Speaking and Training

Looking for a keynote address or speaker for your next event or conference?  

Speaking and workshop for Parents and Caregivers, Professional who support children and Corporate Mental wellness and Self-care Workshops.

  • Get out of your own way: Clarify your goals and make changes to succeed
  • Balance for Better
  • Building Independent, Confident and Empowered Children

A lot of great feedback from your workshop.  Intimate, interactive, and created connections.  Great information about how important one’s support network and mental wellness are.  You really resonated with people.

Michelle H

Manager, Maple Leaf Food

Balance for Better

Balance for Better is a high-impact workshop that helps employees recognize when they’ve moved from coping into burnout—and gives them practical tools to respond before it affects performance, health, and retention.

In this session, your team will learn how to:

Spot early warning signs using the mental health continuum
Break the cycle of “just push through”
Speak up and ask for support without stigma
Support each other to create a healthier, more productive workplace

Trusted by organizations, this isn’t another awareness talk—it’s a culture shift.

Because sustainable teams don’t push harder—they work better.

Bring Balance for Better to Your Team

    Workshops & Speaking

    • Parent & Caregiver Workshops: Practical strategies for everyday challenges
    • Professional Support Workshops: Training for educators, therapists, and childcare professionals
    • Corporate Mental Wellness & Self-Care Workshops: Helping teams manage stress and build resilience

    Talks can be customized for parents, professionals, or corporate teams.

    Get Out of Your Own Way!

    IMAGINE IF YOU COULD…

    ✔ Get out of your head and stop believing the unhelpful thoughts

     Understand what blocks you from moving forward and taking action

    ✔ Reduce your self-limiting beliefs and you could release the brakes to experience growth 

    ✔ Identify what you really want to achieve, and

    ✔Courageously pursue inspiring goals even when it’s scary to leave what’s “safe”.

    In this interactive session you will learn: 

    How to set goals in alignment with intrinsic motivators and your internal why,

    Build a plan to take confident action to achieve those goals,

    How to take care of your mind and body, so you feel less stress and more joy in the process.

    Michelle was very friendly, warm and relatable.  What you said was very in line with our values.

    Parent Workshop Participant

    I learnedd how important validation is.  There is too much nonsense out there, this is professional advice.

    Parent Participant

    Bio

    Michelle McVittie helps parents and workplaces put the joy back in family life – home or corporate family
    Michelle McVittie’s commitment to supporting people to be happier is complete, resolute and covers many areas. Mom the Manager is her dynamic initiative that is provocative and energizing approach that is applicable to families of origin or work families, as business environments often mimic those at home and the elements for calmer management, more productivity and positive results are equally applicable. Michelle brings her depth of experience as a child life specialist, parenting expert, educator and author to enhance home and corporate environments in working better and experiencing more joy. 
    It was her own journey that paved the way for Mom the Manager. For more than 15 years, Michelle McVittie has worked on becoming the manager of her own life. She found her joy again, and now her mission is to help parents and organizations do the same. She has the tools to help clients feel in control, calm in situations and foster stronger relationships whether within families or in organizations.