Aspire is a gift to all those who aspire to a life best lived vs. a job well done. You will find connections that are meaningful, realisations that are a catalyst for change and give yourself that space to recognise the power you have … and to use it!
Probably the best investment I have made over a 30 year career (including a medical degree and an MBA!). I have come away with the confidence and tools to make my impact, and thus the impact of my charity, exponentially higher.
Inspirational , thought provoking and opportunities to focus on our projects, a powerful reminder of what women are capable of - if we are just courageous enough to reach for it!
Powerful strategic insight into the next steps for my professional development, combined with the energy and support to take it forward and make a difference.
Choose Freedom. Shape the Future.
Aspire, founded by Dr Sam Collins, exists for women who know they have a part to play in creating a better future.
Not because they have all the answers. Not because they have perfect lives. Not because they feel completely confident, ready or certain. But because they care.
They care about the future of business, equality, education, health, technology, communities and the wider world. They understand that the future is not something that simply happens to us. It is something we help create through the choices we make, the values we live by and the worlds we touch every day.
Choose Freedom is a global movement for women who want to use their freedom, voice, experience, wisdom and courage to make a meaningful contribution. If that sounds like you, welcome.
Pioneering the Future - A Leadership Retreat for Life, Work and World Change
A professional and personal development retreat for women who are ready to create a new chapter, launch something extraordinary or lead bold change in the systems shaping their lives, careers, organisations and the world.
An opportunity to bring your most ambitious dreams, pioneering ideas and innovative actions into focus. This might mean reinventing your health, life, career or business, transforming corporate culture, technology, education, poverty, health, climate solutions or something else, equally important to you.
Live and online events that ignite, support and celebrate personal, organisational and social change. Our events bring women together to change their own lives and the world around them.
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The Dr Sam Collins Podcast
Women do not need more confidence. Women need more freedom.
Freedom to think differently. Freedom to speak honestly. Freedom to challenge expectations. Freedom to stop waiting until they feel completely ready. And freedom to make the contribution they are here to make.
The Dr Sam Collins Podcast is part of the Choose Freedom movement, a global conversation for women who care deeply about the future and know, perhaps quietly and perhaps fiercely, that they have a part to play in shaping it.
Drawing on more than 25 years of experience working with women across business, charities, education, law, finance, social impact and community leadership, Dr Sam Collins explores freedom, courage, purpose, contribution, leadership, reinvention and what becomes possible when women become more intentional about the future they are helping to create.
Sam challenges conventional thinking about success, confidence and change. She explores the lives, careers, choices and experiences of women who are shaping the worlds around them, often in ways that are far more significant than they realise.
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Books by Dr Sam Collins
Stories of courage, freedom and women who refuse to accept that the world has to stay the way it is.
Dr Sam Collins is the founder of Aspire, an international speaker, author and pioneer of change leadership. For more than 25 years she has worked with women across industries, generations and countries, helping them navigate change, challenge limitations and create meaningful impact.
Her books explore resilience, possibility, courage and the choices women make when they decide to stop living by expectation and start living by choice. Through personal stories, powerful conversations and practical insights, they invite readers to see new possibilities for themselves and for the future they want to help create.
Over more than two decades of Aspire conferences, leadership events, interviews, coaching conversations and podcasts, Dr Sam Collins has had the privilege of meeting remarkable women from around the world.
Her books bring together some of their stories. These women come from different backgrounds, industries and experiences, yet they share something important. Each chose to challenge expectations, question accepted wisdom and take action when others expected them to stay quiet, fit in or settle for less. Some changed organisations. Some transformed communities. Some reinvented their own lives. All demonstrated what becomes possible when women trust themselves and step forward with courage.
Rebellious is an invitation to trust your own voice, challenge assumptions and remember that meaningful change often starts with one woman deciding she is no longer willing to live by somebody else's rules.
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Complimentary Access Places for Events
Over the years, some of the women who have made the greatest impact at Aspire events have come through our access places. Their experiences, ideas, questions and perspectives have challenged assumptions, sparked new thinking and helped create exactly the kind of diverse, thought provoking and inspiring rooms we want to build.
That is why we make several complimentary places available at every event. These places are not based on qualifications, job titles or achievement. They exist because we believe the strongest conversations happen when people from different walks of life come together around ideas that matter.
Hello, I'm Dr Sam Collins
For more than 25 years, I have been exploring a question that continues to fascinate me: what becomes possible when women stop waiting for permission and start shaping the future they want to see?
