Events

The purpose of HerHaus events are twofold:

To network with other women, but also to hear from experts in the industry on ways to take care of ourselves and how to persevere through it all. Below is a list of events categorized by event type. 

Interested in attending?

Monthly meetings include wine, non-alcoholic beverages, light bites, a speaker, and a chance to network with other women. Monthly meetings are complimentary for members and $50 for non-members. 

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Wait ... Is It ADHD?

Over the last few years, more and more women have found themselves asking the same question: How did no one catch this sooner?

Join us for an honest conversation about the rise of ADHD diagnoses in women. For decades, ADHD was often associated with young boys who struggled to sit still in school. Today, women are discovering that symptoms can look very different—and that many have spent years masking, compensating, or being misdiagnosed altogether.

Together, we’ll explore questions like:

• Why are so many women being diagnosed with ADHD later in life?
• Has ADHD become more common, or are we simply getting better at recognizing it?
• What are the signs and symptoms women should know?
• How does ADHD impact relationships, careers, motherhood, and everyday life?
• What treatment options are available, including natural and holistic approaches?
• How do you know if it’s time to seek an evaluation?

Whether you’ve been diagnosed, suspect you may have ADHD, love someone who does, or are simply curious about the conversation happening around women’s mental health, you’ll leave with greater understanding, practical insights, and perhaps a few answers you’ve been seeking yourself.


Speakers

Dannah Moore, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Sarah Rolfe, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C
Melissa Motes, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C
Katie Poterala, FNDP

Speaker

Kimmie Hale
Kimmie Hale, yoga instructor
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The Power of Play: Why Having Fun is Good For You

When was the last time you did something simply because it was fun? Not productive, strategic, or educational. Just fun.

As children, play comes naturally. As adults, especially high-achieving women, it often becomes one of the first things we sacrifice in the name of responsibility, productivity, and endless to-do lists.

Join certified yoga instructor Kimmie Hale for an engaging conversation about the surprising benefits of play and why moments of joy, curiosity, creativity, and lightheartedness aren’t indulgences—they’re essential to our well-being.

Together, we’ll explore:

• Why play is important for both physical and mental health
• How play helps regulate stress and support nervous system health
• The connection between play, creativity, resilience, and connection
• Why so many adults struggle to make time for fun
• Simple ways to bring more playfulness into everyday life

Through discussion, reflection, and interactive activities, we’ll rediscover something many of us have forgotten: joy doesn’t have to be earned.

Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck in a routine, or simply curious about what happens when you loosen your grip on productivity, this experience will leave you feeling lighter, more connected, and inspired to make room for play again.

Because sometimes the most productive thing you can do is have a little fun.

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Fall for a Cause to Benefit Meals on Wheels

Join us as we welcome fall with live music, delicious food, drinks, and exciting raffle prizes generously donated by our HerHaus sponsors. It’s the perfect opportunity to reconnect with familiar faces, meet new friends, and kick off the season together.

This year, we’re proud to support Meals on Wheels, with all event proceeds benefiting their mission of providing nutritious meals, meaningful connection, and independence to homebound neighbors in our community.

Because this event supports a charitable cause, we’re opening our doors to everyone. Bring your spouse, partner, a friend, your kids, or anyone who would enjoy an evening of giving back while celebrating alongside the HerHaus community.

Let’s kick off the season together—and make a meaningful impact while we’re at it.


Hosts

HerHaus
Meals on Wheels
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Speaker

Dr. Angelica Perez-Litwin, PhD, MBA
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The Painting on the Wall: Success, Identity, and the Parts of Ourselves We Leave Behind

An evening with Dr. Angélica Pérez-Litwin, clinical psychologist, author, and founder of the
Career Health Institute

Some of us have spent a lifetime achieving, building careers, meeting expectations, and checking every box. And yet, somewhere along the way, something got left behind.

This November, join us for an intimate evening of storytelling, art, and self-discovery set inside one of Greenville’s most inspiring gallery spaces. Inspired by her forthcoming book The Great Unraveling, Dr. Pérez-Litwin will guide attendees through an immersive experience exploring the relationship between success, identity, and the parts of ourselves we quietly leave behind in the pursuit of achievement.

