Emma Nadler Keynote Speaker

Author, The Unlikely Village of Eden: A Memoir
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) since 2009
Advocate for systemic change benefiting mothers and caregivers

Emma Nadler's Biography

Emma Nadler is an author, speaker, and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. She is passionate about transforming her own experiences into empathy, compassion, humor, and, of course, stories.

Her memoir, The Unlikely Village of Eden (2023, Central Recovery Press), is a funny and hopeful memoir about learning to adapt when life doesn’t go to plan, redefining family, and creating your own path. Bestselling author Adam Grant called the book, “A stunning debut memoir by a gifted writer and psychotherapist.” She has also written for The Washington Post, Salon, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Slate, PBS’s Next Avenue, The Minnesota Star Tribune, and Newsweek, among others.

Emma is a nature enthusiast, advocate, and cheerleader without pompoms for a more just and peaceful world. She lives in Minnesota with her (never boring) family, including Benny, who is arguably the cutest little dog this side of the Mississippi.

Emma Nadler's Speaking Topics

Emma speaks on a variety of subjects related to relationships, grief, and reconsidering a typical life path. She brings empathy and insight as a psychotherapist along with her own life experience as a caregiver. She has a knack for making soul-stirring topics accessible, relatable, and–as much as possible–humorous. Emma is also open to new content and conversations based on your event’s theme, or can read live from her memoir.

Ambiguous loss, and coping well when life doesn’t go as planned

Caring for yourself and others as a parent and/or caregiver

Working compassionately with caregivers, including how to have difficult conversations (for health professionals)

How to write a powerful memoir

Supporting others through a life-altering loss

Friendship, including cultivating more joy, ease, depth, and generosity in friendships

Creativity as a tool for wellbeing

How to commit to your creative goals

Sparking hope, including during the winter months

She helps individuals and organisations build stronger relationships, navigate life’s challenges and cultivate resilience, equipping audiences with practical strategies for connection, compassion and personal growth.
She translates psychological expertise and lived experience into practical insights, helping leaders, caregivers and families foster empathy, wellbeing and meaningful relationships in both life and work.
She combines her work as a psychotherapist, author and speaker with the perspective of a mother to a child with disabilities, offering a unique voice on resilience, caregiving, fulfilment and navigating unexpected change.
As the author of The Unlikely Village of Eden, she shares a powerful and hopeful story of redefining family, embracing uncertainty and creating meaning when life does not go to plan.
Her inspiring keynotes equip audiences with practical tools to strengthen resilience, deepen human connection and find purpose, hope and joy through life’s most challenging moments.