Join us for the 3rd Annual Beneath the Surface Summit on Saturday, September 26, 2026 in Chattanooga, TN.
Signature events for women ready to feel whole, powerful, and unapologetically seen.
Women's Wellness Summit
The Summit Experience
Join us for an immersive journey of growth, connection, and empowerment.
We are dedicated to creating a sanctuary where women can peel back the layers of their journey. Beneath the Surface isn't just an event. It's a transformative experience designed to nourish your whole self. Through powerful conversations and interactive workshops we create experiences where women feel safe to have the conversations that are often swept under the surface, deepen their self-understanding, and step into lives of confidence, alignment, and self-advocacy.
Our Mission
Voice & Self-Advocacy
We empower women to trust themselves and confidently advocate for their health, needs, and boundaries.
Connection & Safe Community
We foster a supportive, judgment-free environment where women feel seen, heard, and not alone.
Our Commitment to Integrity
As founders, we lead with honesty, transparency, and intention in everything we create. We are committed to building trust, holding safe space, and ensuring that every experience reflects the values we stand for.
Our commitment is to the depth of your journey, maintaining the highest ethical standards in every conversation.
Meet Your Founders
Lindsey Lang
Certified Life Coach
Catie Whiting
LCSW, PMH-C
Lindsey Lang is a Certified Life Coach with over 17 years of experience helping women build unshakable self-confidence, positive body image, and lasting personal empowerment. Her work is rooted in a holistic approach that honors the mental, emotional, and physical layers of a woman’s well-being. Through a compassionate yet empowering coaching style, Lindsey creates safe spaces for women to reconnect with their inner wisdom, set healthy boundaries, and step into their most authentic selves. Passionate about helping women create lives they genuinely love, Lindsey embraces the real, raw conversations believing true transformation happens when women feel seen, heard, and supported beneath the surface.
Catie is the founder of Mpowered - an organization dedicated to empowering women to embrace their mental health and providing support throughout their journey. As a licensed clinical social worker and perinatal mental health specialist, Catie has a wealth of knowledge in women's mental health, self-worth, stress, and feminine boundaries. Catie's private practice specializes in anxiety disorders and the debilitating effects it has on the journey hood of women. Catie is passionate about educating women on the impact of stress on their bodies, minds, relationships, and sexuality. Her goal is to shine a light on women's health and tackle the taboo topics head-on.
Why We Created Beneath the Surface
Lindsey Lang and Catie Whiting connected through a shared vision. Both of them have a deep desire to elevate the conversation around women’s health.
They recognized what was missing: honest dialogue around the topics too often left unspoken, and a space where women no longer had to navigate those experiences alone.
Beneath the Surface was created as that space. An environment where trusted voices speak with depth and integrity, and where women are invited to listen, learn, and reconnect with themselves on a deeper level.
At its core, it is more than a gathering. They are creating a cultivated community rooted in connection, discretion, and empowerment.
Because when conversations are brought into the light, women rise with clarity, confidence, and the power to advocate for their lives.
The 2026 Summit Agenda
The Many Faces of Burnout
Agenda subject to change
9:00 AM
Doors Open and Registration Begins
Check in, settle in, and start your experience by exploring our local vendors and sponsors while enjoying coffee, tea, and light snacks before the summit begins.
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Welcome and Opening Keynote
The Many Faces of Burnout: When Carrying Replaces Connecting
Catie Whiting and Lindsey Lang will kickstart the day energizing everyone and covering all housekeeping that will make a successful day.
10:45 AM- 11:00 AM
Networking and Sponsor Break
Refreshment Break, Vendor Engagement, and Connection
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Breakout Session 1
Room A
Rebellion Health - Josh Porter and Laura Chastain
"Burnout, Hormones, and Ovarian Health:What Every Woman Should Know"
Room B
Dr. Erin Westner
"Developing a Strong, Capable and Confident Body"
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Networking and Sponsor Break
Refreshment Break, Vendor, Engagement, Sponsor Highlights, and Connection
12:00 PM -
12:45 PM
Breakout Session 2
Room A
Jennifer Maklan
"The Inflamed Mind: Healing Brain Fog and Burnout with Ayurveda"
Room B
Jenni Morris
"The Hidden Capacity Drain of Being Unfelt"
12:45 PM -
2:00 PM
Lunch Break
Sponsor Engagement, Delicious Food, Community and Connection
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Breakout Session 3
Room A
Karisa Kaye
"The Burned-Out Brain: The neuroscience behind burnout and how to restore motivation, joy, and resilience."
Room B
Phaedra Roberts
"Nature as Nervous System Medicine"
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Networking and Sponsorship Break
Refreshment Break, Vendor, Engagement, Sponsor Highlights, and Connection
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Breakout Session 4
Room A
Judy Herman
"Why High-Functioning Women Burn Out Quietly: A Licensed Therapist's C.A.L.M. Method for Coming Back to Yourself"
Room B
Dr. Ashley Odom-Rodriques
"Evolution, Not Decline: What Women Over 60 Can Teach Us About Burnout, Reinvention, and Living Authentically"
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Sponsor Showcase
Business Spotlight for our Presenting and Gold Sponsors
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Expert Panel
The Many Faces of Burnout: Why No Single Solution Works
Moderated by Lindsey Lang and Catie Whiting
Open panel with all of our experts!
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing Reflection
Led by Lindsey Lang and Catie Whiting
Our Sponsors
We are grateful to partner with aligned brands and local businesses who share our vision for empowering women and supporting holistic growth.
Would you like to partner with us? Check out our Sponsorship Opportunities
Join us and add your business logo here!
Giving Back
At Beneath the Surface, we believe true wellness and empowerment create ripple effects far beyond the room. Each year, we intentionally select a charitable organization whose mission aligns with our values of healing, connection, and transformation.
Through this partnership, we are honored to use our platform to give back, raise awareness, and support meaningful change within our community.
We are currently in the process of selecting the organization we will support for this year’s summit. If you know of a deserving organization making a meaningful impact, we would love to hear from you.
Please email us at info@beneaththesurfacewomen.com to share your recommendation and help us continue creating change together.