Key points:

• Redefining health, wealth, and fulfillment
• How to live authentically
• Action steps to get started

Beverly tells us about her musical adventures on large and small stages, especially for her love for Mozart and helping develop children's and adult's voices for various types of musical performance. She has sung opera, Broadway tunes, and performed in many theatrical productions. Did you know that singing lessons can help you stop snoring.....or your husband?

Told from childhood that suffering was a woman’s lot in life, Boni Woodland entered adulthood unprepared for the religious control of the cult she grew up in and the subsequent abusive marriage that would consume much of her life. Yet even in years of poverty and isolation, when she painted on napkins, scrap paper, and thrift-store canvases, a small but stubborn part of her refused to disappear. Today, at nearly 70, her lifelong shame and silence have ended. Through art and writing, Boni is reclaiming the creative voice she once had to hide-and hopes other women will recognize what took her decades to understand: suffering is not a woman’s destiny, and survival does not have to be the end of her story.

As an independent 26 year old living in Miami, Bonnie was not looking for someone to complete her when she met Gig who she believed she got to know and learned to trust. Her story is one that becomes a lesson in discernment, self-knowledge, resilience, and recognizing that appearances can be profoundly deceiving as Gig was not who he appeared to be. After the heartbreaking realiaztion that he was not who she thought, she had a choice to wallow in her grief or move on. She chose to move on and choose forgiveness as a way of doing that. Her story is a lesson in forgiveness and resilience and the lesson that sometimes the person who teaches you the most about love is the person who teaches you what love is not.

Carmelinda shares her rich experiences growing up in a New York Italian American neighborhood. And then going on to becoming a teacher of at risk students and saving and losing some of them. She wrote her memoir, Room of Broken Joys, which highlights stories the front lines of teaching.

Christina Chambreau, homeopathic veterinarian, speaker and author

Do you fret about your health care choices for your beloved animal companions? Dr. Christina's 45 year commitment helps you to know there are multiple ways to health, and you are in charge as you listen more to your animals. Following her example - since she as 11 - to be open to the many ways for preventing illness as you choose the best care for each unique r animals and yourself. Most important is to live and love in each moment, exploring choices like fresh food, acupuncture, chiropractic, listening carefully to your dogs, cats, trees, water and plants. Hear about her journey and tips on how to choose your next steps for health and happiness. Learn about the many support programs like her virtual coaching practice, membership at Holistic Actions for Pet Health. Leave knowing you are your pets best advocate.

What if the things you’ve been led to believe about yourself simply aren’t true?

Cindy J Holbrook knows what it’s like to carry the weight of a traumatic past, to live with other people’s voices in her head, and to believe those experiences determined who she could become. At 35, she heard something that changed everything: her life was her choice.

• Recognize the lies you’ve been led to believe and how they may still be influencing your confidence, choices, relationships, and dreams.
• Discover the power of choice and why you don’t have to wait for your circumstances, your past, or other people to change before you begin changing your life.
• Stop allowing what happened to you to become who you are and start consciously creating a life defined by who you choose to be and what you want next.

Speaking without monetization is just talking. Are you positioning yourself to make money every time your speak? Not all gigs are created equal and the right gigs can make a massive impact to your profit and influence. Be prepared, positioned, ready to be profitable and get the right gigs!

Trinidad Was Her First Home: A Story of Light and Legacy shares the early experiences that shaped Deanne's Life-from her joyful childhood in Trinidad to her migration to the United States as a teenager. In this session, she reflects on the values of community, service, and gratitude that guided her through more than three decades of work in healthcare and human services. Her story offers a gentle heartfelt look at resilience, cultural identity, and the legacy carried from one home to another.

Good neighbors often make for the “bestest” of friends, don’t you agree?

For many years, this has been my view of the relationship between Canadians and Americans - not only just good neighbors but true friends that look out for one another.

I’m honoured and privileged to be the only Canadian Author in this special edition of The Cinderella Monologues. My presentation is recognizing both nations, the tragedy and blessings of 9/11 as we acknowledge twenty-five years since that fateful day, ending with a poem,that is A Salute To Being Friends and Neighbours.

I hope you enjoy it and the other presentations during The Cinderella Celebration Summit, along with the chapters in The Cinderella Monlogues: Special 250 Year Celebration Edition.

Aging has been framed as something to dread—aching joints, low energy, brain fog, and a slow decline in how we feel and function. But the truth is, much of what people associate with “getting old” isn’t actually age—it’s the accumulated effects of how we’ve been living and exposure to the toxins all around us for multiple decades. Most disease can be linked back to inflammation and poor gut health caused by the these toxins.

