Amigas Coffee Talk with Denise Soler Cox
The Cost of Silence: Culture, Ambition & Finding Your Voice
Thursday, August 20, 2026
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Saturn Road Coffee Shop | Brooklyn, NY
What does it cost us to silence ourselves?
Sometimes it's culture. Sometimes it's family. Sometimes it's fear of disappointing the people we love.
Sometimes it's the pressure to be the "good" daughter, partner, employee, friend, or woman. And sometimes, we've simply become so used to making ourselves smaller that we've forgotten to ask what we actually want.
Join Amigas for an intimate Coffee Talk with Denise Soler Cox, author, speaker, and cultural storyteller, as we explore the cost of staying quiet—and what becomes possible when we begin to find and use our voices.
We'll talk about ambition, self-worth, belonging, and the tension between the person we've been taught to be and the person we're becoming.
We'll ask:What would the liberated version of me do?
And we'll explore what happens when we move from the story of me to the story of us and ultimately to the urgent story of now.
Because finding your voice isn't just personal.
It's powerful.
And when women use their voices, it can change not only their own lives, but the lives of the women around them and the future they're building together.
A Special Week to Gather
We're gathering during the week of Denise's book launch, making this Coffee Talk an especially meaningful opportunity to come together around the ideas at the heart of her new work.Her book explores the cultural codes and expectations that can keep women silent—and what happens when we begin to question the rules we never consciously chose.
Want to read along with us? Click here to preorder Denise's book
This Is a Conversation, Not a Lecture
This Coffee Talk is designed to be an intimate, participatory experience—not a traditional author talk.Denise will share stories and insights from her work, and throughout the morning, you'll have opportunities to reflect and connect with the women around you through guided pair-share moments.
Together, we'll explore:
The Cost of Silence
Where are we staying quiet—and what is it costing us?
The Liberated Version of Me
What would we do differently if we weren't worried about what "they" would say?
Powerful and Unfinished
What if we didn't have to have everything figured out before we allowed ourselves to be powerful?
The Story of Us
What happens when our individual liberation creates more possibility for other women?
The Urgent Story of Now
What is our voice needed for right now?Come ready to listen, reflect, share, and leave with a little more clarity about the voice you want to use—and what you want to use it for.
About Denise Soler Cox
Denise Soler Cox is an author, speaker, and cultural storyteller whose work explores the intersection of identity, culture, leadership, and economic power.Through deeply personal storytelling, sharp humor, and an unapologetic perspective, Denise examines the cultural codes and expectations that can keep women silent—from staying quiet to keep the peace to feeling guilty for wanting more.Her work invites us to consider what happens when we stop living by rules we never consciously chose and begin defining success, ambition, and belonging on our own terms.Her message is both personal and collective: we can honor where we come from while still choosing where we're going.And we don't have to be finished to be powerful.
Come With Your Amigas
Whether you're navigating a career transition, building something of your own, asking for more, figuring out what's next, or simply wondering what it would look like to take up a little more space in your own life, this conversation is for you.
Join us for The Cost of Silence: Culture, Ambition & Finding Your Voice.
Thursday, August 20 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Saturn Road Coffee Shop | Brooklyn, NY
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