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Anger is a normal part of grief, but it doesn't have to become your entire personality. Liz shares actual strategies she implemented after losing her husband that she continues to use every day. 

Grief can be caused by so many life circumstances (death, divorce, job loss, a friend moving away, or simply something not going as planned). We cannot control how we the world treats us as a griever, but we can control how we respond to it.

You have the power to change your BINGO card.  Things are always going to happen that are out of your control, but you have the power to reshape and build your life.  We don’t rebuild our life after something earth shattering happens (like the death of a spouse, like Liz), but we build our new life based on the person we are now.  Embrace that the ‘old you’ may be gone, and that’s ok.  This talk shares how Liz went from being a full time nurse practitioner to a flower farmer and product based business coach after her husband unexpectedly passed away.

Key topics: grief, healing, motivational speaking

Essentially the “BINGO” card speech with a special emphasis on the security life insurance provided.  When Liz’s husband died, it was in the heat of Covid and the death certificate took over four months to arrive. That meant she could not apply for life insurance or start any of that process.  The bills started piling up, and the stress of that debt and managing bill collectors while grieving her husband’s death is an uncomfortable but important topic.  Once she was able to receive the benefits from the policies, that benefit that they never planned on using allowed her to heal while trying to build her new life after the old one crumbled.  A Testimony To The Benefits of Life Insurance.

Key topics: grief, healing, motivational speaking, life insurance, financial planning, estate planning

Most people have a voice inside their head instilling fear, stopping them from chasing their dreams. But what if we dissect that little voice and listen to it — trust your gut, but decide if it is coming from a place of wisdom or fear. After Liz’s husband died, everything seemed pretty small in comparison. She started realizing that if she compared everything to that on a scale of “worst” that can happen it was maybe a little too bold, yet most “worst case scenarios” aren’t as bad as we imagine them. Motivation to take a leap even if you can’t quite clearly see the landing.

Key topics: confidence, risks, goal setting

Parenting with contentionment and staying true to you.  As an entrepreneur, Liz wears many hats and doesn’t let the pressure of society’s expectations of motherhood affect her.  She parents in her own style in her own ways and confidently knows her children are living the life they need with a happy mom who knows “balance” doesn’t exist.  Tips to juggling a career and motherhood and letting go of the “mom guilt”.

Key topics: motherhood, mom guilt, working mom, work-life balance, family-life balance

Liz’s perspective as a nurse practitioner that had to take a leave of absence from work for a medical diagnosis of grief reaction after the unexpected death of her husband.  How a holistic approach to her grief helped me heal.  What she wants other healthcare providers to learn from her experience from the patient perspective.

Key topics: grief, healthcare, nurse practitioner, mental health

As someone who literally cannot answer the question, “What do you do for a living?”, Liz talks about paving her way and finding her place when there isn’t always room for her at a particular table.  As a nurse practitioner, flower farmer, business coach, keynote speaker, podcast host, author, mom, remarried widow…What is her niche?  Healthcare.  Agriculture.  Entrepreneur.  Social media influencer.  Author.  Podcaster.  Speaker.  The life of an entrepreneur can be an interesting one.  Gaining confidence in yourself and not conforming to any particular mold.

Key topics: confidence, self-love, goal setting, happiness, contentment

Liz’s raw and real faith journey after she found out I was pregnant one day after her husband’s funeral.  Trusting even when we cannot see the bigger picture.  How it’s ok to be angry at God, because he can handle it.  Navigating grief and anger while keeping God the grounding source of my healing.  

Key topics: grief, faith, christianity