Speaking

Speaking

Talks and workshops on the questions I can't leave alone.

I speak about work, money, mental health, leadership, and what it means to be seen. About the choices we make, the assumptions we challenge, and how we navigate change. Blending lived experience with fresh perspectives and practical insights, my talks are designed to spark conversations that stay with you.

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Topics

Topics for keynotes, workshops and panel conversations. Each can be shaped to the room.

01

Reflection · Talk

Capability isn't agency

Being able to do something and being free to do it are different problems. The distance between knowing what makes sense and being able to act on it: the distance between the plan and Tuesday morning — and what teams and organizations might change to make good intentions workable.

Audiences Leadership teams · HR & people leaders · Women's leadership networks

02

Question · Talk

Women, money & choice

What happens to earning capacity when someone needs you? Financial independence involves more than income: knowledge, control, time, and the practical ability to make choices within real relationships — without pretending independence means doing everything alone.

Audiences Women's professional networks · Financial-education programs · Women's employee groups

03

Question · Talk

What business taught me about mental health, and what it didn't

What happens when a mental-health crisis enters ordinary life? A career spent understanding organizations makes me curious about what systems notice, what they miss, and who carries the consequences. A lived-experience perspective, not clinical expertise.

Audiences HR & wellbeing leads · Managers in tech companies · Family & caregiver organizations

04

Talk · Workshop

Understanding anorexia: what the adults around a young person need to see

Anorexia rarely looks the way people expect. A lived-experience talk on what to notice early, what actually helps, and what quietly makes things worse — for the adults around a young person, not a clinical lecture.

Audiences Parents · Educators & school staff · Caregivers · Youth professionals

05

Question

Why visibility feels dangerous

On the strange cost of being seen doing the thing you're good at.

Audiences Women founders & freelancers · Small-business programs · Career-development groups

06

Question

Maybe we don't need more confidence

A suspicion that the problem is usually something else.

Audiences Mid-career women · Accelerators · Leadership-development programs

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Invite me to speak

Some ideas are better explored together. I'm open to conversations, talks, workshops, and collaborations that turn interesting questions into something useful.