How it all began

Open Hearted Sisters began on October 28, 2023, in my mother’s living room. But the story behind it started with a conversation. I had a friend who was walking through a very difficult separation. In that moment, she expressed something that stayed with me: she wished there was a space where women could come together, share openly, and feel safe. I couldn’t shake those words. At the same time, I began to notice a pattern. Many women around me were quietly carrying deep pain. Some were navigating loss, others were healing from difficult seasons, yet they were all walking past one another without knowing they weren’t alone. I found myself often being the one people opened up to, the one who held their stories. That’s when the realization came: what if these women could come together? What if there was a space where they could be seen, heard, and supported, not in isolation, but in community? From that place, Open Hearted Sisters was born. What started as small gatherings in my mother’s living room quickly began to grow. We met every last Saturday of the month, setting up chairs, creating space, and simply allowing women to come as they were and share their hearts. Before long, the need outgrew the space. There was a moment when we had to host two sessions in one night, one in the evening, and another late into the night. That was when it became clear that this was becoming something more. In October 2025, we hosted our first conference. From my mother’s living room to conference spaces, Open Hearted Sisters has grown into something none of us could have imagined. But the heart has never changed. Women gathering, healing, and reminding each other that they were never alone.