Haze Schepmyer is a Life-Event Transition Consultant committed to supporting individuals who want to move from surviving to thriving on their journey through life events.  

After the unexpected and unnerving loss of her dream job in 2019, Haze took stock of her lived experiences then launched Grow My GRIT to facilitate powerful, unconventional conversations about navigating life events with renewed passion and purpose. Since taking her career into her own hands, Haze has used this platform to elevate the importance of reframing our thoughts when it’s time to make a major transition.  Specifically, she promotes shifting our thoughts to the unique strengths and resources we reliably bring to challenging situations. With these important conversations in mind, Haze pioneered the GRIT Growth Guide© which highlights opportunities for people to know, grow and show their GRIT personally as well as professionally. Haze’s GRIT framework has been used by GRITizens across ages and stages who are searching for meaningful, measurable ways that they can thrive on the other side of transitions.  

Ms Schepmyer’s awards and achievements include:   

• UTM inaugural Top Alumni Award recognizing 40 most outstanding alumni (2007) 
• U of T Arbor Award for outstanding voluntary service to the university community (2005) 
• Mayor of Mississauga’s Outstanding Youth Award (2000) 
• UTM Valedictorian, Class of 2000 
• UTM Outstanding Volunteer of the Year (2000)