beyond.

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Our Vision

To cultivate emotionally intelligent, resilient, and purpose-driven individuals and organizations for sustainable performance and well-being in personal and professional environments.

Our Mission

To support individuals and organizations in developing emotional intelligence, resilience, and purpose for healthy, productive, and fulfilling personal and professional lives.

Our Purpose

To empower people and institutions with the mindset, skills, and emotional tools needed to navigate pressure, change, and complexity—while sustaining mental well-being, productivity, and ethical leadership.

Mind Shift

Where Well-Being Meets Performance

We strengthen mental well-being, emotional intelligence, and people-centered performance for individuals, teams, and institutions.

Joanita B. Kayonga

Founder

Meet our Founder

Joanita B. Kayonga is a mental wellness professional whose work is deeply grounded in compassion, humanity, and a calling to support emotional wholeness. With a background in human services and years of experience walking alongside individuals navigating emotional, behavioral, addiction, and mental health challenges, she brings a practical and deeply empathetic understanding of the human experience.

Her approach honors each person’s dignity, story, and inherent capacity for growth, creating safe and supportive spaces where individuals feel seen, valued, and empowered to evolve.

As the Founder of MindShift Wellness & Soft Skills Training Services, Joanita is committed to strengthening emotional resilience within workplaces, schools, and communities. She designs heart-centered wellness programs that integrate psychological insight, experiential learning, and culturally responsive practices. Whether working with corporate teams, university students, or community groups, her work encourages individuals to slow down, reconnect with themselves, and develop the emotional tools needed to thrive.

Joanita’s facilitation style is warm, intuitive, and transformative—guiding people to shift limiting mindsets, build healthier relationships, and embrace more balanced, purpose-driven ways of living and working.