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Empowered Leadership Conference
September 24 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Join internationally recognized physician, executive coach, trauma-informed leadership expert, and keynote speaker
Dr. Maiysha Clairborne for a transformational day designed to equip leaders and helping professionals with practical
tools to build resilience, foster trust, and create healthier workplaces and communities.
Whether you lead a team, serve the public, support clients, educate others, or care for those in need, the demands of
your work require more than technical skills—they require the ability to lead with compassion, communicate with
intention, and sustain your own well-being.
This interactive conference combines cutting-edge neuroscience, trauma-informed leadership practices, and experiential
learning to help participants strengthen themselves while creating cultures of trust and collaboration.
Featured Workshops
Secondary Trauma and Burnout: The Importance of Caring for Ourselves to Care for Others
- Understand the impact of chronic stress, compassion fatigue, and secondary trauma.
- Learn practical strategies to restore resilience and prevent burnout.
Trust Is the Foundation: Creating Trust as a Foundation to Psychological Safety, Connection & Collaboration
- Discover how trust and psychological safety influence communication, teamwork, and organizational culture.
- Build skills that foster authentic connection and collaboration.
Moving from Insight to Meaningful Action: The R.E.M.A.P. Framework for Collective Care & Collaboration
- Put learning into practice using Dr. Clairborne’s proven framework.
- Leave with actionable tools you can immediately apply in your workplace and personal life.
This Is More Than a Conference
Each workshop combines engaging instruction, interactive discussions, reflective activities, and practical exercises so
you’ll leave with strategies you can begin using immediately.
What You’ll Gain
By the end of the conference, participants will be able to:
- Understand how the brain and body process information and how those responses influence communication.
- Recognize trauma and its relationship to safety and connection.
- Differentiate psychological safety from physical, emotional, and identity safety.
- Explore how trauma, trust, and safety shape workplace relationships and interactions.
- Practice powerful listening techniques that build trust and deepen connection.
- Learn meaningful questions that foster psychological safety and authentic dialogue.
- Apply a practical framework for trauma-informed, trust-centered communication in both professional and personal
settings.
Meet Dr. Maiysha Clairborne
Dr. Maiysha Clairborne is a board-certified physician, executive leadership coach, organizational consultant, and
internationally sought-after speaker specializing in trauma-informed leadership, emotional intelligence, psychological
safety, and burnout prevention. Through decades of experience working with healthcare organizations, businesses,
nonprofits, and leaders across industries, she helps individuals and organizations create cultures where people can thrive,
connect, and lead with courage. Her engaging, science-based approach blends neuroscience, leadership development,
and practical application, making complex concepts accessible, memorable, and immediately useful.
Who Should Attend?
Community-serving leaders and professionals, including those in nonprofit organizations, education, social and human
services, public health, healthcare, government, public administration, etc.
Registration
Investment: $100 per person
Your registration includes a full day of professional learning, interactive workshops, practical leadership tools, and
actionable strategies you can implement immediately to strengthen your leadership, support your team, and sustain
your own well-being.
Invest in yourself so you can better support those who depend on you.
