Turning Pain into a Passionate Business Idea

Turning Pain into a Passionate Business Idea

Date: September 24th, 2025

Time: 12:00pm Eastern

Location: Virtual

Description:

After tragically and unexpectedly losing her husband while on vacation, Jen Newberg turned her pain into a thriving business that now supports others through difficult life transitions. Jen is an inspiration to us all when it comes to taking a hardship and transforming it into something that excites you and gives back to others.

In this Lunch & Learn, Jen will explain how you can also turn a difficult life moment into something that serves others and builds a community.

About Our Speaker

Jen Newberg is the Founder of It’s Lifey, and her life has been… lifey. What does that mean? It means life has happened – some beautiful, some terrifying, some exhilarating, and some heartbreaking. Sound familiar?

Here’s what Jen has learned: during life’s biggest transitions – whether joyful, confusing, or devastating – it’s easy to feel alone. Because there’s no playbook for this stuff.

That’s why she started It’s Lifey – to help people find their people. To make sure no one has to navigate life’s hardest (or even happiest) moments alone. To create real, meaningful community through shared experiences such as support groups and retreats.

Personally, Jen has been through her share of curveballs: divorce, blending families, addiction, widowhood. And while she hasn’t faced everything, she’s come to believe one truth across the board: connection changes everything. Whether it’s someone walking the same path or someone who’s made it through, talking to someone who gets it can make all the difference. The antidote to loneliness is connection.

Professionally, Jen is a communications and partnerships executive with a background in both the for-profit and nonprofit worlds. She’s led mission-driven campaigns for brands like T-Mobile, Purina, Dove, and Planet Fitness. Her superpower is connecting people – building authentic, value-based relationships that make an impact.

It’s Lifey is where her personal journey meets her professional purpose: creating spaces where people can feel seen, supported, and less alone. Because life gets lifey – but we don’t have to go through it alone.

Let’s find your people.

PLUS, anyone who attends this webinar LIVE will be entered to win a $50 gift certificate from Presence & Co.!

This webinar is sponsored by It’s Lifey. We’re proud to partner with organizations who love and prioritize supporting others just as much as we do.

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