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I am Dr. Khnuma Simmonds – Your Girlfriend, Dr. K, The Dancing Doctor and SHE-EO of Girlfriendism International. I am a healer, creative, avid traveler and women’s wellness advocate with a kind and compassionate heart. I am dedicated to helping women build lives filled with connection, purpose, and joy. Through transformative experiences, retreats, and community, I inspire women to move, heal, and thrive together so they can live a life of love and liberation. Connect with Khnuma here…
Cara Tyrrell is a relationship-based communication expert, national speaker, educator, and author of Talk to Them Early and Often. A former preschool and kindergarten teacher with more than 20 years in education, Cara helps parents and educators use everyday communication to build connection, language, emotional intelligence, and agency in children. She is the host of Transforming the Toddler Years and speaks nationally about the power of our words and relationships in raising world-ready kids.
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Dr. Pauline Elwin is a leadership strategist, global speaker, and founder of Elwin Global Consulting. Through her proprietary E.L.W.I.N framework, Empower, Leverage, Workforce Alignment, Impact, Navigate, she equips professionals, executives, and organizations to lead with intention and deliver measurable results. Pauline’s mission is clear: help women and organizations alike lead with intention and confidence, driving sustainable growth and lasting impact. Connect with Pauline here…
Jayn Simpson is the founder of Styled to Rise, designer, speaker, author, and real estate investor. Drawing on a background in fashion design, entrepreneurship, workplace and hospitality design, and real estate investing, she now helps women intentionally create homes that support confidence, clarity, productivity, wellbeing, and their next chapter. Connect with Jayn here…
Middy Matthews is a realtor with Arbor Move Real Estate serving Chicago and Ann Arbor, Michigan, with 12+ years in residential, luxury, and commercial real estate. A former tennis professional and ultra-endurance mountain bike racer, she brings an athlete’s discipline to sales and to training to new agents. Under the platform “Trained, Not Sold.”, she speaks nationally on trust-based selling, leadership, and resilience.
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Words have shaped May Crawford’s life for as long as she can remember. As an author, speaker, coach, consultant and trusted advisor, she has spent more than four decades inviting, guiding and encouraging individuals, leaders and organizations to think differently, communicate more effectively and see new possibilities. Her published book, Are Your Antennas Up?, together with six audiobook series, reflects her belief that when we honour what we have quietly known all along, clarity changes everything.
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Heather Moore is an author, wellness practitioner, and advocate for mental health awareness. With over twenty-five years of experience in holistic health as an acupuncturist, she brings a unique perspective to healing one that integrates emotional, physical, and spiritual resilience. Her personal journey navigating family trauma, addiction recovery, and the complexities of caring for a parent with schizophrenia deeply informs her work. Through her writing, Heather offers an honest and compassionate voice for those facing similar challenges.
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Katie Mares is a master’s-educated executive coach, TEDx speaker, and #1 bestselling author of CustomHER Experience and Five Steps to a Five Star Experience. She works with corporate clients including Toyota, Celebrity Cruises, and Honda, helping leaders close the gap between strategy and execution. She is the founder of NOW Rising, a women’s coaching community, and co-founder of DriveHer, launching September 2026.
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DR. JO ANNE WHITE is an International multiple #1 bestselling, award winning author, speaker, coach and trainer. She’s recognized as a Goodwill Global Ambassador for civil and humanitarian work in education, entrepreneurship, coaching and women’s issues. A certified life, spiritual and business coach, counselor and energy master teacher, she teaches people how to overcome adversity, turning challenges into opportunities & empowering and inspiring men, women, families and businesses to achieve wellbeing, master success, thrive and triumph.
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Jennifer Edwards is a wife of 30 years who knows firsthand that money fights are rarely about money. That lived experience – combined with her work with hundreds of couples – is what makes her approach so effective. She started Breakthrough Financial Wellness because she believes money, handled well, can actually bring couples closer. Her mission is to help partners transform the subject of money into a source of deeper trust, intimacy, and connection. Connect with Jennifer here…
