Signature Speaking Topics
The Love That Remains
A Christ-centered message for grieving hearts
This message is for those learning how to live after the death of someone they love.
Michelle speaks about grief, memory, lament, love after loss, and the hope of Christ without rushing people past the ache of goodbye.
This message is especially meaningful for grief events, remembrance services, women’s gatherings, hospice events, and churches wanting to care well for those who mourn.
Best for: grief gatherings, remembrance services, women’s events, church services, hospice or bereavement events
Surviving the Holidays After Loss
For the person facing the empty chair, the changed tradition, and the season that does not feel the same
The holidays can be one of the hardest seasons after loss.
This message helps grieving people face Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, anniversaries, and family gatherings with honesty, faith, and practical support.
Michelle speaks to the real ache of traditions that now hurt, songs that open grief, family expectations, and the pressure to make everything feel normal when life has changed.
Best for: holiday grief events, church services, women’s ministry nights, grief groups, community remembrance gatherings
Jesus Wept
Making room for sorrow in the presence of a Savior who understands
This message is rooted in the truth that Jesus stood at a tomb and wept.
Michelle speaks about lament, tears, faith, resurrection hope, and what it means that Christ does not stand far from the brokenhearted.
This message is for people who need to know that grief is not a failure of faith and sorrow is not something God is afraid of.
Best for: church services, grief events, women’s gatherings, memorial services, care ministry events
The Truth Beneath Her Story
For the woman who has carried old labels too long
This message speaks to women who have lived under names God never gave them.
Too much.
Not enough.
Forgotten.
Rejected.
Difficult.
Unworthy.
Invisible.
Broken.
Michelle invites women to look beneath shame, survival, people-pleasing, grief, old wounds, and painful chapters to rediscover the truth of who they are in Christ.
Best for: women’s conferences, retreats, identity events, church services, Storybrook-themed gatherings
For the One
A message about seeing the person everyone else may overlook
This message is close to Michelle’s chaplain heart.
It is about the one who is difficult to love.
The one sitting alone.
The one whose story makes people uncomfortable.
The one who is angry, ashamed, grieving, guarded, or hard to reach.
The one Jesus still sees.
Drawing from Scripture and ministry experience, Michelle speaks about compassion, presence, and the calling to see people through the eyes of Christ.
Best for: church services, ministry trainings, chaplaincy events, care teams, women’s events, outreach ministries
Spiritual Heaviness and the God Who Stays
For the woman who loves God but feels tired in her soul
Some women are not walking away from God.
They are weary.
They are still praying, still serving, still showing up, still believing — but something in them feels heavy.
This message speaks to the woman carrying emotional, spiritual, or life-worn heaviness. Michelle shares honestly about faith, wounds, healing, and the God who does not shame the tired soul.
Best for: women’s events, retreats, church services, ministry encouragement nights, spiritual renewal gatherings
When Grief Changes You
Finding yourself after life no longer looks the same
Loss does not only change what is around us.
It changes us.
This message explores identity after loss — the roles that shift, the routines that disappear, the parts of life that no longer fit, and the question many grieving people eventually ask:
Who am I now?
Michelle helps women name the way grief reshapes life while pointing them toward the God who remains present in the becoming.
Best for: grief groups, women’s events, retreats, bereavement gatherings, counseling ministry events
The Next Faithful Step
For women standing between chapters
This message is for women in transition.
After loss.
After caregiving.
After motherhood changes.
After divorce or relationship pain.
After a season of survival.
After realizing life does not look the way they thought it would.
Michelle speaks about discernment, courage, surrender, and following God when He gives enough light for the next step, but not the whole road.
Best for: women’s conferences, retreats, coaching events, church services, leadership gatherings
The Little House That Loved the Rain
A Storybrook grief message about memory, love, and the things that remain
Based on the heart behind Michelle’s grief story, this message uses story, remembrance, and faith to help people process love after loss.
It speaks to the way ordinary things become sacred after someone dies — songs, rain, houses, recipes, phrases, places, and memories that still carry love.
This message can be especially meaningful for women’s events, grief gatherings, Mother’s Day events, and remembrance services.
Best for: grief events, women’s gatherings, memorial services, Mother’s Day events, Storybrook-themed gatherings
God Does Not Waste a Chapter
A message of hope for the woman who wishes parts of her story had been different
This message speaks to women who have lived through painful, confusing, or unwanted chapters.
Michelle does not minimize the pain or call everything good. Instead, she points to the God who redeems, restores, teaches, heals, and remains present even in chapters we would not have chosen.
This message is for the woman who needs hope without pretending.
Best for: women’s conferences, retreats, church services, identity events, ministry nights
Ministry Training Topics
Michelle is also available for teaching or training sessions for churches, women’s ministries, care teams, and ministry leaders.
Helping the Church Care for the Grieving
A practical and Christ-centered training on how churches can better support grieving people beyond the funeral.
Topics may include what to say, what not to say, how grief shows up over time, supporting people through holidays, honoring memory, and caring for those with complicated grief.
Caring for the One Who Is Hard to Reach
A ministry-focused teaching on compassion, boundaries, presence, and seeing difficult or wounded people through the eyes of Christ.
This topic is especially meaningful for care teams, chaplains, pastors, volunteers, women’s leaders, and those serving people in pain.
Creating Space for Honest Stories
A teaching for ministry leaders who want to help people share, process, and understand their stories without shame, spiritual pressure, or rushed answers.
This session can include reflection, discussion, and practical tools for story-based ministry care.
Storybrook Event Themes
Some churches or women’s ministries may want a fully themed Storybrook event. These can be shaped around one main message or developed into a half-day, full-day, or multi-session experience.
Possible themes include:
Your Story Matters
A women’s event about identity, story, healing, and the God who sees every chapter.
The Love That Remains
A grief-centered gathering for those mourning someone they love.
The Truth Beneath Her Story
An identity event for women ready to release old labels and remember who they are in Christ.
There Is Still More Story
A message of hope for women in transition, loss, or new beginnings.
For the One
A compassion-centered event about seeing and loving people the way Jesus does.
Light for the Next Step
A discernment and encouragement event for women asking, “What now?”
Custom Speaking Requests
If your church or ministry has a specific theme, Michelle can work with you to shape a message that fits the heart of your event.
Possible custom themes may include:
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Grief and faith
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Identity in Christ
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Women and spiritual heaviness
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Compassion ministry
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Life transitions
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Mother’s Day or Father’s Day grief
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Caregiving and loss
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Story and healing
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Finding hope after painful chapters
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Preparing for the holidays after loss
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Ministry to hurting women
If you are not sure which topic fits, you are welcome to share what your church or group is carrying, and Michelle can help recommend a message.
A Note from Michelle
When I think about speaking, I do not think first about a stage.
I think about the woman in the room.
The one who came because someone invited her.
The one who almost stayed home.
The one who is grieving but still serving.
The one who loves God but feels heavy.
The one who is tired of pretending she is fine.
The one who needs a sentence, a Scripture, a story, or a moment where the Holy Spirit reminds her, “I see you.”
That is who I pray for when I prepare.
My desire is never just to give a well-organized talk.
My desire is to minister.
To tell the truth with care.
To honor the Word of God.
To speak honestly about pain without leaving people hopeless.
To help women recognize where God has been present in their own stories.
To reach the one who needs to know she has not been forgotten.
If something on this page stirs in your heart for your church, group, or event, I would be honored to talk with you about what God may want to do there.