Speaking from experience…with humour, heart & hard won insight.
I’m a speaker for events and podcasts exploring women, business, and the sparky-brained experience
With two decades of business mentoring experience, a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis, and a genuine obsession with why capable women stay stuck in perpetual potential, I speak from lived wisdom and grounded humour.
My particular sweet spot is the intersection of ADHD, self-worth, and business performance. It's a conversation that's been missing from most stages and podcast feeds, and audiences respond to it with that unmistakeable mix of relief and recognition: finally, someone is naming what I’ve always felt…
I bring warmth, practical insight, and emotional intelligence to every stage and session, creating space where people feel genuinely seen, understood, and ready to take aligned action.
You may have heard me on…
ADHD for Smart Ass Women (USA) - with Tracey Otsuka
The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast (UK) - with Kate Moryoussef
ADHDifference (NZ) - with Julie Legg
True Power Podcast (Australia) — with Cassandra Goodman
Signature Speaking Topics
Here’s a taste of the conversations I love to lead - insightful, practical, and always tailored to the room.
Topic 1: Praise is Teflon, Criticism is Velcro The self-worth wound at the heart of ADHD businesswomen
Why do so many high-achieving women with ADHD struggle to believe in themselves, even when the evidence says they should? This talk unpacks the neuroscience behind why positive feedback fails to land, how the inner critic steps in to fill the gap, and what it means for the way women build (and sometimes sabotage) their businesses.
Candid, deeply resonant, and always met with a collective exhale of recognition.
Perfect for: ADHD events and communities, women in business audiences, podcast conversations on self-worth, confidence, or neurodivergence.
Topic 2: It's Not a Discipline Problem. It's a Design Problem. Designing a business that works with sparky brains.
Most business advice was written for a neurotypical brain. For women with ADHD, or those who suspect they might be wired differently, following that advice can create a cycle of effort, exhaustion, and self-blame. This talk reframes the struggle as a structural mismatch, not a personal failing, and offers a practical framework for building a business that plays to the genuine strengths of a fast-moving, pattern-seeing, deeply creative brain.
Perfect for: Entrepreneurship events, neurodiversity-focused conferences, women's business communities, and podcast conversations on ADHD in business.
ADDITIONAL TOPICS
I also speak and present on:
Your Next Chapter: Moving from perpetual potential to elevated impact
Strategy Meets Self-Leadership: Why we need both
Reimagining Success: When bigger isn't always better
All sessions are tailored to the room, the audience, and the conversation you want to create, are available in person or virtually, and can also be extended into workshops.
Why book me?
A perspective that's genuinely rare: The intersection of ADHD, self-worth, and business performance, informed by two decades of mentoring, positive psychology and coaching studies, and lived experience of late-diagnosis neurodivergence.
Clarity and confidence: Audiences leave with something to think about and something to do - not just inspiration, but traction.
Warmth and connection: I speak with your audience, not at them.
Practical empowerment: Tools they can actually use - because insight without implementation is just an interesting conversation. NIce to have, but not memorable.