Keynotes & Workshops
Burnout & resilience keynote speaker for teams running on fumes.
Amanda Miller Littlejohn is a Washington, D.C.-based keynote speaker, executive coach, author of The Rest Revolution, and Carter Center mental health journalism fellow. She speaks to high achievers and the organizations that depend on them — candid, research-backed, and unexpectedly practical — around one core idea: your people can achieve great things without burning themselves out.
Speaking fees vary by format, audience size, travel, and virtual vs. in person — Amanda shares a fee range and availability within one business day of your inquiry. Booking from Washington, D.C.; available nationally and virtually.
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.
See the full corporate training tracks01
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.
See her on stage
Watch Amanda teach a room
A full session with the National Urban League — the tone, pacing, and practicality your audience can expect from a keynote.
Formats
Built for the room you’re programming.
01
Opening or closing keynote
45–60 minutes for main-stage audiences of 50 to 5,000, in person or virtual. Can close with a live soundbath.
02
Workshop or breakout
60–120 minutes, interactive, capped for discussion. Pairs with a keynote or stands alone.
03
Half-day leadership intensive
For executive teams and leadership offsites: keynote, working session, and a restorative close.
Audiences she speaks to
- Annual conferences and association meetings
- Leadership summits and executive offsites
- Employee wellness and mental health awareness events
- Employee resource groups and women's leadership programs
- Healthcare, government, nonprofit, and corporate teams
What leaders say
Amanda is one of a kind. She served as my executive coach and helped me figure out what kind of leader I wanted to be and gave me the courage to do that authentically. She cares deeply about you and your purpose and holds you accountable to live up to it, while giving you the tools to do so.
Amanda is magic. Plain and simple. She knows how to hear the genius in your message and guide you through clarifying and refining that message for your audience. Working with her is like having a good teacher — you do the work, and you feel it, but you learn so much about how to think and what to consider that you can use later.
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 — plus a fee range and availability.