For many high-achieving, empathic women, choosing themselves feels like a betrayal of everyone else. This interactive workshop explores the self-abandonment loop, how empaths are conditioned to regulate their worth through over-giving, and what it actually takes to interrupt that pattern without guilt. Drawing on neuroscience, occupational therapy, the chakra framework, and her own journey through divorce and self-reclamation, Dr. Stephanie Nash guides participants through a guided practice that gives the overthinking mind permission to step aside so intuition can be heard. Attendees will leave with a felt experience, not just a concept, of what it means to choose themselves and a concrete first step to practice it before they leave the room.
Participants will learn: the psychological and somatic roots of self-abandonment; why "self-care" alone often fails high-achievers; a guided practice for accessing intuition under stress; and how to take one boundary-setting action immediately following the session.

First public delivery: November 10, 2024; collaboration with Babesburgh and the Pop District (an initiative of the Andy Warhol museum); 30 participants.
30 minute talk followed by 45 minute meditation; then time for mingling and reflection
Ideal time frame = 90-120 minutes