A WEEKEND OF CLARITY, EASE & GRACE
Life is Heavy. Live Light.
This year, step into a space where clarity replaces chaos, pressure softens, and what matters comes back into focus. Join a powerful community of women for a weekend of release, restoration, and reconnection — emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
- Cocoa Beach, Florida
- October 2 - 4, 2026
Your Journey Starts Here
Step Into the 2026 Unwrap Experience
You’ve read the stories. You’ve seen the impact. Now it’s your turn.
Join us at the stunning Hilton Garden Inn Oceanfront in Cocoa Beach—where every room opens to the rhythm of the ocean and every moment is designed for your transformation. This is more than a weekend getaway; it’s a deeply intentional experience for women ready to release, restore, and reconnect—emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
Wake up to ocean views. Breathe in possibility. Step into a space created for your growth, your healing, and your next chapter.
The beach isn’t just nearby—it’s calling you.
Where is the Symposium?
Hilton Garden Inn Oceanfront
2080 North Atlantic Avenue,
Cocoa Beach, Florida, 32931
When is the Symposium?
Friday – Sunday
October 2 – 4, 2026
What is included with registration?
Your registration includes full access to the 2026 Unwrap Experience, including all symposium sessions, workshops, speaker presentations, and curated experiences throughout the weekend. Attendees will also enjoy connection opportunities and access to our beautiful oceanfront venue designed to support rest, reflection, and transformation. Additional event details and a full attendee schedule will be shared closer to the event.
How do I book a hotel room?
Are meals provided?
Space is limited. Your transformation starts with one decision.
A Path to Carry Less
The Art of Living Light
A restorative wellness framework for releasing what no longer serves you, restoring what matters, and living with greater clarity, steadiness, and ease. Designed for the realities women carry every day, this year’s framework offers four essential practices for creating a life that feels less burdened and more aligned. Each pillar supports emotional, physical, and spiritual lightness.
Release
Release heaviness you no longer need. Make space for clarity, peace, and possibility.
Reclaim
Reclaim what restores you. This phase is about remembering what’s always been yours.
Root
Root into your values and create structure for a life that reflects your deepest truth.
Radiate
Radiate from the inside out. Share your light with the world through presence and purpose.
Release
Release heaviness you no longer need. Make space for clarity, peace, and possibility.
Reclaim
Reclaim what restores you. This phase is about remembering what’s always been yours.
Root
Root into your values and create structure for a life that reflects your deepest truth.
Radiate
Radiate from the inside out. Share your light with the world through presence and purpose.
Four Practices, One Living Rhythm
How Lightness
is a Way of Life
Make Space for What Matters
Release What Burdens You
Listen to the wisdom within
Tune Into Your Inner Truth
You have an inner wisdom that has never steered you wrong. Resonance is the art of tuning back into that truth — gently clearing away the noise, the doubts, and the distractions. When you listen to the quiet knowing inside, you find emotional clarity, self-trust, and the courage to live from your heart. In this space, your authenticity hums like a steady song, guiding your every step.
Come Back to Yourself
Reclaim What Restores You
You are not meant to journey alone
Root Yourself in Community
The relationships that surround you can either dim or ignite your spirit. Connection invites you to step into spaces where you are seen, heard, and cherished — where you belong, just as you are. It’s in the giving and receiving of authentic connection that deeper meaning takes root. Here, you remember: healing happens best together.
Know What Holds You Steady
Root What Sustains You
Awaken the Energy Within You
Your body is a sacred vessel
Let what is true be seen
Radiate What Moves You
Live with Purpose, Move with Intention
Your values are the compass that lead
2026 Speaker Lineup
Meet the Voices of This Year’s Symposium
Our speakers bring wisdom, vulnerability, and vision to the stage. Get ready for stories that stir your soul, insights that shift your mindset, and guidance to help you live more fully aligned.
Diana Cale Kennedy
Dr. Sarah Mazza
Dr. Sarah Mazza is a holistic chiropractor and co-founder of Sol Coast Wellness & Performance. She helps women uncover the root causes behind hormone disruption, nervous system dysregulation, and persistent health challenges — empowering them to restore alignment, resilience, and long-term vitality.
More Speakers Coming Soon!
