Mentorship Rooted in Lived Experience

Mentor Mondays™ is an extension of the mission behind Stories Seen, helping underestimated founders and professionals articulate their value clearly, confidently, and without distortion.

We believe mentorship is most powerful when it:

  • Treats lived experience as expertise

  • Creates space for honest reflection and strategic thinking

  • Supports growth without requiring performance or assimilation

This is not mentorship for optics or access alone—it is mentorship for formation, clarity, and long-term impact.

Impact By The Numbers

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When one person shares their story, they give others permission to find power in theirs.

Who Mentor Mondays Is For

Mentor Mondays™ is for female entrepreneurs, innovators, creatives, and early-career professionals who are ready to grow with intention.

This community is designed for women who are:

  • Building companies, careers, or creative work rooted in lived experience

  • Navigating visibility moments (leadership transitions, fundraising, media, or growth)

  • Seeking guidance from mentors who understand the real terrain, not just the theory

  • Looking for mentorship that is relational, thoughtful, and grounded in experience

Mentor Mondays is especially for those who value shared context, earned wisdom, and meaningful connection over transactional networking.

What You’ll Gain

Mentors in this community do not promise introductions, investor meetings, or media placements. What they offer—alongside Stories Seen and IDA—is more enduring. Through intentional mentorship, members develop:

  • The ability to communicate their value authentically and strategically

  • Clarity around their personal, professional, or corporate narrative

  • Confidence in pitching ideas, articulating vision, and naming impact

  • Discernment about when to be visible, how to show up, and what to say

This work directly supports visibility goals—personal brand growth, leadership presence, fundraising readiness, and media engagement—without reducing the person to a performance.

Mentor Mondays helps women become successfully visible on their own terms.

Ready to stop holding your story back?

Please fill out the form and connect with a member of our team to learn about Mentor Mondays™.

  • Monthly mentorship sessions featuring top industry leaders.

  • Join discussions, share insights, and build a powerful network.

  • Small-group mentoring tailored to your challenges and goals.

  • Advice on leadership, pitching, funding, branding, and more.

Mentor Members Connection

In 2026, Mentor Mondays is expanding to include quarterly, invite-only Mentor Dinners.

These curated dinners bring together 15–20 selected participants for an intimate, high-trust experience designed to:

  • Foster meaningful connection across career stages

  • Surface real challenges, questions, and growth edges

  • Identify mentorship needs and areas for support

  • Build community grounded in mutual respect and shared understanding

These are not networking events.

They are intentional, relational working spaces.

For members of the Mentor Mondays community, insights from these dinners help us thoughtfully curate future mentorship connections—pairing people based on need, alignment, and lived understanding, not just titles or industries.