Now for the part you’ve been waiting for! Here are the amazing speakers you’ll hear from during the Be Resilient Summit:
Dispelling the Myths: Tackling College Admission with Confidence AND Your Mental Health Intact
Emotional Hurricanes: Weathering the Storm of Anxiety and Bad Moments
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Boredom Busters: Creating a List to Cope Through the Tough Times
I Feel That Way Too Sometimes: Normalizing Emotions for Our Kids to Build Self-Regulation
As you can see from that incredible lineup, you are *not* going to want to miss this event!
They are pretty fabulous.
JoAnn Crohn, M. Ed, is the founder of No Guilt Mom and creator of Calm & Happy Parenting, a 5-week course that teaches parents how to improve communication in the home, so that kids take on more responsibility and the entire family dynamic improves.
JoAnn is an accomplished writer, author, speaker & contributor for national media outlets (The Today Show, Parents magazine, Good Housekeeping, HuffPost, and Scary Mommy, among others), as well as the host of the No Guilt Mom podcast and founder of No Guilt Mom. Her specialty is effectively communicating with both parents and their kids via her self-paced digital courses in handling big emotions, getting kids to help out more, creating a stress-free morning routine, conquering the homework drama, and more. She currently lives in Gilbert, AZ with her husband, 13-year-old daughter, 9-year-old son, mischievous dog, and very noisy cat.
Audrey Monke has owned and directed Gold Arrow Camp in Lakeshore, California for 38 years. On her website, Sunshine Parenting, Audrey shares resources for parents and youth development professionals about friendship & social skills, summer camp, parenting, and well-being. Her podcast features interviews with parenting authors and experts. Audrey’s book, Happy Campers: 9 Summer Camp Secrets for Raising Kids Who Become Thriving Adults shares strategies for bringing the positive culture and connection (AKA “magic") of camp home.
Dr. Traci Baxley is a professor, consultant, parenting coach, speaker, mother to five children and author of Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-minded Kids in an Unjust World. With degrees in child development, elementary education, and curriculum and instruction and over 30 years in education, she specializes in belonging, diversity and inclusion, anti-bias curriculum, and social justice education.
Website: socialjusticeparenting.com
Facebook: FB/socialjusticeparenting
Instagram: @socialjusticeparenting
Sheryl Ziegler, Psy.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Registered Play Therapist in private practice. She is the author of Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process. She is a regular national and local news contributor on topics related to parenting and mental health and did a TEDx talk on "Why Moms are Miserable" which is all about the power of connection. She is the host of Dr. Sheryl's PodCouch and the founder of the parent-child puberty course, Start with the Talk. She is a frequent speaker on chronic stress, parenting and burnout both in the workplace and at home. Dr. Ziegler is Colorado’s NBC affiliate (9News) Parenting Expert for the franchise series Mental Health & Me.
Debbie Reber, MA is a parenting activist, bestselling author, podcast host, speaker, and the founder of Tilt Parenting, a website, weekly podcast, and resource for parents like her who are raising differently wired children. The Tilt Parenting Podcast has more than 4 million downloads and a slate of guests that includes high-profile thought leaders across the parenting and education space. A regular contributor to Psychology Today and ADDitude Magazine, Debbie’s newest book is Differently Wired: A Parent’s Guide to Raising an Atypical Child with Confidence and Hope. In 2018 she spoke at TEDxAmsterdam, delivering a talk entitled Why the Future Will Be Differently Wired.
Prior to launching Tilt, Debbie spent fifteen years writing inspiring books for women and teens, including Doable, Chill, In Their Shoes, The Real Deal series from Chicken Soup for the Soul, Run for Your Life, and more than a dozen Blue’s Clues books. Before becoming a solopreneur, Debbie worked in TV and video production, producing documentaries for UNICEF, working on Blue’s Clues for Nickelodeon, and developing series for Cartoon Network. She has an MA in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research and a BA in Communications from Penn State. In 2019, her husband and teen relocated to Brooklyn, NY after living in Amsterdam for five years.
