PRESENTS
PRESENTS
Pum Pum Party
PINK TABLE TALKS
Every woman has a breast story. What's yours?
Sunday, October 11, 2026 | 3-6pm
Twin Oak Clubhouse
2500 Merchants Row Blvd
Tickets: $50
An intimate afternoon of conversation, laughter, reflection, creativity and connection.
Pum Pum Party
PINK TABLE TALKS
Every woman has a breast story. What's yours?
Sunday, October 11, 2026
3-6pm
Twin Oak Clubhouse
2500 Merchants Row Blvd
Tickets: $50
An intimate afternoon of
conversation, laughter, reflection, creativity and connection.
An intimate afternoon of conversation, laughter,
reflection, creativity and connection.
You probably have more of a breast story than you realize.
Maybe yours began with the first bra you couldn't wait to wear.
Or the one you desperately didn't want.
Maybe your breasts arrived before you were ready for the attention they brought. Maybe you watched everyone else develop and wondered when yours were ever going to show up.
Maybe you've stuffed a bra. Hidden your chest. Flaunted your cleavage. Wished they were bigger. Prayed they were smaller. Compared them. Criticized them. Celebrated them. Fed a baby with them. Experienced pleasure through them. Watched them change. Worried about them. Grieved them. Or simply lived with them without ever considering how much of a story the two of you have together.
Because having breasts isn't only something that happens to our bodies.
It can shape how we experience growing up, womanhood, sexuality, desirability, motherhood, aging and simply moving through the world.
And so much of that story goes unspoken.
When was the last time you actually listened to the story you've been carrying about your breasts?
This is Pink Table Talks.
Pink Table Talks is an intimate afternoon of honest conversation, reflection, laughter, creativity and connection centered on something women rarely get invited to talk about:
What has it actually meant to live a life with breasts?
We'll explore the stories we've accumulated from puberty to the present. The attention we wanted and the attention we didn't. The messages we received from mothers, friends, partners, strangers, media and mirrors. The judgments we've carried. The changes we've experienced. The funny shit. The tender shit. The complicated shit.
And we'll get to hear one another.
Because sometimes another woman tells her story and something inside you says:
“Wait. That happened to me too.”
There is power in discovering that an experience you carried privately belongs to a much larger story women have been living together.
And there is power in finally giving your own experience language.
Pink Table Talks creates room for both.
Three ways we'll explore the story
AT THE PINK TABLE
Give your breast story a voice.
ROOM TO BREATHE
Come back into relationship with your body.
ADORNED
Celebrate, reclaim and make a little breast art.
This is the heart of Pink Table Talks: an honest, guided conversation about what it has meant to live in a body with breasts.
Through thoughtful questions and shared stories, we'll explore everything from first bras, puberty and body image to attention, sexuality, motherhood, aging, health, pleasure, change and the messages we've absorbed about what breasts are “supposed” to look like and mean.
You can share. You can listen. You can laugh. You can recognize yourself in somebody else's story.
There is no right breast story.
There is simply yours.
After all that talking, remembering and recognizing, we'll make room to return to the body itself.
Through gentle breath, stillness and heart- and chest-opening movement, you'll be invited to notice what you're carrying and experience your chest and breasts not as something to evaluate from the outside, but as part of the body you actually live in.
No performance. No flexibility required.
Just an opportunity to soften, notice, breathe and reconnect with yourself with greater tenderness.
This is where reflection gets playful.
Using bra-shaped forms, gems, ribbon, color, words and embellishments, you'll create a personal piece inspired by whatever you're choosing to celebrate, honor, release, reclaim or simply have some damn fun with.
There is no artistic talent required and no profound revelation necessary.
Maybe yours says something meaningful.
Maybe yours is gorgeous.
Maybe yours is hilarious.
Maybe she just needs rhinestones.
We support her decision.
