Power Stage: Claire Masikewich – Shift Happens, How to Thrive Through Hard Times

The concept is simple: control what you can, and let go of what you can’t. But when
life throws challenges your way, why does it feel so impossible to live by those words?
It’s because you need to build these habits now, before things get hard.
Most resilience strategies focus on “bouncing back” or getting through to the other side.
Claire’s approach is different. It’s about learning how to move through challenges while
you’re still in them—with clarity, intention, and control.
In this powerful and uplifting keynote, Claire shares her deeply personal journey
through her daughter’s stage 4 cancer diagnosis, alongside her lifelong experience with
anxiety. Through this lived and deeply relatable perspective, she offers practical
strategies for navigating not only life’s biggest challenges, but also the everyday
pressures we all face.

Claire highlights three key areas within your control—your thoughts, your community,
and your actions—and shows how focusing your energy on the right things allows you
to not only survive adversity, but find strength and meaning within it.