Activate Your Strengths and Inner Allies to Navigate Career Challenges

Join us for an empowering, interactive workshop designed specifically for women in science and technology. Through reflective exercises, you'll discover how to tap into your peak experiences and transform them into a powerful inner ally. This hands-on session, led by Pallavi Srivastava and Jenn Felstedd-Knight, will help you identify your core strengths, embody your most confident self, and apply these insights to overcome professional obstacles. Leave with practical tools to navigate self-doubt, career transitions, and workplace challenges with renewed confidence and clarity.

What You'll Experience:

  • Identify your "peak experience" and the strengths it reveals

  • Create and embody your personalized "inner ally" based on your authentic strengths

  • Practice applying your inner ally to real career challenges you're currently facing

  • Interactive exercises that move you from reflection to empowered action

  • Take home concrete strategies for accessing your inner ally when facing future challenges

 

Date and Time:  
February 4, 2026
6:00-7:30 PM

Location:  
AbbVie Inc., 830 Winter St., Waltham, MA 02451

 

Cost:   
Members: $10; Non-Members: $20

 

Register Here 
Special thanks for hosting this event and providing food to:

 

Speakers Bios:
 
Pallavi Srivastava, CEO, The Wellbeing Ways, Leadership Coach and Author of Relationship with the Self  
Pallavi Srivastava is a leadership coach, author, and founder of The Wellbeing Ways. She helps leaders lead with clarity, confidence, and resilience—creating success that’s both meaningful and sustainable. With 20 years of experience spanning journalism, workplace well-being, and leadership development, Pallavi brings a rare ability to meet clients at the intersection of performance and humanity. She also serves as Head of Operations at nOhm Devices, a deep tech startup, and sits on the Board of WEST (Women in Enterprise of Science & Technology). Pallavi is the author of Relationship with the Self and holds a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) accreditation from the ICF and an MBA.
 
Jenn Felsted-Knight, PhD, ACC, CPCC, NBC-HWC
ICF-Certified Coach & Career Strategist at Felsted Coaching & Consulting
Dr. Jenn Felsted-Knight is a certified coach and career strategist who partners with technical professionals and leaders to accelerate leadership development and career advancement. Her practical, results-focused approach integrates neuroscience insights with proven coaching frameworks. Dr. Felsted-Knight understands firsthand the challenges STEM professionals face in high-pressure environments, having spent 17 years as a scientist herself. She specializes in coaching clients during the critical transition from individual contributor to strategic leader, equipping them with the leadership presence, communication skills, and strategic thinking needed to amplify their impact. Dr. Felsted-Knight earned her Ph.D. from Tufts University in Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition, with a concentration in Neuroscience, and a B.S. from the University of Connecticut in Physiology & Neurobiology and Psychology.