LEADhershipInternational

LEAD(her)ship International gatherings

Rooms where women stop pretending in front of each other.

In person and virtual gatherings for women 45 and up. Small enough that nobody hides. Structured enough that nobody drowns.

A circle of Black women in conversation at a LEAD(her)ship retreat

Why the room matters

You can do this work alone. Many women do. But something happens when a woman says the true thing out loud in front of other women, and the ceiling does not fall in, and the woman across from her says me too.

That is not a bonus. That is the mechanism.

On the calendar

Saturday, October 17, 2026 · 9:30am to 1:30pm Eastern · Westchester, New York

Daddy, Why

A half day on fathers, and one sentence you have never written before.

Who it is for

  • Women 45 and up who built a career answering a question their father could not bring himself to ask.
  • Living or dead, present or absent, loving or not loving enough.
  • Women who have done the thinking and have not yet done the writing.

You leave with

  • The sentence, in your own handwriting
  • A practice for the weeks after
  • A room of women who heard you say it

7 of 24 seats left · Registration closes when the room fills.

Saturday, November 14, 2026 · 9:00am to 5:00pm Eastern · Manhattan, New York

The Mother and Daughter Room

Two generations in one room, doing the work neither of them can start at Thanksgiving.

Who it is for

  • Mothers and adult daughters who love each other and keep having the same argument.
  • Pairs who have tried to talk about it at the table and could not.
  • Women who want the relationship, not the verdict.

You leave with

  • A shared written agreement
  • One conversation you have both been avoiding, finished
  • A way back into the room the next time it goes wrong

Full. Waitlist open. · Twelve pairs only.

Friday to Sunday, March 12 to 14, 2027 · Arrival Friday at 3:00pm Eastern · Hudson Valley, New York

Unmasked. A weekend retreat.

Three days where the signature keynote becomes a practice.

Who it is for

  • Women 45 and up in a transition, named or unnamed.
  • Women who have been fine for a very long time.
  • Women who want slow mornings and real work in the same weekend.

You leave with

  • A practice you can keep
  • Language for what you have been carrying
  • Thirty women who know the true version of you

21 of 30 seats left · Deposit holds your room.

First Tuesday of every month · 7:00pm to 8:30pm Eastern · Virtual

Wounded, Not Broken. The monthly virtual gathering.

Ninety minutes on the first Tuesday. One teaching, one practice, one open room.

Who it is for

  • Women 45 and up who are curious and not ready to commit to anything larger.
  • Women who want to hear the work before they do the work.
  • Women who cannot get to New York.

You leave with

  • A practice for the month
  • One sentence worth keeping
  • The front door to everything else

62 of 100 seats left · Registration closes an hour before start.

Hear about the next room first.

Seats in these rooms are capped, and the capped rooms fill from this list.

You have done enough. You have earned enough. You have loved enough. To put it down.

Whether you are booking a speaker for a conference in New York, looking for private coaching, or looking for one room where you can stop performing, the next step is the same conversation.

Bring Dr. Cheryl to your stage

Wounded. Not broken.