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What does emotionally naked mean?

The closest definition is vulnerability.
If you are looking for a speaker who is authentic, will strip away the facade and be real, AnneMoss is that speaker.

Her books- Emotionally Naked: A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk and the award-winning memoir, Diary of a Broken Mind.
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Anne Moss is her first name. It’s a southern thing. She is an Emotionally Naked® motivational speaker who captures hearts and fills them with hope.

Despite her family’s best efforts, Anne Moss’s 20-year-old son Charles died by suicide on June 5, 2015, after many years of struggle with anxiety, depression, and ultimately addiction. Anne Moss started a blog, EmotionallyNaked.com, that has reached millions and chronicled her family’s tragedy in a newspaper article that went viral.

After receiving a message from a young lady named Lauren who wrote that one of her blog posts save her life, Anne Moss sold her digital marketing business and followed her purpose of speaking on mental health topics.

She has been featured in the New York Times and was the first suicide loss survivor ever invited to speak at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

Originally from North Carolina, she graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, Randy. They raised two sons, the late Charles Aubrey, 20, and Richard, a filmmaker living his dream in LA.

Anne Moss is a certified suicide prevention trainer, NAMI Virginia Board member, 2 End the Stigma (addiction) board member, and YWCA 2019 Pat Asch fellow. She is the author of two books, the award-winning memoir, Diary of a Broken Mind and Emotionally Naked: A Teacher’s Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk with co-writer Kim O’Brien Ph.D., LICSW.

Speaking Topics: Mental Health, Suicide, Coping/Resilience, Grief, Addiction, Stigma

Examples of Saving Lives Online

Most Requested Topics

Turning Pain into Purpose

Inspiring emotionally naked stories of saving lives by sharing and connecting with others. Stories of hope and healing, and Anne Moss’s evolution of finding purpose after loss. Themes include: Grief, suicide, addiction, mental illness, healing, coping and hope.
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Emotionally Naked Truth About Suicide

This presentation can be about suicide in youth, a basic primer, or about a specific audience. The student version focuses on small shifts that create an environment of student wellness, resilience, how to build connection and coping skills into the school culture. Themes: Mental illness, suicide, grief, coping strategies
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Diary of a Broken Mind + Workshop

A mother’s story, a son’s addiction and suicide. The emotionally naked story of Charles and how Anne Moss coped with this devastating loss. This presentation includes an interactive coping skills workshop. For colleges/high schools. Program can emphasize substance misuse message. Program Flyer

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PD: The Emotionally Naked Truth About Student Suicide

Prevention and intervention or Postvention (Grief after loss) with Anne Moss Rogers. Virtual or in person. See the example pdf.

The Intersection of SUD and Suicide: A Mother's Story

If you have loved one with a mental illness and addiction, what do you do? Why our silo-ed approach is not working. Virtual or in person. See the example pdf.

Coping Strategies & Resilience Workshop for Students

This is for middle school, high school and colleges as well as teachers. Virtual (zoom) and in person. Example interactive coping skills workshop

Endorsements

“Anne Moss Rogers is probably the most resilient person I know. She has managed to turn grief into action and she is a suicide prevention champion. I had the pleasure of presenting with her at the Pediatric Academic Societies conference and her part was absolutely the best. She received a standing ovation from the audience. I have been to this conference for two decades and I have never seen any speaker receive a standing ovation.”

—Lisa M. Horowitz, PhD, MPH, Staff Scientist/Clinical Psychologist National Institute of Mental Health

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“Anne Moss Rogers tells her tragedy and healing with passion and love. She relates to young people in a very unique and powerful way that few adults can. Her message is critical to all, particularly the teenage population. We are extremely grateful for her.”

—Cassie Rogers, Health Science Specialty Center Coordinator, Cosby High School

“We received such amazing feedback from your presentation and the students gained such important knowledge and information that may help them when they are in the field and on the front lines working with individuals suffering from depression and addiction. Your story and experience provides a perspective that cannot be taught in a textbook.”

—Julia Rice Stokes, MSW, LMSW, CLCP, Teacher, VCU School of Social Work

“Anne Moss Rogers shared her story of her son’s struggle with mental illness, substance abuse, and losing his life to suicide. This impactful message has encouraged and inspired Mental Health America Augusta to make Suicide prevention and Mental Health First Aid a top priority!”

—Crystal W.Heinz, MHS, Executive Director, Mental Health America-Augusta

“Anne Moss was a pleasure to work with throughout the planning of our event. Since the first interaction, she wanted to know our expectations and audience so she would know how to adequately adjust her presentation. We loved her message and she exceeded our company’s vision for our event. Highly recommend Anne Moss; moving story, amazing presentation.”

—Kallie Butler, Communications and Marketing Director, Wellstone Behavioral Health, Huntsville, AL

“I want to say thank you dearly for sharing how you changed one of the worst events in your life to a turning point in your life. The story of your son, Charles’ drug addiction and anxiety and addiction has inspired me to speak up if I do need any help and has encouraged me to reach out to anyone who has been experience anything similar. Your courage inspires me.”

—15 year old student, Cosby High School

“Anne Moss’s speech was incredibly powerful and motivates me to do more to save kids and stop the suicide epidemic.”

—Patrick Rizzuto, MD, Pediatrician, VCU

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