Witnessing history repeat itself as even more black lives are lost in the United States is devastating. I watch with horror as violence is inflicted again and again on our fellow citizens, feeling ever more helpless. I sit here with a deep aching sadness of knowing that the nation I love has been unable to deliver on its core promise of the blessings of liberty for all of her citizens.
Read MoreTide Risers is a unique journey of professional and personal development carefully designed to help our Members clarify their intentions, identify and amplify their strengths, and show up stronger and more effective in every aspect of their lives.
Read MoreTide Risers Facilitators are entrepreneurial superstars, dynamic leadership coaches, cheerleaders for women, and visionary thinkers. Learn more about their unique set of talents here.
Read MoreAs much as the single-gender nature of the Tide Risers program is essential for the type of self-reflective learning and growing we do, one look at the men behind Tide Risers illustrates the critical nature of allies. The dedication of these men to our work is testament to their faith that when we support and uplift one another — men and women alike — we all rise.
Read MoreWhen Empriseurs met up together for the first time this year, it clicked for me: being a member of a Tide Risers cohort is really a prelude to life as an Empriseur. Is there really an end to needing guidance and community?
Read MoreLara Holliday, Founder of Tide Risers, was recently featured at the She Thinks Purple Female Founders event. She spoke of the critical role of community in the entrepreneurial journey, and shared some of the events that helped shape the mission and values of Tide Risers. This is the transcript of her remarks.
Read MoreIf seeking balance sounds appealing to you, I would simply encourage you to embark on your own fact-finding mission. Beyond cultivating my “nest,” here are a few elements that have set me up for peace of mind and acceptance.
Read MoreThe one constant throughout the transition of making a life as a newlywed woman in a new place and launching a new company was Tide Risers. I don’t know of any other year long experience designed for women and committed to providing each woman the space to get “unstuck” personally and professionally.
Read MoreI’m excited to see how each woman in this cohort invites us into deeper learning around new paradigms for life and leadership. I’m grateful that we all know one another now, that we have a shared identity as Tide Risers, and that this cohort and community is officially launched.
Read MoreThe setting of New Years resolutions tends to be a rather self-focused endeavor: work out more, eat better, drink less. Considering, however, some of the grave and impending global issues we are facing, perhaps it’s time to shift our resolution-making focus to the greater good.
Read MoreOne of the driving concepts behind Tide Risers was the power of being a member of a group designed to bring people together who share life experiences. But how do we ensure that by choosing to spend time with people like ourselves we don’t end up in a cloistered bubble of self-reflection, through which other voices and experiences can’t penetrate?
Read MoreThanks to the generosity of a small group of women I refer to as the Accelerators’ Initiative, over 20 percent of our 2017 cohort received financial support to enable them to be a Tide Riser. These women have made this commitment with the generosity, humility, and grace that are becoming of the finest amongst us.
Read MoreI am experiencing a stunning inability to effectively raise my voice and demonstrate my deep rejection of the hate, bigotry, and violence that has been enabled in our country. How do we steer ourselves out of the appalling silence Dr. King warned us about?
Read MoreWhen I joined Tide Risers, I didn't know exactly what my "something big" would be, but I knew there was an entrepreneur inside of me clambering to get out. Tide Risers helped give me the number one tool I most needed to launch a new business: confidence.
Read MoreI am often asked about the values that drove me to launch Tide Risers. So, I want to share the values that have made Tide Risers a successful journey for me, my collaborators, and our members.
Read MoreOne question I get asked a lot is “why is Tide Risers just for women?” It’s a solid and obvious question, but the answer is complex. What we know is that we benefit mightily from membership in a community of women outside of our typical circles who are there to actively listen, support, and engage.
Read MoreOur Tide Risers retreat this past weekend focused our attention on the resources we can call upon when we need strength — strength for decision-making, for challenging conversations, and for the major and minor life choices that impact us for years to come.
Read MoreThe Quaker concept of Way Opening is used when we know some kind of change is necessary, but we can’t quite figure out the path to get there. We can derive learnings from this concept that can be applied to decision-making, along with tools that you can put to use right away.
Read MoreYesterday we were knitting caps. Today we’re forming coalitions. The one thing that is common to all of us is the question of ‘what’s next’?
Read MoreAll of these things – each and every one of them – we can give one another. We just need the space, the facilitation, and the impetus to do it. And that’s where we came up with the Tide Risers idea.
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