Our Purpose
The purpose of the Women’s Connection Network is to enrich and empower women through information and support as they create their lives. We have a framework of guiding principles that enriches and empowers its members and is reflected in our programs.
We believe in a power greater than ourselves.
We are all connected in our needs to grow, create, nurture, renew, contribute, and celebrate.
We can live fully in the moment, appreciating the enriching power of the past and the unlimited possibilities of the future, expressing joy and thanksgiving for life.
Through forgiveness we can free ourselves from the pain of past experiences that become filters through which new experiences are storied.
Learning and growth are not linear. They take place through our responses to life, as we adapt and improvise, often in serendipitous ways.
We can create empowering responses to life’s challenges and opportunities.
We can trust the process of growth, believing that life’s challenges can lead to regeneration.
We can courageously risk the discovery of our own uniqueness. As we learn to respect and trust ourselves, we are able to appreciate and value differences in others.
We can strive to nurture our friendships, recognizing the value they bring to our lives. We can welcome new friends with openness. We can learn to be gentle and kind, and to be a friend even when it isn’t easy.
We can courageously risk the discovery of our own uniqueness. As we learn to respect, trust and honor ourselves, we are then able to appreciate and value differences in others.
We can strive to nurture our friendships, recognizig the value they bring to our lives, We can welcome new friends with openness. We can learn to be gentle and kind, and to be a friend even when it isn’t easy.
We can learn to suspend judgment and live life with an empathetic understanding of ourselves and others.
We can protect ourselves from negative and toxic energy, recognizing that options exist.
As we develop a mindful awareness of the energy within and around us, we can respond creatively to life’s choices and courageously take actions that are most congruent with our higher selves.
We can learn to think optimistically and create a positive energy field individually and collectively.
As we live in gratitude, we recognize the needs of others in our community. We are profoundly enriched by the charitable giving of our time and resources.
We celebrate life as we participate in activities that lift us up and provide laughter, fun, and joy.
It all began with a vision...
Karen Adderton, marriage and family therapist, founded WCN in 1996 with a group of St. Louis women whose mission was to enrich and empower women through information and support as they created their lives. Their vision was to develop beliefs to be reflected in the group’s programs and activities. Soon after formation, WCN was granted 501(c) (3) not-for-profit status and established scholarship and later outreach programs. We embrace WCN’s vision, mission and beliefs as the most important part of membership.
