Penny Williams
Retreat Co-Founder & Coordinator. Parenting Mentor. Award-Winning Author.
Penny was thrust into the all-consuming world of parenting a special needs child when her son, then six, was diagnosed with ADHD in the Fall of 2008. Through the years since, they have discovered additional diagnoses including Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), Dysgraphia, Written Expression Disorder, significant Executive Functioning delays, and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Penny currently writes for ADDitude Magazine, the #1 national publication dedicated to ADHD, and other various parenting and special needs publications.
Penny is the award-winning author of four books on ADHD — Boy Without Instructions, and What to Expect When Parenting Children with ADHD, The Insider’s Guide to ADHD, and The Hidden Layers of ADHD. She’s also a parent trainer, teaching online courses and offering parent coaching for those raising kids with ADHD and/or autism.
She is currently the sole facilitator of the Happy Mama Retreat.
OUR HISTORY
2018 Retreat
May 4-6, 2018
Montreat Assembly
Montreat, NC
2017 Retreat
May 5-7, 2017
Lutheridge
Asheville, NC
2016 Retreat
May 2016
Lutheridge
Asheville, NC
2015 Retreat
May 22-24, 2015
Lutheridge
Asheville, NC
2014 Happy Mama Retreat
July 25-27, 2014
Washington Duke Inn
Duke University campus in Durham, NC
2013 Happy Mama Retreat
Embassy Suites Brier Creek
Raleigh, North Carolina
July 12-14, 2013
Adrienne Bashista, Amy Coffey, and Penny Williams decided to start a retreat for mamas of kids with invisible special needs.
2012 Happy Mama Retreat
Rock Barn Golf & Spa
Conover, North Carolina
July 28-29, 2012