what people are saying
Dr. Miriam’s Testimonials
From in-person keynotes to virtual workshops, Dr. Miriam Kirmayer inspires connection with research-backed strategies and a healthy dose of humor and humanity. Don’t just take our word for it— see what others are saying.
Elizabeth Weiner, 2023
“You would be hard pressed to find a speaker who delivers her subject matter with more warmth and authenticity than Miriam. She is truly an expert on friendship who engages her audience with fascinating insights about maintaining the connections that nourish us and making the often difficult decision to sever the ones that no longer serve us. It’s been two weeks since we had the privilege of having her speak at our event, and we are still getting feedback about how incredible and impactful Miriam’s talk was. We are so looking forward to having her back for a “part two”!”
Elizabeth Weiner
Co-Chair, Jewish General Hospital - The Auxiliary Fundraiser
Sidra Rubin, 2023
“I came across Miriam online and was instantly captivated by her subject matter, content and information. We hired her for a women’s fundraising event recently and she gave the most incredible talk. She was warm, relatable and most importantly, full of snippets of key points about friendship that we have all thought about at one point or another. Read her material, listen to her podcasts and go listen to her speak if you can, you won’t regret it!”
Sidra Rubin
Co-Chair, Jewish General Hospital - The Auxiliary Fundraiser
Iva Kubickova, 2023
“Miriam's appearance attracted an impressive sign-up to the event, which was sold out almost immediately after it was released. Thanks to Miriam, the evening was a resounding triumph with fantastic feedback from all participants that laid the foundation for many great relationships. Thank you for a truly remarkable and impactful event! We are grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with someone who brings a creative flair that adds that extra touch of magic."
Iva Kubickova
Global Director, Membership & Marketing | WNORTH
Meredith Sedgwick, 2023
“Dr. Miriam gave a wonderful speaking session and Q&A at a brand event for one of our clients. She did an excellent job and made sure to engage the group throughout her time with us, even as far as staying after her session to continue conversations. She was receptive to feedback, open to collaboration, and was communicative throughout the entire process. We received nothing but positive notes from those in attendance and from our client.”
Meredith Sedgwick
Senior Account Manager, Citizen Relations
Setareh Ziai, 2023
“We were so thrilled to have Dr. Miriam Kirmayer as a closing keynote speaker at our annual conference. Her presentation left our audience with many takeaways both personally and professionally. Dr. Miriam Kirmayer did an excellent job of getting us thinking about the many benefits of meaningful support, how we should think about the importance of reception and not just delivery, the various support roles we naturally take on, and much, much more. She also tailored many examples, questions, and stories to our audience of women physicians specifically, which made it that much more impactful.”
Setareh Ziai MD, FRCSC
Co-Founder & Past-President, Canadian Women in Medicine
Meg Wallace, 2023
“Dr. Miriam Kirmayer moderated an innovations-focused panel exploring burgeoning solutions to the crisis of social isolation and loneliness at our organization’s annual conference in 2022. Miriam was the perfect moderator for this session as she was thoughtful, prepared, intentional, and respectful throughout the lively discussion, and guided the session and the panelists with ease. As such, it was one of the most highly attended sessions of our 3-day event. We are so grateful to have had her expertise and look forward to opportunities to work with her again in the future!”
Meg Wallace
Manager, Foundation for Social Connection & Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness
Attendee, 2023
“Excellent, thought-provoking and engaging, high caliber. Practical wisdom that can be applied at work or in personal life.”
Attendee
Canadian Innovation Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace, Government of Canada
Attendee, 2023
“Absolutely outstanding! I already mentioned how useful and refreshing this session was to my team. I adored Dr. Kirmayer's approach, she has so much knowledge and tips and tricks that she shared with us that are genuinely applicable (such as the rituals you can bring to team meetings to build connection). This is going to be the first presentation that I am going to re-watch. Thank you so much for bringing such an expert to our workplace, I would love for her to come back, and even better, do workshops with her.”