"There is power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there's grace in being willing to know and hear others."
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
"The process of repatterining our consciousness, insisting on our full humanity, and imagining the lives we've hardly dared to dream about is what the Women Who Risk Forum offers women."
Teri Bybee
Teri Bybee
"Risk is the new glass ceiling for women; It cracks open a little more
each time we risk coming together as women in storytelling & Sisterhood"
Teri Bybee
each time we risk coming together as women in storytelling & Sisterhood"
Teri Bybee
When Women Risk
we all benefit (big time)
Women take fewer risks than men because the world is a more dangerous place for women. The risk women must now take is the biggest risk of all: the risk insistence on our full humanity.
Social movements, rallies, personal growth seminars, life coaches, and therapists are wonderful tools that will remain limited in their effect if we fail to confront the reality of risk and womanhood by coming together and sharing our stories.
Now we must go beyond consciousness raising and actively participate in a "Consciousness Repatterining.
I hope every mother will bring her daughter. I hope every daughter will bring her mother. I hope every woman, from all walks of life, will take what might be the first of a long life of joyful risk taking and attend a Women Who Risk Forum in her community.
Your sister in joyful risk taking,
Teri Bybee
Social movements, rallies, personal growth seminars, life coaches, and therapists are wonderful tools that will remain limited in their effect if we fail to confront the reality of risk and womanhood by coming together and sharing our stories.
Now we must go beyond consciousness raising and actively participate in a "Consciousness Repatterining.
I hope every mother will bring her daughter. I hope every daughter will bring her mother. I hope every woman, from all walks of life, will take what might be the first of a long life of joyful risk taking and attend a Women Who Risk Forum in her community.
Your sister in joyful risk taking,
Teri Bybee
When Women Risk
we all benefit (big time)
Women take fewer risks than men because the world is a more dangerous place for women. The risk women must now take is the biggest risk of all: the risk insistence on our full humanity.
Social movements, rallies, personal growth seminars, life coaches, and therapists are wonderful tools that will remain limited in their effect if we fail to confront the reality of risk and womanhood by coming together and sharing our stories.
Now we must go beyond consciousness raising and actively participate in a "Consciousness Repatterining.
I hope every mother will bring her daughter. I hope every daughter will bring her mother. I hope every woman, from all walks of life, will take what might be the first of a long life of joyful risk taking and attend a Women Who Risk Forum in her community.
Your sister in joyful risk taking,
Teri Bybee
Social movements, rallies, personal growth seminars, life coaches, and therapists are wonderful tools that will remain limited in their effect if we fail to confront the reality of risk and womanhood by coming together and sharing our stories.
Now we must go beyond consciousness raising and actively participate in a "Consciousness Repatterining.
I hope every mother will bring her daughter. I hope every daughter will bring her mother. I hope every woman, from all walks of life, will take what might be the first of a long life of joyful risk taking and attend a Women Who Risk Forum in her community.
Your sister in joyful risk taking,
Teri Bybee
Dr. Meggie Mapes on Our Approach
What has been / and is / the benefit of consciousness raising groups generally and specifically for women?
Consciousness raising groups were/are necessary methods of reflection and resistance. They're spaces to process and reflect on experiences of people in your community (like women; other out groups) and resistant because our culture often keeps things from changing or bonds from being built through its reliance on tactics that separate and aim to keep difference a part.
Can you speak with regards to the practical benefits?
It could likely be linked to many gains: economic, psychological, interpersonal and even physical. Consciousness raising groups require that you practice listening in an empathetic way. That's rare for leadership, and could be a valuable skill—as well as in interpersonal relationships, etc. It also validates people as credible when they're speaking from experience; and it asks that you seek feedback based on those experiences from those around you, which expands the way you see the world and what might be possible.
Consciousness raising groups were/are necessary methods of reflection and resistance. They're spaces to process and reflect on experiences of people in your community (like women; other out groups) and resistant because our culture often keeps things from changing or bonds from being built through its reliance on tactics that separate and aim to keep difference a part.
Can you speak with regards to the practical benefits?
It could likely be linked to many gains: economic, psychological, interpersonal and even physical. Consciousness raising groups require that you practice listening in an empathetic way. That's rare for leadership, and could be a valuable skill—as well as in interpersonal relationships, etc. It also validates people as credible when they're speaking from experience; and it asks that you seek feedback based on those experiences from those around you, which expands the way you see the world and what might be possible.
Founder Teri Bybee Teri Bybee is the founder of The Risk Repatterning Initiative and Women Who Risk She brings her track record as an accomplished facilitator with 21 years of experience teaching, training and coaching. The Risk Repatterning Initiative is about rising above old patterns that no longer serve so we can finally embrace all of our power and all of who we are as women. Teri has an immense desire to support women in joyfully taking risks, overcoming their fears and transcending the personal devastation that comes from always playing it safe. |
Take the Risk That's Right For You Right Now
As women our lives and our choices become restricted, limiting our economic power, narrowing our career choices, negatively impacting our relationships and even having a harmful effect on our health and well being. These forces operate externally - in our world - and internally in our own minds.
This service includes:
- corporate finance
- regulatory issues and compliance
- bonds
- derivatives
- offering and listing of securities
- UCITs and non-UCITs funds
- financial restructuring
- project finance
Your story matters. You matter. Sometimes we devalue ourselves and think we're powerless--one thing we all can do is hold space to witness other women as they share their truth and speak their stories; and when, and if, we're ready we can speak our stories to support other women.
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- Risk that your voice could be powerful
- Personal growth when we share with others
- Only share what, when, if and as much as you're comfortable with
- What have you gained from listening to women
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There are many reasons to attend a forum; get on the waiting list HERE
Our approach is innovative; and supported by research, endorsed by academics and professionals at every level. If you feel a call in to serve as a leader and support other women in finding their way to a supportive sisterhood and in sharing their stories, we'd love to talk to you about taking the risk to bring the work to your circles.
Sponsorship has several benefits.
Sponsorship has several benefits.
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