Annie is accepting a limited number of speaking engagements and is open to invitations.
Known for her conversational, witty demeanor, Annie doesn’t shy away from the messiness of life or hide difficult truths. It is from these broken places that the greatest light is seen. This is hope.
Topics:
1) Holding Steady in the Work of Letting Go
A raw, validating keynote about burnout, moral injury, and what it costs to care inside broken systems. Equal parts truth and relief…with real tools nurses can actually use.
2) The Gospel of Goodbye
A culturally sharp, deeply human talk about how we’ve sanitized dying…and what hospice teaches us about living, loving, and letting go without fear running the whole show.
3) Healing Together (Supporting Sexual Abuse Survivors)
A trauma-informed message on sexual abuse recovery and evidence-based ways friends, family, and communities can support survivors. Practical, hopeful, and grounded in real-life steps.
4) A Legal Love Letter
Documentation that protects patients and protects you…without turning your entire life into unpaid charting time. Clear frameworks, shortcut language, and sanity-saving structure.
5) Grief Isn’t a Problem to Solve (It’s Love With Nowhere to Go)
For anyone who’s grieving a person, a marriage, a life stage, a body, a dream. A talk that makes room for grief without trying to “fix” it.
6) Trauma-Informed Care for Humans (Not Just Clinicians)
A plain-language guide to how trauma shows up in bodies, relationships, and faith…and how to support people without making it worse.
7) What Nurses Wish Families Knew (About Dying, Fear, and Presence)
A compassionate but honest talk that helps families stop panicking, stop over-fixing, and start showing up. Ideal for caregivers, churches, and community audiences.
8) Moral Injury: When the Job Breaks Your Heart
Burnout isn’t always exhaustion…sometimes it’s betrayal. This talk names what happens when your values collide with impossible demands, and how to rebuild integrity without leaving your humanity behind.
9) The Little Deaths (Loss, Reinvention, and the Life After)
A story-driven talk about the many endings that shape us…divorce, trauma, identity shifts, grief…and the quiet ways a person becomes themselves again.
10) Faith After the Fire (Spirituality Without the Performance)
For people rebuilding their inner life after certainty collapses. Rooted in compassion, truth-telling, and the person of Jesus…without shame, politics, or Christian nationalism.
Recently, Anne Marie has spoken for:
Colleges/Universities:
- Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC
- Gordon College, Wenham, MA
- Belmont University, Nashville, TN
- Tabor College, Hillsboro, KS
- Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
- George Fox University, Newberg, OR
- North Park University, Chicago, IL
- Mississippi College, Jackson, MS
- Hope College, Holland, MI
- Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH
- Belhaven University, Jackson, MS
- Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR
- Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
- Malone University, Canton, OH
- University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD
- Tabor College, Hillsboro, KS
Conferences:
- CRU Christmas Conference 2016, Denver, CO
- Texas Ministry Conference 2016, Houston, TX
- Salvation Army Pacific Island Youth Summit, Oahu, HI
- National Youth Workers Convention, San Diego, CA & Nashville, TN
- Catalyst Conference, Atlanta, GA
- Catalyst Conference (West), Irvine, CA
- Jubilee Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
- Becoming Girls Conference, Temecula, CA
- Radiance Conference, Cedarville, OH
- Right Now Conference, Dallas, TX
- Influence Conference, Orlando, FL
- Leadership Network Conference, Dallas, TX
- Innovation3, Dallas, TX
- re:create, Nashville, TN
- National Pastors Convention, San Diego, CA
- National Outreach Convention, San Diego, CA
- Christian Educators Conference, Green Lake, WI
- Allume Conference, Greenville, SC
- Shelby International Conference, St. Louis, MO
- Salvation Army West Youth Leaders Conference, Felton, CA
Endorsements:
“It was a privilege to have Anne Marie Miller as our guest for our leaders’ conference. She is a gifted communicator who offers a transparent approach to delivering the powerful message of hope and grace.”
Jim Sparks, The Salvation Army – USA West
“Anne brings and authenticity to her speaking born out of rich life experiences. She manages to speak to the masses, and at the same time make you feel like she is speaking directly to you.“
Dr. Kate Davelaar Guthrie, International Program’s Coordinator at Duke’s Center for Reconciliation
“Anne Marie Miller spoke with candor and insight about the challenges of living honestly and compassionately with ourselves and others. Through telling her own story she encouraged our students to take the risk of being vulnerable with one another and so move further down the path of freedom and the fear that cripples genuine community.”
Greg W. Carmer, Ph.D., Dean of Christian Life & Theologian in Residence, Gordon College
“Anne was a fresh voice and dealt with challenging issues that many people shy away from. I really appreciated her open and honest approach without having to shock people with too many details that can sometimes take people off track. We’ve heard a lot of great feedback. Her message of restoration and relationship was truly reflected in our ability to work together.”
Mike Wright, Ledge Leadership, Ontario, Canada
“We invited Anne in to help us with our “TRUE” series. As Anne spoke there was an immediate connection with the students. Anne is a gifted author and speaker. We plan on having Anne back, and I would recommend her as a keynote speaker or break-out leader for youth, college, and young adult audiences without reservation.”
Eric E. Pratt, Ph.D., Vice President, Mississippi College
“Anne Marie Miller tells the truth in such a way you can hear it. She is an objective journalist, and as such an endangered species. She’s living proof that the truth, if stated clearly and objectively, can be fascinating.”
Donald Miller, Author, Scary Close, Blue Like Jazz and A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
“Anne has an uncanny ability to share vulnerable, real life stories in a life-giving, disarming way. Anne has a gift for sharing the real stuff of life that invites people in instead of scaring them off. Anne brings the complete package in a way that will garner the respect of any audience.”
Joshua Miller, Church of the Ascension, Founder of Pub Club, Pittsburgh
“Anne made this talk extremely personal not only by sharing her story, but allowing the students freedom to incorporate their own insights. Anne did a phenomenal job, and even now, students are still talking about it!”
Amberly Vincent, George Fox University, Portland, OR