Fewer rooms. Better conversations.
A curated collective for women building meaningful work and full lives.
Why Lumi Exists
Most capable women don’t need more advice.
They need fewer places to perform—and more places to be present.
Lumi was created as a response to the noise: the endless rooms, the surface-level conversations, the pressure to always be “on.” Here, we make space for thoughtful dialogue, honest reflection, and relationships built with intention.
This is not networking.
It’s a gathering.
About Lumi Collective
Lumi Collective is a curated community for women who are building—companies, careers, ideas, and lives that matter to them.
We gather women across stages and seasons: founders at the beginning, executives carrying real responsibility, and women navigating what’s next. Many are mothers. Many are not. All are thoughtful, capable, and carrying more than most people see.
At Lumi, we believe the most meaningful growth happens in rooms that feel intentional—where conversations go a layer deeper, vulnerability is met with respect, and ambition is allowed to be nuanced.
Our gatherings are small by design.
Our conversations are unhurried.
And our connections are meant to last..
Less performance, More presence
Lumi is a space where you don’t have to explain your ambition—or apologize for it. Where you’re invited to show up fully, ask better questions, and think out loud with women who understand the weight of what you’re building.
This is where the conversations you don’t get to have anywhere else begin.
About the Founder
Rachael Azadehnia
I created Lumi because I kept noticing the same pattern: capable, thoughtful women building meaningful work while carrying far more than they let on.
In my work as an executive coach, and in my own life as a working mother and builder, I’ve seen how rarely women are offered spaces that allow for honesty, nuance, and real conversation without performance. Too often, we’re expected to find clarity on our own, to lead without support, and to move quickly through questions that deserve time.
Lumi is my response to that.
I host Lumi as a convener, not as an expert at the front of the room, but as someone deeply attentive to how conversations are held, who is invited into the room, and what becomes possible when women are given space to think out loud together.
This collective is rooted in the belief that growth doesn’t always come from doing more, but from being in better rooms, with better conversations.
Lumi is a space I wanted for myself — and one I’m grateful to now host for others.
Stay Connected
Lumi comes to life through intimate gatherings, guided conversations, and collaborative experiences—both in person and in writing.
If you’re interested in upcoming gatherings, reflections, or future offerings, stay connected.