Keynote speaker Rev. Dr. Michelle Wadleigh is a spiritual firestarter, a master teacher of metaphysics, and the founder of Planned Happiness Institute. With over two decades of experience as an ordained minister in Centers for Spiritual Living, she's been lighting up stages, classrooms, and hearts with her blend of fierce love, radical truth-telling, and deep spiritual wisdom.

She is an award-winning author, speaker, coach, retreat maven and modern mystic whose work blends spiritual psychology, shadow integration, and bold personal transformation. She writes for people who are ready to stop suffering, know the truth about their lives and claim their spiritual authority. With warmth, humor, and fierce love, she guides readers on a path toward emotional freedom and unshakable authenticity. Her books Shadow Work, A Spiritual Path to Healing and Integration, and Forgiveness, A Workbook for Emotional and Spiritual Freedom introduce a fresh way to look at personal development, her newest book Dance Like Nobody’s Watching, which is focused on authenticity comes out in June of 2026.