She names what women are already feeling.
Honest language for grief, coping, faith, identity, and the pressure to keep functioning.
Speaker · Author · Podcast Guest
Honest conversations for women carrying more than anyone can see.
Jen Conrad speaks on grief, faith, survival mode, military family life, motherhood, identity, and beginning again, bringing lived experience, emotional depth, and grounded hope to the room.
Available for women’s events, retreats, churches, military-family programs, panels, podcasts, and select media.
Author of Finding God in the Trenches · Nearly 30 years as a military spouse · Master of Social Work, USC
Why Book Jen
A message that meets women where they are.
She brings lived experience, not polished platitudes.
Military family life, loss, motherhood, faith, and rebuilding are part of the story she actually lived.
She leaves audiences with something to carry home.
Reflection, language, and practical next steps that continue after the event ends.
Signature Talks
Three conversations. One honest invitation.
01
Finding God in the Trenches
Faith and grief when the story still has no clean ending.
- Finding God in unresolved seasons
- Making room for grief without losing faith
- Moving from survival toward honest connection
02
High-Functioning, Still Hurting
What happens when coping starts to look like competence.
- Recognizing emotional numbing and over-functioning
- Naming what sits underneath “I’m fine”
- Choosing healthier ways to process what hurts
03
The Cost of Being Strong
The unseen load carried by military spouses and families before, during, and after service.
- Identity and family strain across seasons of service
- Transition, retirement, and the loss of familiar systems
- What long-term resilience actually asks of a family
Need something different? Jen can tailor a keynote, panel, retreat session, podcast conversation, or moderated discussion to your audience.
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See the story behind the message.
After nearly three decades as a military spouse, Jen shared her family’s experience of transition, retirement, health care, employment, finances, and long-term resilience.
Washington, DC · September 2026
Jen was asked to share her family’s journey with the President’s Military Spouse Commission in Washington, DC, in September 2026.
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Hear Jen in conversation
Held by Faith: The Podcast
Finding God in the Trenches: Jen Conrad's Journey Through Grief and Faith
Compounded grief, unresolved seasons, and finding God in the middle.
Listen to the interviewWCIC Midday Mamas Heart to Heart
Midday Mamas Heart to Heart: Jen Conrad
Grief, motherhood, honest faith, and writing Finding God in the Trenches.
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After the event
What hosts are saying.
“Jen’s honesty, vulnerability, and faith came through so beautifully. God doesn’t wait for us on the other side of the hard season. He meets us right in the middle of it.”
“Jen did a wonderful job sharing her heart and her story. Her message is going to encourage and impact many people.”
Booking at a Glance
A clear fit for your audience.
- Formats
- Keynotes · Retreat sessions · Panels · Podcasts · Virtual conversations
- Best fit
- Women’s events · Churches · Military-family organizations · Faith/grief communities · Media
- Approach
- Honest · faith-rooted · emotionally intelligent · audience-centered
- Availability
- In-person and virtual engagements
For rates, dates, and fit, send a few details about your audience and event.
Frequently asked questions
What does Jen speak about?
Jen speaks on compounded grief, faith in unresolved seasons, survival mode, surrender versus control, motherhood and identity, military spouse resilience, emotional numbing, and midlife reinvention, for women's retreats, churches, podcasts, and events.
Is Jen available as a podcast guest?
Yes. Jen is a regular podcast guest for shows focused on faith, grief, motherhood, military life, and women's healing.
What audiences is Jen a good fit for?
Women's retreats, church events, Christian women's groups, podcasts, book clubs, grief-focused gatherings, military spouse audiences, and midlife women's communities.