Feb. 28, 2023:  Michaela Dollar, Assistant City Manager, and Jenny Mizutowicz, Director of Economic Development, both at City of Richardson

June 7, 2023:  Communication: A key leadership skill for women, featuring Merrie Spaeth, founder and president, Spaeth Communications, Inc.

September 12, 2023: Inspiring upstander behavior, featuring Mary Pat Higgins, President & CEO, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

December 6, 2023: AI:  Treasure chest or Pandora's Box? featuring Lisa Jordan, VP of Delivery, CG Infinity

March 1, 2022:  Your money: Live long and be prosperous, featuring Mary Bedosky, Prosperity Bank, Amanda Pritchard, UT Dallas, Vicki Ratliff, Wills on Wheels, Jenny Sisombath, DDS, Erin Williams, LPL Financial

June 7, 2022:  Launch into leadership, featuring Dr. Alicia Makaye,
president and CEO, GXA

September 6, 2022: Mapping your mission and becoming the new you, featuring Kyle Queal, founder and principal, Queal & Company

December 6, 2022: Lead where you live , featuring Charmaine Solomon, founder and chair emeritus, My Possibilities

March 3, 2021:  The good ol' days are now, featuring Anne Barab, Professional Keynoter, DTM, Accredited Speaker, CVP, Certified Virtual Presenter

June 2, 2021:  Rethinking leadership in times of change, featuring Trisha Cunningham,
president and CEO, North Texas Food Bank

September 1, 2021: Recreate: How to strategize and plan for the future, featuring Gayle Anderson, CFO, Kalkomey Enterprises

December 1, 2021: Rejuvenate your mind: Prepare for success in 2022 , featuring Catherine Monson, CEO, Propelled Brands

March 4, 2020:  EmpowerMENt? No! Empower Women!, featuring Vanessa Ogle, founder and CEO, Enseo

June 3, 2020:  Personal branding: Your strategy for success, featuring Jill Slomski, president and owner, Niche Team LLC

September 2, 2020: A courageous conversation about race, featuring Taiwan Brown, VP of inclusion & community engagement, RealPage, and David Alexander, managing director, Gallagher Human Resources & Compensation Consulting

December 2, 2020: Resilience despite adversity, featuring Catherine Cuellar, director of communications, outreach and marketing at City of Dallas

March 6, 2019: Life is in a constant state of change, featuring Gabrielle Madison, Director of Community Relations, Thomson Reuters, and Anna Butler, managing editor, Dallas Business Journal

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June 5, 2019: Finding peace in everyday life, featuring Ann Ranson, president, Bottom Line 3 Marketing

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Follow-up from the speaker:

How do you Find Peace in Everyday Life?
You have more peace when you know who you are, what makes you tick, what makes you happy or sad. You’re not thrown off your game anymore because you have a solid foundation of inner knowing that is not easily broken.

1. Create Oasis Moments – take moments of appreciation to prime your pump for the Journey Within. It aligns you with positive thought so the Critical Judge (CJ) stays in the library while you journey.
2. Journey Within – go within to find you, that fabulous woman hidden inside of you. Really, she’s royalty, like the Queen of your domain. Worth finding, yes?
3. Make Choices – what are you going to do with what you’ve learned – what I call your something more? I ask you to start by making this choice: “I CAN DO IT”! I can take this journey. I can risk quiet time to find that fabulous hidden woman. I can create Oasis Moments. I can do it!

The Pivot Rule
The goal isn’t life balance, it’s moving between your many responsibilities with grace and ease. The Pivot Rule helps you do that with just three easy steps. Like this: busy day at work, pick up daughter, take her to soccer practice, while she practices you hit the grocery store, pick her up then head home to make dinner. Whew!

The three steps – pause, appreciate, let it go. That’s it!  When you get in the car leaving work, before starting the car, pause. Then reflect on one moment from your workday. On a tough day you may only offer up “savoring my coffee on break”, but most days you’ll find something to appreciate. Then let it go. Mentally put work in a compartment and close the door. When you get home after soccer and groceries, pause, appreciate, then let it go. Between all your many responsibilities, pausing to appreciate, then releasing will bring you more peace of mind.

