EMPOWERED ESCAPES / THE 4TH ANNUAL SUMMIT

DOUBT YOURSELF. DO IT ANYWAY.

Three days in a room full of people who are scared and doing the thing anyway.

Ted Lasso didn’t know what offsides was when he took the job. He owned it. He was vulnerable with his team and his staff. His vulnerability helped him grow as a human and as a coach.

THE 4TH ANNUAL SUMMIT · KANSAS CITY · OCTOBER 4–6, 2027

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03 DAYS

10 SPEAKERS

09 CE HOURS

THE ROY KENT VERSION.

Straight to the point.

WHAT · 3 days, 10 speakers, 9 NBCC CE hours

WHO · Entrepreneurs, therapists, creatives, anyone building something that scares them

WHERE · Crossroads Hotel, Kansas City, MO

COST · $999, or four monthly payments of about $250

INCLUDED · Speaker sessions, daily lunches, welcome party

NOT INCLUDED · Travel, hotel, breakfasts, dinners

CAPACITY · Planned cap: 150. Every previous summit has sold out. Final capacity to be confirmed.

01 / THE PEOPLE

YOUR PEOPLE ARE IN THIS ROOM.

You’ve got a big idea. The podcast, the book, the retreat, the weird business nobody’s built yet. It’s been living in your Notes app for two years because some voice keeps asking: who do you think you are?

This summit started with private practice therapists. It’s grown way past that. If you’re doing creative, risky, slightly unhinged work with your creative work—or you want to be—you belong here.

YOU’LL FIT RIGHT IN IF…

Have more ideas than follow-through, and you’re tired of that.

Want a business that fits your brain and body, so you can anchor into your WHY.

Want collaborators, not competition. No comparison trap mentality here. You’d rather be curious than judgmental.

Are neurodivergent, disabled, chronically ill, queer, BIPOC, or done masking for rooms never built for you.

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PROBABLY BEST TO SKIP IT IF YOU WANT…

A traditional clinical CE conference; a box to check for the year; a seat in the back; a ten-step formula guaranteed to make you rich; or to be Rupert. Nobody wants to be Rupert. Fuck Rupert.

02 / THE EXPERIENCE

YOU CAN’T GET THIS FROM A WEBINAR.

Richmond didn’t turn around because of one brilliant tactic. A bunch of people started believing in each other. You sit at lunch next to someone who launched the thing you’ve been too scared to try. She almost quit. Then she tells you what happened when she didn’t.

Suddenly your thing feels possible. Not easy. Possible.

Podcasts get launched. Books get outlined. Retreats get booked. People find co-hosts, business partners, referral networks, and actual friends. Somebody says their idea aloud and the room says, “Hell yes, do it.”

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03 / WHAT WE STAND FOR

DOUBT IS ALLOWED IN THE ROOM.

Think of this as the BELIEVE sign taped above our locker room door.

LIVED EXPERIENCE COUNTS.

Nobody here has figured it out, speakers and hosts included. Your story is powerful; lived experience counts as expertise.

REST COUNTS AS PARTICIPATION.

Skipping a session to lie on your hotel room floor is valid. Explore Kansas City or try the BBQ. Build at the pace your body can sustain.

ACCESS IS THE FOUNDATION.

We solicit feedback before a ticket sells and keep learning. Accessibility is built into the foundation, not added at the end.

NO HUSTLE CULTURE.

Paid speakers, a 20% equity discount, payment plans, and no pressure to grind harder. We’re here to help you build something sustainable.

WHAT ACTUALLY CHANGES

We won’t promise you’ll leave a new person. Even Ted needed a lot of sessions with Dr. Sharon. You’ll leave the same person, a little braver, with better people in your phone.

The big idea gets announced. Shame gets quieter. Group texts turn into years of friendship. Someone unmasks a little. Someone asks for more money. Someone gives themselves permission to go slower. And when a launch flops? Be a goldfish. Ten-second memory. Next play.

04 / THE VOICES

TEN VOICES. NO EXPOSURE GIGS.

Ten speakers. Ten bad-ass women. Most of them are Black, Brown, or Asian. Half hold doctorates. Every single one is paid. Plenty of events ask for “exposure.” We won’t. Expertise costs money, and this field has a history of underpaying women and people of color.