Give your teens & young adults hope, healing, and a path to lasting love.
Joey helps teenagers and young adults face pain, heal from family brokenness, and build healthy, lasting relationships – in a way that’s faithful to the Church and keeps the room fully engaged.
Teens and young adults consistently rate Joey as their favorite speaker
Trusted by dioceses, campuses, and parishes across the U.S. and abroad
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“I recommend Restored’s podcast as well as their other resources to help individuals break the cycle of brokenness and build authentic love.”
Jason Evert
“As a young man, I had no resources to help me through the devastating impact of my parents’ divorce. I highly recommend Restored to teen and adult children of divorce or dysfunction.”
Dr. Bob Schuchts
Talks that speak to their deepest hurts and hopes
Event leaders bring Joey in when they want more than “another talk.” They want teens and young adults to feel seen in their pain, get practical help, and walk away with real hope and next steps.
Better, Not Bitter
How to transform pain into strength
For event leaders: Use this talk when your teens and young adults are carrying a lot of hurt and you want them to see suffering in a new, hopeful light.
Most young people who reject God do so because of pain and suffering in their lives. Often, they cope with their pain in unhealthy, sinful ways that cause even more harm. In this talk, Joey shares stories and lessons on how to heroically deal with pain like the saints did, so young people can use suffering as a catalyst for growth instead of being crushed by it.
Length: 45 minute keynote or breakout + Optional Q&A
Audience: Teenagers & young adults
Love That Lasts
7 Tips to Build Healthy Relationships and a Divorce-Proof Marriage
For event leaders: Use this when you want a packed room, tons of Q&A, and young people saying, “No one has ever explained relationships and marriage like that before.”
Young people desire love that lasts, but fear repeating the broken marriages around them. As a result, many abandon love altogether. In this talk based on the Church’s wisdom, marriage research, and time‑tested couples, Joey shares 7 tips to equip young people so they can build healthy relationships and a divorce‑proof marriage.
Length: 45 minute keynote or breakout + Optional Q&A
Audience: Teenagers & young adults
Helping the Hurting
How to Bring Healing and Hope to Someone from a Divorced or Broken Family
For event leaders: Use this talk to equip the adults who walk with hurting young people so they stop feeling helpless and start feeling confident.
For many teens and young adults, the most traumatic experience in their lives is their parents’ separation or divorce. Sadly, few know how to properly help them. In this talk, Joey offers practical ways to walk with young people from broken families so they feel seen, supported, and hopeful again.
Length: 45 minute keynote or breakout + Optional Q&A
Audience: Anyone who loves or leads young people from divorced and broken families (parents, relatives, friends, significant others, teachers, coaches, pastors, etc)
How to Break the Cycle of Your Broken Family
For event leaders: Use this when you know many in the room come from divorce or dysfunction and you want them to leave believing, “My story can be different.”
Millions of young people have silently suffered from their parents’ divorce or broken marriage. They feel alone and struggle with hidden wounds, emotional problems, broken relationships, and destructive habits. Most of all, they fear repeating their parents’ story. In this talk, Joey shares the two keys to breaking that cycle and actionable tips to build healthy relationships.
Length: 45 minute keynote or breakout + Optional Q&A
Audience: Teenagers & young adults
What leaders and students are saying
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“It was so engaging that during the entire 45‑minute talk, my attention didn’t drift once.”
— Teenager
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“My middle school students (13 and 14 year olds) loved the talk so much that they gave Joey a standing ovation at the end!”
— Youth Leader
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“I went to a friend’s house this weekend for a girls’ game night. The girl I sat next to just got married within the last 7 months – she said she watched your marriage talk 3x because she thought it was so helpful!”
— Young Adult
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“I’ve heard countless talks. This might’ve been the best yet.”
— College Student
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“The high school students asked deep, engaging questions during Q&A for 20 minutes. They haven’t engaged like that all summer!”
—Youth Minister
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“Phenomenal talk! We already want you to come back!”
—Event Leader
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“Joey’s talk was the best talk my girls have heard in 3 years of coming to this retreat.”
—Mom of high school students
About Joey
Joey Pontarelli is an author, speaker, and podcast host whose online content has helped hundreds of thousands worldwide. He has spoken across the U.S. and internationally, including at SEEK, Franciscan University, and more.
He’s been a guest on EWTN’s TV and radio shows, Relevant Radio’s The Drew Mariani Show, Dr. Bob Schuchts’s Restore the Glory podcast, and Jason Evert’s Lust is Boring podcast. Joey’s book, It’s Not Your Fault, has helped thousands of readers.
In addition to speaking, Joey founded Restored, where he mentors teens and young adults to heal their wounds and build virtue, so they can build strong, healthy relationships. A graduate of Franciscan University and Benedictine College, Joey lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Brigid, and their kids.
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