Vital Conversation Series 2025
One day of radical clarity, community, and real conversation about midlife health.
Live in Sandpoint | October 11, 2025
9:00am to 5:00pm
(Doors open at 8:30am)
This Is Not a Summit — It’s a Reckoning
Midlife isn’t a crisis. It’s a reckoning. And you’re not imagining it—your body, your priorities, your tolerance for nonsense… all of it is changing.
The Vital Conversation Series is a one-day, in-person gathering for women who are done navigating this shift alone. We’re bringing together a crew of fierce, wise, sharp women—think nervous system practitioners, movement guides, authors, land stewards, systems thinkers, financial mentors, and grief-holders—to talk about what it really takes to reclaim your vitality and voice in midlife.
This isn’t about fixing what’s “broken.” It’s about making space for the version of you that’s trying to emerge.
You’ll hear stories that resonate. Tools that restore. Ideas that challenge. You might cry. You might laugh. You’ll definitely exhale.
If you’ve been craving honest dialogue about energy, grief, money, movement, food, capacity, creativity, boundaries—and the systems that shape us—come sit with us.
This is the conversation your nervous system has been waiting for.
How The Day Unfolds
Keynote Speaker & Host
Jennifer Steinbachs — Syringa Wellness
From Whisper to Crown — Reclaiming Sovereignty in a Chaotic World
Midlife isn’t decline — it’s a reckoning. This keynote traces the arc from inner whisper to outer crown, showing how sovereignty emerges when you stop outsourcing your clarity.
Ritual Guide
Shelly Johnson — Performance Artist
Shelly carries the thread between sessions, guiding us through ritual so each phase becomes a felt transition rather than just a schedule shift.
🌱 Regulate
We begin with the body’s baseline — safety, rhythm, and structure that everything else builds on.
Speaker Highlight:
Katie Smith Hoover — Reflexions: A Journey Through Grief with Faith + Reflexology
🌀 Restore
Turn toward nourishment and nature. These conversations bring us back to what fuels resilience beneath the surface.
Speaker Highlight:
Kelly Greenway — It Runs Deeper Than Hormones: Restoring What Fuels You
Peggy DeArmond — Scent, Sound, and Soil: Returning to the Root of Restoration
🔥 Reclaim
Midlife isn’t a slow fade. It’s a portal. This phase is about expression, hormones, and the unapologetic return of power.
Speaker Highlight:
Elizabeth Hulsey — The Midlife Portal: Rebirthing the Self
✨ Resonate
We close by weaving wisdom into purpose. Financial sovereignty, legacy, and carrying forward what matters most.
Speaker Highlight:
Scotti Stephens — The House She Builds: Finding Strength and Softness in Midlife
Nancy Hadley — Finances as Legacy: Building Wealth with Purpose
Every phase builds on the one before — moving from regulation to resonance.
In-Kind Partners
We’re grateful for the local businesses bringing grounding, beauty, and nourishment to the day.
Tickets
$125 Until Aug 31 | $150 Until Oct 6 | $175 Day-Of (if available)
Space is limited to protect the container’s intimacy. Your body will know if this is for you.
Oct 11 • Sandpoint, ID • 8:30 AM–5 PM