Speaking Engagements

  • UPCOMING! Join us for a meaningful panel discussion on the impact of working with eating disorder providers who have lived experience. We’ll be discussing the benefits, the nuance, and the humanity that lived experience brings to the recovery and therapeutic space.

    March 27, 2026.

  • NetworkED conference with round tables and chairs, a large screen displaying a welcome slide, and three women on a stage preparing for a presentation on SEED clients.

    Closing keynote presentation speaking with Mishell Hashmi , PsyD, at NetworkED's Gateway to Innovation conference: Hope for Severe and Enduring Eating Disorders: A Look at Challenges and Changes in Treatment

    August 2, 2025

  • Shared my story to clients at Harris House Recovery Center

    July 7, 2025

  • Emily smiling in front of a wooden wall with the sign 'Laurea Eating Disorders Program' where I shared my story.

    Shared my story at Laureate Eating Disorders Program's family week to adolescent and adult patients and staff and offered special Q&A for adult residential/PHP units

    May 23, 2025

  • Emily and newsanchor standing in a TV studio, one holding a remote, smiling at the camera. The studio has a large digital screen with the FOX network logo behind them, and a beige couch with red and navy pillows in the foreground.

    Guest on Fox 2 Now for Eating Disorder Awareness Week highlighting my recovery journey, the Missouri Eatings Disorders Association (MOEDA), and eating disorder coaching

    Watch the segment here

    March 1, 2025

  • Shared my story at St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute Eating Disorder Program's adolescent and adult IOP groups

    December 18, 2024

  • Hope and Inspiration advertisement - MEDA

    Shared my story at Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association's (MEDA) virtual Hope and Inspiration event

    April 20, 2024

  • Shared my story to patients and staff at Laureate Eating Disorders Program's family week

    September 20, 2024

  • Shared my story to clients at Harris House Recovery Center

    December 4, 2023

  • Shared my story to clients at Harris House Recovery Center

    November 7, 2022

Book me for your event!

Looking for a speaker who brings authenticity, hope, and real-life recovery insight to your audience?
I speak at treatment centers, conferences, and community events — sharing my story of eating disorder and addiction recovery, and the lessons I’ve learned about healing, resilience, and self-reinvention.

Emily with shoulder-length brown hair and bangs, wearing a burgundy blazer, sitting at a desk with a closed laptop, a notebook with a pen, a floral mug, and a potted plant, smiling at the camera.