Welcome to Spoken Lives

Stories Women Share

Please join us at Spoken Lives Live and In Person!

A decade old and still going strong! We are resilient! We’re excited to meet you in person or online!
These vibrant evenings create new connections for women. Five women share their insightful personal stories at each event. Join us to celebrate together and hear from these wise women. We believe in the power of our stories to heal. There is time to connect with others at these events.

These authentic women share stories of adventure, resilience and success. They offer tips about what they learned along the way. They tell inspiring stories, share their triumphs, and that offers us valuable ideas to push past our own challenges or support others.

Join us at one of our upcoming events to meet our community. Links to more information below.

Upcoming Events

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Spoken Lives has become quite a tradition for my friends and I. We all have busy lives and getting together is imperative but sporadic. Spoken Lives has provided a chance for quality time, dinner, refreshments and an evening of inspiration and empowerment. Alone or with friends, I always feel welcome. Elizabeth Verwey has brought together an interesting and inclusive group of women from all walks of life. Both the audience and the speakers are real woman with real stories with experiences and wisdom to share. If you’re looking for a safe, friendly, openminded, expansive evening please join us at the paintbox for dinner beforehand at 6pm or 7pm for the Speaker series. You’ll find me there. I promise you won’t be disappointed. Come with friends or solo, everyone is very friendly and welcoming.

Lynne P. McNelly

Yoga & Meditation Teacher, Wild Woman Project Circle Leader Toronto

Spoken lives is much more than an event, It has become a community of women who speak from the heart and soul. This collaborate group of individuals share their passions, moments of triumph , bringing strength and awareness to a room filled with people listening from the edge of their seats to every word spoken , listening for the gold. This group becomes more expansive with each event, as we certainly always want to bring someone else in our lives to share the experience with. The space provides an atmosphere for all of us to connect with one another, share our own lives, and create deeply connected relationships. Spoken lives is more than an event, it has become a community.

Megan Sheppard

RE/MAX Hallmark realty

I’ve been attending ‘Spoken Lives’ evenings since their inception and I have to say I wouldn’t miss one of them for the world. Elizabeth has done an incredible job of curating a roster of truly amazing women who ‘bare their souls’ each and every time. They say that ‘everyone has a story’ and boy, do you ever realize how very true that is when you attend an event. The women who speak do it from the heart with such passion and eloquence that you wonder how they can all be in the same room at the same time! I have learned so much since attending. The themes are always fascinating and relevant to my life in one way or another. I have met incredible women and have gone away just that much ‘better’ as a person myself having interacted with such inspirational people. Thank you, Elizabeth, for creating such a wonderful, genuine and loving experience for us.

Karyn Spiesman

from Toronto

I am looking forward to future events. I am a big fan of what you do. Spoken Lives is awesome in my estimation. It heartens me in ways that are beyond my understanding. I just feel and know it is all good medicine.

Robert L

from Toronto

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