Driving into Galway

Shopping in Galway!

I left my heart on the Connemara Coast

Our hotel overlooked the gorgeous Galway Bay. On the clear days, you could actually see the Aran Islands. On my first morning, I hiked along the rocky coast, trying to find a good spot to meditate. I decided to stray off the path a bit and I'm so grateful that I did. At the edge of a small cliff overlooking the water, I found these rocks. They formed a perfect heart - my personal symbol for courage. I sat on them every morning for five days. I prayed and meditated and felt tremendous gratitude for the opportunity to be with so many wise and powerful women. It was life changing.

Taking in the beauty

The conference was held at the lovely Connemara Coast Hotel on the shores of Galway Bay. Absolutely breathtaking. 

Brené Brown & Wangari Maathai

Prof. Wangari Maathai is founder of the Greenbelt Movement. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.

Nancy, Brené & Jody

Nancy Ingram works for Mines Action Canada and Jody Williams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

Brené Brown, Shirin Ebadi & Nancy Ingram

Dr. Shirin Ebadi (Iran) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. She received the award for her tireless efforts to promote human rights, in particular, the rights of children and women in Iran.

Brené Brown, Bronagh Hinds & Anne Carr

Bronagh and Anne are leaders in the peace and conflict resolution movement in Ireland. They played important roles in the negotiations of the Good Friday accords.

Betty Williams & Brené Brown

Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan Maguire (Ireland) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for their work to end violence in Northern Ireland.

Brené Brown & Nancy Ingram

Engendering the Peace Process

Brené moderates a panel on diverse peace-building experiences from the Balkans and Iran, as well as proposals for engendering the peace process in the Middle East.

L-R Robi Damelin, Nadwa Sarandah, Brené Brown, Maha Abu Daya Shamas and Igballe Rogova

Nobel Women's Initiative

From left to right -  Brené Brown, Demetri Lopez (Program Associate), Liz Berstein (NWI Director), Melanie Fisk (University of Houston), Wangari Maathai, Betty Williams, Shrin Ebadi, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Jody Williams, Shannon Fyfe (University of Houston) and Saralyn McIver (University of Houston).

Brené Brown & Antonia Juhasz

Antonia is a policy analyst, author and activist living in San Francisco. She is a Fellow at Oil Change International and Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies.