What’s an Emprise?

Our Tide Risers cohort program is designed to help women find and pursue their Emprise, which is a professional or personal calling rooted in your values that you actively and consciously design to bring you fulfilment and purpose. Pursuing an emprise enables you to play a leadership role in your own life so that you have the bandwidth, the skills, and the resilience to meet your intentions.

The word ‘emprise’ was established in the English language during the 13th century to describe the bold and chivalrous adventures of knights, and was as such a term used mostly to describe the activities of men. We have decided to reappropriate the word to describe the Tide Risers journey. We want the women who successfully complete our cohort program to undertake the bold, daring adventure of choosing the biggest, best life for them, while working in community to make this world a better place.

Learn more about living a life of Emprise by watching Lara Holliday’s TedX talk.