July 8, 2026
Learn from me, young Padawan.
Our commitment to uncomfortable is why we started the Uncomfortable Community Conversations quarterly events to highlight issues affecting our businesses and community.
We’ve tackled the skills crisis, systemic bias towards WOSBs in our financial systems, and in September, we’re gonna talk perimenopause and the impact it has on business owners.
Our next convo on September 24, will focus on Perimenopause and how it’s impacting women business owners and professionals as we navigate brain fog, exhaustion, lose executive function and still the our responsibility, load and the expectations put on us remain the same. Something has to change.
Link in bio to register.
Kirbay is one of my most favorite people. She is a business owner @preusspets, fellow ADHDer, animal lover and probably one of the best people I know. She is Big Deal Energy personified and I want everyone to see it.
Big Deal Energy is about finding the confidence to share your light with the world, and to know how f*cking special, spectacular and unique you are. Register for the Big Deal workshop on September 23. Link in my bio.
Your story matters.
Last week was full of networking, business owner hangs and red…apparently I wear a lot of red.
This is your reminder to build, invest and maintain your network. It matters.
The Women’s Entrepreneurial Fellowship is changing lives and you owe it to yourself to apply, make the time and invest in you.
This is about building what you want next with peers who understand where you are and those who have been there before.
www.sbamwef.org
It’s not about who you know, it’s about who knows you. Invest in your network, it’s your net worth and everything ties backs to it. Go to events, connect with people, follow-up, send a note, connect on LinkedIn.
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Provide value. My network did not happen overnight, this was over 20 years in the making. Put in the work nothing good in life is handed to you.
We were not prepared for perimenopause, much like our periods, sex, or anything else to do with our bodies. God forbid we talk about it openly.
We were taught to be ashamed, keep quiet, and to just accept it’s part of being a woman.
I reject that narrative. In fact, I like to bring it up in every conversation. Does that make you uncomfortable? Good.
When we normalize perimenopause and the conversation around it, we stop isolating, and we’re all more prepared for this sh*tshow.
Come to Uncomfortable Conversations: The Pause on September 24th. Go register; it’s gonna be a powerful convo, and @8thirtyfour is partnering with the @smallbusinessassocofmichigan Michigan Women’s Business Council. Link in bio.
