Keynotes & Workshops
Talks that wake a room up — and send it home changed.
Amanda speaks to high achievers and the organizations that depend on them, delivering a message that is candid, research-backed, and unexpectedly practical. Her two signature keynotes and her interactive workshops are all designed to cement one core idea: you can achieve great things without burning yourself out.
The signature keynotes
Keynote 01
Rest is a Revolution
For audiences running on fumes: a bold, energizing case for rest as the most radical act a high achiever can take.
Drawing on reporting from her Carter Center mental health fellowship and her book The Rest Revolution, Amanda names the burnout cycle out loud — overworking on autopilot, back-burnering what matters, repeatedly skipping winter, the breaking point — and shows the room how recalibration actually happens.
Rest is revelatory. It reveals endings, opportunities, and what can no longer be ignored.
WHAT WE COVER
- The patterns of modern high achievers and how exhaustion became the price of admission
- The burnout cycle, in five unmistakable stages
- Chronic self-betrayal and how overriding your needs becomes normal
- Becoming a student of yourself to reclaim your sources of energy
- Stillness as muscle memory, boundaries, and joy as fuel
- A buffet of 60-second emergency rest practices, plus a live soundbath to seal the restorative concepts of the session
Keynote 02
Known For Something New
For accomplished people ready for a reinvention: how to become known for what you actually want to do next.
Built on the PURPOSESCAPING framework, this keynote takes a room from private clarity to public positioning — fast. Attendees leave with language for the new direction and a plan for making it visible.
Every attendee leaves with the One Page Branding Plan started, not just bookmarked.
WHAT WE COVER
- Why becoming known for something new is now required — honesty, adaptation, inner wisdom
- Clarity: internal clues, external clues, and the magic intersection
- A vision of your ideal day, week, month, and year
- The four priority areas and how to identify your seasonal priority
- The messaging formula: audience, problem, skills, results, ultimate outcome
- Positioning and broadcasting: big ideas, format, and a realistic rhythm to get out there
Interactive workshops
Shorter, hands-on sessions that pair well with a keynote or stand on their own.
01
PURPOSESCAPING
Escape machine mindset and restore the depleted soil of your purpose by learning your personal seasons.
02
Write Your Peace
Journaling as an accessible mindfulness tool and lifelong stillness practice for self-discovery and clarity of purpose.
03
Front-burnering
Clarify the energy-generating skills, hobbies, and relationships you've been back-burnering — and plan to prioritize them.
Tell me about your audience and your date.
I’ll come back with a format built for the state your people will arrive in — keynote, workshop, or a restorative activation.