The Life You Want Speaking Event

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The Life You Want
Conversations on Visibility, Reinvention & Living Intentionally

Saturday, June 20th, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Doors Open at 9:30 AM
Factory Underground | 16 Isaacs Street | Norwalk, CT 06850

What kind of life do you actually want to create?

The Life You Want is an intentionally curated experience bringing together powerful women, meaningful conversations, TED-style talks, curated vendors, networking, and community for a day designed to inspire clarity, courage, reinvention, and connection.
This is not just another networking event.

It’s a room filled with women who are navigating growth, burnout, visibility, career pivots, entrepreneurship, healing, confidence, identity, purpose, and the question so many women quietly ask themselves :“What do I really want my life to feel like?”

Doors open at 9:30 AM for coffee, mingling, shopping, and connection before the main program begins promptly at 10:00 AM.

Throughout the day, guests will enjoy curated vendors featuring women-owned businesses, self-care offerings, and last-minute Father’s Day shopping opportunities, along with access to Factory Underground’s professional cyc wall space for elevated content, photos, and brand imagery.

Lunch is included.

What to Expect

The morning begins with opening remarks from Lauren Chapnick, founder of She’s Got The Mic Speakers Collective, followed by a series of powerful TED-style signature talks from:

• Michelle Shinagawa on intentional living, energetic alignment, and the KonMari method. Michelle will also be our EMCEE for the morning and afternoon signature talk sessions.
• Beth Reilly on identity, reinvention, and the courage to build a life that feels aligned
• Lauren Chapnick on confidence, visibility, and the myth that keeps so many women stuck

Following a short break, we transition into our first featured panel conversation.

Panel #1
Visibility, Marketing, Reinvention & Owning Your Voice

Moderated by Hope Alcocer
Featuring:

• Lee Crockett, executive and career coach helping women overcome imposter syndrome, advocate for themselves, and confidently pursue the pay, opportunities, and leadership roles they deserve
• Susan Melin, former corporate professional turned coach, speaking on reinvention, transition, and building a more intentional life after decades in the corporate world
• Rebecca Bertoldi, marketing and storybranding expert helping entrepreneurs and professionals communicate their message clearly, authentically, and powerfully

This conversation explores confidence, career pivots, visibility, storytelling, marketing, reinvention, personal brand, and what it truly means to step into the next version of yourself.

Lunch + Shopping + Connection Hour
We’ll take a full hour to slow down, refuel, and deepen connections over a catered lunch experience.

This intentionally designed hour gives guests time to network, shop curated vendors, connect with speakers, take photos, create content inside the professional cyc wall studio space, and continue conversations with the incredible women in the room.

Afternoon Signature Talks
The afternoon continues with additional TED-style signature talks from:

• Hope Alcocer on The Art of the Pivot
• Lori Candela on designing your next chapter with purpose and intention
• Adele OuYang on somatic healing, inner child healing, and reconnecting with the version of yourself underneath survival mode

Following a short break, we close the speaker portion of the day with our final featured panel conversation.

Panel #2
Redefining Success Without Burning Out
Moderated by Lauren Chapnick
Featuring:

• Rachna Jethwani on burnout, intentional living, happiness, and redefining success for high achievers
• Shasterin Valentin on mental wellness, self-worth, emotional health, and overcoming limiting beliefs
• Katie Burns on entrepreneurship, burnout, balance, and navigating the realities of building a business without losing yourself in the process

This conversation dives into burnout, mental wellness, emotional resilience, intentional living, entrepreneurship, self-worth, and redefining success in a way that actually supports your life.

Closing Connection Hour
The final portion of the day is intentionally designed for deeper connection, networking, shopping, photos, conversation, and relationship building with the incredible women in the room.

Who This Is For
Women entrepreneurs, professionals, founders, coaches, creatives, and women in transition who are ready to become more visible, more intentional, more connected, and more fully themselves.
You do not need to have everything figured out.
You just need to be willing to walk into the room.