Founded in FoCo 2025: Full Schedule

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10:45am MDT

Quiet Room: Recharge In The Park - Day 1

Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:45am - 4:00pm MDT

Recharge In The Park is a space dedicated to recharging your energy levels as you charge your electronic devices. Walking into this relaxing space, you'll notice plants, nature sounds, comfy places to sit, and phone chargers. You'll be invited to silence your devices, sit quietly, and just breathe. A table will be set up with additional relaxation tools such as journal prompts, essential oils, magazines/books, herbal tea, and community resources to support your mental health.

This space is perfect for those who may need some quiet, non-talking time to recharge and rebalance their nervous systems so they can continue enjoying an otherwise high-energy conference.

Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:45am - 4:00pm MDT
Art Studio 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526

Mental Health Track

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1:00pm MDT

5 Simple Techniques to Help With Startup Stress For You and Your Team SEATS AVAILABLE

Tuesday March 11, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm MDT

Foxtail 2

During the session I will be workshopping these 5 techniques in the following order, and the attendees will experience a measurable release in stress levels, while learning tools they can use themselves in their day to day challenges. First we will introduce the techniques, while also introducing concepts for perspective and reframing of their opportunities.

1. Breath exercise
A simple breathing exercise to help immediately calm the nervous system, reducing anxiety and stress while increasing focus and clarity.

2. Reframing/Take Two Exercise
A cognitive technique to help shift perspective by “reframing” stressful situations in a more positive or productive light.

3. EFT (Tapping)
EFT combines acupressure and neuro linguistic programming (NLP) to release emotional tension by tapping specific meridian points while focusing on stressors.

4. Hero’s Exercise
Participants identify three heroes or role models, focusing on the traits they admire. This exercise helps individuals recognize those same qualities within themselves.

5. Gratitude Exercise
A powerful tool to reduce stress by intentionally focusing on gratitude, promoting positive changes in brain function.

Concepts we will introduce:

Guided Neuroplasticity
A practice that intentionally rewires the brain by focusing on empowering thoughts and habits, improving stress resilience over time.

Guided Visualization
A relaxation technique where participants use mental imagery to reduce stress and enhance performance in stressful situations,

Wabi-Sabi and Kintsugi
Introduction to the Japanese philosophies of Wabi-Sabi and Kintsugi.
Wabi-Sabi teaches acceptance of imperfection, while Kintsugi is a pragmatic example of transforming perceived defects into new strengths, aesthetics and opportunities.

Speakers

Eliana Salter

I will help you "shift your heart and mind", Shift Your Heart Consulting and Coaching

In 1992, I was in a very horrible car accident, where my mother, father and first husband were all killed. I survived with some relatively minor physical injuries, but emotionally I was devastated and completely traumatized. Since then, I have been on a long healing journey, where... Read More →

Tuesday March 11, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm MDT
Foxtail 2 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526

Mental Health Track

Subject Social, Communication Skills, Leadership, People, Creativity
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9:00am MDT

Quiet Room: Recharge In The Park - Day 2 SEATS AVAILABLE

Wednesday March 12, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm MDT

Art Studio

Wednesday March 12, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm MDT
Art Studio 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526

Mental Health Track

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3:15pm MDT

Bring Your Soma to Work SEATS AVAILABLE

Wednesday March 12, 2025 3:15pm - 4:00pm MDT

Stage

Owning a business, running a nonprofit, or being an entrepreneur is a never-ending rollercoaster of meeting deadlines, managing team dynamics, communicating value, meeting financial goals, and trying to get ahead. The world moves at lightning speed and asks us to adapt, innovate, and keep moving. Anxiety abounds.

But what if the secret to doing it all well wasn't a new technology, but instead was an invitation to slow down and recenter ourselves?

Our brains are useful tools when it comes to analysis, evaluation, computation, and composition. But they aren't the most effective tools for regulation, connection, adaptability, and creativity when used in isolation. Instead, we have an entire network in our bodies that can support us.

