Maximize Your Wellness Experts

Maximize Your Wellness – A Workshop for Professional Women was infused with the knowledge, passion, and diverse experience of 8 wellness experts. Learn more about and connect with them below.

  • Career Identity & Leadership Coach

    Kaitlyn is a corporate ladder climber turned entrepreneur. After leading teams for over a decade in the automotive industry, she transitioned her career and founded MaximizeYou Leadership Partners. A business focused on professional coaching and team development.

    Kaitlyn is pursuing an advanced Leadership and Performance Coach certification from Brown University School of Professional Studies and will become certified by the International Coaching Federation in Spring 2024. Additionally, she has received her MBA with a concentration in Management from Wayne State University and her Bachelor of Arts in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University.

    Kaitlyn’s passion is to help others feel more supported, empowered and fulfilled in their career, with a mission to create workplaces where employees never quit their boss.

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  • Licensed Professional Counselor

    Karen is the Owner and Lead Therapist at Karen DeKett Counseling Services, PLLC, a private practice in Michigan specializing in supporting caregivers, helping professionals, and empowering leaders.

    Karen has been a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Michigan since 2013. She received her Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology with a specialization in Mental Health Counseling from Boston College and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with honors from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

    Karen helps her clients explore their inner emotional landscapes, make sense of themselves, and empowers them to make choices that build their most meaningful, fulfilling lives. She believes her purpose is to help all helpers take care of themselves and live lives that feel meaningful and balanced to them.

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  • Strategy Consultant

    Josie is a seasoned strategist and award-winning marketer, who embodies the test and learn mindset through her role as the co-founder of Stratify Collective. With a mission to counter the burnout prevalent in traditional agencies, Josie is dedicated to providing support for boundless creativity by embracing a dual mission that reflects commitment to both individual creativity and organizational success.

    Josie has been recognized for her creative innovation as she has received many awards over the years including:

    2021 New York Festivals Advertising Awards: Creative Marketing Strategy

    2021 The One Show Silver: Pencil Craft/Writing

    2020 Cresta Bronze: Digital/Online Video ads

    2020 Webby Nominee: Digital Campaign

    Josie draws on her over two decades of experience in advertising and the creation of Stratify Collective to guide individuals in fostering a dynamic and playful approach to their own work. Her purpose is clear: to infuse joy and play into both her professional and personal life.

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  • Cycle Trip Studio & Beyond Owner

    Shannon is a seasoned Non-Profit leader turned business owner. Five years ago, Shannon transitioned her career and opened Cycle Trip Studio & Beyond - a one stop wellness spot in Brownstone, MI where she offers everything from cycling classes to saunas.

    Shannon fosters a community for those who share a passion for prioritizing their health and wellness. She is focused on creating a vision of wellness and helping others feel good by meeting them where they are in their health journey. Her joy comes from leading and motivating others to be the best version of themselves and encouraging them to continue to grow.

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  • Financial Planner

    Cathy is a Financial Planner at InvestWise Financial, where they help individuals and families achieve financial wellness by creating healthy money habits and putting the proper planning in place. Her focus areas include managing assets, risk assessment, retirement income planning including social security maximization, and reducing taxation of retirement income sources.

    Cathy has the following financial certifications:

    FINRA SERIES 7 Securities

    FINRA SERIES 66 Advisory and Investment Management

    State of MI LIFE INSURANCE

    Cathy is a first-generation American and was often called on to help family members who needed it. She knows there is a general lack of financial literacy in the community, and she finds great purpose in sharing what she knows with others. Her goal is to take a practical approach to simplify and explain complicated financial concepts using real-life examples so that families can make clear and confident decisions regarding their finances.

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  • Private Practice Owner & Licensed Professional Counselor

    Erica is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Private Practice Owner of Erica Carulli, PLLC. She dives deeply into the relationships between systemic issues, collective issues and one's own personal lived experience.

    Erica graduated with her Master's in Counseling and a Post-Master's specialization in Couple and Family Counseling from Oakland University (CACREP Accredited). She is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) through the National Board of Counselors and Affiliates and holds professional memberships in many regional and national organizations.

    Erica believes that you are affected not only by interpersonal relationships but by the systems within which we live. Her practice focuses on attachment theory and relationships in terms of 'authentic connections', which is the ability to build a genuine relationship with ourself and others.

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  • Personal Development Coach

    Lori is a former corporate executive turned personal development coach and business owner. She started her own personal development journey over 20 years ago. Since then, she has become a Gallup Certified Coach and began working with individuals and teams looking for support on their journey.

    Through her business, One Shade Greener, Lori specializes in environmental wellbeing where she helps to create spaces that are free of clutter, environmentally responsible, and create the desired "vibe".

    Her focus is less about the goals and more about the journey - small steps taken consistently make a big difference over time.

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  • Facilitator, Coach & Learner

    Sue Baldwin is a passionate, lifelong learner and master communicator. She applies the skills refined over the course of her diverse career in education, administration, professional learning, and strategic planning to actively make a difference in the lives of all those she encounters.

    Sue retired from Huron Valley Schools in November 2019 after 30+ years of service in the classroom and central office administration. Since her retirement, Sue has become certified in Positive Psychology, Appreciative Inquiry and Strategic Conversations practitioner.

    Sue’s years of positive, intentional, and thoughtful communication strategies became the foundation for 4Be's Thriving, where her specialty is supporting positive change both personally and professionally within education, private, public, nonprofit, and governmental organizations. Her goals are simply to allow kindness, bravery, amazement and belief to blossom in herself and others.

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