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Shirley is an Ageless Health Wellness Coach.  She believes there are no boundaries when it comes to shaping your quality of life.  Shirley is a certified health & wellness coach, freelance writer, practitioner, and educator with an empathetic global view.  She has worked as a project manager and did operations of spas & wellness centres in 12 countries - always with a passion for helping people to achieve a Quality of Life. Her mission is to guide other women in making more healthful choices that will lead to a more energetic and fulfilling life. She does this now with her 1:1 coaching and speaking events specifically focusing on mindset and prevention. Website:   https://www.shirleymeerson.com/ Free 5-Day Ageless Wellness Self Care Challenge (DIY):  https://mailchi.mp/f30036d53e58/ageless-wellness-self-care-challenge Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ShirleyMeerson/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/shirleymeerson/ Pinterest:   https://www.pinterest.com/shirleymeerson/  LinkedIn:   https://www.

MiShon is a Certified Diversity Professional and owner of Culture Consultants located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Culture Consultants is a firm dedicated to bridging the gap between inclusion and leadership. We cultivate talent and build global leader capacity in today’s organizational culture through comprehensive Inclusive Leadership workshops and consulting services. MiShon is a Diversity Champion with a passion for Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion, Supplier Diversity, STEM, and Relationship Building principals. She functions as a change agent and influencer with over a decade of experience in People, Program, Project Management, and Leadership expertise.

Alli Owen is an intuitive alignment coach, writer, and podcast host. She is a recovering overachiever, having graduated at age 24 with a master’s in engineering, hiked 2 of the tallest peaks in the world, and traveled to 6 continents. Since then, she has learned to let go of society's expectations, stop achieving for the sake of the "next thing," and step into alignment with her true self. She has since been on a mission to help others do the same through her podcast "Aligned and Alive" and her transformational one-on-one coaching programs.  www.alliowen.com

Kimberly is a serial entrepreneur, wife, traveler, photographer, writer, speaker, sports enthusiast, volunteer and mother of two adorable fur babies. She grew up around business and started her first company at 19 while still attending Southern Methodist University in Dallas.  Kimberly found her passion working with entrepreneurs and enjoys being able to create and facilitate Mastermind Groups (CEO Focus DFW) for business owners that promote business growth. She loves being able to give that “no longer alone” feeling to entrepreneurs while they navigate the rough waters of business ownership. "It’s amazing to witness the excitement of a breakthrough and the inspiration that comes from working together." Kimberly's motto is: Life can be messy and sticky at times, but that just means you’re living it right!  

Debra Brennan Tagg, Managing Partner at Brennan Financial Services, is the creator of the DBT360 Financial Plan, a proprietary program that helps her clients prioritize their goals, leverage their resources, and address their risks. http://www.debrabrennantagg.com/

Wendy Perry's life was turned upside down when she was blindsided by parental alienation.  While navigating through the cruel emotional and financial devastation caused by parental alienation, she found a voice and strength she never knew she had.  Through her advocacy and consulting, Wendy has helped hundreds of family members find comfort, resilience and tenacity.  Our struggles can ultimately lead us to being the happiest and most authentic person we can be. Wendy's mission is to help others find peacefulness and joy in life even when facing the toughest challenges.    

Marilyn established the Diamond Group Wealth Advisors to empower her clients to design their ideal lifestyles… for today, for tomorrow and for life.  Our clients understand that their wealth is more than their money.  We collaborate and support our clients, while leveraging their personalized Prosperity Blueprint™, to take care of their families, and the people and causes they care about deeply.  By following our disciplined planning process, you too can build your customized Prosperity Blueprint™ to guide you on the path toward financial independence. 

Stacy Bernal is a writer, speaker, and trainer at See Stacy Speak LLC. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Weber State University with a BA in Public Relations and Advertising. She currently serves on the WSU Alumni Association Board of Directors and is the VP of the Ogden Pub Runners, where she has made a tribe of running friends who encourage her to make crazy decisions, like running marathons, triathlons, relay races, and an ultra-marathon. Stacy is the proud mom to one neurotypical daughter, two sons (one neuro- and one atypical), and two fur babies. She has been happily married since 2013. She has been published on ChicagoNow.com, ScaryMommy.com, and Autism Parenting Magazine. She’s pretty sure there’s a future book (or two) in her as well. Her shenanigans can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @seestacyspeak.

Dr. Kimberly Ellison’s passion and purpose is seeing, experiencing and being a vital part of the personal, professional and spiritual growth and development of people. Her professional career lends itself to over 16 years of experience, providing effective and innovative training and performance improvement solutions to national and international organizations through strategy development, program execution and training implementation.   Dr. Kimberly brings solutions oriented and outcome-driven expertise to small-businesses, Fortune 500 companies, non-profits organizations, churches and individuals related to optimizing organizational, leadership and individual performance and advancing women worldwide.     https://www.drkimberlyellison.com/

Cheri with a strong background in Technology Executive Leadership, now focuses on helping Corporate folks be heard and valued in the workplace. Her philosophy is to bring out strengths, so you can have the impact to make things radically better because people hear and recognize the unique value YOU bring. Being a Corporate person, and especially a woman, is hard and requires fortitude to press through. Cheri will share tools she has learned in her own professional experiences to help navigate to the impact you want to make.