The body is designed to repair, regenerate, and maintain itself far longer than most people experience. Yet when our body experiences toxic overload, it can't to it's primary function of maintaining homeostasis and healing.

Getting older doesn’t have to mean feeling worse; it can actually mean getting wiser about how to support your body with the right environment for it to do what it already knows how to do—heal.

Emerald's parents didn't know what to do with a psychic child. As a child, Emerald didn't realize she was a clairavoyant until at age 21, she met a woman who was already using her own gifts as a psychic recognized the same talent in Emerald. She guided her deveolpment so she was protected and ethical as she learned to help people with her psychic abilities, which she continued to use the rest of her life.

Gale talks about how unexpected life experiences can change your life for the better. It isn't easy, it isn't fast, but it is essential!

Don't let go of your dreams, you never know what you might manifest!

Gale's attitude has completely changed to living life with gratitude. While she doesn't believe everything happens for a reason, she does know that the one thing you can control is your reaction. Overcoming challenges of all types begins with gratitude. What do you truly want to manifest? Begin with gratitude today.

(Gale is currently writing 4 books on aromatherapy at one time! And it is all Mila's fault! Lol.)

A TEDx talk may last less than 18 minutes—but the right idea can travel for years.

TEDx speaker and coach Irma Goosen explores how one well-crafted idea can become more than a moment on stage. It can influence your family, children, friends, colleagues, community—and people you may never meet.

Drawing on her experience guiding aspiring speakers from idea discovery through talk creation and stage preparation, Irma shows audiences how to uncover an idea within their own experience and expertise that is worth sharing—and worth preserving.

Participants will discover how to:

• Identify the idea they want to be known for
• Turn lived experience and expertise into a message that matters
• Understand what makes an idea TEDx-worthy
• Create an idea that can continue influencing others long after the stage

A TEDx talk isn't only about being heard. It's an opportunity to leave something behind.

What happens when the story you were once afraid to tell becomes the very story that helps someone else find courage?

Jackie Bailey spent much of her childhood carrying an important truth in silence. Years later, she discovered that healing wasn't about creating a perfect “happily ever after.” It was learning to live, speak, and create meaning even after the chapters she never would have chosen.

Through her journey from silence to speaker, Jackie explores how the stories we hide can become sources of connection, purpose, and strength. She reminds women that reclaiming your voice doesn't require erasing the past or waiting until your story has a perfect ending.

Your voice was always yours. Your story was always worth hearing. And sometimes, the most meaningful life isn't happily ever after—it's Happily EVEN After.

Behind the Book: One Woman’s Journey from Invisible to Unforgettable

What happens when the safest place you’ve ever known becomes the very place you’re hiding from your life?

For years, Jane Cooke mastered the art of disappearing, first behind books, then behind expectations, accomplishments, and the belief that being accepted meant staying small. But life had other plans.

In this deeply personal, funny, and inspiring presentation, Jane shares the unexpected moments that challenged everything she believed about her worth and ultimately taught her that becoming visible wasn’t about changing who she was. It was about finally having the courage to reveal who she had been all along.

Behind the Book is an invitation to anyone who has ever felt overlooked, underestimated, or not quite enough to stop living quietly in someone else’s story and begin shining unapologetically in their own.

This piece is a compilation of my memoir about my golden retriever, B.J., who guided me through a devastating divorce, my father's death, and a long grieving process. She also accompanied when I taught in a public school and motivated me to write about the positive effects of emotional support animals in special education classrooms. I learned that our guardian angels come in many forms if we trust our instincts. Finally, her love led me to the man I was destined to marry.

The story of women who made history and impacted the building of America. Discover the brave women who fearlessly created the America we enjoy now. Betsy Ross created our flag. Rachel Carson warned us about chemicals and their impact on our environment and ourselves, along with other amazing women. Learn about their stories to inspire your story.

Our pets offer uncondional acceptance and forgivness even when their human companions struggle with illness, fatigue or depression. When JoAnn suffered a brain injury, her loyal cat, Ginger, stepped right up to help take care of her. Ginger became JoAnn's nurse and bossed her around relentlessly. Ginger is the focus of JoAnn's three bestselling books.