GUEST PRESENTERS
TIFINI AUSTIN
Licensed Midwife
Fertile Ground Midwifery
ALEXIS AKUA
Artist & Herbalist
Genie Botanica
DR DENISE BARRETT
Personal Image Coach
Beautifully Educated Coaching &
Consulting
Tifini Austin is a Licensed Midwife who has been walking alongside families in North Florida for many years. She founded Fertile Ground Midwifery out of a belief that maternity care should be personal, respectful, and rooted in community.
Ms. Austin works with families of many backgrounds and structures and is known for meeting people where they are. As families shared what they needed beyond pregnancy and birth, her work expanded into Fertile Ground Family Services, a charitable organization created to offer education, support, and space for families navigating life before and after conception.
She is a graduate of Florida A&M University, with a background in education and early childhood development. Outside of clinical work, she is grounded by movement, music, and cultural traditions which continue to shape how she shows up in her work. Ms. Austin believes wisdom lives in people and in shared space.
Alexis Akua is an artist researcher, writer and herbalist with Caribbean and West African roots. Born into a lineage of farmers in the southeastern United States, she finds magic in designing holistic experiences rooted in wellness and creativity.
In 2020, she founded Genie Botanica, an ancestral craft studio based in Florida that merges art and ecology to preserve Black indigenous culture. She studied Fine Art at Parsons School of Design and Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art. She is certified in Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Youth Mental Health First Aid.
Dr. Denise Barrett is a champion for women’s empowerment, serving as the Director of Programs & Partnerships for The ASSISTments Foundation, a national nonprofit dedicated to improving student learning through equity and innovative technology.
She is also the CEO and Executive Director of Beautifully Educated Coaching & Consulting, her side hustle and passion project focused on image coaching and personal branding.
With a B.S. from Florida A&M University, an M.S. from Florida International University, and a Ph.D. from Florida Atlantic University, Dr. Denise combines educational expertise
with practical experience. She leverages her background to help professional women refine their self-image and personal brand to increase their income and impact.
At Beautifully Educated, she focuses on charisma, communication, and confidence through her “Shine Bright Coaching Method” and her GLAM life success strategy, which teaches the practices of goal-setting, learning, attitude, and mindfulness to align self-
image and personal brand with career and income goals.
Dr. Denise is a former Miss Florida A&M University and published author, she currently hosts "The Beautifully Educated Show" on YouTube, offering advice on personal branding and professional success.
Dr. Denise also champions STEM empowerment for minority girls through her STEM G.I.R.L.S. initiative, promoting careers in fields like cosmetic chemistry and sports science. Her forthcoming eBook, "Charisma to Cash" will be a valuable resource for women seeking to harness their potential.
Dr. Denise is a motivational speaker, devoted mother, and mentor.
OUR SPONSORS
Earth Remedies of Florida is a a luxury Medical Spa and Day spa focusing on wellness and alternative treatments. Therapeutic massage. They offer IV therapy, hormone replacements gut health, full blood panels, and Empower RF the most advanced multi-functional platform by Inmode that delivers life changing women’s wellness therapies.
Kristel Klear Counseling provides compassionate, culturally competent therapy for individuals and families navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, and life transitions. Our mission is to make mental health support more accessible, clear, and healing.
Three ways we'll explore the story
AT THE PINK TABLE
Guided Conversation Experience
At the heart of Pink Table Talks is a guided conversation where every woman has a seat at the table. Together, we’ll go "beyond the ribbon" and explore the stories, beliefs, fears, tenderness, and memories we carry around our breasts and bodies. Through thoughtful prompts and open discussion, participants will be invited to reflect on breast care, body love, self-awareness, and the messages we have received about our bodies over time. This experience creates space for honesty, connection, sisterhood, and the kind of real conversation that helps women feel seen, heard, and less alone.
ROOM TO BREATHE
Embodied Reflection Experience
Room to Breathe is a gentle heart and chest-opening experience designed to help women reconnect with the body in a soft, grounded way. Through guided breath, posture, stillness, and simple seated movement, participants will be invited to notice what they have been carrying in the chest, heart, shoulders, and breath. This is not about performance or flexibility. It is about creating space, softening inward, and listening to the body with compassion. This experience offers a calming pause for release, presence, tenderness, and deeper body connection.