We're still unwrapping the magic — stay tuned as we announce additional powerhouse women joining the 2026 symposium.
Diana Cale Kennedy
More Speakers Coming Soon!
We're still unwrapping the magic — stay tuned as we announce additional powerhouse women joining the 2025 symposium.
Friday, 6:45 p.m.
Taylor Sanders & Neytiri Folkes
Feel Your Feelings
In this session, Taylor and her daughter, Neytiri, share the importance of giving ourselves permission to truly feel our emotions. Through honesty, storytelling, and lived experience, they explore how embracing feelings instead of avoiding them can lead to deeper healing, resilience and connection.
Friday, 7:15 p.m.
Melissa Parker
Rise and Reign: Sisterhood, Service and Self-Development
Challenges are a part of life, but we can use them as fuel to spark passion, to find our unique purpose and to make a positive change in the world. We can RISE and REIGN throughout the seasons of our lives, when we remember our WHY and trust in our HEART. Through the connection of SISTERHOOD, the power of SERVICE and the importance of SELF-DEVELOPMENT, we are armed with the tools we need to shine bright and shine together!
Friday, 8:00 p.m.
Diana Cale Kennedy
Unwrapping Your Spiraling Heart Intelligence™ — Setting Intentions for the Weekend
Your heart doesn’t beat in straight lines — it spirals. Diana reveals how the heart’s spiral design awakens embodied wisdom and aliveness. Following your spark of aliveness becomes your North Star — realizing that who you already are is who you have always longed to be.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m.
Dr. Annmarie Waite
Healing Hearts, Shaping Futures
Dr. Annmarie’s personal journey of loss transformed into a lifelong mission of prevention. This talk explores how small, consistent choices — from movement and nutrition to joy and kindness — can protect the heart, boost resilience, and pass down a legacy of health and happiness.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.
Dr. J Ann Dunn
Your DNA, Your Heart: Unwrapping the Science of Women’s Cardiovascular Health
Your genes hold powerful clues to your heart health, and understanding them can be life-changing. You’ll learn how MyHappyGenes® uncovers your unique genetic blueprint and how simple, personalized shifts in diet, lifestyle, and supplements can help protect your heart. This empowering session will show you how to move beyond “one-size-fits-all” advice and unwrap the best version of you.
Saturday, 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Alexis Eppes
The Sexual Template: How We Learn to Love, Desire, and Connect
Our experiences with intimacy begin long before our first romantic relationship. We’ll explore the sexual template and how early experiences, relationships, and messages shape our understanding of love, desire, and connection. We’ll also examine the vital role of vulnerability in cultivating authentic intimacy and the ways we can rewrite inherited patterns to foster deeper, more fulfilling relationships — both with others and ourselves.
Saturday, 12:30 p.m.
Dr. Stephanie Lopez
You Don’t Have to Earn Your Worth: How Over-Functioning Hijacks Your Peace
Do you constantly feel like you have to prove yourself by doing more, fixing everything, or being the one who never drops the ball? This talk will help you understand how over-functioning is tied to deeper nervous system patterns and how to rewrite that script so you can feel calm, connected, and enough.
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
Rod Stewart
Unstoppable Mindset: Celebrating Yourself
We have all heard that mindset matters, but what exactly is it and what do you do when yours keeps working against you? In this one-of-a-kind workshop, you won’t just learn about mindset, you’ll experience a real-time “story workout” designed to help you make powerful mental shifts on the spot. Learn how to rewire your mindset and move from feeling stuck to unstoppable — and walk away with simple tools to hit your biggest goals.
Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
Katja Lillian
Rewrite the Resume: Building a Life That Lights You Up
This is for the woman who’s done everything “right” — followed rules and built the résumé — but knows deep down she’s meant for more. Katja shares her journey of leaving a picture-perfect corporate path to build a life and business that lit her all the way up — and how you can, too. You’ll be challenged to get honest about what’s no longer working, and be given the courage (and a plan) to start writing a new chapter that actually reflects you.
Saturday, 6:00 p.m.
Michele Rigby Assad
It’s Time to Get Off the X!
How often do we get stuck, not knowing what to do or unable to discern what is next? Come hear fascinating stories from Michele’s life that will wildly inspire you and show you how to take that next step to fulfill your life’s mission.
