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of the 2022 MOVING BEYOND FAMILY STRUGGLES SUMMIT

March 2nd, 2022

Welcome From Our Host
Yasmin Kerkez

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of the 2022 MOVING BEYOND FAMILY STRUGGLES SUMMIT

March 2nd, 2022

WELCOME!

Welcome! I am so happy that you are here!

Please listen to the above Welcome video and enjoy the Summit!

SPEAKER ONE: Dr. Joshua Coleman

Dr. Joshua Coleman

Dr. Joshua Coleman

Insight, empathy, and healing steps for those mourning the loss of a harmonious relationship in their family.

Dr. Joshua Coleman is Senior Fellow with the Council on Contemporary Families and is a psychologist with a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area – where he lives with his family.
He has been a frequent guest on the Today Show, NPR, and The BBC, and has also been featured on Sesame Street, 20/20, Good Morning America, America Online Coaches, PBS Life Part 2, and numerous news programs for FOX, ABC, CNN, and NBC television. His advice has appeared in The New York Times, The Times of London, Fortune, Newsweek, The Chicago Tribune, Slate, Psychology Today, U.S. World and News Report, Parenting Magazine and many others.
He has served on the clinical faculties of The University of California at San Francisco, The Wright Institute Graduate School of Psychology, and the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group.
He is the author of numerous articles and chapters and has written seven books: including “When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along”, and “Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties and How to Heal the Conflict.”

SPEAKER TWO: Harriet Brown

Harriet Brown

Understanding the complex layers of separation in family.

Harriet Brown is an award-winning writer, professor, and researcher. She writes for the New York Times – both the science and magazine sections, The Oprah Magazine, and many other publications including Psychology Today and Prevention and Parenting.
As a professor at Newhouse, Harriet continues to write, research and teach about important social topics including eating disorders, body image, and family estrangement.
Her books include: “Shadow Daughter: A memoir of Estrangement”, “Body of Truth: How Science, History and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight – and What We Can Do About It”, and “Brave Girl Eating: A Family’s Struggle with Anorexia”.
In 2011 Harriet was awarded the John F. Murray Award for Strategic Communication for the Public Good by the University of Iowa Journalism School. She continues to speak at campuses and conferences around the country.

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SPEAKER THREE: Dr. Kristina Scharp

Dr. Kristina Scharp

Facing difficult family transitions, and the ways families cope with major disruptions to their lives.

  Dr. Kristina Scharp is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, and a director of the Family Communication and Relationships Lab. She received her PhD in Family, Interpersonal, and Health Communication from the University of Iowa.
Kristina studies difficult family transitions such as parent-child estrangement and the processes by which family members cope with their distress. Featured in journals such as Communication Research, Human Communication Research, Family Relations, and the Journal of Family Communication, she is particularly interested in ways people navigate entering and exiting the family, as in the case of foster/open adoption, pre-natal/post-partum depression, disability diagnoses, and family distancing. Her research has won top papers at both the International and National Communication Associations and has garnered attention from media outlets such as The New York Times, Forbes, PBS, NPR, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. Ultimately, she hopes that her research can shed light on disenfranchised family experiences and the family members who often have to respond to cultural stigma.

SPEAKER FOUR: Seth Forbes

Seth Forbes

Support, help, and resources for all areas of family estrangement, including focus on students, mental health, and the LGBTQ+ community.

Seth Forbes is the Founder and Executive Director of Together Estranged, a nonprofit organization in the U.S. that supports and empowers those estranged from family members while enhancing social understanding for the de-stigmatization of estrangement.
Seth holds a master’s degree in Organizational Communication from Ball State University, where she served as a Virginia Ball Center for Creative Inquiry Scholar, working with team members on projects aimed at improving awareness and reducing prejudice and discrimination in a small town in the Midwest. Seth has also conducted two separate research studies on forms of support for LGBTQ individuals and those recovering from alcoholism. After graduating in 2016 with her first graduate degree, Seth spent years writing informative, research-based blogs for nonprofit addiction recovery treatment centers throughout the U.S.
Today, Seth is pursuing both a Master of Business Administration and Master of Digital Technology from Boston University. She was awarded a Dean’s Scholarship award for her impact on the broader community, and has won second place in Boston University Build Lab’s Pitch & Pizza Competition, where she pitched Together Estranged. The nonprofit has now reached over 1,000 estranged people between its online support groups, website content, social media accounts and holiday events.
Seth Forbes is an activist, thought leader, entrepreneur, communicator and lifelong learner who has personally experienced numerous challenges associated with family estrangement. Seth has found that the core component of overcoming adversity is support, with community building being a central component to Together Estranged.

SPEAKER FIVE: David Lewis

David Lewis

The unspoken truths and challenges of family estrangement, including grief, suicide, and isolation.

David Lewis is a licensed Marriage and Family Counsellor, and NLP Practitioner. His studies have also included Science, Medicine, Counseling and Psychology through Northwest Nazarene University, Lewis and Clark, and Seattle University.
David has also worked in Sales and marketing for Abbott Medical Department managing medical school contracts and research physician meetings.
As an Oregon Registered Advisor, David runs “Assisted Living Solutions” and is a Senior Care Advisor, helping seniors and families when transitioning into care facilities.
Currently living in Oregon, David pursues his passion for the outdoors and continues to practice as an NLP Practitioner, partake in business sales and marketing and has founded an online support group for all that are living with the reality of family estrangement, conflict and separation in family. David’s support group “You’re Not Alone” is truly helping thousands that are living with the pain of family estrangement.

SPEAKER SIX: Shelley Zimmerman

Shelley Zimmerman

The reality of family conflict in the community, and how to face adversity and achieve personal transformation.

Shelley Zimmerman is San Diego’s former Chief of Police. She retired in 2018 after 35 years with the Police Department and joined National University in January 2019, focusing on public safety and leadership. She is a sought after speaker on the myriad of challenges and opportunities policing brings in the 21st Century.
She believes in community policing and that public safety is a shared responsibility with everyone playing a crucial role in keeping San Diego safe.
During her tenure as Chief of Police, San Diego‘s overall crime fell to its lowest level in 49 years. She instituted new policies and deployed new equipment such as body worn cameras (the largest city at the time to do so), and gunshot detection sensors.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she is a graduate of the Ohio State University and the FBI National Academy.
She is an avid sports fan and often participates in athletic charity fundraisers.

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See you tomorrow!

Please listen to the above video and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

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MEET YOUR HOST:

Your Summit Host

Yasmin Kerkez

Yasmin Kerkez is a life coach and speaker working in the areas of family estrangement and relationships. Together with her husband, Yasmin Co-founded Family Support Resources, an organization helping transform the lives of all people living with family conflict and estrangement, out of a passion to shine a light on family struggles that are rarely discussed, and uplift and inspire those experiencing these challenges.

From her own journey of family difficulties, Yasmin learned how to embrace circumstances with loving acceptance, overcome grief, and reclaim life. She is now committed to helping others heal from the pain of family conflict and start living again.

Driven by her own experiences and an empathy for others, Yasmin has spent the past fifteen years researching relationships and working on methods of healing and overcoming all forms of family estrangement. Beyond her research on relationships, life coaching, and personal journey, she has earned two degrees; A Science Degree majoring in Microbiology and Human Physiology, and an Art’s Degree majoring in Philosophy and Politics. Yasmin leverages her knowledge in these fields to better understand and explain the intersection between our mental health and our physical health.

Yasmin is devoted to helping people receive the things she believes everyone deserves in life – love, safety, and joy.

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