This keynote blends a powerful personal story with urgent workplace lessons. As an immigrant daughter who grew from selective mutism to keynote speaking at 50, I share how resilience, authenticity, and reinvention transform both lives and organizations. Drawing on science-backed happiness strategies and lived experience, this talk challenges stigma around women’s mental health and menopause, reframes adversity as fuel for leadership, and shows how quiet voices can shape stronger, more empathetic workplaces.

Keynote Learning Objectives
Reframe Adversity as a Leadership Asset
Attendees will learn how to transform personal and professional challenges—including stigma around mental health, menopause, and career reinvention—into fuel for resilience, authenticity, and stronger leadership in uncertain times.

Apply Science-Backed Strategies for Wellbeing and Performance
Attendees will discover practical, research-based happiness and resilience strategies they can immediately apply to reduce burnout, strengthen team dynamics, and sustain energy during rapid industry transformation.

Harness the Power of “Quiet Voices” in a Changing Profession
Attendees will explore how amplifying diverse, often-overlooked perspectives (immigrants, women, introverts, those navigating life transitions) can foster more empathetic, innovative, and future-ready workplaces in the accounting profession.

20 minutes to an hour

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