Saturday, 7:00 p.m.
Johnny Lascha
Finding Your Voice: Small Shifts That Create Big Relationship Change
Have you ever felt like no matter how much you try, your voice doesn’t matter in your relationship? Johnny shares how small, consistent shifts can transform even the most difficult relationship patterns. With personal insight and science-backed tools, he shows that change begins with your next small step in a systematic approach.
Saturday, 8:00 p.m.
Diana Cale Kennedy
Unwrapping Your Spiraling Heart Intelligence™ — The Embodiment Experience Movement meditation
Your heart doesn’t beat in straight lines — it spirals. Diana reveals how the heart’s spiral design awakens embodied wisdom and aliveness. Following your spark of aliveness becomes your North Star — realizing that who you already are is who you have always longed to be.
Sunday, 8:45 a.m.
Ella Grace Helton
The Power of a Walk
Stress takes over our thoughts. But simply stepping outside for a walk can change everything. Returning to the Unwrap lineup for the second year in a row, where last year Ella shared the power of finding your season, this old soul will again remind us of the power of connecting with Nature.
Sunday, 9:00 a.m.
Toni Abeyta
Finally a Solution for Removing our Toxic Pollution
Learn how ridding your body of heavy metals, plastics and other toxins will lead to your ultimate health. Making simple yet intentional changes in your diet and how you live can feel like your living in a whole new body.
Sunday, 11:45 a.m.
Danielle Urban
Burn to Rise: Awakening the Woman You Were Meant to Be
In this powerful session, Danielle shares a raw and honest journey of transformation — where release, renewal, and self-reclamation ignite the fire of becoming. Transformation starts from within, and the woman you are meant to be has always been there. All it takes is a decision — to rise, to reclaim, and to unapologetically step into her.
Sunday, 12:30 p.m.
Susan Mazza
The Secret to Getting What You Want
“The Secret to Getting What You Want” isn’t about chasing more — it’s about coming home to yourself. Susan will share how to know, own, and choose what you truly want so you can design your next chapter with clarity, courage, and heart. Are you ready to answer the call?
EMBARK ON YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
Experience the Beauty of Living Light
Inspiring growth through connection
Leading with Purpose, Passion, and Innovation
Tracy Stroderd is a visionary entrepreneur, speaker, and storyteller dedicated to empowering individuals and businesses through connection, personal growth, and transformation.
As the founder of Everything Brevard and Unwrap the BEST You, she has built platforms that inspire, educate, and foster meaningful relationships in both the business and wellness communities.
With an innate ability to turn life’s experiences into powerful narratives, Tracy helps others uncover hidden talents, embrace new creative endeavors, and pursue their fullest potential. Her adventurous spirit and unwavering dedication spark enthusiasm in her community, fostering love, growth, and innovation. Her passion for holistic well-being and entrepreneurship fuels her work, making her a catalyst for personal and professional transformation.
Tracy holds a Master of Arts in Administration from Barry University and has shared her expertise through coaching, teaching, mentoring, and other various leadership roles within the community. Through Everything Brevard, she champions small-business growth and community engagement, while Unwrap the BEST You serves as a transformative wellness experience for women seeking connection, empowerment, and renewal.
Whether helping entrepreneurs thrive or guiding women on their wellness journey, Tracy’s mission remains the same: to spark enthusiasm, foster growth, and create lasting impact through authenticity, wisdom, and vision.
Born From a Defining Moment
The Story That Sparked a Movement
It began in a hospital room. A diagnosis. A moment of stillness after a life lived in motion. In 2016, Tracy faced a life-threatening health crisis that changed everything — not just her lifestyle, but her purpose. In the chaos of uncertainty, she didn’t just survive. She saw a vision. Not for recovery alone, but for rebirth — her own, and eventually so many others’.
Unwrap the Best You was born not from despair, but from design: to create the kind of wellness experience the world was missing — one that honors the whole woman. Not just her symptoms, but her story. Not just her performance, but her presence.
But this isn’t just a wellness event. This is a recalibration point. A sanctuary. A launchpad. A room full of women who are no longer waiting to be invited into their lives — they are claiming them, fully. Some come to heal. Others come to rise. Many come already whole — but ready to live even more fully aligned.