Kathy, dressed up for house designing was driving down the road in Grass Valley California when she suddenly stopped her car. There in a field were 3 buffalo, not a norm for the area. How in the world did you fall in love with a buffalo?”

her friends asked. She met Buffalo Billy . . . the

1,000 lb., scruffy, humpbacked, horned, wild creature that

stole her heart and changed her life like nothing on earth

had ever done. Her friends were completely baffled since

they knew her as a San Francisco Bay area-based interior

designer, obsessed with all things fine and lovely. She found out the three buffalo were starving and went to work to save their lives and is now garnering donations to start a buffalo refuge.

A story of love from past generations that has set the pace for an entire family. Spurred on by a letter that was written over 30 years ago to a grandfather. We never know how far the words we write will reach.

My story of my ancestors love affair with America in 1908 to my immigration to America from China to working working the U.S. Senate.

Lyndi teachs and inspires others that it is never too late to change the course of your life and create a life that you love. One that "fits" your true self. Escaping and abusive marriage and cult that she was raised in, finding freedom and a life she never thought possible.

Retired US Major General, Mari K. Eder just published her book, The Girls Who Beat the Odds, a 3rd book in a series. The talk is about "girls" who have stepped out of line and made changes in history in military, police work, and sports. Mari beat the odds herself when she became a female Major General in the U.S. Army.

There is one sure way to make money selling books on Amazon . . .creating anthology/compilation books. Think the series: Chicken Soup for the Soul. Not only is it a way to create instant funds, but you will also be helping people to realize their dreams of becoming published authors. It is also a way to inspire the world, promote your passion or business, and create a community of like minded individuals. Collaborative books let multiple authors, both new and seasoned, share the workload, costs, and path to publishing.

Mila's famous suffragette grandmother, Jessie Butler, after a unmentionable tragic childhood on a Colorado Cattle Ranch, was on the front lines of the suffrage movement in Washington D.C. with Carrie Chapman Catt and Alice Paul as the first woman lobbyist. Before that, in 1911, she helped organize the Pulitzer School of Journalism at Columbia University. She later spoke alongside Bernard Shaw in London. She taught public speaking to Eleanor Roosevelt and 1,000s of women. In her 90s, she share the podium with Gloria Steinem, Marlo Thomas, and Jane Fonda in Hollywood and took Mila along. Jessie's memoir, From Cowgirl to Congress, is your story of winning the right to vote. She was there and you get to be a fly on the wall.

The first session of the day will introduce you to our summit hosts and what to expect throughout the summit. It will also be action packed, entertaining with a major gift giveaway on the fast WIN cycle of the Wheel of Names. Your name will be on the Wheel.

The first session of the day will introduce you to our summit hosts and what to expect throughout the summit. It will also be action packed, entertaining with a major gift giveaway on the fast WIN cycle of the Wheel of Names. Your name will be on the Wheel.

The first session of the day will introduce you to our summit hosts and what to expect throughout the summit. ***Picture is of Mila's grandmother, age 93, with Gloria Steinem at one of the many times Jessie shared the podium with Gloria and Marlo. She often took Mila along. It will also be action packed, entertaining with a major gift giveaway on the fast WIN cycle of the Wheel of Names. Your name will be on the Wheel. Bring your wand. Big Trip given away at end of day.

A lively conversation between Mila and Debora about two irrisistable programs to accelerate your author journey. Mila is finally offering the WRITING AND PUBLISHING CLUB where you can come and ask all your questions. Mila will show you on Zoom how to do each task. You will be part of a community that shares and learns from one another.

The 2nd offer is for you to sign up to be in the 5th Cinderella Monologues all about relationships. The good, the bad, and the shocking stories of marriage, divorce, and living solo. This promises to be a provocative book.

A lively conversation between Mila and her four summit Hosts, Mindy, Tracee, Valarie, & Debora about publishing The Cinderella Monologues. Wisdoms, Tips, and why be in anthologies. Adverising, community, instant expert status, easy way to become pubished, and much, much more.

With the right attitude, tools, and encouragement, EVERYONE IS A SPEAKER!  Mila gives you the easy path to start or continue your SPEAKING JOURNEY. Mila, trained by her famous grandmother who taught public speaking to Eleanor Roosevelt and 1,000s of other women, has been speaking 1-4 times a week for the past 5 years. She will show you how develop confidence and where to find tons of speaking gigs.

What happens when a strong woman is remembered only as “difficult”?

Drawing from her chapter, The Woman They Called Difficult, Mindy Green explores how family stories are shaped, repeated, and sometimes misunderstood across generations. Through the story of her great-grandmother, Mindy invites us to consider who gets to define a woman’s character and how qualities such as determination, independence, and speaking up can be viewed very differently depending on the storyteller.

