The Circle of Braided Arenas
Twelve women. One table.
An evening to remember who you are becoming.
The Circle of Braided Arenas is an intimate evening for twelve women of colour to gather over a beautifully curated meal, meaningful conversation, celebration and sisterhood.
Created as part of Season 6 of Unspeakable Leadership podcast, My Arena, it is a space to explore the life and leadership you are shaping on your own terms, in community.
Whether you've listened to Unspeakable Leadership for years or are meeting this community for the first time, you are welcome in the circle.
Saturday, November 14
Downtown Vancouver
6–9 p.m
$190 + GST
Ticket includes the full dinner experience, one celebratory beverage, guided experiential dialogue, a first-edition My Arena bracelet, surprise gifts and post-event photographs.
More than a dinner
A place to soften, not to perform.
There are seasons when something shifts within us. You may be doing well, carrying responsibility, showing up for everyone around you, and still wondering what it would feel like to build more of your life around what is true for you.
That is the spirit of this evening. The Circle of Braided Arenas is not another networking event where you rehearse your title before you walk through the door. It is a place to soften, eat well, laugh, meet women you may never otherwise encounter, and make room for the question at the heart of My Arena: what do I want my arena to hold now?
You do not need to arrive with the answer. You only need to arrive open to the possibility that something can grow when you have enough space to hear yourself, and when other women are beside you doing the same.
Why braided arenas?
Strength that doesn't ask every strand to match.
I keep returning to the image of a braid because its strength does not come from every strand becoming the same. Each strand remains distinct, carrying its own texture, history and direction, while becoming stronger in relationship with the others.
That is how I imagine this circle. Each woman brings her own story, ambition, questions, culture, wisdom and becoming.
We are not gathering to collapse those differences. We are gathering to let them coexist, to witness one another without comparison, and to remember that another woman's expansion does not require our contraction.
Your arena is yours to build.
Your circle is who builds it with you.
What awaits you
Everything is chosen with care, down to the smallest detail.
A full culturally curated meal, with dietary requirements accommodated wherever possible.
A culturally curated dinner
One beverage to mark the evening and your presence.
A celebratory toast
Conversation held with intention, so the room moves beyond small talk to depth, together.
Guided experiential dialogue
A first-edition keepsake in sterling silver or 14K gold vermeil, yours to choose.
Your My Arena bracelet
A few small additions along the way, kept as a surprise until the evening itself.
Surprise gifts
Selected images from the evening, shared with you afterward to keep.
Post-event photographs
The symbol: My arena
A marker for the work you've already done.
We often mark inner change with something we can see.
A haircut after letting go. A tattoo after a big decision. A wardrobe change to move into reinvention.
The outer marker is not the transformation, it helps you remember what it took to make that step.
That is what the My Arena bracelet is meant to be. Season 6 asks what happens when we stop assuming the arenas around us are the only ones available, and begin defining success, leadership, purpose and possibility for ourselves. The bracelet gives the inner work you've done a physical reminder.
When you see the words My Arena on your wrist, I hope they bring you back to a simple truth: you can choose what belongs in your life, reconsider what no longer fits, and find spaces just as big as your dreams and goals.
The first-ever Unspeakable Leadership bracelet
Each bracelet features a heart engraved with "My Arena," measures 7.75 inches, and can be adjusted shorter by fastening the clasp onto any paperclip link. Choice is first come, first served, once six of either finish are selected, that option sells out.
Only twelve first-edition bracelets will ever exist.
925 Sterling Silver
A beautiful silver piece to add to your collection.
6 available
14K Gold Vermeil
A beautiful gold piece to add to your collection.
6 available
Bracelet selection can be made at checkout. Because pieces are prepared specifically for each guest, all ticket purchases are final, non-refundable and non-transferable.
Is this evening for you?
Created specifically for women of colour.
You do not need a particular title, industry or career stage, and you do not need to know anyone else attending.
This evening is for you, if….
You are redefining what success, leadership or fulfilment means for you.