Cameron Normand is Co-CEO of Stepfamily Magazine, host of The Stepmom Diaries podcast, and founder/CEO of This Custom Life, where she provides stepmoms with tools and advice to help them manage their blended family lives. She is a Certified Stepparent Coach, the creator of the BLENDED Family Formula For Stepmom Success, and author of The Stepmom’s Gratitude Journal. Her work has appeared in Business Insider, Upjourney, the Today Parenting Team, and StepMom Magazine, among others. Cameron received her BA from the University of South Carolina and her JD from Emory University School of Law. By day, she is a corporate politico in the Washington, D.C. area and serves on several non-profit boards. She was named one of the Washington Business Journal’s, “Women Who Mean Business.”
Janine Halloran is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who has been working with children, teens, and their families for 20 years. She has been helping children and teens build their coping skills throughout her career in a variety of settings, including schools, mental health clinics and in her private practice. She founded Coping Skills for Kids to help children and teens learn healthy and safe ways to mange big feelings. She has written several books, including the bestselling Coping Skills for Kids Workbook, the Coping Skills for Teens Workbook and the Social Skills for Kids Workbook. She is also the host of the Calm & Connected Podcast. Her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, CNN, Huffington Post, and The Skimm® Newsletter. Janine lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two children.
Debbie is the founder of Myndfulness Matters, an organization that focuses on empowering the community with tools and strategies to manage stress, regulate emotions, and provide social and emotional support. She taught students in preschool and elementary for 19 years and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education and a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction. She is a certified Mindfulness Instructor through Mindful Schools, certified in Social-Emotional Learning and Yoga through Breathe for Change, and a graduate of the Health and Wellness Program through Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. She has brought mindfulness to communities through professional development for educators, presentations and events for families, and children of all ages through classroom, small group, and 1:1 mindfulness instruction. She has personally felt the drastic impact that mindfulness has brought to her life, her family, and her students and their families. Learning to live life in the present moment with curiosity, showing compassion and grace to ourselves and others, and promoting kindness defines her purpose and what she hopes to share.
Nancy Davis Kho is a speaker and podcaster whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and NPR affiliate KQED. She is also author of THE THANK-YOU PROJECT: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time (Running Press, 2019.) Nancy covers “the years between being hip and breaking one” at MidlifeMixtape.com and on the Midlife Mixtape Podcast, available on all major podcast platforms. The Midlife Mixtape Podcast won a 2020 Iris Award as Podcast of the Year and was included in Wall Street Journal’s list of 8 Podcasts for Anyone Nervously Facing Retirement. Nancy has been both champion and judge in the acclaimed international comedy-lit improv show, Literary Death Match.
Jill Krause jumped into the blogging world 15 years ago, writing about pregnancy and eventually parenthood. She's evolved along with the online world, and now she proudly declares herself a midlife-metamorphosis content creator. She recently launched bufahlow.com, a mental health and wellness lifestyle brand. Krause is a newly single mom of 4 and resides in the Austin, TX area.
Katey McPherson brings experience in school leadership, prevention, and organizational change with 25 years as a secondary school teacher, guidance counselor, and PK-12 school administrator. Katey’s educational career focus is on student and teacher social and emotional wellness and supports. She has worked diligently on several youth mental health initiatives and laws, delivers professional development to learning communities with a focus on creating adaptive coping skills and resiliency, and speaks to students to increase their awareness and education in digital citizenship/social media responsibility.
Katey currently serves as the Director of Professional Development for Bark for Schools, an artificial intelligence app that protects over 5 million children while they use personal and school issued devices.
Jenn Curtis, MSW, is an educational consultant, best selling author, and professional speaker. As owner of FutureWise Consulting, located in Orange County, CA, she has worked with hundreds of students throughout the United States on every aspect of the college admission process. She is particularly passionate about empowering teens to approach life with intention and educating parents about using their parent compass. Jenn co-authored the best selling The Parent Compass: Navigating Your Teen's Wellness and Academic Journey in Today's Competitive World. She has appeared on a wide variety of television news programs and radio shows and has been interviewed for print and digital media including Good Housekeeping magazine, US News & World Report, and the LA Times.
Jenn is also the creator of FutureWise Collective, an online college counseling program aimed at helping seniors overcome feelings of overwhelm and insecurity so that they can navigate the college admission process with confidence. The program guides students through the college application process, equipping them with the knowledge and the skills they need to articulate their unique strengths to colleges, create a unique system of organization to reduce stress, produce stand-out applications and college essays, and make confident decisions about their future.
