HAYVN Entrepreneurial Women’s Collective (EWC)

April 23, 2026: 12pm-1:30pm, HAYVN Darien

You Already Have a Voice: Personal Voice Matters as Much as Brand

You keep hearing you need a personal brand. What if the pressure to package yourself is exactly what’s getting in the way?

Nicole has been sitting with a question for a while now — what does it actually mean to have a personal voice, separate from the brands she’s built for others? In this conversation, she’ll get into the real difference between building a brand and finding your voice, how to think about your personal voice in relation to your business and your career path, and why the version that feels a little rough around the edges might be the most honest one you’ve got – and the most engaging.

You’ll leave with more ease, and your own way of showing up.

Connect with Nicole Desir: LinkedIn, Bio

Meet Member Spotlight: Carolina McGoey, CFP®, QPFC, Morgan Stanley

May 21, 2026: 12pm-1:30pm, HAYVN Darien

You Built It. Are you Still Choosing It

Participants will leave with a simple way to recognize and return to agency in real time:
The Agency Check:

• Is this mine to choose or am I reacting?
• What is driving this decision?
• If I didn’t do this, what feels at risk?
• Does this feel like something I’m stepping into or carrying?
• Did I choose this or did I default to it?

Agency isn’t something you have, it’s something you practice.

• There’s a difference between running your business and being run by it.
• Not all “yeses” are choices. Some are pressure in disguise.
• Energy is a signal.
• You don’t need to rebuild, you need to re-choose.
• The difference between independence, empowerment and agency

Connect with Eileen Benwitt: LinkedIn, Website, Bio

Meet Member Spotlight: Jennifer Glover Keller, Business Productivity Consultant