The Connection Practice – creating coherence, the state of being when all the body’s systems are working in sync. Here, in coherence, peace comes.

1. Hand on then focus on your heart
2. Breathe as if through your heart
3. Appreciate your heart

Resources:
Books:

• Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self by Sarah Ban Breathnach
• Daring Greatly by Brene’ Brown
• Now Discover Your Strengths or StrengthsFinders 2.0 by Don Clifton

Workshops and Retreats

• The Transformation Game Facilitated by Ann Ranson
• Finding Peace Within Mini-Retreat by Ann Ranson

Lastly – please find Oasis Moments! Every day find ways to appreciate your surroundings. I hope you kept your Finding Peace Coloring Book and will use it to remind you of the fabulous woman waiting inside of you when you decide to journey within.

Quote from Sister Joan Chittister’s new book “The Time is Now: A Call for Uncommon Courage”, “Whatever is on the other side, you get to build. What you want to have happen, you must press forward on.”

September 4, 2019: Don't be caught off balance - Be prepared for the next stage in your life

A panel moderated by Mary Bedosky, vice-president, Banking Center Manager, LegacyTexas - Richardson, with panelists:

Elizabeth Zaby, attorney and counselor, Zaby & Associates
Erin Williams, financial advisor, Edward Jones
Kristen Ceaser, communications director, First United Methodist Church Richardson
Amanda Pritchard, marketing director, First Baptist Richardson

December 4, 2019:  Finding a worthy dragon: Taking control of your career, featuring Jennifer Carter, president and co-owner, Executive Women's Forum (EWF) International

March 7 - Rabbi Elana Zelony, Blazing the unconventional trail

June 6 - Shaunna Black, Building, leading and living your culture

September 5 - Betsy Martin, My charge to keep: Be a good one

December 5 - Gertrude G Van Horn, Power of an influential voice

March 1 - Fran Harris, TV Personality, Business Coach, Speaker

June 7 - Panel discussion on health innovations with Donise W. Pearson, Mary Cooley, Shradha Aiyer, moderated by Tanis Cornell

September 6 - Panel discussion with female leaders in the real estate industry including Emily Hoffman, Janice Peters and Elysia Ragusa

December 6 - Panel discussion with leaders in the Richardson arts community about the business of arts and our community, including Dennis Kratz, Katherine Wagner, and Kitty Goddard.

March 2- "Make your mark & make it count!" Valerie Sokolosky, founder, Valerie & Company

June 1- "Navigating the river of career success" Tanis Cornell, certified Lumina learning practitioner, business coach, speaker, EWF International, TJC Consulting

September 7- "Political pitfalls for women: Avoid losing through language" Holly Peck, Peck & Associates

December 7- "Optimize brain performance" Deirdre O'Neill-Warren, UT Dallas & Dianna Purvis-Jaffin, UT Dallas

Dec 2 - "Catalysts for change in a global community" Betsy Martin, Deputy Director, Women's Initiative at George W. Bush Institute

September 2 - "The keys to building a vibrant community"
Panelist: Nicole Fontayne-Bardowell, DART; Ken Hutchenrider, MRMC; Sandra Hayes, RISD; Susan Rogers, UTD; moderator Mary Bedosky, LegacyTexas

June 3 - Lead with LUV: A conversation with Colleen Barrett, president emeritus, Southwest Airlines

February 25 - "Building Community: A stone carver's view" Dan Johnson, Richardson City Manager

December 3 - "Childlike change, leveraging experiences of our youth! What we can learn about the management of change from our youth. Susan Danko, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Fujitsu Network Communications

September 3 - "Opportunities, challenges & lessons on the climb to success"
Panelist: Linda Hem, Attorney at law; Ann Pomykal, TI Foundation; Erica Yaeger, UT Dallas and moderator Mayor Laura Maczka, City of Richardson

June 4 - "Get up, Suit up, Show up" Featuring Mary Frances Burleson, president and CEO of Ebby Halliday Realtors

February 26 - "Essential business principles for success" Featuring Holly Reed, regional vice president at AT&T