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SPEAKERS SCHEDULE MAY 24, 2025
Hila Russ-Woodland
FOUNDER, TEACHER, MOTHER
With over 20 years of teaching and facilitating experience, Hila has been leading educational programs for all ages including Learning Pods alternative schooling for 6 – 26 children and youth and camps devoted to dialogue & peacemaking through creative arts. In the past 10 years, she has run these programs outdoors and indoor licensed spaces generating up to $60,000 per year.
Vision Co-creating a thriving Learning Pods network. Empowering parents, educators, and children to enjoy learning in a community-based setting, expand their knowledge, skills and emotional intelligence.
Mission Delivering user-friendly educational courses and training which inspire parents and educators to develop and lead Learning Pods programs for school-age children.
Trace Hobson
Trace Hobson is a psychological health and safety consultant, systemic coach, and creator of Safe Space Systemic Leadership & Coaching™. He helps healthcare leaders, teams, and organizations move from survival to systemic renewal by creating spaces where presence, co-regulation, and real transformation can begin.
Trace Hobson doesn’t just speak about safe space—he creates it. In rooms filled with complexity, burnout, and disconnection, Trace opens a door to something deeper: presence, truth, and transformation.
As the founder of Trace Hobson Training & Coaching and host of the Safe Space Made Simple podcast, Trace has helped hundreds of healthcare leaders, teams, and organizations move from fragmentation and distress toward cultures of psychological and neurobiological safety. But the heart of his work started much closer to home.
In this heartfelt keynote, Trace shares the raw and real story of how creating a safe space—first for himself, then for his three daughters navigating trauma and mental health challenges—changed everything. Through personal experience and professional insight, he’ll show how presence, compassion, and nervous system awareness aren’t just leadership tools—they’re lifelines.
Whether you’re a parent, partner, leader, or caregiver, this session will invite you to:
• Re-imagine what safety really means
• Hear what distress is trying to say
• Move from fixing to connecting
• Build a safe space meeting
Website: http://www.tracehobsontraining.com
Kaurina Danu
Kaurina Danu is an Emotional Trauma Healer and Relationship Coach. She is also a birth doula and mom of four. Kaurina has supported hundreds of families in navigating some of life’s most challenging situations in a way that returns them to their inner power. Whether it’s healing past trauma, overcoming relationship or parenting struggles, or being stuck in emotional patterns that affect every area of life, Kaurina has empowered people from all walks of life to effectively break out of old patterns and create their lives from a place of authentic power.
She combines several different tools such as Emotional Freedom Tapping, Matrix Reimprinting, Strategic Intervention, Non-Violent Communication, and many more. Her talk at the Live Well Festival will focus on the important, but often overlooked topic, of Emotional Wellness. Emotional wellness, mental wellness, social wellness and spiritual wellness are just as important as physical wellness because they are all connected.
Kaurina will demystify the topic of emotional wellbeing in a way that will give you immediate clarity. Get practical steps that you will be able to put into practice right away in your life, so you can improve your emotional and overall wellbeing.
Website: http://kaurinadanu.com/
Only Longevity Health Coaching
Tim Riesenberger
Tim Riesenberger, MD, MPH, FACEP is a board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician. He received his medical degree from Loma Linda University, holds a Master’s of Public Health in Preventive Medicine from the University of Montemorelos, and graduated from Residency in Emergency Medicine from Stanford University. Dr. Tim Riesenberger is an enthusiastic proponent of preventive medicine. He has been to dozens of countries as a speaker and health practitioner. He is passionate about helping patients experience the life-changing benefits of holistic health—supporting not just the body, but also emotional and spiritual well-being for lasting vitality.
Ashley Riesenberger
Ashley Riesenberger, RDN, CHWC is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Health and Wellness Coach. She graduated from Arizona State University with dual baccalaureate degrees in Nutrition and Health Sciences. Her honors thesis focused on plant-based diets as an effective treatment option for chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes. As a National DPP Lifestyle Coach, Ashley has extensive experience in diabetes prevention and management. She is passionate about helping people reach their full potential through lasting, whole-person health
Gagan Singh
Community builder
Mail: gagan@instaberry.ca
Gagan Singh is a marketing expert and community builder with deep roots in the farming industry. With experience leading large-scale teams across North America, he now focuses on bridging the gap between farmers and the public. Through his work in organizing farmers’ markets and fostering local connections, he empowers communities to take action and build a more sustainable future.
Why Local Farming Is More Important Than Ever
In today’s world of global supply chains, rising food insecurity, and farm collapse, local farming isn’t just nostalgic — it’s essential.
As the founder of the Farming Innovation Hub and a passionate advocate for BC farmers, I’ve seen firsthand how reconnecting people to their local food systems strengthens communities, supports farmers, and rebuilds trust in where our food comes from.
In this talk, I’ll share:
Why small farms are the backbone of resilient food systems
How local farming reduces waste, lowers emissions, and boosts local economies
Why community connection — not just production — is the heart of sustainable farming
We’ll explore how grassroots solutions like microplots, farmer-direct markets, and food stabilization centers are transforming BC’s agricultural landscape — and why your role as an eater, neighbor, and citizen matters more than ever.
Local farming isn’t just about food — it’s about creating the world we want to live in.
Website: http://kaurinadanu.com/
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