Roma Norriss: Speaker Profile
"I left buzzing with all the words and love and wisdom."
“addressed parenting in a way that I have never witnessed before."
"a fantastic speaker and doing so much good for everyone.”
"first time I have ever considered how parenting will in turn impact the world."
Active since 2003 as a mother of two, parenting expert and activist, facilitator and Hand-in-Hand Parenting Instructor: Roma is lit up by listening, connection, intimacy and community. Her perspective is influenced by teacher Binnie Dansby, who fostered an appreciation of birth as our earliest imprint, from where all our patterns stem. Roma is a refreshingly human, forgiving and warm facilitator.
In this interview with Cary Grant here’s Roma's personal story.
As well as running courses and workshops online and in the UK, Roma holds retreats on parenting, birth, listening, intimacy and creativity.
She consults internationally, including for for the acclaimed Arrigo Programme, on parenting issues, birth preparation or resolution, and the impact of early trauma.
Roma is an accomplished speaker experienced on TV, Radio, webinars, conferences, panels and podcasts. She's a regular expert on GBNews, Newsweek and Juno Magazine amongst others.
Events
The Embodiment Conference: annual presenter
A regular guest speaker since 2018, Roma has presented talks on various topics including Raising Embodied and Emotionally Sound Kids.
Cheese & Grain: speaker
Roma hosts a teen talk and Q&A for parents on 'Holding On and Letting Go - why they fight us and how to survive'.
With renowned teen coach Henry Dingle.
Apart of Me: panel speaker
Roma, with the brilliant Graham Music, Ivor Williams & author Louis Weinstock, discusses how better services can help children Bear the Unbearable. London fundraiser 2023.
Intentional Parenting: panel speaker
Featuring on a global online guest panel with Filza Jabin and Wendi Mckenna, Roma shares insights on building connection, communication, and family trust.
Podcasts
Should Smacking Be Banned?
Mother-of-ten Danusia Malina-Derben puts Roma and two other parenting experts through their paces. Top 2%
Why We Need to Listen to Children and Ourselves
The impact of parenting on global consciousness and the essential importance of listening, with David Newell.
Birthing and Raising a Better World
Amisha Ghadiali asks: "How can changing the way that we approach parenting create a brighter future for all of us?"
Birth, Breasts & Embodied Parenting
"How to raise children who aren't disembodied. Roma educates Mark Walsh about a thing or two." 2M+ downloads
Festivals
Starry Skies
Why kids push our buttons and how to respond
Raising emotionally healthy children
Medicine
Parenting for global change in our world
Recovering your kids from hard times
Buddhafield
The neuroscience of arguments: with Alice Irving
Finding the jewel in kids tantrums
Wilderness
How to talk to your children about sex
Never too late to have a happy childhood
Example Topics
Parenting
- Understanding children’s emotions
- Rewards, punishment and how connection builds intelligence
- Making it count: strategies to stay connected under pressure
- Playful parenting: bringing joy and ease into your home
- Parenting as emotional work: what do parents really need?
- Therapeutic parenting techniques for trauma recovery
- Becoming a parent as a trigger for Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Parenting as a fast track intervention towards global happiness, peace and sustainability
- The twin trail of parenting activism: how starting with our own story makes for a brighter society
Education
- How feelings override thinking: connection-based practices to maximise learning
- Listening Partnerships for educators: a stress reduction intervention
- The connection-based classroom: an alternative to behaviourist strategies
- An emotionally-intelligent approach to bullying and conflict
- Emotional intelligence: emotional release as a somatic trauma solution
- The longing epidemic that drives our addictions
- Narcissism: a personal and compassionate perspective
- An indigenous solution to addiction / narcissism / disembodiment
Relationships
- Love Hacks for couples
- The Neuroscience of Arguments
- The impact of trauma in relationships
- Connection based practices for business: using the neuroscience of feelings to get ahead in the workplace
- Building co-operative teams through connection
- Vulnerable leadership for a new business paradigm
- Listening to transform conflict
- Setting non-confrontational limits that bring understanding
Birth
- The impact of birth and parenting on life
- Birth, breastfeeding and parenting wires society for connection, community and sustainability
- Freebirth: why women seek the ultimate autonomy
- Ritual in the childbearing year
Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding wires society for connection
- Breastfeeding, immunity and the microbiome
- Breastfeeding our way back home; the impact of infant feeding on global consciousness
