Enhance your well-being to do your best work and live your best life.

DRIVEN Community Lab (DCL)

A virtual space for motivated professionals to explore and experience personal and professional development in a community environment.

Is This the Community You’ve Been Looking For?

Are you a lifelong learner who craves both personal growth and meaningful connection? The DRIVEN Community (Lab) is a space where you can explore new ideas, engage in thought-provoking conversations, and build lasting relationships with like-minded people—all while experimenting with ways to enhance your well-being and resilience.

What You’ll Find Here:

  • A collaborative community where you’re encouraged to co-create, contribute, and shape the experience alongside fellow members.

  • Meaningful monthly gatherings to explore topics that are vital to life but rarely taught—success skills that help you navigate challenges, build resilience, and grow with intention.

  • A space to test ideas, launch initiatives, and explore what’s possible when people with shared values come together.

The Best Way to Get Started

To help you get the most out of the Lab, we recommend starting with DRIVEN 2 Wellness (D2W)—a four-part virtual series designed to help you strengthen five key energy dimensions: Physical, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual, and Social well-being. The way you manage these “energy tanks” directly affects your resilience, how you show up in the world, and how you connect with others.

Why This Matters

By investing in your own growth, you’re also strengthening our collective community resilience. As we grow together, the impact extends beyond this space—helping you bring more energy, clarity, and purpose to your own life and the communities you’re part of.

The LAB brings together like-minded, lifelong learners to create a safe, supportive, and confidential space where we tackle challenges, share insights, and build meaningful relationships that empower personal and collective growth.”

Nick Lepetsos, D2W Participant, Cohort #1

First Tuesday Community Meetings

January

Community Campfire: Small Group Reflective Discussion

February

A Second Look at Self-Compassion

March

Handling Stress Without the Self-Criticism

Our monthly gatherings are designed to help you integrate success skills into your life and community. Using principles from Conversational Intelligence®️, emotional intelligence, and neuroscience, we create a space for meaningful discussions, shared learning, and personal growth.

Each month, we explore ways to maximize personal energy—the foundation for a successful and fulfilling life. Through reflection, experience, and celebration, we deepen our understanding and application of these principles.

When & What to Expect:
🗓 First Tuesday of every month | ⏰ 7:00–8:30 PM EST
✔ Engaging educational segments
✔ Community-building activities
✔ Breathing and mindfulness exercises
✔ Breakout discussions & experiential learning

These meetings also serve as a space to co-create the future of our community—sharing ideas, shaping new initiatives, and strengthening connections.

“I enjoyed the monthly meetings for many reasons—but most important, it was a much-needed appointment to focus on ME in my calendar. And, it was the online community that I didn’t know I needed! Great people—as you can imagine since they’re all connected to Deb. She curates her circle so beautifully.

There were lots of takeaways on what we can to manage ourselves when the world around us can feel so unmanageable.”

Kristi McKee, D2W Participant, Cohort #1

“For me, D2W provided the perfect environment for both personal and professional growth.”

Megan Harnett, D2W Participant - Cohort 1

The Lab’s mission:

"We are a collective of seminal thinkers dedicated to personal growth, lifelong learning, and meaningful connections.
Within the LAB, we cultivate a space where diverse perspectives inspire collaboration and amplify personal achievement.
Grounded in authenticity, compassion, and celebration, we harness the power of self-awareness, agency, and collective impact to create lasting change—within ourselves and in the communities we touch."

Meet the LAB Community Board

The entry point to the DRIVEN Community Lab is D2W (DRIVEN 2 Wellness); 4 virtual workshops designed to enhance personal energy.

The Lab kicks off 2025 with Monthly Community Meetings and an array of Member Services. As our grassroots effort attracts like valued people, we will expand our offerings through Hubs (permanent offerings), Huddles (temporary offerings) and Lab Projects— the opportunity to impact other communities striving for resilience and enhanced energy!

Fuel Your Energy and Thrive with D2W!

D2W is a dynamic 4-part virtual series designed to boost your Physical, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual, and Social well-being. These five “energy tanks” hold the key to building resilience, showing up as your best self, and fostering deeper connections with others.