The evening includes personal storytelling, a gallery experience, an introduction to Career Distress Response, and a deeply moving reflection centered on a painting that has hung in Dr. Pérez-Litwin’s living room since her own journey of inner work began.

All registered attendees will receive complimentary access to the Career Distress Index, a brief self-assessment with  personalized report, before the event. Come ready to think, feel, and reconnect with the ideas, with each other, and with yourself.

Signed copies of The Great Unraveling will be available the evening of the event.

Host

Anna Mills, Senior Vice President, Bank of Travelers Rest
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Questions You're Embarrassed to Ask Your CPA

We all have them.

The “I should probably know this…”
The “Is this a dumb question?”
The things we Google at midnight.

One of our HerHaus members is offering complimentary 1:1 meetings to help you gain clarity and confidence around your personal or business finances.

This is not a sales pitch. No commissions. No pressure. Zero judgment.  The goal is simple: You walk away smarter than you walked in.

Come with 2–3 goals or questions in advance so she can prepare thoughtfully. If deeper planning is needed, documents can be shared—but only if you’re comfortable. And if you need another expert, she’ll point you in the right direction.

Because financial knowledge isn’t optional for women anymore. And there’s no such thing as a dumb question here.

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The Resilience Reset for Women

Women are often expected to carry it all … and make it look easy. But constantly pushing through isn’t strength; it’s exhaustion in disguise.

This session explores the difference between toxic resilience and real resilience, and gives you practical tools to stop over-functioning, set boundaries, and focus your energy where it matters most.

You’ll leave with a new definition of strength—one that actually sustains you.

Hosts

Nadine Lavigne, founder of BeREAL Partners
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What's the Deal with the Penny Tax?

You’ve probably heard about the penny tax. But do you actually know what it is, what it would pay for, or what exactly you’ll be asked to decide in November?

Let’s fix that. Join us for a special HerHaus pop-up with Greenville City Councilmember Dorothy Dowe for a candid, nonpartisan conversation about the City of Greenville’s Penny Tax Ballot Referendum.

Dorothy will break down what’s actually on the ballot, how we got here, and what would happen if the referendum passes. She’ll walk us through the history of penny tax referendums in Greenville County, explain how the City’s proposed 1% sales and use tax would work, and share examples from the more than 500 infrastructure projects currently included on the City’s project list—from roads and sidewalks to drainage, sewer infrastructure, fire stations, and public safety facilities.

She’ll also explain how the City referendum relates to the County penny tax referendum and, most importantly, leave plenty of time for your questions.

And because we have a City Councilmember in the room, we’re not stopping there. Dorothy will also give us a look at what’s happening across Greenville—what the City has accomplished in recent years, what’s coming next, and some of the issues shaping Greenville’s future.

This isn’t about telling you how to vote. It’s about making sure you understand what you’re voting on.

Come curious. Ask questions. Leave informed.

Hosts

Dorothy Dowe, City Councilmember

Host

HerHaus Ladies
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Silent Reading Picnic & Book Swap

Sometimes the best company is a good book—and a community of women quietly enjoying theirs alongside you.

Join us for a relaxing afternoon at Falls Park as we slow down, unplug, and embrace the simple joy of reading outdoors. Bring a picnic lunch, your beverage of choice, and a book you’ve been meaning to dive into. We’ll spend time reading together in comfortable silence before gathering to chat about what we’re reading and discover our next favorite book.

We also invite you to bring one or more gently loved books to swap with fellow HerHaus members. You never know—you may leave with a new story, a new perspective, or a new favorite author.

Whether you’re an avid reader or simply craving a slower pace and meaningful connection, we’d love for you to join us.

📖 Bring:

  • A picnic lunch
  • A book to read
  • A beverage of your choice
  • One or more books to swap (optional)

Come for the books. Stay for the community.

September

All Fours
Miranda July

Join us at Larkin’s to discuss All Fours!

A semifamous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to New York. Twenty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.

Miranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July’s wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy, and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman’s quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive.

