Many mid-career women are sensing that the old model of career security no longer feels reliable or aligned.
Industries are changing, traditional career paths feel less stable, and burnout has reshaped priorities. Many women are beginning to ask:
This summit brings together women who are actively reimagining how they work, earn, and live through portfolio careers and more expansive ways of building a life.
Some have combined consulting, teaching, leadership, writing, and creative work while still maintaining full-time jobs. Others have walked away from burnout, shifted industries, started businesses, or redesigned their relationship with ambition and success entirely.
Each speaker was chosen not only for her expertise, but because her story expands what becomes possible when women begin designing careers and lives beyond traditional expectations.
You’ll hear from women exploring portfolio careers, entrepreneurship, leadership, creativity, community-building, intuition, and new models for meaningful and sustainable work.
In a time when AI, layoffs, and economic shifts are reshaping professional life, many women are realizing that relying on one role, employer, or identity no longer feels sufficient.
We explore a different possibility: a portfolio career intentionally designed for multiple streams of income, meaning, and contribution.
In this one-day summit, we create space to reflect and explore what a more expansive future could look like.
Throughout the day, you will experience:
Real stories of women building expansive careers
Practical examples of creating multiple paths to income and opportunity
Frameworks and reflections to help you build your next chapter
Facilitated councils with like-minded women
This summit is all about expanding your definition of what’s possible and helping you take practical steps toward a more sustainable and aligned future.
Women in mid or senior-level careers who are exploring portfolio careers or expanding beyond their full-time roles
Professionals seeking more flexibility, sustainability, or autonomy in how they work and balance their lives
Anyone asking: What could my next chapter look like if I expand beyond the traditional career models?
Session 1: Designing a Portfolio Life: New Models for Work, Meaning, and Security – Christine Perfetti
11:00-12:00 ET
Session 2: The Power of the Reframe: Finding Clarity in the Messy Middle – Mona Patel
12:00-1:00 ET
Session 3: Community, Curiosity, and Building a Life That Fits – Abby Covert
1:30-2:30 ET
Session 4: Building Beyond One Role – Sheena Goss
2:30-3:30 ET
Session 5: Building a Life Big Enough for All of Who You Are – Malaika Simmons
3:45-4:30 ET
Virtual Reception – Ask Us Anything With the Speakers
4:30 – 5:00 ET
When the path that once defined you no longer feels like yours, you don’t need to push harder. You need space to reflect, reconnect, and reimagine.
After two decades as a Product and UX leader, Christine realized that professional success doesn’t always equal fulfillment. So she built Lift Up Connections, a home for women ready to redefine success on their own terms.
Lift Up Connections is a collective space for women in midlife and mid-career to rediscover what’s next in work, purpose, and life.
With a Master’s in Social Psychology and 25 years guiding transformation, Christine help women find an aligned next chapter through reflection, clarity, and connection.
Because transformation happens faster, deeper, and more joyfully when we do it in community.
“Magic happens when people with diverse backgrounds and expertise have the chance to focus on their goals and challenges together.”
Breakthroughs happen faster when you have the right people around you. Join a network of like-minded women, gain insights, and elevate your journey together.
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Together, we are creating community, connection, and clarity, one gathering at a time.
