Identity After Motherhood: Who Am I Now? | Trust Her Words™

Trust Her Words™ presents:

Produced by Listen To Her Events Corp.

Motherhood changes us.

Sometimes in beautiful ways. Sometimes in ways we never expected. And somewhere between who we were before and who everyone needs us to be now, many of us quietly find ourselves asking: "Who am I now?"

Identity After Motherhood: Who Am I Now? is the inaugural experience from Trust Her Words™, produced by Listen To Her Events Corp.

This is not a traditional conference or networking event. It is an intimate evening created for women to slow down, listen, reflect, connect and hear the kinds of honest stories that are too often left unspoken.

Through a series of fireside-style conversations, we will explore motherhood and identity from different perspectives - career, entrepreneurship, feeling lost, reconnecting with our bodies, and ultimately rediscovering the woman within the mother.

You don't need to arrive with answers.

You just need to arrive as you are.

Career, ambition and returning to a professional identity

A conversation about navigating the workplace after motherhood — ambition, guilt, confidence, changing priorities and the question of whether the professional woman we were before still fits who we are now.

Featuring Evie Begy.

Feeling lost — and finding yourself again

An honest conversation about the identity loss that can come with motherhood, the invisible emotional load, and what it can look like to slowly reconnect with yourself again.

Featuring Libby Ward.

Building something while raising someone

A conversation about entrepreneurship, creativity, ambition, family and the reality of building a business while navigating motherhood.

Featuring Julie Cole.

Reconnecting with the body that carried you

A conversation about body identity, strength, confidence and learning to inhabit and appreciate a body that may feel very different after motherhood.

Featuring Jess Sennet.

We will move from conversation into music with an intimate, unplugged musical closing - a few songs, stories and a moment to simply sit with everything the evening has held.

Because sometimes the things we feel most deeply aren't explained.

They're felt.

✓ Admission to the complete Trust Her Words™ experience
✓ Four intimate fireside-style conversations
✓ Audience reflection and Q&A moments
✓ Connection time throughout the evening
✓ Light bites and refreshments
✓ An intimate musical closing
✓ A beautifully curated evening designed for connection, reflection and belonging

Seating is limited to preserve the intimate nature of the experience.

Pre-order your copy of Honest Motherhood: On Losing My Mind and Finding Myself by Libby Ward and pick it up at the event.

Guests who purchase the book through the event will also be invited to a brief meet & greet with Libby Ward.

Books are available in limited quantities and must be pre-ordered.

*Please note: This is an event add-on and does not include admission. An event ticket must also be purchased.

This experience was created for mothers who have ever wondered: Where did I go?

For the woman returning to work and realizing she has changed.

For the mother who loves her family deeply but still misses parts of herself.

For the entrepreneur trying to build something while raising someone.

For the woman learning to reconnect with her body.

For anyone navigating that complicated space between who she was, who motherhood asked her to become, and who she may be becoming next.

You do not need to be in any particular stage of motherhood to belong in this room.

Trust Her Words™ creates spaces where women's stories are not simply shared - they are heard.

Through intimate live experiences and meaningful conversations, we bring women together around the parts of life that are often deeply felt but rarely spoken about openly.

Our experiences are designed around connection rather than networking, depth rather than performance, and the belief that there is power in hearing another woman put words to something you thought you were carrying alone.

A stage for her story.

Trust Her Words is produced by Listen To Her Events Corp.

✓ Ticket prices are subject to applicable HST and Eventbrite service fees at checkout.

✓ Photography and video will be captured throughout the evening for event and promotional purposes.

✓ Additional event details, including arrival information, will be emailed to registered guests before November 19.

Info: Arrive, check in and settle into the evening. Enjoy refreshments, explore the space and thoughtfully curated event details, and connect with other guests before the conversations begin.

Info: A warm welcome from founder Eloisa Valles, sharing the story and intention behind Trust Her Words and our inaugural experience, Identity After Motherhood: Who Am I Now?

Eloisa will then welcome our host, Courtney Smith, to the stage.

Info: Conversation led by Courtney Smith.

Career, ambition and professional identity after motherhood.

An honest fireside-style conversation about returning to work changed — navigating confidence, shifting priorities, ambition and the evolving relationship between motherhood and professional identity.

The conversation will conclude with audience Q&A.

Info: Conversation led by Courtney Smith.

Feeling lost — and finding yourself again.

A candid conversation about identity loss, emotional overload and the parts of motherhood women often feel but rarely say aloud — and what it can mean to slowly reconnect with yourself again.

The conversation will conclude with audience Q&A.

Info: Take a moment to refresh, connect with other guests and enjoy the space before the second half of the evening.

Guests who pre-ordered Libby Ward's book, Honest Motherhood, will also be invited to a special meet & greet with Libby during the intermission.

Info: Conversation led by Courtney Smith.

Building something while raising someone.

A conversation about entrepreneurship, ambition, creativity and the realities of building a business while raising a family — including the choices, trade-offs and lessons that happen along the way.

The conversation will conclude with audience Q&A.

Info: Conversation led by Courtney Smith.

Reconnecting with the body that carried you.

An open conversation about strength, body identity and confidence after motherhood — moving beyond the pressure to “get your body back” and toward feeling at home in the body you have now.

The conversation will conclude with audience Q&A.

Info: Courtney brings together the themes and stories shared throughout the four chapters before guiding us into the final experience of the evening.

Info: An intimate unplugged musical closing combining songs and storytelling — creating space to reflect on, feel and carry forward everything shared throughout the evening.

Info: A final reflection and heartfelt thank you to our speakers, partners, production team and every woman who chose to be part of the very first Trust Her Words experience.

Guests are welcome to stay briefly afterward for conversation, photos and connection.

Event venue & nearby stays

Avant Garde Gallery, 218 Merton Street, Toronto, Canada

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