A space for meaningful conversation, soulful connection, and intentional community.
There are conversations women are craving…
but rarely have space to truly hold.
Conversations about identity.
Exhaustion.
Relationships.
Purpose.
Transitions.
Boundaries.
Joy.
Grief.
Confidence.
Reinvention.
Healing.
Becoming.
The Living Room Talks were created as a space for thoughtful, honest, soul-centered conversations led by women who are doing meaningful work in the world.
Some talks will feel reflective.
Some healing.
Some empowering.
Some deeply practical.
But all are designed to help women reconnect with themselves…and with one another.
This is not performance.
This is presence.
Thoughtful gatherings designed to create space for reflection, connection, healing, honesty, and meaningful dialogue.
A conversation about belonging, visibility, and remaining true to yourself in spaces where you often stand alone.
The Only Woman in the Room
with Kristen Hillier
Wednesday, September 9 • 6:00 PM MST
A soulful gathering for women who have found themselves navigating workplaces, leadership roles, or environments where they are often the only—or one of very few—women present. Together, we'll explore the impact of being underrepresented, the pressure to prove ourselves, and the ways these experiences shape our confidence, voice, and sense of belonging. Through honest conversation and shared reflection, we'll consider how to remain authentic, resilient, and connected to ourselves while moving through spaces that may not always reflect our experiences.
A conversation about connection, reciprocity, and who truly belongs in our inner circle.
The Freindships We Keep
with Melanie Shires aka Positively Melanie
Wednesday, September 23 • 6:00 PM AZ TIME / PST
A soulful gathering for women reflecting on the relationships that shape their lives. Together, we'll explore what friendship means, how trust is built over time, and the difference between acquaintances, companions, and the people who truly know us. Through honest conversation and shared reflection, we'll consider who has earned a place in our inner circle, how friendships change through different seasons of life, and what it means to cultivate relationships rooted in mutual care, authenticity, and trust.
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October 2026
A conversation about creativity, community, and what becomes possible when women gather with intention to create something greater than they could alone.
What Are We Creating Together?
with Rebecca Lane
Wednesday, October 7 • 6:00 PM AZ TIME / PST
A soulful gathering for women who believe creativity has the power to connect us, inspire us, and shape the communities we want to belong to. Together, we'll explore creativity as something greater than artistic expression—it's also how we imagine possibilities, share our gifts, build relationships, and create meaningful change. Through honest conversation and shared reflection, we'll consider what becomes possible when women bring their ideas, experiences, and unique perspectives together, and how we can use creativity to build communities rooted in connection, collaboration, and collective possibility.
A conversation about redefining strength on our own terms. Together, we'll explore what it means to be both strong and soft, capable and tender, resilient and fully ourselves—without feeling the need to choose.
Strong Enough to Be Soft
with Benedicta Williams
Wednesday, October 21 • 6:00 PM EST
A soulful gathering for women who have learned how to be strong, capable, and resilient—but are beginning to question whether strength always has to look like holding everything together. Together, we'll explore what it means to make room for softness without seeing it as weakness, to honor our tenderness alongside our resilience, and to release the pressure to choose between the different parts of ourselves. Through honest conversation and shared reflection, we'll consider how our definitions of strength have been shaped, what it might feel like to redefine them on our own terms, and what becomes possible when we give ourselves permission to be both powerful and soft.
Reserve Your Seat
These gatherings are intentionally intimate to support meaningful conversation and connection.
Interested in Facilitating a Living Room Talk?
The Living Room was created as a space for thoughtful, soul-centered conversations that support women in reconnecting with themselves and one another.
If your work, voice, or lived experience aligns with the heart of these gatherings, I would love to hear from you.
Please email me with your interest, conversation idea, and a little about the work you feel called to share.
melanie@positivelymelanie.com