Want to make a difference in the world but don’t know how to start? While all transformation happens by taking a small step, very few people have walked the miles and impacted lives as deeply and broadly as civil rights icon and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Dolores Huerta. She was the inspiration for […]
Growing up in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, Shabana Basij-Rasikh and her family risked their lives to send her and her sister to underground schools. At that time, educating women was a crime punishable by death. Shabana not only became college-educated (a privilege of just 6% of women in Afghanistan at the time) but she […]
Let’s talk about Divorce – and more specifically, how to manage our finances before, during, and after this difficult life transition. We welcomed financial superstar and two-time Parlay House speaker, Laurie Fried of Lumina Financial back to our safe space to talk all things divorce and money. Tune in to learn and feel with […]
There are many privileges beyond skin color – access to resources, wealth, geography, age, religion, attractiveness, body type, and more. Sometimes we openly accept certain privileges to cope with more hurtful ones as a way to protect ourselves from pain and feeling insignificant. Over time, we begin to believe that our assumed privileges are […]
When we gathered for this talk, many of us were reeling from the death of someone who we likely didn’t even know: #NotoriousRBG. Because she was an icon, a champion of women’s rights, and a fierce legal mind who was appointed to the highest position in her profession. But how do we begin to […]
When we learned that only 36% of women say they feel like they’re following their dreams, and over 60% of women are rethinking their lives during the pandemic, we knew who to call to help us explore making meaningful transitions for a more fulfilling life. Enter fellow Parlay House member Kim Newton, who after […]
Let’s talk about JUSTICE. Imagine a world in which a single mistake could cost you everything and continue following you like a dark cloud, for the rest of your life. Imagine not being able to move forward, no matter how much you change or hard you try. This is the reality for millions of […]
**TRIGGER WARNING** The following Parlay From Away conversation discusses sexual child abuse, incest, and other related potentially triggering subjects. Please put your mental safety and comfort first before moving on. For immediate support, call the RAINN hotline for free at 800.656.4673. — You never know what experiences life has in store for you, nor […]
It’s a time when “doing it all” feels harder than ever. While there is no right answer for everyone, our speaker, Shellye Archambeau, has written a highly-acclaimed new book on unapologetic ambition. She has a strong point of view about taking risks, breaking barriers, and creating success on our own terms. As a longtime […]
We all have mountains in life that seem impossible to climb. The longer we avoid taking our first step, the higher each peak seems to become. This week’s speaker Kara Richardson Whitely knows all about facing, in her case, a literal mountain. Mt. Kilimanjaro to be exact, aka the highest free-standing mountain in […]