'I believe our greatest challenges can become the source of our greatest depth.'
emPOWER...Where The Creative Industry Comes To Have The Conversations We Usually Avoid!
After more than 25 years working across advertising, production, new business, PR and marketing, I've learned that the most valuable thing we bring to the workplace isn't simply our professional expertise. It's our lived experience.
I'm Athene Parker, Founder and Host of The emPOWER Breakfast®, Human Experience Curator & Strategist, and The Emotion Coach.
What is The emPOWER Breakfast?
Launched in March 2024, The emPOWER Breakfast® is an independent, industry-led mental wellbeing community for people working across advertising, media, production and the creative industries.
Our live events bring people together for something beyond traditional networking. Through intimate, honest conversations with extraordinary guests, we explore triumph through challenge and the impactful experiences that shape us, creating a different approach to workplace wellbeing.
From grief, burnout and neurodivergence to identity, relationships, resilience and reinvention, we look at how life's experiences shape who we are and what we bring to our working lives.
"You can only meet someone as deeply as you have met yourself..."
What Happens in the Room?
emPOWER is Unique. In this interview series with amazing guests we explore remarkable honest human stories, we build authentic connections and learn practical tools for emotional awareness, self-reflection and nervous system regulation.
It's networking beyond job titles, creating opportunities to understand ourselves and others, challenge assumptions and develop greater empathy.
emPOWER is also a reset for the creative brain...
Through shared experiences, authentic connection and practical nervous system regulation techniques, we create space to think differently, find perspective and rediscover our creative energy. Powering us up with renewed inspiration and the headspace for creative problem-solving and purposeful action.
Human Experience Curator & Strategist
I believe the real value of a story isn't simply what we learn about the person telling it, but what we discover about ourselves.
From the guests I invite to the themes we explore across our events, podcast and community, I curate experiences that create those moments of recognition and connection.
My perspective is also shaped by life as a parent carer to my profoundly autistic, non-speaking legend, whose experiences have deepened my understanding of resilience, advocacy and the importance of being heard.
The emPOWER Breakfast® event series and community is made possible through the support of our incredible sponsors, host partners and everyone who believes in creating a more human creative industry.
Whether you'd like to attend an event, listen to the podcast, introduce your colleagues to emPOWER, explore sponsorship or enquire about coaching, I'd love to hear from you.
athene@theempowerbreakfast.co.uk
To become part of the emPOWER Membership download the app on Apple or Google to watch interviews with inspirational leaders access nervous system regulation tips and join the community.
Click here to view the emPOWER deck!
