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Breakout Sessions

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Rest as a Chapter:

How to Restore Your Brain Power

In our modern society, we live against our natural rhythms, making everyday tasks feel twice as hard. As women, we prioritize others' needs before our own, creating stress, fatigue, and burnout. Rest should not be a luxury but a constant tool to support and maintain our hectic lifestyles.

 

With the right strategies, rest can occur while wide awake, as well as during sleep, the most important recovery time. Learn to train your mind, body, and spirit for optimal brain performance.

Guest Speaker Roxanne Evans
Owner, Renew Neuro-Management
  • LinkedIn
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The power of boundaries:

Protecting Your Storyline Without Sacrificing Your Professionalism

Healthy boundaries are not walls. They are the foundation of effective leadership, meaningful relationships, and long-term career success. In this interactive session, participants will learn how to recognize healthy and unhealthy boundaries, communicate limits with confidence, and navigate difficult workplace conversations without guilt or conflict.

 

Through real-life scenarios, reflection, and practical communication strategies, attendees will leave with tools they can immediately apply in both their professional and personal lives to reduce stress, process burnout, and strengthen relationships.

Guest Speaker Tina Johnson
Director of Community Engagement,
Hope House
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Writing your way forward:

Journaling to Protect Your Main Character Energy

Writing allows us to record the past, process the present, and plan for the future. Unfortunately, our busy lives can prevent us from taking advantage of the personal and professional benefits of journaling. In this session, participants will engage in a variety of writing activities that foster reflection, opportunity, and joy.

Guest Speaker Jennifer Jones
2025 Missouri State Teacher of the Year
  • Clubhouse
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Meet the inner critic:

Your Story's Villain

In this breakout session, women will uncover the inner critic as a persistent villain in their personal story and learn how its voice shapes confidence, choices, and self perception.

 

Through guided reflection and practical narrative tools, attendees will identify the critic’s patterns, challenge its influence, and begin replacing it with a stronger, more compassionate inner narrator. This session equips women to step into their next chapter with clarity, courage, and renewed ownership of their story.

Guest Speakers Tyreka Smith & Teresa Brandon
Teresa Brandon - Chief Executive Officer, Ignite Hope; Tyreka Smith - Chief Operating Officer, TNC Community
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Write it messy:

Getting it Wrong on Purpose

We all have a blank page we keep avoiding—the thing we mean to start and don't. The page never fills from waiting; it fills from one imperfect first line. In this session, you'll explore why blank pages happen, write yours, and leave with a commitment for your first step.

Guest Speaker Danielle Tye
Founder, Activate Edge
  • LinkedIn
  • Clubhouse
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