Kelsey is a wife and mom of three - Parker, Brielle and Peter. (And yes, together the boys are Spider-Man… Parker insisted on the name Peter once he heard that!)
Kelsey enjoys listening to self-help and personal growth audiobooks and podcasts, going on walks, and working out while watching her favorite TV shows. She is a firm believer in having “me time." If you don’t make that time, it won’t happen since there’s always so much to do!
Kelsey is passionate about her family, faith, and providing educational resources and coaching through her website, Wife Teacher Mommy. She has experience teaching Pre-K through 6th grades, and now homeschools her three children. She absolutely loves connecting with other educators and helping teachers live their best lives.
Jennifer Roskamp is a homeschooling mom of 9 (and Gigi of one), who is passionate about helping women and moms put to rest the Instagram ideal of perfection and embrace stepping into reality… which is accepting that achieving perfection is an ideal that NO ONE can meet. She is also the founder and creator of The Intentional Mom where she works as a money coach, everyday life guide, and a “learn from my mistakes” kind of mentor who isn’t afraid to say she’s not perfect.
Domiana Ndour is a lightworker, author, babywearing educator, retired professional athlete, and certified yoga instructor who helps overwhelmed, exhausted stay-at-home moms get their energy back so they can rock motherhood with grace and ease. Domiana is a magnetic force who truly believes that motherhood is a celebration. She shares the wisdom she’s collected from her adventures mom-in’ it with her pro athlete husband. Domiana is constantly rooting and uprooting each season but calls Scottsdale, AZ home base.
Marcelle lives in Issaquah, Washington with her husband, and two children ages 10 and 12. She is a certified elementary educator, having the incredible opportunity to teach some of our youngest learners in kindergarten and preschool, and also served as preschool director. Marcelle was awarded “Best of Mercer Island” teacher of the year in 2011. She is a parent and community educator, holds a certificate in Youth Mental Health First Aid, and has completed extensive coursework in psychology and child development. Marcelle is the founder of FeelLinks; a small business strengthening children’s social-emotional connections and confidence. In January 2021, FeelLinks launched their feelings journal and plush emotion dolls set. A hands-on, unique resource designed to support the emotional wellbeing of children through development in emotional intelligence skills. FeelLinks also includes: parent, teacher, and community education, guest podcast episodes, guest blog contributions, Parenting Upstream vlog on Youtube, weekly blogs, and newsletters. FeelLinks focuses on children, brain development, behaviors, emotional intelligence, and overall children’s emotional health and wellbeing.
As an avid community volunteer, Marcelle has served as PTA vice president and president, contributed to many School District committees, currently sits on her local Schools Foundation programs committee and Board of Directors, volunteers for the Ladybug House (end of life, hospice and palliative care for children), and serves as a mentor for survivors in Uvalde through Maya’s Love non-profit.
Ned Johnson is an author, speaker, and founder of PrepMatters, an educational company providing academic tutoring, educational planning, and standardized test preparation. A professional “tutor-geek” since 1993 and battle-tested veteran of test prep, stress regulation and student performance, Ned has spent nearly 50,000 one-on-one hours helping students conquer an alphabet of standardized tests, learn to manage their anxiety, and develop their own motivation to succeed
With Dr. William Stixrud, Ned co-authored The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives and What Do You Say? How To Talk With Kids To Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home. Ned is the host of the PrepTalks podcast: conversations with parenting and education experts. A sought-after speaker and teen coach on study skills, sleep deprivation, parent-teen dynamics, and test anxiety, his work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, BBC, and many others.
New York Times bestselling author Ruth Soukup is dedicated to helping women everywhere create a life they love. She is the host of the wildly popular Do It Scared podcast, as well as the founder of several successful brands, including Living Well Spending Less®, Elite Blog Academy®, and her newest endeavor, Thinlicious™, created to make getting healthy taste and feel good. Her practical advice has been featured all over, including Good Morning America, the Today Show, Family Circle, Entrepreneur, TIME and Fox News.
As a therapist working with teenagers, Tessa has decided to take parenting her four kids with a new perspective; that of actively parenting today to protect your family’s future. With her bubbly and eager heart, Tessa provides motivation and hope for families across the nation by helping to navigate the world of technology, social media pressure, and lost connection. Tessa is a mom on a mission to help bridge the gap between generations and help our kids prioritize their mental health.
