The Walkout is a 2-day live experience for UX professionals who want to leave corporate design ... but not recklessly.

You’ll explore three proven exit paths (agency ownership, entrepreneurship, or trauma-informed consulting) and walk away with an action plan.

It’s not about quitting tomorrow. It’s about leaving strategically and finally reclaiming your freedom.

Absolutely. While The Walkout was built with UX professionals in mind, the lessons, frameworks, and conversations apply to anyone navigating a values misalignment in corporate life and wondering what’s next.

You’ll still benefit if you’re:

• A creative, strategist, marketer, or leader who’s outgrown the corporate way of working.
• Someone who knows they want to leave but doesn’t want to start from zero or burn bridges doing it.
• Curious about building a business, agency, or consulting practice rooted in your skills and your values.
  

That’s exactly why we built The Walkout.

Leaving corporate doesn’t mean walking out tomorrow, it means preparing to walk out with clarity and confidence.

This weekend gives you the roadmap, tools, and support to know when and how to do it ... not just the pep talk to try.

Not at all.

The Walkout is designed to help you discover which exit path fits your personality, skills, and risk tolerance.

You’ll leave knowing what direction to walk in and how to take the first 30 days of steps toward it.

✅ Access to Day 1: Three talks + an honest, candid panel on the fears you’re afraid to say out loud

✅ Access to Day 2: One 2.5-hour intensive workshop on your chosen path

✅ 14-day access to recordings; lifetime access to workshop materials

✅ Frameworks, templates, and resources from each speaker

✅ A room full of people who get it and won’t judge you for wanting something different

We completely understand and sometimes life has other plans💙

Because The Walkout is a small, intentionally crafted experience, every registration directly supports the space, materials, and facilitation that make it possible. For that reason, tickets are non-refundable.

However, you’re absolutely welcome to transfer your ticket to someone else if you can’t attend. Just send us an email at hello@choosecourageinc.com with their name and contact information, and we’ll make the switch.

And remember: even if you can’t join live, your ticket includes access to all session recordings for 30 days, so you can still experience everything if you can't make it that day.

No, The Walkout isn’t group therapy, legal advice, or a substitute for either.

This experience combines education, coaching, and community to help you clarify your next chapter, build a strategy for leaving corporate, and do it in a way that aligns with your values and emotional well-being. While we approach our work through a trauma-informed lens, that simply means we prioritize safety, compassion, and self-awareness aka not that this is a therapeutic or legal service.

If you’re currently facing a mental health challenge, legal concern, or crisis situation, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed professional who can provide the personalized support or legal counsel you deserve.

Disclaimer: The Walkout is an educational and coaching-based experience intended for personal and professional development. It does not provide medical, psychological, therapeutic, financial, or legal advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Participation does not create a client–therapist, attorney–client, or fiduciary relationship.

Yes. That’s one of the best parts of The Walkout.

Because this is a small, intimate gathering, you’ll have real access to Vivianne, Dan, and Rachael throughout the experience, not just from a stage. You’ll have the chance to ask questions, get feedback, and connect authentically.

Perfect. This will help you refine and strengthen your next chapter. Whether that means stabilizing your business, redefining your consulting niche, or reconnecting with purpose after the chaos of leaving.

We get it, many of us are too.

This isn’t a high-pressure networking event. It’s a supportive, nonjudgmental space designed to help you reflect, learn, and connect at your own pace.

There’s no forced participation, only guided opportunities to share if and when you’re ready.

This is a live, virtual experience hosted online, so you can join from anywhere.

You’ll still get the intentionality, connection, and engagement of an in-person retreat, without having to book a flight or pack your best “conference outfit.”

We’ve intentionally designed The Walkout to be a brave, respectful, and human space, one where honesty is met with compassion, not judgment. Everyone attending deserves to feel safe sharing their story, asking hard questions, and exploring change without fear of being dismissed or “fixed.”

Our community values center around:

• Respect: We listen to understand, not to debate.
• Confidentiality: What’s shared in this space stays in this space.
• Curiosity over certainty: We approach differences with openness, not defensiveness.
• Self-responsibility: You are the expert on your own experience and your choices matter.
• Care: We protect each other’s dignity in how we speak, show up, and engage.
  

Before attending, all participants are asked to review and agree to Our Community Values and Code of Conduct Agreements, which outline how we show up together and what we will not tolerate (e.g., discrimination, harassment, or harm).

You can read them here: Our Community Values and Code of Conduct Agreements