Saturday, October 24, 2026 | Olympia, WA
8:30AM to 4:30PM
A day to reconnect. A space to explore. An invitation to rise.
The Gathering is an immersive, one-day experience created for women who are ready to reconnect with themselves, explore what they need in this season of life, and discover new pathways toward healing, growth, and becoming.
This isn’t a traditional conference filled with back-to-back presentations. It is intentionally designed to feel exactly like its name: a gathering.
A place to learn.
A place to experience.
A place to explore.
A place to connect.
A place to heal.
And perhaps, a place to discover something you didn’t know you needed.
At the heart of the day is The Path to Rising, a women-centered personal evolution framework inspired by The Heroine’s Journey. Through intimate workshops, meaningful conversations, experiential practices, and opportunities for reflection, we’ll explore the experiences that can disconnect us from ourselves and the journey of reclaiming our voice, intuition, identity, courage, and direction.
But The Gathering goes beyond personal development.
Throughout the day, you’ll encounter a thoughtfully curated blend of evidence-based insight, women’s health and wellbeing, reflective practices, and ancient and metaphysical wisdom; bringing together perspectives and experiences that are too often kept separate.
You’ll have opportunities to learn from women across different disciplines, experience restorative and healing practices, explore the work of local women artisans and practitioners, connect with other women, and most importantly create space to hear yourself again.
There is no single way you are supposed to experience The Gathering.
Come curious. Come exactly as you are. Take what speaks to you. Leave what doesn’t fit. And give yourself permission to explore what might be waiting for you here.
Who The Gathering Is For
The Gathering is for the woman who feels something shifting even if she can’t quite name it yet.
Maybe life looks fine from the outside, but something inside you is asking for more.
Maybe you’ve spent so much time caring for others, meeting expectations, building a career, raising a family, holding everything together, or simply getting through what life has handed you that somewhere along the way, you lost touch with yourself.
Or maybe you haven’t lost yourself at all.
Maybe you’re simply becoming someone new.
Meet the women who will be co-creating your experience.
What you’ll walk away with:
The Gathering isn’t designed to send you home with a binder full of notes you never look at again. It’s designed to leave you feeling different.
You may walk away with greater clarity about what you need or what you’re ready to leave behind.
You may discover a practice, perspective, practitioner, resource, or idea that opens an entirely new pathway for you.
You may recognize a part of yourself you’ve been ignoring.
You may finally put words to something you’ve been feeling for a long time.
Or you may simply experience the relief of spending a day surrounded by women who are also growing, questioning, healing, exploring, and becoming.
Our hope is that you leave feeling:
More connected. To yourself, your body, your intuition, and a community of women.
More seen. With the reminder that many of the things you’ve been carrying were never yours to carry alone.
More curious. About yourself, your wellbeing, your patterns, and the many pathways available to support your growth.
More grounded. With space to slow down, reflect, listen inward, and reconnect with what matters to you.
More resourced. With new ideas, tools, practices, perspectives, and connections you can continue exploring long after the day ends.
More courageous. With permission to trust yourself, honor what you need, and take the next step even before you can see the entire path.
More hopeful. About where you are, where you’re going, and who you are becoming.
Because The Gathering isn’t about becoming someone else.
It’s about coming home to yourself and discovering what becomes possible from there.
The Gathering was created for women who are:
Craving deeper connection with themselves and with other women.
Navigating a transition and wondering what this next season of life could hold.
Feeling stuck, restless, depleted, disconnected, or ready for something to change.
Curious about healing and self-discovery but interested in exploring many different pathways rather than being handed one “right” answer.
Ready to reconnect with their intuition, voice, needs, identity, and desires.
Drawn to both evidence and intuition—and curious about what becomes possible when research, reflection, wellbeing, and ancient wisdom meet.
Doing their inner work and looking for new tools, perspectives, practices, or people to support the journey.
Ready to expand into a more authentic, courageous, self-led version of themselves.
Or simply thinking, “I don’t know exactly what I need right now—but I know I need something.”
Inside this lively in-person experience
Three transformational workshops presented by powerful, engaging speakers
A robust discussion panel featuring a nutrition therapist, mental health therapist, naturopath, perimenopause specialist, and a reiki/sound healer
Opportunities to engage in live experiences such as sound baths, yoga, reiki, and tarot reading
A beautifully curated market featuring local women artisans and woman-owned businesses
A delicious catered lunch plus coffee and light refreshments in the morning
An elegantly designed custom workbook to support your reflection, growth, integration, and personal evolution!
Hi, I’m Kara. PathForward founder, women’s personal evolution coach, course creator, growth enthusiast, innovator, change maker . . . and a relentless believer in what’s possible for women when they finally stop playing small, discover their path, and uncover the courage to follow it.
My vision is a thriving ecosystem where women are deeply supported as they reclaim their voices, walk in their authenticity, and rise into their next chapter. A space where your path is yours to design, but never yours to walk alone.
This isn’t just about coaching or creating courses. PathForward is about igniting something deeper: a ripple of courage, clarity, and collective momentum that lifts everyone higher.