Host: Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
Event: 2026 Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Keynote Event
Audience: Educators, community partners, and university students
Keynote Topic: Turning Pain into Purpose: The Power of Post-Traumatic Growth After Tragedy
Time: 1 hour
Theme: An inspirational keynote speaker topic focused on hope and post-traumatic growth after loss, trauma, or tragedy.
Description: When life shatters, what comes next? In this powerful and inspiring keynote, AnneMoss Rogers explores how the darkest moments can give rise to unexpected strength, clarity, and purpose—and how that growth is never automatic. Drawing from the personal tragedy of losing her son to suicide and grounded in the science of post-traumatic growth, she shares how people can intentionally transform grief, trauma, and adversity into resilience, ultimately weaving it into the tapestry of one’s life. Far from a story of despair, AnneMoss centers her message on the human capacity to grow through what we go through, with vulnerability, intention, and hope.
Takeaways:
- A deeper understanding of post-traumatic growth—and how to foster it •
- Why pain is part of processing, and how all of it is essential to healing
- How to discover purpose, hope, and meaning after profound loss or trauma
- Resources and practical tools to support others through life-shattering events