Kimberly Hodous

Kim Hodous is a motivational speaker, bestselling author, award-winning entrepreneur, and spiritual mentor who knows a thing or two about joy - and loss.

For over 15 years, she traveled the country as The Happiness Speaker, lighting up stages with high-energy keynotes on success, resilience, and finding joy in the chaos. She also built a 7-figure business from her kitchen table, proving that you don’t need an MBA or a corner office to play big.

Then life called her even deeper.

After losing two of her five children - her daughter Chelsea to cancer and her son Rob to an accidental overdose - Kim’s world cracked open. But what emerged was not despair. It was a doorway. In her most recent book, Beyond Grief, she shares the astonishing and often humorous conversations she began having with her son from the other side - offering a new perspective on love, connection, and what it really means to live.

Whether she’s teaching practical habits for outrageous success or guiding grieving mothers back to joy, Kim’s message is this: Love never dies. Happiness is a habit. And there’s nothing love and a little gratitude can’t overcome.