Brenda Yoder
Author, Speaker, Counselor, Prayer Team
Brenda L. Yoder is an award-winning author, educator, speaker, and licensed mental health counselor who helps others live grounded, uncomplicated lives. Known for authentic warmth and hospitality, Brenda encourages and equips Christian leaders in their callings. Brenda is a contributing writer for Mornings with Jesus, the Every Woman’s Bible, and her latest book, Uncomplicated, was the 2024 Golden Scroll Non-fiction Book of the Year.
Get To Know Brenda
BRENDA L. YODER is a licensed mental health counselor, speaker, award-winning educator, and author of Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life; Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind; and Balance, Busyness, and Not Doing It All. She has contributed to several Guideposts devotionals, including Mornings with Jesus, Chicken Soup for the Soul books, and Every Woman’s Bible. She has also been featured in The Washington Post and Publisher’s Weekly.
Brenda’s latest book, Uncomplicated, received the 2024 Golden Scroll Non-fiction Book of the Year by the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association. Brenda also twice won the Touchstone Award for teachers.
Brenda loves antiques, gardens, front porch rockers, conversations over coffee, and her grandkids. She and her husband, Ron, raised four children on their family dairy farm in Shipshewana, Indiana, where they now host an Airbnb suite and raise Bernese Mountain dogs, goats, chickens, and cattle. Connect with Brenda at brendayoder.com, where she helps women live grounded, uncomplicated lives.
Breakout Session
Ministry and Mental Health
How do you manage your mental health when deadlines, audiences, and organizations depend on you for inspiration and stress-driven deliverables? In this workshop, licensed mental health counselor, speaker, and author Brenda L. Yoder speaks honestly about ministry and mental health, offering attendees space for authentic questions and conversation. Attendees will leave with strategies to protect, nurture, and care for their mental health, along with guidance on ministering to others while caring for oneself.
15-Minute Appointments
Counselor, Mental Health
Brenda helps you simplify your life so you can confidently step into what God is calling you to in this season. As an author, counselor, educator, and life coach, she meets you where you are and offers practical solutions to questions about family life, ministry, writing, and speaking. You’ll receive encouragement, practical next steps, and timeless wisdom on work/family life, work/life balance, ministry and mental health, and writing or speaking.
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