She Carries It All - The Village:You Were Never Supposed to Do This Alone

She has been doing it alone.

Building her career alone. Navigating the workplace alone. Processing the setbacks alone. Carrying everything alone.

And somewhere along the way she started to believe that needing people is weakness. It is not.

She Carries It All — Webinar 2: The Village is the honest conversation about community, collaboration and what becomes possible when you stop carrying everything by yourself.

Not a networking session. Not a feel-good talk.

A real conversation about how to build the support systems that actually hold you professionally, personally and everything in between.

WHAT WE WILL EXPLORE:

• Why Black professional South African women have been conditioned to carry everything alone and what it costs
• The difference between a network and a village and why only one of them saves you
• How to identify the people who belong in your corner and release the ones who don't
• What it means to ask for help without feeling like you are failing
• How to become someone else's village and why that reciprocity changes everything
• Building community intentionally not by accident

WHO THIS IS FOR:

The professional South African woman who is:

• Employed, running a business, in transition or doing all three at once
• Carrying more than anyone around her knows
• Surrounded by people but still somehow doing it alone
• Ready to stop surviving in isolation and start thriving in community

If you have ever felt like you are the only one holding everything together this session is for you.

MEET YOUR FACILITATOR:

Wendy Ditshetelo

Strategic Supply Chain Leader | Business Development Coach | Social Entrepreneur Co-Founder, Peo Empowerment and Development Foundation

Wendy is the woman who mentions your name in rooms you do not even know exist.

She has spent over 17 years working across mining, public service, auditing, IT and the ESD sector not just building her own career but actively creating pathways for others to build theirs. She is an ETDP SETA Accredited Facilitator, Assessor and Moderator. She mentors. She coaches. She builds community deliberately, generously and without asking for recognition in return.

She does not just talk about The Village. She IS The Village.

MEET YOUR HOST:

Koketso Seakeco

Businesswoman | Founder, Tshetledi Advisory Services

Koketso is not just the host of this series. She is the picture of the woman She Carries It All was built for. A Black professional South African woman who built a career and a business with excellence while carrying everything else life brings.

• Thursday 27 August 2026
• 19h30 — 21h00
• Online — Microsoft Teams
• Teams link shared upon registration

TICKETS:

Single Webinar: R150

Full Series Bundle — Webinars 2, 3 and 4: R350

She Carries It All is a series by Polaris Edge Coaching running across Women's Month and Heritage Month — August through October 2026.

This is Webinar 2 of 4. Each session stands alone attend one or join the remaining series.

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