We are thrilled to announce our speakers for the Warrior Mom Conference… as well as the fact that the Warrior Mom Conference is SOLD OUT!
Sold Out Conference
That’s right. With just under four months left until the upcoming Warrior Mom Conference, Postpartum Progress has sold out all of the tickets for the event which takes place October 14-15, 2016 at The Georgian Terrace Hotel.
We’re so excited to know that 175 Warrior Moms will gather together to learn more about postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, share their story, and gather information and ideas on how they can help moms in their own communities. We can’t wait to meet everyone.
We also can’t wait to hear and interact with our amazing speakers.
Warrior Mom Conference Speakers
In January 2016, we opened submissions for this year’s Warrior Mom® Conference and were inundated with almost 50 speaker applications. They came from survivors and experts, non-profit founders and peer volunteers, women just beginning their journeys and women who are veterans of maternal mental health.
You wanted to talk about so many important topics: self-care, advocacy, underserved populations, art therapy, cultural norms, motherhood and guilt, the role your partner played in your wellness or pain, adoption, loss, hope, and more. But despite their varied backgrounds and subjects, each submission hit at the core of what this event aims to do: We use our experiences to bring people together and empower them with information and community.
We are thrilled to triple our speaker roster this year, and will be running concurrent break-out sessions to bring you a total of over 38 peers and experts in maternal mental health for 30 sessions over 2 days of learning and connecting, with the help of our incredible sponsors. It is with enormous gratitude that we introduce our 2016 Warrior Mom® Conference speaker roster to you and hope you are as excited and inspired as we are.
Nicole Letourneau, RN PhD FCAHS; Keynote Speaker; Professor, University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing and Cumming School of Medicine. Session title: Successful Peer Support.
Kristina Grum; Breakout Speaker; Certified Parent Educator. Session title: Parenting Dreams vs. Realities.
Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD; Keynote Speaker; Associate Professor and Director of the Perinatal Psychiatry Program, UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders. Session title: Health Disparities in Maternal Mental Health: What Can Be Done?
Shannon Hennig, MA; Breakout Speaker; Postpartum Progress, Research Coordinator. Session title: Postpartum Progress Research and You.
Kate Kripke, LCSW; Keynote Speaker; Founder, Postpartum Wellness Center of Boulder. Session title: Everyday Self-Care: Honoring Ourselves, Body & Mind.
Pauline Campos; Special General Session Speaker; Author, AspiringMama.com. Session title: Sweeping it Under the Rug: Breaking the Stigma of Maternal Mental Health in the Latino Community.
Melanie Mendez-Gonzales; Special General Session Speaker; Blogger, Speaker: QueMeansWhat.com. Session title: Sweeping it Under the Rug: Breaking the Stigma of Maternal Mental Health in the Latino Community.
Laurie Syphard; Breakout Speaker; Warrior Mom, Climb Out of the Darkness® Team Leader. Session title: No Such Thing as a Small Climb.
Samantha Dowd, CFRE; Breakout Speaker; Warrior Mom, Climb Out of the Darkness® Team Leader. Session title: No Such Thing as a Small Climb.
Jasmine Banks, M.S. Community Counseling; Breakout Speaker; Postpartum Progress Program Manager, Climb Out of the Darkness®. Session title: No Such Thing as a Small Climb.
Katherine Stone; Special General Session Speaker; Founder & CEO, Postpartum Progress. Speaking at Welcome and Closing.
Jenna Hatfield; Breakout Speaker; Postpartum Progress Program Manager, Online Awareness & Engagement. Session title: Social Media Clinic.
Olivia Scobie M.A., CPCC, ACC, MSP; Breakout Speaker; Founder, Postpartum Support Toronto. Session title: Reducing the Impact of Societal Pressure on Motherhood with Community Supports.
Bianca Sprague, CLD, CLE, CBE; Breakout Speaker; Cofounder, www.bebomia.com and www.biancasprague.com. Session title: Reducing the Impact of Societal Pressure on Motherhood with Community Supports.