Fleishman is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Join us at Kitchen Sync to discuss Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner!

Toby Fleishman thought he knew what to expect when he and his wife of almost fifteen years separated: weekends and every other holiday with the kids, some residual bitterness, the occasional moment of tension in their co-parenting negotiations. He could not have predicted that one day, in the middle of his summer of sexual emancipation, Rachel would just drop their two children off at his place and simply not return. He had been working so hard to find equilibrium in his single life. The winds of his optimism, long dormant, had finally begun to pick up. Now this.

As Toby tries to figure out where Rachel went, all while juggling his patients at the hospital, his never-ending parental duties, and his new app-assisted sexual popularity, his tidy narrative of the spurned husband with the too-ambitious wife is his sole consolation. But if Toby ever wants to truly understand what happened to Rachel and what happened to his marriage, he is going to have to consider that he might not have seen things all that clearly in the first place.

November

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Creativity Uncorked: An Evening with Sunny Mullarkey and Amy Yancey

This November, we’re bringing together two incredible women whose stories will leave you inspired long after the night ends.

Join us as artist Sunny Mullarkey shares her journey from long restaurant shifts to a thriving full-time art career. Sunny’s honesty, warmth, and passion for her work shine through in everything she creates—and she’s inviting us to create alongside her. Paint supplies will be provided, so get ready to sip, relax, and let your creativity flow.

To make the evening even more special, we’ll enjoy a private tasting with Amy Yancey, founder of Pocket Somm and former sommelier at Urban Wren. Amy’s story is one of strength and reinvention—after discovering a degenerative condition that is slowly taking her eyesight, she built a business that keeps her love of wine alive. Her tasting sessions are equal parts educational, heartfelt, and unforgettable.

Even if you don’t drink, you’ll love hearing Amy’s story and being part of this shared experience.

Hosts

Sunny Mullarkey, Artist
Amy Yancey, Pocket Somm
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Bedazzle Your Book

Join us for an evening of creativity, conversation, and a little sparkle at Camino Wine Bar. Bring a book you love (or one you’ve been meaning to read), and we’ll provide the gems, glue, and inspiration to turn it into a one-of-a-kind, bedazzled keepsake.

This is a low-pressure, come-as-you-are kind of night—perfect for catching up with Society friends, sipping great wine, and letting your creative side play. Whether your book ends up subtly sparkly or full-on fabulous, the real magic is in slowing down and making something with your hands.

  • Supplies provided (except your book)
  • Wine and food available for purchase
  • No crafting experience required—just a book and a willingness to have fun

Come for the sparkle, stay for the connection. We can’t wait to create with you.

Host

HerHaus

Speakers

Mary Ann Sudnick, Owner
Mariani's Boutique
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Color, Confidence, and Champagne

Join us for an intimate evening at Mariani’s Boutique, where style meets self-awareness. Hosted by boutique owner and certified Image Consultant Mary Ann Sudnick, this event offers a behind-the-scenes look at how color, tone, and fit can completely transform the way you show up—both personally and professionally.

Mary Ann will walk us through her image consulting process, explaining how she matches colors and outfits to an individual’s unique skin tone, and she’ll demonstrate her approach live on a volunteer guest. It’s a fascinating, eye-opening experience that goes far beyond seasonal trends and into confidence-building, intentional style.

Enjoy champagne and light snacks while connecting with fellow Society members, learning something new, and rethinking how you get dressed each day.

  • Champagne & snacks provided
  • Hosted inside Mariani’s beautiful boutique
  • Live color analysis + styling demonstration

Come curious, leave inspired—and maybe with a whole new perspective on your closet.

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The Busy Cook’s Way to Sourdough–No Bread Required (Gluten-Free)

Sourdough doesn’t have to mean long proofing times and complicated loaves.

In this interactive, hands-on class led by Rebekah Fedrowitz, MDN, BCHN® , you’ll learn how to use a gluten-free sourdough starter in fast, practical ways—without baking bread. Rebekah will begin by walking through the foundations of sourdough, then guide you through simple, real-life applications you can make in a hurry.

