Crisis to Calling: How to Turn Pain Into Purpose
Tue, Feb 17
|Virtual Event
When a life-threatening aneurysm forced Ben Muñoz to rebuild from zero, he turned pain into purpose—launching Ben’s Friends, a lifeline community for people facing rare conditions. Join this microlearning to learn how he translated that wake-up call into both impact and scale.
Time & Location
Feb 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
Virtual Event
About the event
What do you do when life forces a full stop? In his late 20s, Ben Muñoz survived a life-threatening brain aneurysm/hemorrhage—and in the long stretch of recovery, he ran into a problem many high performers never anticipate: the loneliness of pain. That search for someone who truly “gets it” became Ben’s Friends, a network of safe, moderated peer-support communities for people living with rare diseases and chronic conditions.
In this Community of SEVEN microlearning, **Crisis to Calling: How to Turn Pain Into Purpose**, Ben will share how a personal health crisis became a mission—and how the same mindset that helps you rebuild after a breakdown can help you **lead with more clarity, build stronger support systems, and create real belonging** in the rooms you influence. And here’s what makes Ben’s story especially compelling: he didn’t only build impact—he also built scale as the Founder & CEO of Nadine West, a…