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AnneMoss Rogers is a compelling mental health speaker known for her raw authenticity and evidence-informed approach to wellness and suicide prevention. What sets her apart is her ability to connect deeply with audiences through lived experience, turning personal tragedy into a powerful catalyst for change. Her talks equip schools and organizations with practical tools to foster emotional wellness, build resilience, and create cultures of open dialogue around mental health. AnneMoss is uniquely effective at breaking stigma and inspiring action, making her an essential voice for any community serious about supporting mental health.
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“AnneMoss Rogers is probably the most resilient person I know. She has managed to turn grief into action. I had the pleasure of presenting with her at the Pediatric Academic Societies conference and her part was absolutely the best. She received a standing ovation. I have been to this conference for two decades and I have never seen any speaker receive a standing ovation. She was powerful. She was moving.”
-Lisa Horowitz, PhD, MPH, Staff Scientist/Clinical Psychologist, National Institute of Mental Health
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AnneMoss’s emotionally raw storytelling and practical, stigma-reducing strategies have made her a compelling and in-demand speaker on mental health and suicide prevention. Known for her relatable, inclusive approach, she equips audiences with actionable tools to foster resilience, connection, and early intervention. AnneMoss is an ideal choice for schools, workplaces, and organizations seeking to create emotionally healthy environments where people feel seen, heard, and supported.
Recent audiences include:
National Institute of Mental Health
American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
TEDx Speaker
Nebraska Department of Education
Boston Public Schools
Fairfax County Public Schools
University of South Dakota
North Carolina State University
ESI Management Group
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Check out AnneMoss Rogers’ books Diary of a Broken Mind and Emotionally Naked: A Teacher’s Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk wherever books are sold.
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Mental & Behavioral Health
Culture, Climate & Community
Substance Use & Addiction
Suicide Prevention & Mental Health Support
Turning Pain into Purpose
Lessons Learned from Tragedy
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Turning Pain into Purpose: Surviving a Son’s Depression, Addiction, & Suicide
Approximately 60 minutes with optional 30-minute Q&A
Mental health and suicide education expert, AnneMoss Rogers has built a following on suicide, and the mental illness and addiction that often trigger it. After trying to find help for her once joyful son and rap artist, including wilderness therapy and therapeutic boarding school, Charles became addicted to heroin and died by suicide on June 5, 2015. This presentation is about her journey to healing by dragging an unpopular topic into the spotlight, how giving back has helped her heal, and how a blog community that came together in their shared pain has saved lives in the most surprising and unconventional of ways.
Takeaways:
How stigma played a role in Charles’s downward spiral
One mom’s unconventional way to save lives
Turning grief into action to find a path to healing
What to say or do when someone is struggling
Forgiving oneself after a loss by suicide
Themes include substance misuse, mental health, suicide, parenting, resilience, coping skills, hope and healing. AnneMoss follows safe messaging reporting guidelines on suicide.
Spotting Students at Risk: The Educator’s Role in Preventing Suicide and Other Self-Harm Behaviors
Audience: University faculty and K-12 educators
45-90 minute training, virtual or in-person
How can you spot students who might be at risk for suicide? What do you do if you feel like someone is at risk? How do you have difficult conversations? How do you find support?
Whether it’s having a conversation with someone who is stressed or talking to someone who might be suicidal, this presentation will empower educators with the words and tools needed to be the bridge to support. You don’t have to fix this. But you can allow another human to feel seen and heard which is the greatest gift you can offer.
Learning outcomes:
How to spot students/co-workers at risk and what to say/do
How to be a trusted adult and wisdom guide
Simple shifts in teaching that promote wellness and enhance learning
The art of listening
Self-care for you
Links to resources and protocols
Early Intervention Works: Mental Health Education for Birth to 5 Years
Emotionally Naked® Workplace Wellness
Audience: Managers, executives, HR and EAP leaders, safety leaders, employees
60 minute training, virtual or in-person
Emotionally healthy employees perform better, are absent less, and more likely to stay. This upstream commitment of workplace wellness is the foundation of a prevention culture that emphasizes connection and belonging. Part of this initiative is building resilience, and defining self-care strategies so employees have the tools and resources to manage anxiety, adversity, change, and future leadership positions.
Crisis response always costs more and uses up more resources and time. Any effort to avoid that is a plus for any company HR team, DEI, or safety leader.
Learning Outcomes:
Coping strategies and DBT skills for managing adversity, avoiding conflict and burnout
Small, creative, and doable strategies for big changes in workplace wellness
How to create a culture of connection so employees don’t want to leave
How to allow others to feel heard and therefore feel valued
Life events that make people more vulnerable to despair
How to be a leader, not just a boss
Learn the most important skill for managing your emotional well being
Turning Pain into Purpose: The Power of Post-Traumatic Growth After Tragedy
Theme: An inspirational keynote speaker topic focused on post-traumatic growth after 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
Diary of a Broken Mind: Addiction, Depression and the Tragic Link to Suicide
Testimonials
“I had the privilege of attending the hosted event this past week with keynote speaker AnneMoss Rogers. I find I have few words to describe the evening…it was riveting. It gave me pause and has stayed with me. I’ve had several conversations this week with friends who feel the same. I hope Anne Moss Rogers will be back again next year.”
-Lori, Parent in a California School District
Speaker
BIOGRAPHY
AnneMoss Rogers has lived the ultimate tragedy and become an expert on emotional wellness, suicide prevention, and postvention, with a niche focus on youth mental health. She educates through storytelling, and shares hope, coping strategies, and straightforward, practical takeaways.
Her youngest son, Charles, was the funniest, most popular kid in school. As a teen, he wore the mask of a clown to hide depression and used drugs and alcohol to numb his pain. He would become addicted to heroin and take his life in 2015 at age 20. The most devastating loss of her life was a turning point. While it took time to accept that purpose with grace, she has never looked back or regretted that decision.
Putting her grief into action, she authored the award-winning memoir, Diary of a Broken Mind and the Amazon best seller, Emotionally Naked: A Teacher’s Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk with co-writer Dr. Kimberly O’Brien.
A TEDx speaker, AnneMoss has been featured in both the New York Times and Variety. She was the first non-clinician invited to speak on youth suicide at the National Institute of Mental Health. She is a registered safeTALK suicide prevention trainer, and she is both ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) and ASK-trained. A UNC - Chapel Hill alumna, she currently lives in Richmond, VA, and her surviving son Richard is a film editor in LA.