ADORNED
Creative Reflection Experience
Adorned is a creative sisterhood activity where participants will decorate bra-shaped cardstock as a symbolic act of beauty, care, and body love. Using gems, ribbon, color, words, and embellishments, each woman will create a personal piece that reflects how she wants to honor, protect, celebrate, or reclaim her relationship with her body. This experience blends creativity with reflection, giving participants a playful and meaningful way to express what may be hard to say out loud. Each adorned piece becomes a visual reminder that our bodies are worthy of tenderness, attention, and celebration.
AT THE PINK TABLE
Give your breast story a voice.
This is the heart of Pink Table Talks: an honest, guided conversation about what it has meant to live in a body with breasts.
Through thoughtful questions and shared stories, we'll explore everything from first bras, puberty and body image to attention, sexuality, motherhood, aging, health, pleasure, change and the messages we've absorbed about what breasts are “supposed” to look like and mean.
You can share. You can listen. You can laugh. You can recognize yourself in somebody else's story.
There is no right breast story.
There is simply yours.
ROOM TO BREATHE
Come back into relationship with your body.
After all that talking, remembering and recognizing, we'll make room to return to the body itself.
Through gentle breath, stillness and heart- and chest-opening movement, you'll be invited to notice what you're carrying and experience your chest and breasts not as something to evaluate from the outside, but as part of the body you actually live in.
No performance. No flexibility required.
Just an opportunity to soften, notice, breathe and reconnect with yourself with greater tenderness.
ADORNED
Celebrate, reclaim and make a little breast art.
This is where reflection gets playful.
Using bra-shaped forms, gems, ribbon, color, words and embellishments, you'll create a personal piece inspired by whatever you're choosing to celebrate, honor, release, reclaim or simply have some damn fun with.
There is no artistic talent required and no profound revelation necessary.
Maybe yours says something meaningful.
Maybe yours is gorgeous.
Maybe yours is hilarious.
Maybe she just needs rhinestones.
We support her decision.
GUEST PRESENTERS
GUEST PRESENTERS
TIFINI AUSTIN
Licensed Midwife
Fertile Ground Midwifery
Tifini Austin is a Licensed Midwife who has been walking alongside families in North Florida for many years. She founded Fertile Ground Midwifery out of a belief that maternity care should be personal, respectful, and rooted in community.
Ms. Austin works with families of many backgrounds and structures and is known for meeting people where they are. As families shared what they needed beyond pregnancy and birth, her work expanded into Fertile Ground Family Services, a charitable organization created to offer education, support, and space for families navigating life before and after conception.
She is a graduate of Florida A&M University, with a background in education and early childhood development. Outside of clinical work, she is grounded by movement, music, and cultural traditions which continue to shape how she shows up in her work. Ms. Austin believes wisdom lives in people and in shared space.
ALEXIS AKUA
Artist & Herbalist
Genie Botanica
Alexis Akua is an artist researcher, writer and herbalist with Caribbean and West African roots. Born into a lineage of farmers in the southeastern United States, she finds magic in designing holistic experiences rooted in wellness and creativity.
In 2020, she founded Genie Botanica, an ancestral craft studio based in Florida that merges art and ecology to preserve Black indigenous culture. She studied Fine Art at Parsons School of Design and Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art. She is certified in Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Youth Mental Health First Aid.
DR DENISE BARRETT
Personal Image Coach
Beautifully Educated Coaching &
Consulting
Dr. Denise Barrett is a champion for women’s empowerment, serving as the Director of Programs & Partnerships for The ASSISTments Foundation, a national nonprofit dedicated to improving student learning through equity and innovative technology.
She is also the CEO and Executive Director of Beautifully Educated Coaching & Consulting, her side hustle and passion project focused on image coaching and personal branding.
With a B.S. from Florida A&M University, an M.S. from Florida International University, and a Ph.D. from Florida Atlantic University, Dr. Denise combines educational expertise
with practical experience. She leverages her background to help professional women refine their self-image and personal brand to increase their income and impact.
