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Nikolai is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Rhode Island and the founder of OMpowerment Psychotherapy, a space for PRACTICAL mindfulness-based psychotherapy. (As in you can learn how to slow down and be present WITHOUT having to meditate for hours). She specializes in helping ambitious, productivity-focused people who struggle with slowing down (even though they know that they should). To do this, she combines her training in mental health counseling, yoga, motivational interviewing, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and interpersonal communications.

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"If I could say one thing, it would be that you should not be ashamed of your sensitivity because it's a characteristic that makes you unique."

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Amanda is a Visibility and marketing strategist with over 20 years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience who partners with solo entrepreneurs, small businesses, and start-ups to consult on content strategic communications, online marketing, sales, and public relations strategy so they no longer feel lost in a sea of competitors or unnoticed in a noisy field.

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"It's all about allowing women to discover their strengths and supporting them."

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Join Jacquie & Monica in an additional discussion about systematic racism in the workplace by exploring the book Hush Money.

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"Stop "code-switching," or altering your speech, appearance, or hairstyle to suit the dominant culture, which is the white culture in the workplace, and start being your actual, honest self instead. Embrace your own skin comfortably. Embrace who you are and your culture with pride."

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Before Jacquie Abram began her journey as an Author and Anti-racism Consultant, she had a lucrative career in higher education that she was very good at & that she enjoyed. A career that spanned nearly two decades & by any measure should’ve been a successful career. But it wasn’t. Because throughout her career, she experienced racism in the workplace, not the kind you see in a lot of movies, books, and TV shows about racism that occurred decades ago during a time when it was more overt & easily spotted, but the kind of racism that is more covert, hidden, & harder to prove. And so, her career was derailed multiple times by multiple employers & she suffered racial trauma that, to this day, she has not fully recovered from. And when the same thing happened to others including both of her girls after they began careers of their own, she pulled herself out of corporate America, wrote HUSH MONEY: HOW ONE WOMAN PROVED SYSTEMIC RACISM IN HER WORKPLACE AND KEPT HER JOB, a book inspired by true events & co-authored by her girls, & began selling it from the trunk of her car in March 2021. Hush Money is now an Award-Winning Book and gold medal recipient, Amazon Best Seller and 5-Star rated, and is ranked #1 in Best Eye-Opening African-American Women’s Fiction on Goodreads Listopia.  Facebook Instagram Twitter

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"Sometimes a greater sense of purpose comes from being off track of your expected path in life or career. Reflecting on my life experiences and sharing them through the writing of my own book, it has come to my senses that I have been through so much misery and discrimination because of my race. Now that I have gathered my pain and poured it into a book, I have acquired a deeper source of strength and awareness to recognize as well as bring awareness to what is happening around us and why these things are happening."

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Misha Bleymaier-Farrish provides a unique perspective that pairs logistical understanding with innovative vision-casting and development, cultivated through 20 years of experience in operations and technology. Misha’s life motto is GSD – “Get shit done”, and she brings that philosophy to any organization, client, or project with which she works. She is an entrepreneur, CEO, and Founder of Etymology Consulting, where she continues to use her expertise throughout the entire technology lifecycle to assist her clients to reach their organizational goals. Misha is an advocate for the under-voiced, mentoring the next generation of business leaders across insurance and technology, and empowering those that need professional direction and clarity. Finally, Misha is a wife and mother of two who is no stranger to dreaming big, questioning the status quo and, just, GSDing. She understands the opportunities and challenges that come from being a working mom in both the insurance industry and technology space. Misha is a strong believer in women and men collaborating to empower and encourage one another as we trailblaze our industries and bring about much-needed change.

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Work and life balance takes a lot of courage in terms of what to prioritize. By attaining a sense of equilibrium in my personal life and work, I have aligned my mission of giving back to the community and my vision for myself in the future. My Important moments are spent with my significant ones while I can still reach out and share my story to empower my community as a career woman.

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Bevin is a dynamic executive with over 15 years of experience in leading people, building high-performance teams, and developing innovative sales/learning solutions. Known for her creativity, curiosity, high-energy and unwavering optimism, she is passionate about investing in others to facilitate human breakthroughs that drive high-performance business results. For the last three years, she has walked a personal growth journey after losing one of her children to a traumatic drowning incident. Learning how to address and talk about this painful aspect of her personal life has led her to discover the powerful impact of connecting with others from a place of authenticity and vulnerability in both personal and professional settings.  Bevin is Chief Growth Officer and founding team member for a culture-first, mission-driven,  venture-backed women’s apparel start-up, Peach. She is the host of a weekly podcast-style chat called “Thursday Thrive” based upon the tenants of Positive Psychology and author of a weekly  “Saturday Meditation” blog chronicling her journey through child-loss.

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Journey in life includes inevitable pain and loss. However, there's no need to compare each other's tragedies as we have different various points of reference. We are so caught up in letting the pain go but the reality is that we should be able to maneuver things while feeling what we should feel. What's important is we put into conversation the things that unsettle us and learn how to handle them.

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Karen Pambianchi, CLC is the founder of Swift Water Life Coach, a specialized coaching practice focused on helping ambitious women achieve their career goals and find work-life harmony with simple and effective routines and habits. She is a Certified Life Coach, through the American Life Coach Academy, which is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) – the gold standard in coaching – and a member of the New England Chapter of ICF Professional Coaches. She has been coaching for the last six years transitioning from a career in marketing and events to coaching within a university and now leading her practice.

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There's power in listening but there's so much more wisdom in identifying what was behind what was unspoken. Active listening is just like reading between the lines we learn to uncover parts of each other that we can use to help ourselves and the individuals around us. It is not always in what we know but it is in how open we are to what is expressed to become of assistance to one another.

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Motivated by her progress Valeria dedicated more than two decades of her life to a successful corporate career that led her to work with 7 countries, occupying leadership positions in companies such as Procter & Gamble, Citibank, and Reckitt Benckiser. She focused so fully on her career that other areas of her life eventually started to feel the consequences, particularly health. What on the outside looked like an enviable successful life, on the inside was a life devoid of direction and true meaning.

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"When belonging to a sisterhood, think about what you can bring to the circle rather than what you can get from the sorority. Just like your sisters, you are a valuable woman. Navigate within the circle while letting your unique independence shine through."

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Sofia started in the mortgage industry when she was only 18 years old; she was in college and just doing it as a side job Though Sofia started out studying to be a teacher, after three years in the mortgage industry she switched her major to Business, and never looked back. Her team of experts at Mortgage Network serves the entire Metro Boston area. They are a direct lender that offers a full range of products with a portfolio division for situations that don’t fit standard guidelines; that includes jumbo loans and other types of financing.  What she loves most about her career is helping first-time homebuyers - it is her passion! In her free time, she is either teaching Greek Dance, attending her local Greek church, hosting events to raise funds for the Pan-Cretan National Organization, or hanging out with her family and three wonderful kids.

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"Keep the beat yourself be persistent, and be yourself in whatever you do, you'll succeed."

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Katherine (Kat) Ternes worked in the political arena and during her time as a legislative aide she developed skills that bring a unique perspective to the Insurtech space. A major factor that play her considering the move into Insurtech was a growing frustration about seeing the Independent Space struggle to survive with old methods. Learn how her "weird" and smart personality is just what the doctor ordered to bring a new perspective into the industry and play a vital role in the "boys club".

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Don't be afraid to do it your way.

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