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  • How Girl Scout Troop 6000 Inspired the World
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  • Taking Charge of Your Well-being
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Women often put others first, but one of the most important ways to make sure you can keep focusing on your dreams is to make sure you take sure your own needs as well. Our experts advice — from self-care for over-achievers to using journaling to process your feelings — can help you focus on preserving your health and energy so you can be your best at work and at home.

Taking Charge of Your Well-being

Featuring:

  • Dr. Deepika Chopra, Optimism Doctor®️️ and Founder, Things Are Looking Up™️
  • Dr. Deborah Fernandez-Turner, Psychiatrist and Medical Director, Aetna
  • Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, Psychiatrist and Author, “Empowered” (Random House, 2023)
  • Moderator: Kate Snow, Senior National Correspondent, NBC News
  • Introduction: Sheryl Burke, Senior Vice President of Cross Enterprise Strategic Innovation, Aetna

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The Truly Great Outdoors

Featuring:

  • Kim Moore Bailey, CEO of Youth Outside
  • Maureen Beck, Professional Climber
  • I Ling Thompson, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Trust for Public Land
  • Moderator: Lauren Guthrie, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, VF Corporation 

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How Girl Scout Troop 6000 Inspired the World

Featuring:

  • Nikita Stewart, author of Troop 6000: The Girl Scout Troop That Began in a Shelter and Inspired the World
  • Meridith Maskara, CEO of Girl Scouts of Greater New York
  • Giselle Burgess, the parent who established Troop 6000 while living with her five children in the shelter system
  • Moderator: Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at The New York Times Magazine

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Personal Essay Writing

Taught by: Leigh Newman, Author of Still Points North

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Self-Care for Overachivers

Taught by: Joan Kuhl, Author of Dig Your Heels In

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Journal Writing

Taught by: Leigh Newman, Author of Still Points North

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