Preparing for EmpowHER 2026: Showing Up Before You Feel Ready

There’s something funny about running your own business for years — people assume you always feel confident walking into opportunities.

You don’t.

Preparing for empowHER 2026 felt equal parts exciting and terrifying. Not because I didn’t know my work, but because this event represented something bigger than just showing up with a banner and business cards. It felt like a turning point.

This year, I attended empowHER not only as a sponsor, but also as a speaker on a panel focused on turning an interest into a revenue stream. And honestly, it felt like a full circle moment speaking on that topic in the same town where I went to college and started my business seven years ago.

Still surreal. But also exactly what I’ve been building toward.