Words can move rooms long before they move systems.
As a speaker, I explore the stories that shape our culture, influence decision-making, and determine whose voices are heard. Through conversations about gender, power, domestic abuse, lived experience, and social change, I challenge audiences to think differently about the narratives we accept and the futures we create.
Because the stories we tell don’t just reflect the world around us. They help shape what becomes possible within it.
Speaking, for me, isn’t performance. It’s an extension of the work I do every day through storytelling, advocacy, and lived experience engagement.
I speak about the narratives that shape how we understand gender, power, domestic abuse, identity, and social change. Drawing on professional experience, survivor-informed practice, and a deep understanding of storytelling, I help audiences explore not only what is happening, but why it matters.
Whether addressing a conference, facilitating a workshop, or contributing to a panel discussion, my aim is always the same: to create conversations that inform, challenge, and inspire action.
Ideal settings include:
These talks have been fully developed with slides, supporting materials, and companion workbooks already in place. Designed to be delivered with minimal adaptation, they offer a polished experience without the cost of a fully bespoke keynote. Every signature talk includes a complimentary digital workbook, with printed editions available separately for those who prefer a physical copy.
Category: Storytelling & Representation
Stories are never just stories. They shape culture, influence systems and determine whose voices are heard. This keynote explores how narratives become norms, assumptions become structures, and what becomes possible when we start questioning the stories we’ve mistaken for common sense.
✓ Signature slides
✓ Complimentary digital workbook
✓ Optional Q&A
✓ Workshop version available
Category: Advocacy & Social Change
Change begins when people are heard. This keynote explores the power of lived experience, the importance of survivor voice, and what becomes possible when those most affected by an issue are included in shaping the solutions.
✓ Signature slides
✓ Complimentary digital workbook
✓ Optional Q&A
✓ Workshop version available
Category: Gender, Power & Culture
From the moment we are born, the world begins telling us who to be. This keynote explores the expectations placed on women and what becomes possible when we stop performing and start becoming.
✓ Signature slides
✓ Complimentary digital workbook
✓ Optional Q&A
✓ Workshop version available
Category: The World We Are Building
The future is not something that happens to us. It is something we create. This keynote explores the relationship between technology, humanity and empathy, and what becomes possible when innovation is shaped by people as much as progress.
✓ Signature slides
✓ Complimentary digital workbook
✓ Optional Q&A
✓ Workshop version available
Looking for something more tailored? These themes can be developed into bespoke talks, workshops, and facilitated conversations designed around your audience and objectives.
Who Gets to Tell the Story?
The Power of Storytelling in Social Change
Story Stewardship: Telling Stories Without Taking Them
The Language of Empowerment
Breaking the Bias Unapologetically
The Cost of Being Likeable
Dismantling Patriarchal Narratives
Empowering Women to Live Authentically
Unmasking Coercive Control
Challenging Victim-Blaming Culture
The Digital Battlefield: Technology and Abuse
Co-Production & Survivor-Led Change
Rest as Rebellion
Why Paying Attention Feels So Exhausting
Raising Humans, Not Stereotypess
When results matter more than relationships
Whether you’re looking for a signature keynote or a bespoke session, every talk is designed to challenge assumptions, broaden perspective, and leave audiences thinking long after the event has ended.
If the PenWarrior feels like the right fit for your audience, I’d love to hear more about your event.