In this class, you’ll learn:

  • The foundations of sourdough: what it is, how to get a starter, how to feed and maintain it, and how to keep it active

  • How to use sourdough starter in quick, no-proof recipes

  • How to make a pan-fried sourdough flatbread and turn it into a pizza or sandwich

  • Creative mix-ins, flavor variations, and additional non-bread ways to use your starter

This class is fully gluten-free and safe for those avoiding gluten. The techniques and principles taught also apply to traditional wheat-based sourdough, so whether you bake gluten-free or not, the process will translate directly to your kitchen.

If you’re brand new to sourdough and want to understand how it works — or if you already have a starter and want more practical ways to use it — this class will give you straightforward, repeatable tools you can use right away.

Host

Rebekah Fedrowitz, MDN, BCHN
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Manifesting Your Future

Join HerHaus for an empowering evening of clarity, connection, and manifestation with Sondra Kellogg, transformational coach, intuitive guide, and founder of the Empowered Soul Network. Sondra draws on decades of experience leading workshops, retreats, and 1:1 coaching to help women tap into their truest desires, reconnect with their intuitive clarity, and align their energy with the future they want to create.

This session is not about surface-level goal-setting or quick fixes. Instead, we’ll dive into:

  • The mindset and energetic foundation that makes manifestation powerful and practical
  • Aligning with what you truly want so you can create from clarity, not pressure
  • Embodying the version of you who already has what you’re reaching for
  • Cultivating community, accountability, and feminine-power energy to support your next chapter

Event Sponsor


Speaker

Sondra Kellogg, intuitive guide and coach

Speakers

Sondra Kellogg, intuitive guide and coach
Megan Early-Soppa, attorney and strategic advisor
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The "Why" of Your Vision


This exclusive workshop is designed to move beyond traditional goal setting by first identifying your core purpose, or “Why,” a key concept from Simon Sinek’s book Start with Why and Finding Your Why. Transformational coach and spiritual educator Sondra Kellogg, known for helping clients use their intuition to achieve joy and abundance, will integrate her manifestation principles to help align your behavior and actions with your deepest values. Co-leader Megan Early-Soppa, an experienced attorney and strategic advisor, will share insights on applying strategic, practical approaches to turn those visions into reality.
 
The workshop is a safe and supportive space to work through challenges, share ideas, and create a powerful vision for the coming year. Lunch will be served.
 

What to Bring
To maximize your experience, please come prepared with the following:

  • A Framework of Goals: Bring 3 to 5 key goals you want to explore and work on for 2026.
  • Vision Board Medium
  • Creative Assets: Gather graphics, images, and other creative items that represent your aspirations and inspiration.
  • An Open Mind: Be ready to connect, share, and support other high-performing, ambitious women in the community.
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Launch to Thrive

If you are considering launching your dream business or are in startup mode and you’re not quite sure all of the steps for success, join Kirsten Gallagher, passionate HerHaus member, serial entrepreneur and women’s empowerment champion for Launch to Thrive: A 2-hour workshop packed with the exact steps you need to launch.  You will walk away with inspiration and confidence as well as a roadmap to use as your checklist to follow that includes branding, customer experience, systems and processes, and networking steps as you dive into your entrepreneurial journey!

Enjoy this workshop over lunch with a meal from the Greenville City Club. Take your pick from three dishes: chicken salad sandwich, Wagyu brisket burger, or salmon bowl. Cost for food is $47 for food for HerHaus members and non-members, so HerHaus members should not use their discount code.

Hosts

Kirsten Gallagher, Entrepreneur Consultant

Speakers

Rickell Ballentine, LMFT
Dannah Moore, APRN, PMHNP-BC, psychiatric nurse practitioner
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Let's Talk About Sex (For Real This Time)

Let’s talk about sex—thoughtfully, honestly, and without the awkwardness. So many of us carry unspoken questions, quiet frustrations, or simple curiosity about why our desire ebbs and flows. As working women, partners, parents, caregivers, and humans with a lot on our plates, there are real internal and external forces shaping how we relate to intimacy. Stress, hormones, mental load, ADHD, self-image, relationship dynamics, fatigue—these all play a role in how we feel in our own skin.

