What We Carry: An Invitation to the 2026 Diamond Dinner Series

Every woman arrives carrying something.

Sometimes it is responsibility. Sometimes it is pride. Sometimes it is grief, sometimes hope. It could be all of it at once. Much of what we carry is invisible to the outside world, yet it shapes how we lead, how we show up, and how we move through each season of our lives.

As we step into 2026, Brave Women Project’s Diamond Dinner series centers on an intentional theme: What We Carry.

This theme was chosen because it reflects the lived reality of women. We lead households, teams, organizations, and communities. We hold space for others. We carry emotional labor, professional responsibility, and unspoken expectations. We also carry wisdom, resilience, and earned strength that deserves to be honored.

As I shaped the 2026 Diamond Dinner series, I went back and forth between themes like leadership, alignment, and professional evolution. All of them mattered. All of them fit. But each felt like it was circling the truth rather than naming it. What we carry is the quiet weight behind leadership decisions, the internal work required for alignment, and the lived experience that drives professional evolution. Naming What We Carry felt more honest, more human, and more useful for the women we serve.

Diamond Dinners are designed to be more than a meal. They are experiences rooted in conversation, reflection, and connection. Each dinner offers a carefully curated environment where women can pause, speak honestly, listen deeply, and be witnessed without needing to perform or fix anything.

The purpose of this year’s series is simple and intentional: To create space for women to set down what no longer serves them as they move into 2026. And to choose, with clarity and confidence, what they will carry forward.

Throughout the year, our dinners will follow the natural rhythm of leadership and life. From naming the weight we enter the year with, to examining the cost of momentum, and choosing what stays. Each gathering builds on the last, while also standing fully on its own.

For members, Diamond Dinners are one of the most intimate ways to experience Brave Women Project’s community. The conversations are thoughtful and confidential. The tables are intentional. The connections often last long after the evening ends.

For women considering membership, this series offers a clear window into who we are and how we support women differently. We are not a “group you do networking with.” We are a community you do life with. Membership opens the door to these dinners and to a year of programming centered on courage, growth, and real connection.

If you are carrying expectations that are not yours to own. If you are holding responsibilities that have outgrown their purpose. If you are ready to release the pressure to do it all alone. This series is for you.

And if you are ready to pick up steadiness, clarity, and pride in how far you have come, a table is waiting.

We would be honored to welcome you to the table.

~ Kelli