Kim-Monique Johnson

What Are You Carrying That No Longer Needs to Be Yours?

Many leaders know what it feels like to be the steady one.

The one who absorbs tension, manages change, navigates complexity, advocates for others, and keeps moving—often while carrying far more than anyone realizes.

For HR leaders, DEI practitioners, people managers, and professionals whose identities have required them to navigate systems that weren't always built with them in mind, that weight can become so familiar it feels normal.

In this 90-minute PopUpThinkTank, we'll explore a simple but powerful question:

What are you holding—and what would become possible if you put some of it down?

Kim Monique brings more than 30 years of experience across healthcare, nonprofits, leadership development, organizational change, and coaching. Her work sits at the intersection of leadership, identity, mindfulness, and human flourishing. Drawing from her experience as a former Chief Human Resources Officer, Kim-Monique serves as an Energy Leadership coach, facilitator, Everything DiSC® practitioner, mindfulness teacher and host of the Ancestors and Aunties podcast. Kim-Monique helps people connect with their own wisdom, agency, and capacity to lead from a more grounded place.

This is not a webinar, panel, demo, or pitch. You'll join 25+ participants exploring one shared challenge together through a structured, facilitated conversation. There is no pressure to speak in front of the full group, and everyone can contribute in ways that feel comfortable.

Together, we'll co-create something usable, see our collective impact take shape in real time, build meaningful connections, and gain visibility into how insight emerges—without performative pressure.

Come curious. Leave with a deeper understanding of what you're carrying, what your body may already know, and what it might mean to lead with greater compassion, confidence, and clarity.