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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

