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Brenda Yoder

Author, Speaker, Councelor, Prayer Team

Get To Know Brenda


Brenda L. Yoder is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, school counselor, speaker, and author. She’s authored Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life;  Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your MindBalance, Busyness & Not Doing It All, writes for Guideposts devotionals, Chicken Soup for the Soul books, has been featured in The Washington Post. She’s the host of the Life Beyond the Picket Fence Podcast, and co-host of the Midlife Mom Podcast. Brenda specializes in faith, life, and family beyond the storybook image at brendayoder.com

Breakout Session


Healthy Boundaries for the Writer and Speaker

Putting yourself in the public arena through speaking, writing, or social media creates a new dynamic of vulnerability and privacy for you and your family. In this workshop, speaker, author, counselor, and healthy boundaries trainer Brenda L.  Yoder provides practical tools for creating healthy boundaries as a professional in the public eye while still building relationships with your audience and followers.

Managing Your Day Job and Writing Professionally

In this workshop, author, speaker, therapist, and school counselor Brenda L. Yoder provides practical tools for authors who also work bi-vocationally. Brenda will equip you to manage both work, life, and writing balance that helps move your writing and speaking forward while maintaining your day job.

15-Minute Appointments


Counselor, Mental Health

Brenda L Yoder, coach and counselor, is available to help you uncomplicate your life, dreams, and goals by helping you set attainable next steps for writing and speaking professionally, managing your ministry and family life, or just seeing how it all fits together! Brenda can also assist with mental health coaching or encourage you on ways to implement and apply what you’ve learned at Speak Up once you’re home.

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