Free Motivational Topics in Phoenix
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Second Acts: Why Your Most Important Chapter Might Be the One You Haven’t Written Yet
John Wiley, CEPA, CEO, Private Equity Strategist, Navy Veteran, Author, John Franklin Wiley
Request This Free SpeechAfter decades of building, leading, and sometimes losing – what comes next? For many people over 50, the answer feels unclear. The career is winding down. The identity you built around what you did is shifting. And no one’s talking about it honestly. John Franklin Wiley knows that moment. He’s reinvented himself more times than he can count – from the Navy to business, from ministry to private equity, from loss to rebuilding. In this reflective and energizing talk, he shares what he’s learned about purpose, identity, and the surprising freedom that comes when you stop performing and start becoming. MORE >
Your audience will walk away with:
• Why retirement isn’t an ending – it’s a design problem
• Three questions that reveal what your “second act” actually looks like
• The permission you’ve been waiting for (and why you don’t need it)Especially resonant for audiences 50+, retirement communities, active adult groups, and life transition workshops.
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The Art of the Pivot: How to Rebuild When the Plan Falls Apart
John Wiley, CEPA, CEO, Private Equity Strategist, Navy Veteran, Author, John Franklin Wiley
Request This Free SpeechEvery life has a moment where the plan stops working. A career ends. A business fails. A health crisis hits. What separates the people who stay stuck from the ones who rebuild isn’t talent or luck – it’s the willingness to pivot without losing yourself in the process. Drawing from his own experience rebuilding across multiple industries and life stages, John Franklin Wiley delivers a talk that’s equal parts strategy and soul. He shares the pivots that worked, the ones that didn’t, and the quiet internal shifts that made the difference. MORE >
Your audience will walk away with:
• The three stages of every successful pivot (and where most people stall)
• How to distinguish between quitting and strategic retreat
• Why your next chapter doesn’t have to look anything like the last one Practical takeaways for anyone in transition, starting over, or wondering if their best days are behind them. Spoiler: they’re not. -
Streets to Submarines to the C-Suite: What Four Decades of Unlikely Turns Taught Me About Resilience
John Wiley, CEPA, CEO, Private Equity Strategist, Navy Veteran, Author, John Franklin Wiley
Request This Free SpeechBy 15, John Franklin Wiley was on the streets. By 20, he was aboard a nuclear submarine. He went on to become a top income earner, a pastor, a CEO, and the founder of a nonprofit that turned an abandoned hospital into housing for homeless families. MORE >
Along the way, he lost everything more than once and rebuilt every time. This isn't a rags-to-riches motivational speech. It's an honest, sometimes funny, deeply human look at what resilience actually costs and why the most important chapter of your life might be the one you haven't written yet.Your audience will walk away with:
- Why resilience isn't about grit – it's about knowing when to pivot
- The difference between surviving and rebuilding on purpose
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Balancing Life while Caretaking
Melanie Palmer, Author, Educator, Motivational Speaker, Retired AZ. Teacher and Presenter at Rio Salado College RISE Program
Request This Free SpeechGiving oneself and their lives to care for others, shouldn't be a life sentence of endless challenges and pure existence. Melanie having been a caretaker in her career, her own personal life and through her purpose engineered a way to provide caretaking while continuing to live her own adventures and dreams. She provides a step by step process for caretakers whether by profession or in their own personal lives or both a way to balance their lives and fulfill their own personal wants and needs. Her success finding a way to balance life and provide self care is exemplary but her ability to teach this process offers life changing options one baby step at a time. MORE >
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Changing Focus and Perception to Live your Dreams
Melanie Palmer, Author, Educator, Motivational Speaker, Retired AZ. Teacher and Presenter at Rio Salado College RISE Program
Request This Free SpeechMelanie whisks the audience through years of challenges of unbelievable losses through storytelling in an effort to inspire others to be motivated to live their dreams. Through her unimaginable creativity she changes focus and perception which gives her purpose that instills change. Her hope is by telling her stories it will help others to become their best selves to fulfill aspirations and live their best lives. Some believe her stories pole vaults them from just existing in life to truly living their dreams. MORE >
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Get Unstuck!
Dr. Benjamin Benulis, Doctor of Chiropractic, Create Health PLLC
Request This Free SpeechAre you stuck in area of your life? Your heath and fitness? Your career? Your relationship? Often times, we can feel like there is no way out or around our current circumstances and we are STUCK. Dr. Ben shares how often times being stuck in life is actually about being stuck in a perspective around how things are, or how things must be. In this talk he shares practical nuts and bolts tips for getting UNSTUCK and moving on in life. MORE >
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From Grief to Growth: Cultivating Passion and Purpose After Loss
Frankie Kounouho, Master Certified Mindset Coach, Mindful Balance Transformational Coaching
Request This Free SpeechAfter the devastating loss of her four-year-old son, award-winning mindset coach Frankie Kounouho could have chosen to wither away her life in depression and self pity. Instead she chose to rise up from the dark depths of grief, and find herself in a life that is filled with passion and purpose. Frankie will take your audience on a journey exploring transformation from loss, whether it's the passing of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or the shattering of a dream to discovering profound growth healing and renewal. Your audience will walk away feeling uplifted and hopeful, and compassionate about themselves and one another! MORE >
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Mindful Productivity: Harnessing Presence for Peak Performance
Frankie Kounouho, Master Certified Mindset Coach, Mindful Balance Transformational Coaching
Request This Free SpeechIn a world of constant distractions and relentless demands on our attention, the pursuit of productivity often feels like an uphill battle. However, amidst the chaos, there exists a powerful tool that can revolutionize the way we work and live: mindfulness. MORE >
In this enlightening speech, Mindset Coach Frankie will explore the transformative potential of mindfulness in enhancing productivity and effectiveness. By cultivating a deep sense of intentionality and alignment with our values, we learn to work smarter, not harder, maximizing our productivity while minimizing stress and burnout. This engaging presentation is a call to action for anyone seeking to cultivate a more balanced, fulfilling, and productive life—one rooted in presence, purpose, and profound self-awareness. -
65 to 0 – Surviving a Head on Collision with a Wrong Way Drunk Driver
Darrin Schenck, Inspirational Speaker, DarrinChatter, LLC
Request This Free SpeechI am very fortunate to still be here on Earth, as statically I beat the odds. Every 52 minutes someone in the US dies in a drunk driver crash, and yet I walked away from this high speed crash physically unharmed. However, the mental and emotional toll from this crash left me reeling for a time. MORE >
I learned to face this adversity by becoming a volunteer speaker for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, sharing the harrowing experience with audiences of MADD. I had found this to be very therapeutic, and I am working hard to help others do the same with their own version of adversity. -
All Heart – If size mattered, Elephants would be King of the Jungle
Darrin Schenck, Inspirational Speaker, DarrinChatter, LLC
Request This Free SpeechIn this talk I share several experiences around my Pro Racquetball career and the training with pro and Olympic athletes and how these experiences directly translated to my sales career. MORE >
One of the biggest lessons I have learned is that those who continue to fight always have a chance at success. I believe my story of perseverance will be found inspiring by people from all walks of life.