This three-day immersive experience is a convergence of community, clarity, and conscious leadership. With heart-centered speakers, immersive workshops, and storytelling that peels back the noise, women reconnect with their best selves — and with each other.
You won’t be asked to fix yourself. You’ll be invited to feel, to rise, and to live more truthfully. Because this isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about remembering who you are — and unapologetically becoming more of her.
This is Unwrap the Best You. It’s not just a retreat. It’s a return. Not just to health. To wholeness. To leadership. To you.
Powering Our Purpose
Our Sponsors
A heartfelt thank you to our amazing sponsors. Your belief in our mission and your unwavering support have helped us create meaningful change and touch countless lives.
Sponsorship Opportunities Available!
We’re so grateful for our current sponsors — and we’re still welcoming new partners who want to uplift women and make an impact through this powerful event.
Legacy Sponsor
In Loving Memory of Marty L Ward
Coach, truth-teller, and early champion of Unwrap the BEST You. Thanks to the heartfelt support of Marty’s family, her legacy continues to help make this event possible—and powerful.
Making a Difference Together
Supporting
Serene Harbor
At this year’s symposium, we’re proud to support Serene Harbor as our Charity of Choice. Through our raffle basket fundraiser, 100% of proceeds collected from raffle ticket sales during the event will go directly to Serene Harbor to support survivors of domestic violence and their families throughout Brevard County. Serene Harbor provides shelter, advocacy, counseling, and critical support services for survivors and families in need. Through their mission to educate, advocate, and empower, they continue to make a meaningful impact throughout our community, and we’re honored to support their work.
Unwrapped Stories
Moments of Inspiration and Transformation
Hear from the women whose lives have been touched, transformed, and elevated through the Unwrap the BEST You experience.
There were so many uncommonly wonderful things about the Unwrap event. I felt welcomed, safe and was inspired by stories shared on the stage and off. Tracy as Emcee created that atmosphere throughout the event. I learned, I was moved, I was inspired.
Susan Mazza
I participated as an attendee at the Unwrap You Women’s Health conference and all I can say is WOW! It was fantastic, practical and useful information. It was put together with class and intentional purpose. I appreciated every aspect.
Crystal Turman
Thank you for inviting me to speak! It really is healing to know you’re not the only one. It’s also so empowering to be surrounded by people who want you to succeed! You have attracted an amazing community of people and I’m so honored to be a part of it! Thank YOU!
KyAlea Monma
Leala Dunn
You and Lee did an awesome job at pulling together the Unwrap event in such a short time!! It was so well organized, and the group of ladies I met were absolutely wonderful! Nice job!
Lori Burke
Betsy Markle
Maggie Hickson
Agnieszka Price
Unwrap the BEST You helped me unwrap all of my senses in regards to myself. Every speaker had some type of message that I could grasp and take with me and best of all – remember and apply! You and your speakers were outstanding yet personal. It was not just the speakers though, it was the entire atmosphere.
Holly Tanner
I attended the ‘Unwrap the Best of You’ conference with the intention of giving back and sharing stuff that has helped me grow as a person. I wrote, ‘Quit my full-time job and focus on giving back with my business.’ I’m thrilled that I actually took the steps to do that.
Michelle Burke
As I walked into the Unwrap the Best you – I was unsure about what to expect. As we went thru the day we heard inspiring story after inspiring story. The Unwrap the BEST you event let women, like myself, feel safe and able to open up to one another. I made meaningful relationships.
Daryl Davenport
Frequently Asked Questions
What Women Like You Want to Know
Planning your experience should feel as good as the event itself. Below are answers to our most commonly asked questions — so you can arrive informed, confident, and ready to Unwrap the BEST You.
Should I come with a group or can I attend alone?
I’m in a tough season of life — is this still for me?
I’m not really into "woo-woo" — is this still my vibe?
What kind of women attend this event?
All kinds. Professionals, creatives, moms, daughters, caretakers, entrepreneurs, teachers, retirees — women in leadership, women just trying to catch their breath. What we have in common? We’re all here to live more truthfully and intentionally.
Is this like a conference or more like a retreat?
Will this be super emotional or more motivational?
Will there be time for rest or is it jam-packed?
Is it okay if I don’t know what I’m looking for?
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