MEET THE TEAM
The Empowered Women's Circle Team share
the vision of a better future for professional women!
We're driven by the mission that there is a better way for organizations to support their female workforce—allowing for greater collaboration between professional women and a higher return on investment for companies.
Leadership
Founder, CEO
Dr. Catherine Hansen
Practicing medicine in Canada and the U.S. while supporting an astronaut husband and 3 dynamic teens has catalyzed Dr. Hansen's expansion from a beige office with stirrups to an expansive on-line global learning community of powerful and rising professional mid-life women.
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The EWC was founded in 2017 after a conversation with her husband highlighted the essential role that women play as the rock and foundation upon which families, communities, corportate teams and a more humane world are built. It became immediately obvious that a 15-minute clinical visit was not what women truly needed to play their biggest game in a world that increasingly needs their feminine leadership.
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While pap test and pelvic exams are (very) important, magnifying women's collective brilliance has become Dr. Hansen's true life's passion.
Executive Coach
Lisa Burchartz
As a former Corporate Change Agent & Human Resources Business Partner with over 20 years of experience in high-performing senior leadership roles, Lisa understands how our 24/7 "always on" culture keeps many high-performing women overwhelmed and exhausted.
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After experiencing the effects of burnout and a debilitating illness that kept her bedridden and in pain for over a year, Lisa was forced into stillness for the first time in her over-scheduled, adrenaline-filled life.
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Relief came in 2017 when she discovered somatic modalities, mindulness, and therapeutic coaching. The effect where so transformational that she redesigned her life and career from the inside out and now thrives on sharing these practices with others.
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Recording Artist and Author
Emm Gryner
Three-time JUNO Award-nominated recording artist, twice for Pop Album of The Year and author of the Amazon bestseller “The Healing Power of Singing: Raise Your Voice, Change Your Life".
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A successful recording artist, with over twenty albums she has toured the world as a solo artist and with David Bowie. In 2013, she helped astronaut Chris Hadfield create the first music video ever shot in space. “Space Oddity” was historic. The track was partially recorded aboard the International Space Station and partially on Earth.
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As a professional coach certified by the International Coach Federation, she combines the power of the voice as a tool for healing with strategies for listening to serve and support her clients. If we can clear a path and cultivate courage, we can live in genius and abundance.
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