What If This is Your Year?

What If This Is Your Year?

Thursday, January 21 | 11:00 AM CST | Live via Zoom

There's something about the start of a new year that gets us thinking about what's next. New goals, fresh intentions, maybe a few resolutions (some more realistic than others). But what if, instead of focusing on everything we think we should be doing, we asked ourselves a different question: What have I always wanted to try?

What if you gave yourself permission to explore something new, revisit an old dream, or step outside the roles and routines that have come to define your life?

Join us for an inspiring and candid conversation with Alisha Fernandez Miranda, author of My What If Year, a memoir about reinvention, curiosity, and the unexpected rewards of stepping outside your comfort zone.

On paper, Alisha had it all: a successful career, a thriving family, and a life she had worked hard to build. But she couldn't shake the feeling that something was missing. So she did something unconventional. She pressed pause on her established career and spent a year taking internships in fields she had once dreamed of exploring, trading professional expertise for the humbling, hilarious, and eye-opening experience of being a beginner again.

Along the way, she discovered that reinvention doesn't necessarily mean starting over. Sometimes it's about rediscovering the interests, ambitions, and parts of ourselves that get pushed aside as life gets busy.

As we kick off the new year, we can't think of a better conversation to get us thinking about what's possible. We'll talk about taking chances, letting go of expectations, finding the courage to be a beginner, and how small experiments can lead to surprising discoveries about ourselves.

Because a new year doesn't have to mean becoming a new person. Sometimes it simply means making room for the parts of yourself you haven't explored yet.

Because maybe the best intention we can set for the new year isn't to change who we are, but to make a little more room for who we might become.

Come ready for an engaging conversation, fresh perspective, and a little inspiration to ask your own what if?