The rest of the morning was organized around two sets of breakout sessions covering issues from career planning to what makes a woman. One of the breakout sessions that I attended was led by Jenny Finn from Colorado Springs and focused on "inner sustainability". This was a very unique breakout session, stirring up lots of emotions and it brought a large group of individuals much closer in a short period of time. We were all pushed outside our comfort zones and encouraged to recognize how we felt in various scenarios. We acknowledged how we tend to conform to society's expectations of how we should act. Jenny Finn talked about the metaphorical masks that we wear and she designed activities around taking those masks off. We started the session by writing down one word that best describes the light inside of us on a pebble that we placed in a large metal bowl. At the end of the session we all picked one of the stones out of the bowl and described how it was meant for us.
The conference came to an end with lunch and a final panel of female leaders in the Colorado community. The panel was comprised of Rebecca Crummey, Canon at St. John's Cathedral in Denver; Charlene Porter, author of Bold Faced Lies; Tamra Ryan, CEO of Women's Bean Project; and Judi Diaz Bonacquisti, VP of Enrollemtn Management at MSCD. Each woman shared their unique and exceptional life stories that brought them to where they are today. It was a very diverse panel and it was great hearing from such accomplished women.
While I wish I was able to see more of the other breakout sessions, I truly enjoyed meeting such incredible individuals. Between the presenters, facilitators, and attendees, there were so many inspiring people brought together today.