Through this workshop, Bring Your Soma to Work, we'll learn how the somatic system plays a role in our decision making, communication, boundary setting, and stress regulation. We'll explore some concrete practices that can reset our nervous systems so we can be experience greater clarity, presence, connection, and a renewed sense of purpose in our work.

Speakers

Colleen Stanevich

Somatic Coach and Leadership Consultant, CEO and Founder

Colleen Stanevich is a recovering strategic planner who saw first-hand the toll of ignoring human-centered practices and the resulting effects on an overspent, exhausted, burned out, physically ill workforce. Through her own embodied transformation and somatic training, Colleen now... Read More →

Wednesday March 12, 2025 3:15pm - 4:00pm MDT
Stage 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526

Mental Health Track

Subject People, Leadership, Solopreneur/Freelancers, Small & Medium Business, B-Corp, NonProfit, Communication Skills, Mindset, Mental Health
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9:00am MDT

Quiet Room: Recharge In The Park - Day 3 SEATS AVAILABLE

Thursday March 13, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm MDT

Art Studio

Thursday March 13, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm MDT
Art Studio 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526

Mental Health Track

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10:00am MDT

How to Finish Unfinished Business in 90 Days SEATS AVAILABLE

Thursday March 13, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am MDT

Twinberry Auditorium

Do you have a mile long To Do List that never seems to get any shorter? Are you running on fumes while still failing to check the box on what’s most important? If your answer is yes, you’re not alone. The majority of our Western World is stuck in a constant uphill battle to strive and achieve more and more productivity, efficiency, and measurable outcomes while our health – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual - is overtaxed, rundown, and in desperate need of rest and restoration. In essence, we’re accumulating a bigger, heavier load of unfinished business while becoming less and less resourced and capable of resolving it.

In this session, together with presenter and guide Lisa Cheney-Philp, you will explore a less-traveled path to relief from the burden of unfinished business that can be meaningfully navigated within 90 days. First, Lisa will weave together insights and teaching from lifecycle theory, somatic psychotherapy, time management philosophy, and end-of-life care planning practices, so that you can gain a fresh perspective on all that is distracting, peripheral, and beyond your control. Second, from this perspective you will be invited to bring to the center that which remains incomplete, out of alignment with your core values, and longing for your care and attention (it’s probably not what you think!). Lastly, you will receive a holistic, intentional and restorative action planning tool, and be guided through the process of using it, to help you define and successfully complete the next steps that are yours to take within the next 90 days.

Speakers

Lisa Cheney-Philp

Founder & CEO, Women of the Water

Lisa Cheney-Philp is a Death Doula, Grief Practitioner, Creative Facilitator, Artist, River Guide, and the Founder of Women of the Water where she creatively and intuitively supports women, families, and groups moving through experiences of death, dying, grief and loss with companionship... Read More →

Thursday March 13, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am MDT
Twinberry Auditorium 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526

Mental Health Track

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11:15am MDT

The Emotion Map: Inspire Joy in others without Toxic Positivity SEATS AVAILABLE

Thursday March 13, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm MDT

Stage

⭐ The Emotion Map: Inspire Joy in others without Toxic Positivity
Emotions are great... until they completely suck.
Fear is your friend... until it paralyzes you on the way to your big dreams.
It's ok to feel lost... until you can't find your way out again... and then you text your ex... and you order a case of cheetos... and then the cheetos are gone... and... wait, is that just me?

If you'd like to see a fresh take on the rollercoaster of human emotions, this talk is for you!

As it turns out, we humans are emotional, and we can't always just "leave it at the door". As a leader, managing the emotions of our team can feel like the biggest part of our job - or the most nebulous.

In this talk, I’ll show you the map I created to find my way through the maze as a highly sensitive entrepreneur for over ten years. It has allowed me to use my sensitive empathic nature as an asset, rather than a hindrance, and stay on the path to my goals.

