Words. Stories. Change.

I speak on leadership, communication, transition, voice, advocacy, and the human side of change through keynotes, workshops, panels, and facilitated conversations.

My work draws from decades of experience in executive communication, storytelling, teaching, leadership advisory, and women’s lived experience - emphasizing the fundamental need to communicate with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

Available for conferences, leadership programs, universities, healthcare organizations, professional associations, and corporate events.

Featured Talks

If the Shoe Fits

What we know looking back often reveals what we couldn’t see moving forward. In this keynote, Anne shares personal stories of rising, falling, and becoming - and the leadership lessons hidden in hindsight. Grounded in authenticity and delivered with warmth and humor, this session reminds women that the path to influence, voice, and community is rarely a straight line. And that’s exactly the point.

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize that setbacks, pivots, and unexpected detours are not detours at all. They are the leadership journey, and reframing them builds resilience and self-awareness.

  • Identify how authentic storytelling builds influence, connection, and community, and how your own story is a leadership asset worth sharing.

  • Reflect on where hindsight is currently informing your leadership, and leave with a personal insight you can act on immediately.

Permission to Pause: Navigating Life’s Transitions

At every stage of life, women face moments that demand a choice: keep running or stop and recalibrate. This keynote makes the case for pressing pause: intentionally, unapologetically, and on your own terms. Through personal storytelling and shared wisdom, Anne explores what it means to take ownership of life’s transitions, reconnect with your purpose, and build a clear vision for what comes next, at any age.

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize the signs that a press pause moment is needed, and give yourself permission to stop, take inventory, and redefine what success looks like at this stage of your life.

  • Use a practical framework for navigating transitions: clarifying your passions, purpose, and priorities to move forward with intention rather than reaction.

  • Understand that transition is not a detour. Instead, it is a path, and other women’s stories of pivoting, risking, and becoming are both a mirror and a map.

Using Your Voice: Communicating with Clarity, Confidence, and Influence

Your voice is one of your most powerful leadership tools, yet many women hold back, unsure how to communicate with authority without losing authenticity. This interactive session explores the fundamentals of compelling communication: how to be heard, build presence, and influence decisions. Participants leave with practical strategies to communicate more clearly and confidently in meetings, with leadership, and in moments of conflict.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand how voice, tone, body language, word choice, and silence function as adaptive communication strategies, not fixed personality traits.

  • Gain insight into common communication patterns women develop to navigate expectations, bias, conflict, and authority, and how to recognize when those patterns help or hinder.

  • Practical reflective tools to communicate with more intention, clarity, and alignment, regardless of age or experience level.

Pick Up a Pen: The Power of Writing

For General Audiences:

In a world that demands constant forward motion, writing things down is a radical act of self-care. This workshop introduces women to the practice of keeping a personal notebook - not a diary, not a journal, but a flexible, judgment-free space to capture thoughts, reflect on experiences, and notice patterns over time. Drawing on the science of handwriting and the power of self-reflection and self-awareness, participants leave with a practice they can shape entirely on their own terms and start immediately.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the evidence-based benefits of handwriting and self-reflection on stress reduction, emotional process, and mental clarity, and why transferring thoughts from the mind to page is a meaningful act of self-care.

  • Distinguish between a notebook practice and traditional journaling, and design a personal approach that fits your life, including when, where, and how you write, without rules or expectations.

  • Use your notebook as a tool for recognizing patterns, identifying recurring challenges, and clarifying goals, turning reflection into forward motion on your own terms.

Write It Down: A Self-reflection Practice For Healthcare Professionals, Caregivers, and Those Seeking Mental Health & Wellness

We carry a great deal in our heads - other people’s pain, unanswered questions, decisions that don’t leave when the day ends. This workshop is an invitation to put it on paper. A personal notebook isn’t a journal or a diary; it’s a flexible, judgment-free space that belongs entirely to you. Drawing on the science of handwriting and self-reflection, participants leave with a simple, sustainable practice for processing what they carry, and reclaiming space for themselves.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand why expressive writing is especially powerful for those who spend their days holding space for others, and how a notebook practice supports emotional processing, stress reduction, and early awareness of burnout and compassion fatigue.

  • Distinguish a personal notebook from clinical documentation or formal journaling, and design a low-barrier practice that fits a demanding schedule - no rules, no minimums, no guilt.

  • Use your notebook to recognize patterns, what you’ve learned about yourself, and what you want to carry forward and share with others.