Tessa and her husband, Joseph, live in Houston, Texas where they are actively raising their four sons and continuing the fight against today’s culture effects.
Dr. Devorah Heitner is the author of Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World. Her newest book on navigating privacy and reputation with kids and teens, Growing Up in Public, will be out in 2023 with Penguin Random House.
Dr. Heitner’s work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and CNN Opinion. She has a Ph.D. in Media/Technology & Society from Northwestern University and has taught at DePaul and Northwestern. She is delighted to be raising her own teenager and lives with her family in Chicagoland.
Katie Kimball, CSME, founder and CEO of Kitchen Stewardship, is passionate about researching natural remedies and making healthy cooking easier for busy families. As a trusted educator and author of 8 real food cookbooks, she’s been featured on media outlets like ABC, NBC and First for Women magazine, and contributes periodically on the FOX Network. Over the last 12 years, Katie has spoken prolifically at conferences, online summits and podcasts and become a trusted authority and advocate for children’s health. Busy moms look to this certified educator for honest, in-depth natural product reviews and thorough research, and she often partners with health experts and medical practitioners to stay on the cutting edge.
In 2016 she created the Wall Street Journal recommended best online kids cooking course, Kids Cook Real Food, helping thousands of families around the world learn to cook. A mom of 4 kids from Michigan, she is also a Certified Stress Mastery Educator, member of the American Institute of Stress and trained speaker through Bo Eason’s Personal Story Power, with one DIY talk and 2 TEDx Talks. She is actively masterminding the Kids' Meal Revolution, with a goal of every child being able to cook, reinforcing the importance of life skills with #LifeSkillsNow summer camp, and coaching others on their TEDx Talks as a speaker coach.
Being a mom to daughters has been the most rewarding and challenging role I’ve taken on to date. Investing in children and empowering them to see their unique traits as critical facets to contribute to society is one thing, but they learn from their parents, their first and most constant teachers. In that respect, parents need to be demonstrating these traits as well. My personal mission is to empower others to assess their values and priorities to live their best life and to be worthy of emulation, especially around those kiddos who are always watching and learning. Kids will reflect what they see, so parents need to be more aware of what they’re putting out into the world.
PG-ish Parenting began as a way to encourage parents to evolve alongside their children, becoming the true leader in their homes that they want to be.
Regine Galanti, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist specializing in treatment of anxiety and OCD throughout the lifespan. She specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). She is the founder of Long Island Behavioral Psychology, a therapy practice in Nassau County, Long Island, and author of Anxiety Relief for Teens: Essential CBT Skills and Mindfulness Practices to Overcome Anxiety and Stress, as well as When Harley Has Anxiety: A Fun CBT Skills Workbook to Overcome Worries and Fears.
Dr. Galanti works together with parents, schools, and teachers to optimize treatment for a child. She provides concrete, research-proven strategies to help individuals with generalized anxiety, panic disorder, OCD, social anxiety, school refusal, selective mutism, disruptive behaviors, and ADHD. She is a sought after speaker who has been quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Self Magazine, and Buzzfeed, among others.
Website: longislandbehavioral.com
Instagram: @regine.galanti
Marielle Melling has a degree in health education. She is the founder of Lovin’ Life with Littles and author of Peace Amidst the Mayhem. Marielle is passionate about helping others simplify their parenting life and find more calm, confidence, and joy. Marielle and her husband have moved eight times since getting married, and she’s loved getting to know people and make friends in different parts of the world. Marielle and her husband are the parents of five incredible kids.
Brie Tucker has over 20 years of experience coaching parents, with a background in early childhood and special needs. She has been a speaker at several parenting/early childhood live events, a contributor to Arizona parenting forums and magazines, and led one of the largest Early Intervention programs in the Phoenix area. Brie holds a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Central Missouri and is certified in Positive Discipline, as well as a Happiest Baby Educator.
She's a divorced mom to two teenagers and serves as Head of Content & Community and Podcast Co-Host & Producer for No Guilt Mom.
Website: noguiltmom.com
Instagram: @noguiltbrie
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