Join us for an open and empowering conversation with two expert guides: Rickell Ballentine, LMFT, licensed marriage and family therapist, and Dannah Moore, APRN, PMHNP-BC, psychiatric nurse practitioner specializing in ADHD, anxiety, depression, and insomnia.

Expect a candid, respectful, smart discussion about:

  • What external forces shape our internal experiences around sex
  • How stress, schedules, and the “mental load” impact desire
  • Barriers many working women face when trying to “get in the mood”
  • How ADHD and other neurodivergent patterns influence intimacy
  • How to cultivate connection, pleasure, and presence with yourself and others
  • Practical ways to reclaim your sexual wellbeing
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Untangling Belief: Leaving Systems That Once Felt Like Home

Many of us are shaped by the belief systems we grow up inside—families, faith traditions, schools, communities. Often, those systems are rooted in care, structure, and a desire to protect. And sometimes, over time, they can become restrictive, harmful, or misaligned with who we are becoming. This month’s HerHaus conversation holds space for complexity.

We’ll hear from three women who were raised inside highly controlled, insular religious environments—often described as “cult-like”—and who later made the deeply personal decision to leave. This is not a conversation about blame, villainizing parents, or condemning faith. It’s about understanding how belief systems shape identity, how difficult it can be to question what once felt foundational, and what it means to reclaim autonomy, voice, and self-trust.

This will be a grounded, respectful, and deeply human conversation centered on storytelling, reflection, and shared understanding rather than debate or diagnosis.

Come with curiosity. Come with care. Come knowing there is no single story—only lived ones.


Speakers

Christina Yasi
Christina Rose Yasi, comedian
Joanna Reese, entrepreneur and real estate agent
Rev. Dr. Jackie Putnam, Associate Pastor for Discipleship and Mission, Fourth Presbyterian Church

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Brandon Cabaniss, CFP®
Deb Bucci, PhD
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The Energy of Money: Rewriting the Stories We Carry

Money is rarely just about numbers.

For many women, it’s wrapped up in fear, scarcity, guilt, silence, or the belief that there’s “only so much to go around.” We hesitate to ask for raises. We struggle to receive—compliments, opportunities, and money itself. We tell ourselves stories about what’s possible, what’s appropriate, and what we’re “allowed” to want.

This month’s HerHaus meetup is an invitation to gently examine and begin to heal our relationship with money.

Not from a black-and-white financial planning perspective, but from an energetic, emotional, and deeply human one. Together, we’ll explore how our beliefs around money are formed, how they show up in our work and lives, and how shifting those beliefs can open the door to greater ease, confidence, and abundance.

Expect a thoughtful, grounded conversation that blends mindset, lived experience, and practical reflection, with space to learn, share, and reimagine what money could represent in your life.

Come curious. Come open. Come ready to receive.

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Rebekah Fedrowitz

Rebekah Fedrowitz, MDN, BCHN®, is a board-certified holistic nutritionist and passionate advocate for women’s health. She specializes in addressing the critical connections between stress, hormone health, and gut function, empowering women to break free from health obstacles that drain their energy and disrupt their lives. With practical, science-backed strategies, Rebekah guides women toward vibrant health, renewed confidence, and the ability to thrive on their own terms.

Rachael Reece

For more than 20 years, she has honed her organizational skills in CHRO and major operational roles with startup companies, non-profits, and large international organizations. She’s led big-scale redesigns, mergers, and elaborate corporate change efforts and advised C-level executives on everything from communication to collaboration.

Rachael is a Certified Partner of The Predictive Index, a Certified Professional Coach, a Certified Exit Planning Advisor, and a Certified Talent Optimization Leader. Throughout her years as a coach, Rachael has learned to expertly combine behavioral and skills assessment tools to analyze, design, implement, and support leaders seeking to build dynamic work cultures that drive performance and bolster profitability.

Rachael’s passion for her work is contagious as she seeks to understand and connect with each individual, team and organization. This knack for connection is woven into her personal life as well. When she’s not working, you may find her enjoying dinner with her friends, digging in her garden, or wrangling a group of teenagers at the lake.