Tracie Brown, an image & style consultant followed her heart and transitioned from a new mom, newly single, classroom teacher to fashion guru and successful owner of Ultimate Image Consulting.  Tracie’s innate sense of fashion, coupled by her caring and fun disposition has helped to make her a popular stylist and image consultant to both men and women.

Tracie will be sharing her journey of healing to triumph, from her darkest point on a personal level, which ultimately led her to rediscover who she was and what she was truly capable of. Her story is inspiring and should help others to recognize their own amazing inner strength and to follow their passions without fear and to always have hope.

Following her story, Tracie will also share her knowledge of styling and image with a women’s work wear fashion show. She will be showing the latest fashions and jewellery on mom entrepreneur models. Learn how to dress for your shape, what essentials you should have in your closet and how to dress for success!

Meghan founded The Kirwin Group over seven years ago based on her drive to implement positive change in client organizations. With over a decade of senior HR and leadership experience, Meghan blends experience, best practice and business understanding to build innovative solutions for clients that drive performance. She has extensive experience working with leaders as a trainer, group facilitator, project leader, and coach. Her depth of expertise provides a valuable and innovative approach to many organizational issues. She has consulted in a wide range of industries for organizations such as University of Guelph, Siemens, Parmalat, JAN Kelley Marketing, Pioneer, Atlantis, Chorus Entertainment, Parmalat, Siemens, Starbucks, Genuine Health, and Cervelo.

Meghan completed her Masters of Business Administration program specializing in the areas of Management and Organizational Behaviour at Wilfrid Laurier University.

 Overview of Session:“The power of vision is extraordinary. It transforms the way we look at the world.  It can take us from flapping in the middle of the flock to soaring to heights we never dreamed of. But we have to be willing to trust it, to come out to our edge. Do you have a vision for yourself? A vision that you can put into six words.  That every morning when you say those words you’d say: “Yes! That’s why you’re doing whatever it is you’re doing.”- Dewitt Jones, Celebrate What’s Right with the World

What began as a small mothers group run by one mom has flourished under tender loving care by local women to make momstown the supportive, organized ‘neighbourhood’ it is today. Founded in August 2007 by moms from Burlington, Ontario, momstown.ca has now found a niche within many communities by providing moms with consistent activities and daily encouragement. momstown uses the internet to connect but our goal is to get moms off the computer and out of the house!

A few words from Ann-Marie, the “mama of momstown".. Who knew becoming a mother would be such a transforming experience? Before having a child, I was focused on my career in the consumer packaged goods industry. But after having our first child, Lauren, in 2005, I became transfixed by her and suddenly work didn’t seem as significant. We were living in Toronto and I quickly met some local new moms who were critically important to me in that first year as a mother. When Lauren was about 9 months old we made a couple tricky decisions – first, I would stay home with our daughter and secondly, that we would have to leave our beloved city neighbourhood to afford a house we could grow into. We settled on suburban Burlington and arrived just weeks before Lauren turned one. I found the transition of moving, officially resigning, and being home alone with a child desperately lonely. But - cue the angelic horns - I meet Christi and was inspired! Hooray! With the help from other local moms, motherhood has been dandy ever since.

In November 2007, we welcomed Andrew into the family and I am so grateful to the moms in momstown for their guidance and wisdom as I made the transition to 'mom of 2'! Recently baby Megan (2010) has completed our family and added to the joy and chaos! 

I continue to feel very passionate that every mother should feel supported, encouraged and empowered in her choice to mother. momstown brings this vision to life and I’m thrilled to be a part of its continued development.