Women Connect [Virtual]: "Fueling Your Ambition: Resources, Barriers & Real Conversation"

Speaker: Valerie Carmel, LCSW

Description: 

As ambitious women, most of us are no strangers to setting goals and pushing ourselves to achieve them. But there’s the harder question many of us are not asking: Are we actually resourcing those ambitions, or just expecting ourselves to power through on will and discipline? 

Too often, professional women carry big vision alongside invisible barriers: time scarcity, mental overload, perfectionism, fear of invisibility, or the quiet belief that we should be able to “handle it all.” We double down on effort instead of asking what support, structure, or space our ambition truly requires. 

In this practical and conversational evening session, therapist and coach Valerie Carmel Dorsainvil join us to explore her concept of Resourced Ambition: what it means to pursue goals in a way that is supported rather than depleted. 

Valerie will share a brief framework to help us identify:

• The internal and external barriers that quietly undermine our ambitions
• What “under-resourced ambition” looks like in real life
• Concrete pathways for building the support systems, boundaries, and self-trust our goals actually need

Then we’ll shift into open discussion and Q&A for an honest, grounded conversation about how we can show up for our ambitious selves without burning out in the process.

If you’ve ever felt capable but stretched thin, driven but exhausted, ambitious but secretly unsure whether you can sustain it, this conversation is for you.

 

About Our Speaker: Valerie Carmel is a mental health therapist, author and speaker specializing in supporting high-achieving women, particularly in leadership roles like project management, to avoid burnout and create sustainable work-life balance. 

 

Event Details:

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5:30 - 7pm MT: Presentation and Discussion