Gloves Up!

Wham bam, thank you ma’am.

Thanks to @asweatlife for another bad*ss event with a barre/boxing mash-up led by @tristagreco and @cbels23. The event was part of a full day of empowering events in support of Equal Pay Day on April 10. The date symbolizes how far into the year women have to work to earn what men earned in the previous year. Women get paid on average $0.80 to every $1.00 that men are paid for a variety of reasons – choice of occupation, maternity leave, lack of negotiation skills/confidence, etc. It’s an important issue and one that is near and dear to my heart as a woman in business.

On top of a kick*ass barre boxing class workout, the event featured an awesome panel of women blazing new trails. Moderated by @ahleeduh, the panel including advice from Brand Consultant @baabaholland, @glowoutsalons founder @jennandjuice_, Food Tech Entrepreneur @rianalynn, and @katlinasmith, founder of @simplemills.

My favorite message from the night: “You can have anything you want, but not everything. You have to ask yourself, what is your chief want.”