Motivational Speaker & Author
An experienced and inspiring speaker with a dramatic story and important message to share with your audience or organization
Empowering Women
Susan Omilian, author of Entering the Thriver Zone: A Seven-Step Guide to Thriving After Abuse is an experienced and inspiring speaker with a unique motivational model to share and a dramatic story to tell. She is available to speak on a variety of topics relating to the empowerment of women after they have experienced abuse and she offers various types of presentations to suit the needs of your organization.
Unique Motivational Model
Susan’s unique Thriver Zone Motivational Model™ has helped hundreds of women uncover their hidden talents, find the focus of their creative potential and transform their lives in positive, productive ways. Described as “life-changing,” Susan’s work has been acclaimed as “providing a component for women that has been virtually overlooked.”
An Experienced & Inspirational Speaker
Susan can be a keynote speaker at a conference, fundraiser or meeting, a workshop presenter at a seminar or conference, a trainer for an in-service training, or a panel discussion participant. Susan can also speak at an annual meeting of a professional organization (e.g., attorneys, doctors, nurses) or a women’s group.
Also consider Susan for a special event — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Susan is a particular effective speaker on dating violence issues at:
- Schools or college campuses
- Parent groups or parent/teacher organizations
- Professional gatherings of social workers, counselors, trauma clinicians, nurses and other healthcare providers.
Susan is a frequent trainer and speaker for those working with programs serving victims of crime. She has successfully helped board members, staff and volunteers of domestic violence and sexual assault crisis services programs incorporate her ideas of moving women on to thriving after abuse into their on-going programs, policies and practices.
Praise for Susan's Work
Presentation Topics
Education & Motivation
Susan Omilian helps educate her audience on a variety of topics from her own unique perspective. For the past forty years, she has advocated to end violence against women as an attorney and published author, working not only with victims of crime but also with male perpetrators.
As a survivor of a domestic violence homicide and author of several books including Entering the Thriver Zone: A Seven-Step Guide to Thriving After Abuse, Susan’s mission is to motivate others to see that anyone can be a victim of abuse and learn how to protect themselves and their loved ones. As a recognized national expert on the empowerment of women after abuse and trauma, she wants people to understand that they can live productive, happy lives after being subjected to domestic violence, sexual assault and other violent assaults. With extensive background, experience and a sense of purpose, Susan can speak on several topics, or you can suggest a topic for a particular audience.
Victim to Survivor to Thriver: Living Beyond Abuse
When Susan’s nineteen-year-old niece was killed in 1999, a victim of dating violence, Susan transformed the tragedy into a unique opportunity to help others move beyond abuse and violence in their lives. Susan now empowers survivors with the motivational guidance contained in her books including Entering the Thriver Zone: A Seven-Step Guide to Thriving After Abuse and Staying in the Thriver Zone: A Road Map to Manifest a Life of Power and Purpose developed in her My Avenging Angel Workshops.TM Her work, described as “life changing,” has helped hundreds of women transform their lives and discover that “living well is the best revenge.” Be inspired by and inspire others with Susan’s award-winning, innovative work and motivational model for the journey from victim to survivor to thriver!
Maggie's story
Maggie was a smart, strong-willed young woman who knew how to take care of herself. How could she become a victim of dating violence? In telling the story of Maggie, her nineteen-year-old niece killed in 1999 by her ex-boyfriend, Susan explodes the myths about dating violence and reviews the warning signs. Her talk can help women and men alike see Maggie’s tragic death as a cautionary tale, but also a catalyst for the action needed to address dating violence in our society.
Appropriate for students (from middle school to college), parent groups, general public.
