In these interactive conversations, webinars, and master classes, you will learn from powerhouse women who strive to make a measurable impact in their careers and lives.
When hitting a life inflection point, it’s common to want to move forward to your next chapter as soon as possible. However, to move forward, it’s often necessary to pause, reflect, and take a look back and revisit the stories driving your current life and circumstances.
In this conversation, we will talk to Catherine Norman, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) about the benefits of narrative and EMDR therapy to increase understanding of the stories guiding our lives.
EMDR offers a way to understand the narratives driving behaviors and resolve the stories that no longer serve us when striving to move forward in a positive direction. Catherine specializes in EMDR therapy because she believes it’s the most effective way to help people reach their next chapters by overcoming false narratives, depression, or anxiety.
Catherine holds a Master of Science degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Loyola University Maryland. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia and runs her own independent counseling practice, Next Chapter Counseling of Northern Virginia.
Join us for an interactive interview with Malini Rao, a tech leader and mother who has recently experienced empty nest syndrome as her son left for college this fall.
In our conversation, Malini will share her experience of adjusting to her new normal. She’ll discuss the feelings and challenges she’s faced, as well as the strategies that have supported her during this transition. Malini will offer valuable lessons learned for other parents who are preparing for or are currently navigating this significant life change.
Join us for a conversation with Dana Chisnell, a pioneer in civic design and the Executive Director of Customer Experience at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. For decades, Dana worked to improve user and customer experiences for banking, insurance, and tech products. She now applies her expertise to transforming government services.
As Co-Executive Director of the Center for Civic Design, her team was the first to map the experience of American voters. She worked on the Anywhere Ballot, a ballot marking interface tested for accessibility by people with cognitive disabilities and low literacy. The Anywhere Ballot has been available as “open design” through a Creative Commons license since 2014, and is the basis of the digital user interfaces on most commercially available voting systems today.
We will talk with Dana about the pivotal lessons she learned at each stage of her career and what led to her move from the private sector to a career in public service. Attendees will come away with ideas and inspiration for pursuing new and meaningful paths in their careers.