You want connection that goes beyond exchanging job titles and LinkedIn profiles.
You are craving beauty, warmth, celebration and conversation with more depth.
You are making room for a life that feels more like your own.
Or something about the words My Arena simply feels like it's speaking to you.
Long-time podcast listeners and first-time guests are equally welcome.
From the podcast to the room
Season 6, off the microphone.
Season 6 of Unspeakable Leadership, My Arena, explores what happens when our inner transformation begins to change the lives we build externally.
Across the season, the conversations move through possibility, liberation, reinvention, spirituality, success and what it means to live on your own terms.
The Circle of Braided Arenas brings that conversation off the microphone and into community.
For one evening, we get to experience it together.
About Unspeakable Leadership
The first in-person My Arena experience.
Unspeakable Leadership was created to make room for the leadership conversations we often think about but do not always say aloud. Now in its sixth season, the podcast has reached listeners across 41 countries, creating conversations about identity, possibility, power, leadership and becoming.
41
countries reached
Season 6
My Arena, now airing
Melissa
5,000+
Episode downloads
“There’s something beautiful about sharing a space with people, showing up as you are, and leaving feeling a little more seen, connected and inspired.”
"From laughing without a filter, I found myself in an intentional, cosy space with ambitious women craving deeper connections."
Prachi
Answers to support your decision
Frequently asked questions
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Not at all. Long-time listeners and women discovering the community for the first time are equally welcome. Everything you need to participate will happen in the room.
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The Circle of Braided Arenas is created specifically for women of colour. No particular title, industry or career stage is required.
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The event takes place at a private venue in Downtown Vancouver. For guest privacy, the exact address is shared only with confirmed attendees.
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Your ticket includes the full culturally curated dinner, one celebratory beverage, guided experiential dialogue, one first-edition My Arena bracelet, surprise gifts and post-event photographs.
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With appropriate care! You have a choice of either sterling silver or 14K gold vermeil at checkout. There are six of each, and selections are first come, first served.
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Dietary requirements are collected during registration and accommodated wherever reasonably possible with the caterer.
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No. Because this is a highly limited twelve-person experience and elements are prepared specifically for each guest, all ticket purchases are final, non-refundable and non-transferable.
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Yes. Photography is part of the evening, and guests receive selected images afterward. Photo preferences and consent are collected during registration.
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Come dressed in a way that makes you feel beautiful, confident, and fully yourself. Think elevated dinner, a little playful, and absolutely worthy of an evening that feels special.
Your place in the circle
When I imagined this evening, I did not want a room so large that we barely learned one another's names. I kept coming back to twelve because twelve allows us to sit around one table, hear each other, laugh together, and leave feeling the circle became wider.
You may walk into the room knowing no one. My hope is that you do not leave that way, and that you leave wearing one of the first twelve My Arena bracelets ever created for Unspeakable Leadership.
I hope the bracelet becomes a reminder of something larger: the woman you were becoming when you chose your seat at this table, and the truth that your life does not have to be built entirely around the arenas you inherited. You are allowed to create your own.
Only 12 seats are available.
Saturday, November 14 · 6–9 p.m. · Downtown Vancouver · $190 + GST
Twelve women. One table. An evening to remember who you are becoming.
The Circle of Braided Arenas is an intimate evening for twelve women of colour to gather over a beautifully curated meal, meaningful conversation, celebration and sisterhood. Created as part of Season 6 of Unspeakable Leadership podcast, My Arena, it is a space to explore the life and leadership you are shaping on your own terms — in community.
Saturday, November 14 · 6–9 p.m. · Downtown Vancouver · $190 + GST
Your ticket includes the full dinner experience, one celebratory beverage, guided experiential dialogue, a first-edition My Arena bracelet, surprise gifts and post-event photographs.
Whether you've listened to Unspeakable Leadership for years or are meeting this community for the first time, you are welcome in the circle.
This is a highly limited twelve-person experience. All ticket purchases are final, non-refundable and non-transferable.