#1 Takeaway: How to navigate through an emotional trigger, and develop Dynamic Positivity, instead of toxic positivity.

#2 Takeaway: Your own Emotional Agility Map to keep!

⭐ The Emotion Map: Inspire Joy in others without Toxic Positivity
Emotions are great... until they completely suck.
Fear is your friend... until it paralyzes you on the way to your big dreams.
It's ok to feel lost... until you can't find your way out again... and then you text your ex... and you order a case of cheetos... and then the cheetos are gone... and... wait, is that just me?

If you'd like to see a fresh take on the rollercoaster of human emotions, this talk is for you!

As it turns out, we humans are emotional, and we can't always just "leave it at the door". As a leader, managing the emotions of our team can feel like the biggest part of our job - or the most nebulous.

In this talk, I’ll show you the map I created to find my way through the maze as a highly sensitive entrepreneur for over ten years. It has allowed me to use my sensitive empathic nature as an asset, rather than a hindrance, and stay on the path to my goals.

#1 Takeaway: How to navigate through an emotional trigger, and develop Dynamic Positivity, instead of toxic positivity.

#2 Takeaway: Your own Emotional Agility Map to keep!

Speakers

Amanda Fuel

Speaking Coach for Leaders & Thought Leaders, Next Level Fuel

Amanda Fuel is here to shake things up in the world of leadership. Her secret mission is to inspire the best parts of ourselves to come out to play, even around serious topics (like emotions), and to make space for uncommon voices - are you an Introvert? Neurodivergent? Don’t fit... Read More →

Thursday March 13, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm MDT
Stage 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526

Mental Health Track

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2:00pm MDT

Mental Wellness Through Change and Uncertainty SEATS AVAILABLE

Thursday March 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm MDT

Twinberry Auditorium

Change in life and business creates moments of excitement combined with the fear of the unknown. Navigating change and uncertainty can impact your mental health.

Each of us has mental health, just as we have physical health, and during times of change and uncertainty, even change and uncertainty in business, we need additional tools to deal with the extra mental stress.

When you are mentally healthy, you enjoy life and the people in it. This is when you can be creative, learn, try new things, and take risks. Ultimately, you are better able to cope with uncertainty, change, and transition when you are intentional about your mental wellness.

Here’s what you'll learn in this interactive session:
-When to increase individual resourcing for mental wellness, even before you may be struggling
-How to identify when mental health is declining and you need extra support
-Strategies to improve individual mental wellness and resilience, and when to ask for help

Speakers

Chrysta Bairre

Mental Health Speaker and Author, Live Love Work

Chrysta Bairre is an advocate for herself and others. As a child she grew up in poverty, surrounded by family members with mental illness and addiction, while her own non-apparent disability went unrecognized and undiagnosed. A queer woman with several disabilities, she fought to... Read More →

Thursday March 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm MDT
Twinberry Auditorium 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526

Mental Health Track

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3:15pm MDT

Emotional Health and Neurodiversity in the Business Community SEATS AVAILABLE

Thursday March 13, 2025 3:15pm - 4:00pm MDT

Foxtail 1

The objective of this presentation is to address the mental health challenges faced by entrepreneurs and professionals, with a particular focus on ending stigma and promoting the benefits of neurodiversity within the business community.

Through shared experiences, practical strategies, and open dialogue, we aim to create a supportive environment that encourages mental wellness and inclusivity in the workplace.

This session will be presented in Spanish with interpretation to English available.

Speakers

Dr. Nereida Perdigon

CEO and Founder, Empower U Now Consulting, LLC

Dr. Nereida Perdigón is the founder and owner of EmpowerU Now Consulting, a company dedicated to providing comprehensive support in the areas of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), mental health, and personal coaching. With over 16 years of experience in higher education as a... Read More →

Thursday March 13, 2025 3:15pm - 4:00pm MDT
Foxtail 1 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526

Mental Health Track

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