With warmth, curiosity, and a touch of humor, Mindy encourages listeners to look beyond inherited labels and become curious about the fuller stories of the women who came before them. Audience members will leave thinking differently about family narratives, the labels they may have inherited, and the voices that deserve to be heard again.

Writing down our stories of trauma and pain can feel scary, but when we do it together in a safe community, something magical happens. Join Olivia Vo as she shares her journey from co-authoring The Cinderella Monologues to facilitating empowering writing circles for women. Together, you will explore why sharing our true experiences is such a powerful healing tool and why keeping women's voices alive and protected matters so deeply today.

Susan shares her own experience about the challenges of caregiving coupled with the grieving process. Discussion of expectaions that are self-imposed & imposed by societal norms. Susan debunks myths related to caregiving and grief.

Tara shares her extraordinary experiences of being born a triplet. Did you know, not all triplets survive? Not only that, but Tara was an identical mirror twin with one of her sisters. As one of three, they developed their own special language and remained through life close enough that they could feel each other’s pain and injuries even when living in different cities. As the three of them stayed tightly connected, that bond also became part of who she was—so separating from them meant more than just distance. When Tara moved away, she had to learn how to be her own person, not defined by the triplet connection or by shared instinct. Ultimately, her journey becomes about discovering individuality while carrying the love and history of her sisters with her while she finds her own success in life.

Pink Rubber Boots is a heartfelt journey back to a childhood spent on a California flower farm and ranch, where some of life's most enduring lessons were learned among muddy fields, dairy goats, family dinners, and the people who believed in a little girl before she fully believed in herself. Through stories of family, loss, laughter, responsibility, and unexpected moments of grace, Teresa Dietrich explores how the ordinary experiences of childhood quietly shape the adults we become. Her story is a reminder that love isn't always spoken, resilience is often learned by doing, and the people who make us feel safe, capable, and welcome leave footprints that last a lifetime. Ultimately, Pink Rubber Boots is a story about discovering that home isn't simply a place—it's where we learn who we are.

Standing Fully in Myself: 39 Lessons on Worth, Truth, and Growth is a reflective exploration of the quiet, powerful moments that shape a woman's sense of identity. In this session, Tishanna shares the lessons that taught her how to honor her worth, speak her truth, and grow with clarity and intention. Rooted in lived experience and grounded in emotional insight, her story invites women to see their own transformations with compassion and courage. This presentation offers a gentle, resonant look at becoming-and the strength that emerges when we finally stand fully in oruselves.

Big goals can feel overwhelming, but progress is simpler than we make it. In this practical and motivating talk, Tracee Garner will share a framework that first diagnosis why we're so resistent to do SOMETHING. Analysis paralysis, doom planning (forget scrolling you're doom planning it in your mind) and so much that keeps things in our head and us on a merry go round blocking action.

What Participants Will Learn

• Move forward even when you don't have it all figured out
• Make decisions and keep moving
• How to diagnose your resistence so you can squash it once and for all

What does it really mean to become “The Woman Who Learned to Finish”?

Valarie Bush has always loved beginnings—fresh ideas, new challenges, and the next “starry object.” But after recognizing a pattern of starting things she didn't finish, something unexpected happened: for a time, she became reluctant to start at all.

Over a lifetime of beginnings, setbacks, accomplishments, and some very satisfying finishes, Valarie discovered that the answer wasn't to stop being curious—or to finish everything she started.

She gets to choose.

In this conversation, Valarie shares what she's learned about curiosity, perfectionism, commitment, and self-trust—and how she now decides which possibilities are simply interesting, which deserve her time and focus, and which receive a heartfelt “not now.”

Because learning to finish isn't about finishing everything.

It's about choosing what deserves your finish.

What does it really mean to become “The Woman Who Learned to Finish”?

Valarie Bush has always loved beginnings—fresh ideas, new challenges, and the next “starry object.” But after recognizing a pattern of starting things she didn't finish, something unexpected happened: for a time, she became reluctant to start at all.

Over a lifetime of beginnings, setbacks, accomplishments, and some very satisfying finishes, Valarie discovered that the answer wasn't to stop being curious—or to finish everything she started.

She gets to choose.

In this conversation, Valarie shares what she's learned about curiosity, perfectionism, commitment, and self-trust—and how she now decides which possibilities are simply interesting, which deserve her time and focus, and which receive a heartfelt “not now.”

Because learning to finish isn't about finishing everything.

It's about choosing what deserves your finish.

What if there were some easy answers and tips to help you navigate the change of life all women go through. Embrace it, instead of dread it, and men this is for you too!