Kim Penny
Focus on the hope that lies ahead
Topic Categories:
- Author of the book Mountain View
- Survivor
- Motivator
- Former Division 1 College Athlete
- Wife and mother to twin daughters
- National 30 Under 30 Recognition – Realtor Magazine
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Kim Penny grew up in Lawrence, Kansas and attended the University of Nebraska on an athletic scholarship. Kim and her husband Jon moved to Durango, Colorado in 2002 to enjoy skiing, mountain biking and exploring as young active newlyweds, when only a year into their marriage, she hit a tree snow tubing backcountry in the Colorado San Juan Mountains. Once Search and Rescue snowmobiled her to safety, she was Life-Flighted to a Level 1 trauma hospital where she began her long journey of healing.
Kim has spent her professional life working in the Finance and Real Estate Industries, but after watching close friends and family mourn the loss of loved ones, she felt convicted to walk away from her career and share her own personal story of overcoming heartache and trauma with the goal of encouraging, even one other person, to focus on the hope that lies ahead and not on their temporary brokenness. She published her book Mountain View in July 2017.
When Kim is not speaking, you can find her playing in the mountains with her twin daughters.
Topics include:
- Suicide Prevention
- Overcoming Obstacles (teenagers, youth events, young adult, women’s events)
Take-Aways:
– Feeling empowered that they are not alone
-You can conquer challenges you never thought you could conquer
-Feeling empowered to overcome your greatest fears
-Confidence that your pain doesn’t define who you are
-Developed perspective of compassion towards others
-Permission to forgive yourself from past mistakes
-Encouragement to allow people to walk beside you in your despair
-Hope and encouragement in your ability to heal physically, emotionally and spiritually from tragedy
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