As of January 2024, Inspiring Comfort has certified 4 new Certified Trainers, Shelley Doi-Taketa, Emily Hirshorn, Dr. Kirsten Kasten, and Sarah King, as leaders of care, connection, and comfort. These trainers are now certified to speak and facilitate supportive care programming across and within sectors and organizations.
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A case study of Valparaiso University embedding Showing Up programming across campus over the course of three years, transforming campus into a culture of supportive care.
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September 20, 2023 (Oconomowoc, WI) — As of September 2023, Inspiring Comfort has certified 2 new Certified Trainers, Jill Olson-Eck and Lindsey Singleton, as leaders of care, connection, and comfort.
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As of April 2023, Inspiring Comfort has certified 6 new Certified Trainers as leaders of care, connection, and comfort. These trainers are now certified to speak and facilitate supportive care programming across sectors and organizations.
Inspiring Comfort congratulates its 8th and 9th cohorts of Certified Trainers, and is thrilled to continue working with them to cultivate cultures of supportive care in their organizations and communities.
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May 19, 2023 (OCONOMOWOC, WI) — Inspiring Comfort announces that it will be hosting “Showing Up With Hope”, a free community mental health event and a heartfelt night of storytelling and hope at the Oconomowoc Arts Center.
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As of April 2023, Inspiring Comfort has certified 6 new Certified Trainers as leaders of care, connection, and comfort. These trainers are now certified to speak and facilitate supportive care programming across sectors and organizations.
Inspiring Comfort congratulates its 8th and 9th cohorts of Certified Trainers, and is thrilled to continue working with them to cultivate cultures of supportive care in their organizations and communities.
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As we enter Spring of 2023, Inspiring Comfort wants to take the opportunity to uplift our Certified Trainers, who are doing incredible work in the field nationwide.
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Inspiring Comfort announces that it has been selected once again by the NY Office of Mental Health for funding and approval of a third study for their Project Comfort programming for youth — a Compassionate and Pro-Social Behavior intervention against the effects of loneliness and depression.
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Jen Marr, Founder and CEO of Inspiring Comfort, has been accepted into the Forbes Business Council, the foremost growth and networking organization for successful business owners and leaders worldwide.
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As of September 2022, Inspiring Comfort has certified 8 new Certified Trainers and Certified Organizational Trainers as leaders of care, connection, and comfort. These trainers are now certified to speak and facilitate Inspiring Comfort programming across sectors and organizations.
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On For Your Listening Pleasure podcast with Mallory Waxman, Inspiring Comfort Founder & CEO Jen Marr discusses how her firsthand experience with major trauma at the Boston Marathon Bombing, her work in crisis response at Sandy Hook Elementary, and her background in business development led her to create Inspiring Comfort. She also offers solutions to our current mental health crisis and talks about the importance of knowing how to act on your feelings of empathy.
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On Monday, August 15th, Inspiring Comfort trained 82 peer leaders and 12 faculty/staff at Concordia University-Wisconsin in the critical skills of long-term supportive care and showing up.
TMJ4 News was present to capture the critical training and aired a feature at the top of the hour on Milwaukee 6 o’clock news.
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A leader of culture change, brand strategy, and corporate communications whose career highlights include VP of Executive and Internal Communications at Starwood Hotels and VP of Corporate Communications at Coors Brewing Company, CT Eve Dreher has led and witnessed the transformation of organizations from the inside out.
Inspiring Comfort’s Kelly Shannon sat down with her for a conversation on connectedness, culture, and leading with heart.
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Inspiring Comfort announced this week that they have certified five new Certified Trainers and two new Certified Organizational Trainers as of May 2022.
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It’s a story of a mother and daughter.
Having faced tremendous struggles over their lives, both Amy and Alli knew what it was like to not feel seen and cared for. They wanted to work with us to make sure that no one felt unseen in their struggles.
Little did they know that training in comfort would transform their relationship with each other.
Jen Marr, author of Showing Up and Founder & CEO of Inspiring Comfort, was featured twice this month in Chicago Tribune as a key player in developing communities and organizations of care that show up for one another.
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After two years of uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic, Valparaiso was looking for ways to bring a caring culture to their students, faculty and staff, peer mentors, and sports teams.
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Inspiring Comfort announced this week that they have certified over 50 trainers and trained over 10,000 people across the country.
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