Lura Hobbs is Chief Strategist of Solstice Strategies, a marketing consulting firm.  Solstice Strategies is dedicated to helping brands and advertising agencies build integrated marketing and communication strategies centered on business analytics, consumer insights and consumer behaviors.  She has a strong track record of growing established businesses as well as launching new startups and products. Lura is a change agent and problem solver that brings best practices from multiple industries to improve business performance. Her proven track record of developing key relationships that lead to lasting business results is evident in her award-winning work for global and national brands including Pizza Hut, FritoLay, AT&T, FedEx Office and McDonald’s.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/lurahobbs 

Sarah believes in the magic of collaboration. She founded the Ellivate Alliance to connect people, ideas and resources in a way that creates powerful new opportunities to elevate women entrepreneurs. The Ellivate Alliance provides women who are starting a business the inspiration, practical know-how and like-minded community to accelerate their growth during the critical start-up phase. Sarah is also the co-founder of Intend2Lead, a company that coaches CPAs to access the Dimension of Possible through one-to-one coaching, group learning and innovation labs. She was honored as one of the Most Powerful Women in Accounting by CPA Practice Advisor in 2017.

Catherine Bennett is a Organizational and Talent Development Manager, Public Speaker and Consultant and with over twenty-five years of experience in Organizational Development and Performance Improvement specializing in Executive Leadership, Management Training and Development.  She is a break out speaker at the #NoMeanGirls 2018 Conference sharing why everyone needs a side hustle and how to operate to fulfill your potential. https://www.catherinebennett.net/ 

Heather Moulder is an executive coach, recovering attorney, writer, speaker, wife, mother of two, and cancer survivor.  Heather practiced corporate finance law for over 18 years and built a successful legal practice with an international law firm.  She learned early in her legal career that striving to “have it all” wasn’t all it was cracked up to be (and that she didn’t want “it all” anyway).  So, she reevaluated what she wanted and redefined what success meant to her based on her values, desires, and needs – and built her law practice her way. After battling an aggressive breast cancer, Heather felt called to serve people in a different capacity and thereafter discovered her passion for coaching.  She is the founder of Course Correction Coaching and helps professional women who are considered “successful” to finally feel that way by getting clarity around what they value and desire, redefining success on their own terms, and learning to confidently leverage their unique strengths and voice to live out their

Tonya Veasey is President and CEO of OCG+, a Texas based marketing and communications agency that she started in 2005. Before founding OCG PR, Tonya spent more than 10 years in the public affairs industry, were she led local, state and national public policy efforts for elected officials, large nonprofit organizations and Fortune 500 companies.  Under Tonya’s leadership her agency has led successful public relations campaigns throughout the U.S., in markets such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Dallas. Veasey holds an Executive MBA from Texas Christian University and a Bachelor's degree from Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas. A native of Fort Worth, she is married to U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey and has a son, Adam Clayton. http://ocgpr.com/ 

Karen Shopoff Rooff is a Women’s Wellness Warrior who champions realistic approaches to living a fit and healthy life. After earning certifications as a personal trainer & perinatal fitness specialist, Karen launched Balance Personal Fitness Training in 2008. In addition to in-person fitness, wellness, and health coaching, Karen facilitates self-directed ecourses and virtual bootcamps for clients worldwide. Her blog Running on Balance is known for excellent content regarding women’s health, particularly as related to the childbearing year and perimenopause. In her free time, Karen loves to travel to new places to run marathons and ultramarathons. But because she believes in balance, Karen is also an avid reader and backfloater (though not at the same time).  Karen holds a variety of fitness, wellness, and health coaching certifications (listed from date earned): Personal Training, Perinatal Fitness Specialist, Group Exercise Specialist, Aqua Yoga Instructor, Prenatal Yoga Instructor, Women’s Wellness Co

Dena Jansen may not know you yet, but as far as this speaker, writer, and guide is concerned, you are meant for more. Dena’s focus is professional women and leaders – both emerging and veteran – of corporations both large and small. She shows businesses and individuals that by taking small steps toward one another, they have the power to cultivate an environment where everyone wins. Dena launched Dena Speaks as a way to inspire others by sharing the real life lessons she’s learned along her personal and professional growth journey. A retired partner from Austin based accounting, tax, and consulting firm Maxwell Locke & Ritter, Dena uses the firm as an example of corporate culture done right. In her speaking and guiding, she yokes shared accountability to infinite possibility. https://denajansen.com/speaking/  

A born-and-raised Texas girl with a Texas-sized dream--to help create a world where people can find (or create) work that capitalizes on their own unique genius rather than settle for something that pays them a lot of money but makes them dreading Mondays. She believes this is possible for you, because she found that it was possible for herself. Tracy loves people, loves writing, loves speaking and loves teaching. And she found (or rather, created) a job that allows her to bring all of those things together in a wonderful and worthwhile endeavor to do some good in this crazy world of ours.  http://tracytimm.com/

Sharon Delaney McCloud calls herself a bit of a gypsy. She is the daughter of Irish immigrants whose adventures led to them to East Africa where Sharon was born and lived as a young child. Before beginning her career as an Emmy Award winning television journalist, Sharon's travels took her around the world as a member of the Department of Defense’s U.S.O. program. Now, she leads a digital marketing agency in Raleigh, North Carolina where she heads the firm’s professional development practice and a video team that creates content for local and national brands. Sharon considers her job as the mother of three the most important as she attempts to find balance every day in our fast-paced lives. She’s a cancer survivor, Olympic Torch Bearer and a communications pro who inspires audiences on resilience and finding their voices. https://www.sharondelaney.tv/

Ashley runs the podcast, It Takes A Village, all about marriage, motherhood and empowerment, some of my favorite topics.  Today she’s joined Plaid Radio to share her why with us and her thoughts around the need for a village to get through. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/it-takes-village-podcast-motherhood-marriage-truth/id1165023892?mt=2