Too often, we find ourselves living out someone else’s script, pursuing careers, titles, and achievements that look successful on the outside but feel hollow on the inside. In this inspiring session, award-winning author and board-certified executive coach Andrea C. McLean shares her journey of detours: from being the dutiful daughter expected to follow a prescribed path, to breaking away from medicine and corporate expectations, to finally discovering her calling as a coach, author, and leader.

Brief personal story of overcoming adversity.
Explain how self-belief was the turning point in my journey.
Tone: Pain can be a catalyst for purpose and transformation.
Defining Self-Belief
What self-belief is: Trusting your abilities, worth, and potential despite challenges.
Why self-belief is essential for personal growth and healing.
How self-belief differs from external validation.
The Role of Pain in Shaping Purpose
Pain as a universal experience that connects us all.
How trauma and struggles often reveal our strengths and purpose.
The importance of reframing pain as a teacher, not a burden.
Steps to Build Self-Belief
Acknowledge Your Pain

Solopreneurs often feel like they need to clone themselves just to keep up. In this talk, I’ll share a proven 3-step process to scale your business without burning out or losing your sanity. You’ll leave with simple, actionable strategies to stop being your own bottleneck and start running your business like a CEO.
Attendees Will Learn How To:
Streamline & Systemize: Identify the time-sucking tasks slowing you down and create repeatable systems so your business runs smoothly without you doing it all.
Delegate with Confidence: Learn how to offload work effectively—whether it’s tech, admin, or creative—so you can focus on high-impact activities that drive revenue.
Leverage Automation for Growth: Discover practical ways to use automation tools to save time, boost profits, and scale your business without adding stress.

For too long, high-achieving women have been told they’re “too much”—too emotional, too intense, too opinionated. The truth? They’re not asking for too much. They’ve simply been conditioned to accept too little. In this talk, Darla Ridilla, certified somatic trauma-informed relationship coach and host of You Have the Power: the Road to Truth, Freedom and Real Connection podcast, unpacks the deep patterns that keep powerful women stuck in cycles of over-giving, self-abandonment, and toxic relationships—and shows a new way forward.

Through a unique mix of songs and insights, Dr. Ebi Oginni will reveal three proven strategies to nurture your teenager’s mental wellness:
Vulnerability – how creating safe spaces for open conversations builds trust and connection.
Resilience – equipping teens with tools to bounce back from setbacks and face challenges with courage.
Intentionality – practical steps parents can take to guide their children toward healthy habits, mindsets, and support systems.
Each strategy will be brought to life with songs that amplify the message, making this not just a talk, but an experience that speaks to the heart. Parents, educators, and youth leaders will walk away empowered with tools to support teenagers—and inspired to create environments where young people can thrive.

Leadership & Strategic Planning 

The Value of Credibility in Business & Social Impact
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Leadership, (IDEAL) in the Corporate World
Ethical Technology & Responsible Innovation
Social Entrepreneurship & Scaling Mission-Driven Businesses
How to develop collaborations to share resources and best practices

The three important ingredients to the recipe of your soul: Mindset, Diet & Exercise

Silence doesn’t protect us — it costs us. Too often, people of color have been conditioned to shrink back, withhold perspective, or minimize their brilliance in spaces that need their voice the most. And nowhere is that cost more visible than in the workplace, where “work-life balance” is promised but rarely practiced. Employees are expected to perform at their best while sacrificing their wellbeing — a false balance that leaves leaders and teams depleted.

-Release the Past to Reclaim Your Future: discover how to shift inherited patterns of struggle into intentional choices.

-Recognize Your Operating System: learn how to identify when you're in survival vs. thriving energy

-Healing as a Service: understand how prioritizing your own healing is the most generous gift you can offer to Yourself, Family, and Community

-Break the Cycle to Build the Legacy: specific strategies to interrupt generational patterns of self-sacrifice and overwhelm

-Move From Proving to Being: develop an unshakeable knowing of your inherent value, solidifying your place in the world

- Offer Clarity: Package your expertise into one premium offer potential clients immediately understand
- Message Authority: Position yourself as the obvious choice in a crowded market
- CEO Mindset: Overcome identity blocks keeping you stuck in corporate thinking

We will talk about why we need the experiences in our lives good and bad. Why having a culture is great and why others having different views helps make life great! You know, some of the facts of life.

Attendees will learn how to:
Understand the unique challenges immigrant parents face in balancing cultural roots with new expectations.
Navigate the U.S. school and college system with greater clarity and confidence.
Apply the P.E.A.C.E. Path (Parent with Purpose, Expand Horizons, Align Values, Cross Bridges, Embrace Change) to reduce stress and overwhelm in daily parenting.
Strengthen parent-teen-school connections while honoring cultural values.
Support their children’s emotional well-being, resilience, and confidence in a rapidly changing environment.
Walk away with practical steps they can start using immediately to feel more calm, connected, and empowered in their parenting journey.

*Tips on interviewing confidently

*Mistakes made before and after the interview

*Common interview questions

How to access your current financial situation and get clarity on your financial goals
Strategies to identify and overcome limiting beliefs
How to move towards intentional spending

What You’ll Learn:
Why conflict isn’t something to fear—instead it's a path to clarity and confidence.
How embracing your emotions can strengthen your voice, not silence it.
Ways to move beyond your past and lead with resilience.

Roger uses Overlooked History to build bridges audiences can expect to gain since
More inclusive cultures are 1.7 times more innovative and 35% more likely to outperform their competitors financially (McKinsey).
Inclusive companies experience 5.4 times higher employee retention rates, saving significantly on recruitment and training costs (Deloitte).
Diverse teams make better decisions up to 87% of the time, leading to more effective problem-solving and strategic planning (Forbes).
Teams with cultural competence can better understand and serve diverse markets, potentially increasing your customer base by up to 70% (Center for Talent Innovation).

1. Clarify the vision that pulls you forward

2. Elevate your self-concept

3. Practice relentless awareness & course correction

Audience will leave with 3 things:
1. INFORMATION: We’ll look at what impostor syndrome is – and is NOT. We’ll also look at where it comes from and how it shows up in the form of behaviors.
2. VALUABLE INSIGHT into how impostor syndrome may be operating in your life – or the lives of others – and at what cost
3. TOOLS that participants can use to address impostor syndrome.
With this combination of information, insight, and tools you’ll have everything you need to talk yourself – or OTHERS down – off the impostor ledge more quickly.

In this empowering and practical session, Dr. Tiffany Mimms, psychologist, executive coach, and founder of The Rosetta Center for Counseling and Wellness, will guide participants through:
The hidden costs of burnout, overwork, and the “Superwoman Schema” on Black women’s mental health and well-being
The Real Talk Framework: four honest conversations every Black woman professional needs to have with herself to move from exhaustion to alignment
Key signs to watch for — physical, emotional, and cognitive — that signal it’s time to make a change
Research-based insights combined with lived experience on how Black women can succeed without sacrificing peace, health, or joy
Practical steps to begin protecting your sanity, setting boundaries, and creating a life that feels as good as it looks
Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of their own needs, permission to prioritize their well-being, and strategies they can immediately begin using to thrive in both work and life.