In four engaging 2-hour sessions, you'll uncover powerful strategies to sustain and recharge your energy. Through experiential exercises and breathwork, you’ll feel real-time shifts that leave you inspired and energized.

A highlight of the D2W experience is connecting with others in intimate breakout rooms. Here, you’ll share insights, explore fresh perspectives, and spark meaningful conversations about personal energy.

Join us to discover how managing your energy can transform the way you live, work, and connect!

What will you do today to positively effect tomorrow?

Are you DRIVEN to live your self-created successful life?

If you are willing to do the work to make small strategic shifts to align your life meaningfully, there’s great news:

To do so in community makes the journey more manageable, fun, and likely to be successful!

Community Extras: For those who want to invest in themselves:

Transformational Coaching

Intentional coaching to create measurable transformation. A thought partner can help you determine your aspirations, define your values and develop the roadmap to a self-designed successful life.

Values Focused Coaching

3 coaching sessions leveraging the Values.Online ranking tool provides a 3-D view of your intrinsic values.

Retreat!

  • An IRL experience to cap D2W learnings

  • A Day to Pause for Meaningful Introspection

  • Share in Community Reflections + Celebration

  • Fresh Market NOURISHMENT!

These ‘perks’ are offered at community prices and are a supplemental investment over and above annual membership.

Building Toward our Future

The concept of co-creating a community may seem foreign to you. And although people in this community have been part of other co-created communities, each culture is different.

And in this case, the uncertainty of how our community will look is exciting due to the POSSIBILITIES we will consider.

We have sketched our aspirational future. The ‘rollout plan’ depends on our community members. So at this very moment, consider our future ‘under construction’.

If you want to be part of building a community, from the foundational principles, now’s the time to get involved!

The future of the DRIVEN Community Lab is under construction!

Lab community members experience programs with a straightforward “what, why, how” cadence. They experience tools in real time.

Invest in your current self and in your future self…

The Roadmap for Your Success

  • Surround Yourself with a Supportive Community

    Explore, discover, experiment, reflect and celebrate with like-minded and like-valued professionals.

  • Employ Individual Agency

    Claim the driver’s seat of your own life. You have more power than you think!

  • Design + Build Your Toolbox

    Try on DRIVEN’s favorite tools, exercises and techniques. The proven practices are fun + practical.

  • Benefit from the Wisdom of the Crowd

    Know you’re not alone on this journey. And together, we can travel farther.

Testimonials

  • “I have never attended a workshop where the content was so meticulously designed with the participant in mind. Deborah seamlessly translates her foundation in the restaurant industry into the corporate realm, infusing the program with hospitality, grace, and intentionality. Any hesitations you might have about career growth education should be left at the door for D2W.

    For me, D2W provided the perfect environment for both personal and professional growth. The program uniquely balances deep personal introspection with practical goal setting, something I've not encountered in other programs. D2W was a valuable investment in my development, offering clear steps to maintain energy and continue my continuous learning journey.”

    — Megan Flynn Harnett , Director of Operations, Findem

  • “I am a more patient and effective individual who is less reactive and more constructive as a result of the tools and Baby Steps I’ve taken in conjunction with DRIVEN Professionals’ energy management and personal development workshops. In each DRIVEN event I’ve attended, I have come away reinvigorated to take on new challenges and enrich my life. Inspired by the conversations at the events, my baby steps have enabled me to disconnect and live a life that is more in the moment. I am also learning to focus on the love, support and positive energy around me rather than be driven by perceived expectations and self-determined shortcomings. The men and women I have met through DRIVEN have broadened my network and led to additional connections and introductions.”

    — Fen Yee Teh, Founder: Cook Play Live, DRIVEN Ambassador

  • “Driven 2 Wellness provided the perspective and grounding I needed, at a pivotal moment, to thrive in my personal and professional life.  The sessions provided exposure to an eclectic mix of individuals with a curious, engaged and open mindset, resulting in meaningful conversations and collaborations.  Deborah's insights are invaluable and I take them with me daily."

    — Allison Howald, Executive Director Planning at Comcast