Heather Coleman; Panelist; Writer, Speaker. Session title: The Power of Storytelling.
Graeme Seabrook; Panelist; Blogger, postpartummama.org. Session title: The Power of Storytelling.
Ariane Aramburo; Panelist. Executive Producer, Co-Anchor, KTUU. Session title: The Power of Storytelling.
Jennifer Silliman; Panelist; Producer, Dark Side of the Full Moon. Session title: The Power of Storytelling.
Claire Kerr-Zlobin; Panelist; Founder and Executive Director, Life With A Baby & Healthy Start Healthy Future Inc. Session title: Leaders in PPD Support.
Lisa Tremayne, RN, C-PPD, CBC, CBE; Panelist; Director, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder Program, Monmouth Medical Center. Session title: Leaders in PPD Support.
Cheryl Hart; Panelist; Founder & Executive Director, Supporting Mamas. Session title: Leaders in PPD Support.
Sheila Duffy; Panelist; Director, Pacific Post Partum Support Society. Session title: Leaders in PPD Support.
Kelly Bauer; Breakout Speaker; Blogger, Motherhoodmisfit.com. Session title: Mompostors: Why Real Moms Feel Like Frauds.
Ashlee Rahmlow, LCSW; Panelist; Founder, Mom 2 Mom Oshkosh. Session title: Self-Disclosure & Healthy Boundaries in Peer Support.
Andrea Bates, LCSW; Panelist; Volunteer, PES North Carolina & Blogger. Session title: Self-Disclosure & Healthy Boundaries in Peer Support.
Alexia Johnstone, MA, LMHC; Panelist; Expressive Arts Therapist. Session title: Self-Disclosure & Healthy Boundaries in Peer Support.
Joyce Miner, LMHC; Panelist; Mental Health Counselor. Session title: Self-Disclosure & Healthy Boundaries in Peer Support.
Margaret Rice, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, WHNP-BC, ONP-C; Panelist; Nurse Practioner, New England Baptist Hospital & Norcap Lodge Comprehensive Addictions Program. Session title: Self-Disclosure & Healthy Boundaries in Peer Support.
Ali Kozoll; Self Care Workshop Presenter; S Factor: Director of Teacher Training & Curriculum Development, Warrior Mom Ambassador. Workshop title: Body Love: Mindfulness Through Movement.
Amy-Rose White, LCSW; Breakout Speaker; Executive Director, Utah Maternal Mental Health Collaborative. Session title: Do What You Can Do: Volunteer Advocacy.
Sandy Celauro; Self Care Workshop Presenter; Certified Instructor, MOSSA Group Active and Zumba. Workshop title: Warrior Mom Dance Party.
Emily Newton; Self Care Workshop Presenter; Certified Yoga Instructor. Workshop title: Yoga & Meditation.
Sarah Kotranza; Self Care Workshop Presenter; Warrior Mom Ambassador. Workshop title: Warrior Mom Cross Stitch.
Danielle Nelson, LSW; Self Care Workshop Presenter; Crisis Clinician, Warrior Mom Ambassador, Writer. Workshop title: Handwork as Stress Relief – Warrior Mom Yarn Circle.
Kristin Jacobsen; Self Care Workshop Presenter; Owner, FIT4MOM DuPont & Lacey. Workshop title: Warrior Mom Walking Group/Warrior Mom Running Group.
Tara Jefferson; Self Care Workshop Presenter; Blogger and Founder, therenaissancesuite.com. Workshop title: Your Self Care Plan.
Candice Brothers; Self Care Workshop Presenter; Artist, Warrior Mom Ambassador. Workshop title: Color Me Calm.
Full bios for all speakers are also available.
If you still want to attend the conference, you can put yourself on our Wait List. To do so, visit the Warrior Mom Conference page, click on Get Your Warrior Mom Con Ticket Here, and then click on Get Tickets. You’ll enter your information for the Wait List there.
We’re excited to see you in October!
