
Virtual Summit
October 24, 2026 | 10:00 AM EST

Anyone feeling overwhelmed or stretched too thin
Caregivers and family supporters
Leaders and professionals
Entrepreneurs and business owners
Coaches, educators, and healthcare professionals
Anyone passionate about personal growth, wellbeing, and living with greater purpose

Midlife can feel like the moment when everything that used to work suddenly stops working. Sleep changes, energy drops, weight becomes harder to manage, and stress hits differently.
Using her S.T.R.O.N.G. Framework, Nicole Bentivegna will explore six interconnected areas that influence how women feel, function, and age, with practical strategies to support energy, sleep, metabolism, resilience, and long-term wellbeing.
Speaker Bio:
Nicole Bentivegna is a double board-certified Women’s Health and Adult Nurse Practitioner with nearly 20 years of clinical experience. Known as the Charlotte Menopause NP, she helps women understand the connections between hormones, sleep, strength, nutrition, stress, metabolism, and healthy aging.

Sometimes losing yourself happens one responsibility, expectation, and “I’ve got it” at a time.
Drawing from her own experience with caregiving and serious health challenges, Shawn Every shares how she began reclaiming her capacity. Attendees will learn her simple Pause, Process, Prioritize ritual and discover practical ways to stop being the strong one at the expense of themselves.
Speaker Bio:
Shawn Every is a Certified AI Consultant and Capacity Strategist who helps overextended women business owners reclaim their time, energy, and capacity. She is the founder of Ask AI With Shawn and uses AI as an assistive tool to help people work in ways that better support their lives and wellbeing.

When you spend enough time pushing through stress and constant responsibility, survival mode can begin to feel normal.
Sophia Barksdale will help attendees recognize the habits, emotional patterns, and boundary challenges that drain their energy and learn practical strategies for self-care, emotional awareness, resilience, and healthier ways of responding to stress.
Speaker Bio:
Sophia Barksdale is a speaker, certified life coach, author, and founder of SB Empowerment Services. Her work helps women and professionals recognize survival patterns, build healthier boundaries, and create more intentional and sustainable ways of living.

Gratitude is more than keeping a list of good things or remembering to say thank you.
In this practical, research-informed session, Alicia Wade introduces three layers of gratitude: personal, relational, and social. Attendees will discover simple ways to use gratitude to strengthen wellbeing, deepen connection, and create more intentional relationships and communities.
Speaker Bio:
Alicia Wade, known professionally as “Dr Gratitude,” is the founder of The Gratitude Method™, an author, speaker, coach, and positive psychology practitioner. She helps people move beyond forced positivity and make gratitude a practical, meaningful, and sustainable part of everyday life.

When life changes suddenly, constantly comparing yourself to who you were before can make moving forward even harder.
After surviving a ruptured brain AVM and stroke, Michael Foglietta learned to rethink energy, productivity, and progress. He’ll share practical ways to understand your current capacity, adapt everyday routines, and build a life that works for who you are now.
Speaker Bio:
Michael Foglietta is a disability advocate, author, speaker, coach, and host of the Accept, Adapt, Rebuild, and Live podcast. Drawing from his experience rebuilding after a brain AVM and stroke, he helps people navigate changing capacity, identity, and life after unexpected transitions.

You eat well, move your body, take the supplements, and do all the “right” things. So why are you still tired, foggy, moody, or not quite yourself?
Fatima Pagtakhan explores how everyday symptoms may offer clues about what your body needs and introduces the often-overlooked role minerals can play in energy, mood, hormones, and overall wellbeing.
Speaker Bio:
Fatima Pagtakhan helps high-performing women stop chasing symptoms and start paying attention to what their bodies may be communicating. Her own unexpected health findings changed the way she approached wellness and inspired her work helping women make more informed choices about their health.


















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