At Beautifully Educated, she focuses on charisma, communication, and confidence through her “Shine Bright Coaching Method” and her GLAM life success strategy, which teaches the practices of goal-setting, learning, attitude, and mindfulness to align self-
image and personal brand with career and income goals.
Dr. Denise is a former Miss Florida A&M University and published author, she currently hosts "The Beautifully Educated Show" on YouTube, offering advice on personal branding and professional success.
Dr. Denise also champions STEM empowerment for minority girls through her STEM G.I.R.L.S. initiative, promoting careers in fields like cosmetic chemistry and sports science. Her forthcoming eBook, "Charisma to Cash" will be a valuable resource for women seeking to harness their potential.
Dr. Denise is a motivational speaker, devoted mother, and mentor.
Lucky Thomas, known as The Massage Fairy, is a holistic wellness engineer, stress management coach, doula, and massage therapist with nine years of experience helping women reclaim peace in mind, body, and spirit. Founder of Sanctuary by The Massage Fairy and visionary behind Serotonin Sundays and The Serotonin Project Inc., Lucky creates healing spaces rooted in community, sisterhood, and transformation. Through massage, breathwork, meditation, coaching, and retreats, she empowers women to release stress, restore balance, and embody joy. Her mission is simple yet powerful: to remind every woman she touches that sanctuary begins within.
And because we're talking about breasts...
Let's actually learn something about them too.
Pink Table Talks will also include professional bra fittings by Dillard's, breast-health and self-exam education, vendors, massages, refreshments, connection and community.
So we're caring for the breast story from multiple directions: what we've lived, what we've learned, what we've felt, and what we might choose next.
Your breast story already exists....the question is whether you've ever had a room where you could explore it.
Come laugh with us.
Come get curious.
Come listen.
Come tell something you've never told before.
Come discover something you didn't know you were carrying.
Come celebrate something you forgot to appreciate.
Come take your seat at the Pink Table.
MINI WORKSHOPS
Reclaiming the Wisdom
Below the Waist
Talk / Guided Conversation
In this empowering and thought-provoking talk, we’ll explore the deep wisdom women carry in their bodies and the ways that inner knowing is often silenced, questioned, or overridden. Together, we’ll reflect on what it means to reconnect with the intelligence below the waist, trust the signals of the body, and honor the truth that has been speaking all along. This conversation invites participants to reclaim self-trust, deepen body awareness, and recognize their inner knowing as a source of power, guidance, and self-honor.
Reclaim & Release Collage
Creative Reflection Activity
In this creative and transformative workshop, participants will create a personal collage centered on two powerful questions: What am I ready to release, and what am I ready to reclaim? Using words, images, and intention, each woman will craft a visual declaration of the beliefs, patterns, and pressures she is letting go of, alongside the truth, trust, power, and self-honor she is calling back to herself. This reflective art experience offers a meaningful opportunity to make inner shifts visible and leave with a tangible reminder of what you are choosing now.
The Boundary Walk
Embodiment Activity
In this guided movement experience, participants will explore what it feels like to embody self-trust, clarity, and inner authority through the simple but powerful act of moving with intention. Through prompts, posture, and reflective walking, women will be invited to notice how boundaries live in the body, how confidence changes the way we take up space, and what it feels like to walk in alignment with one’s yes, no, and knowing. This grounding and empowering practice is designed to help participants connect with their bodies in a deeper way and leave feeling more rooted, clear, and self-possessed.
GUEST PRESENTERS
TIFINI AUSTIN
Licensed Midwife
Fertile Ground Midwifery
Kristel Avilus, LCSW, is the Owner and Licensed Clinical Social Worker of Kristel Klear Counseling, where she helps individuals and families heal, grow, and embrace their authentic selves. With expertise in trauma, anxiety, and body image, Kristel is passionate about creating safe spaces for self-acceptance and empowerment. A former Executive Director and program leader in social services, she has been recognized as Social Worker of the Year by NASW and featured in Tallahassee Woman Magazine and The MSW Coach Podcast. A wife, mother of six, and community advocate, Kristel inspires others with her belief: “Help isn’t help unless it’s helpful.”
