Start With Yourself 🫶🏾: The Ambitious Women’s Book Club 📖
When Emma Grede slid into my DM and asked me to host this book club I was elated to bring together amazing women in Southern California to share, reflect and dive into this game changing memoir and guide.
Start With Yourself: Women, Work & Life
A Sunday morning for women who are building, creating, raising families, changing careers, starting businesses — or simply figuring out what comes next.
Join us in Culver City for an intimate, open-to-the-public book club inspired by Emma Grede’s Start With Yourself: A New Vision for Work & Life.
Hosted by Val Emanuel, Rebecca Caputo & Ebony Brown, we’re bringing together a community of entrepreneurs, career women, mothers, creatives, and book lovers for a conversation around ambition, identity, motherhood, work, and what it really means to build a life on your own terms.
You don’t have to be an entrepreneur or even have finished the book to come. Come listen, come meet people, come share your perspective, and come be part of the conversation.
Bring a friend, grab a coffee, and stay for the community. We’ll talk about the ideas in Emma’s book, what resonated with us, what challenged us, and how we’re each defining success for ourselves.
📖 Want to read along?
Get Start With Yourself here:
Barnes & Noble: Buy the book at Barnes & Noble
Amazon: [Amazon book link]
The audiobook is also available if you’d rather listen — Barnes & Noble currently lists the audiobook edition narrated by Emma herself. (Barnes & Noble)
About your host
Val Emanuel is the co-founder of Rif Care, a regenerative period-care company creating a new generation of feminine care products from hemp fiber. As a founder, mother, and longtime advocate for women building businesses and lives on their own terms, Val is passionate about creating spaces where ambitious women can connect, share honestly, and learn from one another.
She’ll be joined by her Rif Care co-founder Rebecca Caputo and stylist, podcaster and creative Ebony Brown to help lead the conversation and create a welcoming space for women from different industries and stages of life.
Come as you are. Read the book, listen to the audiobook, or just come for the conversation. There’s room for you here!