GUEST SPEAKER: Shelly Snow Pordea
TOPIC: You Can’t Heal What You Keep Hidden
WHERE: Johnson’s Corner – 2000 State Street Alton, IL 62002
WHEN: Friday October 16, 2026 – 11:30AM-1:00PM CST
You Can’t Heal What You Keep Hidden: Why your voice, your words, and your stories matter.
What happens when we finally say the thing we have been afraid to say? This talk explores why your story is not just yours. Once told, it belongs to every woman who has ever swallowed her truth to keep the peace. Shelly Snow Pordea draws on her experience as a publisher, author, and advocate to talk about the healing that becomes possible when we stop editing ourselves for other people’s comfort. Because telling your story is not just an act of courage, it is the path to a life that actually feels like yours, waking up aligned with your purpose, doing work that matters, and finally feeling like enough.