DR ANISSA KING-PAUL
Curator, Ms. Corporate America
Dr. Anissa King-Paul is the Founder & Managing Partner of the Ms. Corporate America Organization (MCA); a business-focused competition highlighting female founders and corporate professionals. It is the only competition where business and beauty take center stage. King is also the President & CEO of PR REdefined Inc.; a minority, women-owned publicity & consulting firm. She further enjoys serving others in numerous capacities as a Real Estate Professional, Licensed Travel Agent, Doula, Holistic Health Coach, Notary and Credit Repair Specialist.
In addition to King’s entrepreneurial achievements, King brings over 15 years of experience in the corporate sector, spanning education, public relations, marketing, event management, nonprofit leadership, senior-level administration, and healthcare management. She holds a B.A. in Interpersonal & Organizational Communication from the University of South Florida, an M.A. in Management & Leadership from Webster University, and a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship & Business Administration.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, King established The Pay It Forward Project, Inc. (PFP); a resource and advocacy organization for homeless individuals who have been marginalized in society. Under the umbrella of PFP, Inc., she hosts the HOPE in Motion walk; a fundraising walk to raise funding and awareness for the homeless community.
Congruent to King’s desire to give back to the community, she is a current board member for SheSpeaksSolutions, Inc. and past board member of the Orange County Research & Development Board. She is also a supporter of PACE Center for Girls, Orange, currently volunteers with local organizations, to include Give Kids the World and Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida and is a proud member of Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) - Orlando Chapter and Women on the Rise Orlando.
The three things that King is most passionate about are: helping individuals and organizations expand their brand reach, women empowerment, and community advocacy. Her ultimate mission in life is to inspire others to pursue their passion & live out their dreams.
DENISE BARRETT
Personal Image Coach
Beautifully Educated Coaching &
Consulting
Lucky Thomas, known as The Massage Fairy, is a holistic wellness engineer, stress management coach, doula, and massage therapist with nine years of experience helping women reclaim peace in mind, body, and spirit. Founder of Sanctuary by The Massage Fairy and visionary behind Serotonin Sundays and The Serotonin Project Inc., Lucky creates healing spaces rooted in community, sisterhood, and transformation. Through massage, breathwork, meditation, coaching, and retreats, she empowers women to release stress, restore balance, and embody joy. Her mission is simple yet powerful: to remind every woman she touches that sanctuary begins within.
Lucky Thomas, known as The Massage Fairy, is a holistic wellness engineer, stress management coach, doula, and massage therapist with nine years of experience helping women reclaim peace in mind, body, and spirit. Founder of Sanctuary by The Massage Fairy and visionary behind Serotonin Sundays and The Serotonin Project Inc., Lucky creates healing spaces rooted in community, sisterhood, and transformation. Through massage, breathwork, meditation, coaching, and retreats, she empowers women to release stress, restore balance, and embody joy. Her mission is simple yet powerful: to remind every woman she touches that sanctuary begins within.
Jocelyn Riedl is a graduate of FSU with a Fine Art Degree and five focuses. She is in love with the process of creating. Through her practice she has served Tallahassee communities from ages three and up. Now part owner of a small studio where they hold creative space for themselves and those who seek it.
OUR SPONSORS
Earth Remedies of Florida
(850) 727-5377
Earth Remedies of Florida is a a luxury Medical Spa and Day spa focusing on wellness and alternative treatments. Therapeutic massage. They offer IV therapy, hormone replacements gut health, full blood panels, and Empower RF the most advanced multi-functional platform by Inmode that delivers life changing women’s wellness therapies.
Kristel Klear Counseling
(850) 528-6467
Kristel Klear Counseling provides compassionate, culturally competent therapy for individuals and families navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, and life transitions. Our mission is to make mental health support more accessible, clear, and healing.