Main Session Speaker
Amy DiMarcangelo
Amy and her husband, Andrew, have been married for 11 years. They have three children: two biological sons and an adopted daughter. In addition to homeschooling her children, Amy co-leads mercy ministry outreach at her church and works part-time as a developmental therapist and writer. Her articles have been published at Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, Her View From Home, Risen Motherhood, For the Church, and more.
Amy is as as passionate about sound doctrine as she is about social justice, and incorporates those values into her blog, Equipped for Mercy. Her Facebook group and monthly email inspire thousands of moms with encouraging printables and ponderings, featured articles, book recommendations, and missions-focused prayer points.
Amy loves to travel and has passport stamps from India, Italy, Switzerland, and France. She is a devoted observer of Taco Tuesday... the more queso, the better!
Amy is as as passionate about sound doctrine as she is about social justice, and incorporates those values into her blog, Equipped for Mercy. Her Facebook group and monthly email inspire thousands of moms with encouraging printables and ponderings, featured articles, book recommendations, and missions-focused prayer points.
Amy loves to travel and has passport stamps from India, Italy, Switzerland, and France. She is a devoted observer of Taco Tuesday... the more queso, the better!
Break Out Session Speakers
Dana Spinler
Dana is passionate about helping adolescents, individuals, couples, and families harness their resources to address difficulties, take a new direction, and move into a place of hope. Her life experiences have allowed her to be empathetically present with people through rough times, disappointments, heartaches, and general uncertainty. She brings with her a style that helps individuals build resilience through acceptance with a commitment to finding hope.
Her free time finds her in an over 40 running club, reading, attending gymnastic meets, and traveling with husband. Additionally, she is part of a group interesting diverse women who write blogs to encourage other women.
Dana is passionate about helping adolescents, individuals, couples, and families harness their resources to address difficulties, take a new direction, and move into a place of hope. Her life experiences have allowed her to be empathetically present with people through rough times, disappointments, heartaches, and general uncertainty. She brings with her a style that helps individuals build resilience through acceptance with a commitment to finding hope.
Her free time finds her in an over 40 running club, reading, attending gymnastic meets, and traveling with husband. Additionally, she is part of a group interesting diverse women who write blogs to encourage other women.
Leigh Alanna Todd
Leigh and her husband, Jacob have been married for 10 years. Together they have one daughter who they adopted from foster care as well as two rescue pups.
Leigh is a licensed Psychotherapist who currently has her own private practice entitled Prospering Hope, PLLC. She is also a licensed TBRI Practitioner and a NASW board approved supervisor but considers her most important role to be “momma”.
Before starting her own practice, Leigh supervised a Treatment Foster Care program which served children who were currently in the foster care system. Before that she worked in multiple Psychiatric care hospitals and for CPS.
Leigh is a TBRI and TF-CBT trained clinician with a background in grief counseling, CBT, MI, Solution Focused modalities, as well as working with families who are struggling with neonatal loss. Her main focus is always treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and above all else: she does not believe in stigmatizing mental health labels!
In her spare time Leigh enjoys engaging in self-care which can mean working out, or doing nothing at all, but most definitely drinking entirely too much coffee.
Leigh and her husband, Jacob have been married for 10 years. Together they have one daughter who they adopted from foster care as well as two rescue pups.
Leigh is a licensed Psychotherapist who currently has her own private practice entitled Prospering Hope, PLLC. She is also a licensed TBRI Practitioner and a NASW board approved supervisor but considers her most important role to be “momma”.
Before starting her own practice, Leigh supervised a Treatment Foster Care program which served children who were currently in the foster care system. Before that she worked in multiple Psychiatric care hospitals and for CPS.
Leigh is a TBRI and TF-CBT trained clinician with a background in grief counseling, CBT, MI, Solution Focused modalities, as well as working with families who are struggling with neonatal loss. Her main focus is always treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and above all else: she does not believe in stigmatizing mental health labels!
In her spare time Leigh enjoys engaging in self-care which can mean working out, or doing nothing at all, but most definitely drinking entirely too much coffee.
Katti Henderson
Katti is a proud 225 hour, registered Holy Yoga Instructor and yoga therapist in training. She has been practicing yoga for over ten years, although she never had true freedom in her practice until she connected her faith and fitness in 2014. Jesus met her on her mat, and she has practicing this moving meditation ever since! She is a former elementary school teacher, wife to her high school sweetheart, and momma to her three spunky kiddos through the journey of adoption. It is Katti's utmost goal to create a safe space for the intentional worship of God as well as to help others connect in authentic community.
Katti is a proud 225 hour, registered Holy Yoga Instructor and yoga therapist in training. She has been practicing yoga for over ten years, although she never had true freedom in her practice until she connected her faith and fitness in 2014. Jesus met her on her mat, and she has practicing this moving meditation ever since! She is a former elementary school teacher, wife to her high school sweetheart, and momma to her three spunky kiddos through the journey of adoption. It is Katti's utmost goal to create a safe space for the intentional worship of God as well as to help others connect in authentic community.
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Jennifer Woolley
Jennifer has a unique perspective because of the opportunity she’s had to walk through the adoption journey as a birthmother and also as an adoptive mother. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy in college, Jennifer chose to place her son for adoption. After marrying her husband, Rusty in 2005, God led them through infertility to reveal His plan for them to grow their family through adoption. Through the very same agency that Jennifer placed her son, they were given the chance to become parents to two more sons. "As parents of adopted children, we have the sometimes difficult job of teaching them to embrace their stories. No matter what hard places they come from, those roots and their birth family are a piece of their identity that we must love and honor. By doing that, we give our children the confidence to love themselves because of the honor and love that we show.” As an adoptive mom, Jennifer has been given the opportunity to use the rejection and loss that she feels as a birthmother, to help her sons celebrate the life that they have been given and understand the love of their birthmothers. As you hear Jennifer’s story and begin to see through the eyes and heart of a birthmother, may it help you more clearly identify ways to love your child by honoring the one who chose life for them. |
Eddie Pratz
Eddie is a wife, mother and grandmother who has found an outlet through creativity. She created “Stillwater Creations” designing and selling adorable and fun home decor at craft shows. She also hosts creativity parties, helping others to create meaningful home decor for themselves.
Eddie is a wife, mother and grandmother who has found an outlet through creativity. She created “Stillwater Creations” designing and selling adorable and fun home decor at craft shows. She also hosts creativity parties, helping others to create meaningful home decor for themselves.
Lindsey Rathgeb
Lindsey Rathgeb is a mom to 5 children both biological and adopted from foster care. As a Life Coach she is an active partner with her clients and helps show them how to find their purposes. Her mission is to help raise the consciousness of the world one person at a time.
Lindsey Rathgeb is a mom to 5 children both biological and adopted from foster care. As a Life Coach she is an active partner with her clients and helps show them how to find their purposes. Her mission is to help raise the consciousness of the world one person at a time.
