Our Speakers

The speaker series | Grandstand

Six keynote talks from local experts.

There are not many stages in our community, so we built one. Six keynote speakers take the Grandstand stage for twenty minutes each to share their expertise with the community.

Meghan Curtis

10:15am

Healing Through Your Home

Meghan Curtis

Licensed Real Estate Agent

Our homes shape how we feel, think and live every day. Meghan connects financial freedom, intentional design and the calming effect of gardening to show how a home can become a foundation for peace and renewal.

Kat McCartie

10:50am

Nobody Told Me I Was Allowed to Stop

Kat McCartie

Co-founder of the Summit, Board Certified Integrative Neurosomatic Practitioner

High-achieving women keep proving they’re fine, and it costs more than most of us admit. Kat shares what that looked like in her own life and what it took to stop calling it being responsible. She leaves you with the one question that starts to undo it.

Dr. Richa Grover

11:25am

Talk title to come

Dr. Richa Grover

Integrative Naturopathic Doctor | Family, Hormone & Chronic Illness Care

Dr. Richa Grover blends modern medicine with naturopathic healing, with dual training as a medical doctor and a naturopathic doctor. Her practice focuses on family medicine and the root causes of imbalance, using nutrition, botanical medicine, functional testing and lifestyle medicine.

Sherry Hill

12:00pm

Digital Wellness for Entrepreneurs

Sherry Hill

Founder, IntegrAlign Partners

Is technology supporting your wellbeing, or taking it? Sherry looks at the hidden cost of constant connection and why authenticity is a wellness issue. You leave with a digital wellness framework.

LeeAnn Freymond

12:35pm

Grief 101

LeeAnn Freymond

Certified Grief Educator and Trauma-Informed Coach, 338 Grief Education

Grief touches everyone. LeeAnn brings reassurance, education and tools to move forward with hope on a grief journey.

Matt Irvine

1:10pm

The Next Right Step: A Journey Through Recovery, Wellness and Finding Purpose

Matt Irvine

Recovery Coach, Mentor & Founder of The Journeyman

Drawing on my own journey through addiction and recovery, I’m passionate about helping others find their next right step. Through The Journeyman, I use lived experience, meaningful conversations and movement to help people challenge limiting beliefs, discover their potential and find purpose. Because meaningful change begins with one small step.

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Get tickets: $15 plus Eventbrite fees

Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 10am to 3pm | Kawartha Downs
Hosted in partnership by Kat McCartie Coaching and No. 9 North Float and Wellness Spa.