The Body Keeps the Belief
Why High-Performing Women Need More Than Mindset to Lead
An experiential keynote for leaders ready to feel the difference, not just think about it
You've Done Everything "Right"
Read the books. Hired the coaches. Attended the workshops.
You know you should set boundaries. Stop people-pleasing. Let go of perfectionism.
You've reframed the thoughts. Written the affirmations. Visualized the outcomes.
But your body hasn't gotten the memo.
You still feel the chest tightness before saying no.
The compulsion to overdeliver. The inability to rest without guilt.
Because the patterns aren't just in your mind. They're in your nervous system.
What If Change Could Actually Stick?
This isn't another motivational keynote
where you leave inspired and return to the same patterns by Monday.
This is a somatic intervention—a science-backed, experiential session that rewires the performing, perfecting, and people-pleasing patterns at the nervous system level.
Using EMDR-informed techniques adapted for the stage, you won't just learn about change. You'll experience it.
Live. On stage. In your body.
This Is Not Your Typical Leadership Talk
No generic "lean in" platitudes.
No surface-level productivity hacks.
No inspirational quotes that fade by lunch.
This keynote meets high-performing women where traditional coaching ends—in the body, where real transformation begins.
What Your Audience Will Experience
Real-Time Somatic Interventions
Guided practices that shift nervous system patterns in the moment—not theory, actual felt change
The Science of Stuckness
Why willpower and positive thinking fail when the nervous system is running the show
The Performance Paradox
How the very strengths that built your career are now sabotaging your leadership and wellbeing
Embodied Leadership Tools
Practical, neuroscience-backed techniques leaders can use immediately to regulate, decide, and lead from center
The Belief-Body Connection
Why your limiting beliefs live in your tissues—and how to release them where they actually exist
Sustainable Success Blueprint
How to lead at the highest level without burning out, checking out, or losing yourself
PERFECT FOR
Women's Leadership Conferences
Executive Retreats
Corporate Wellness Events
Industry Summits
Professional Associations
High-Performance Teams
Hello there...I'm Cassandra Quick
I help women in leadership build steadiness, connection, and durable resilience—by speaking about my journey from PTSD and high-functioning burnout to embodied healing, integrating gold-standard EMDR coaching with somatic tools.
PTSD is not a life sentence; recovery is possible.
Ready to Give Your Audience Something They've Never Experienced?
This keynote creates the kind of transformation that becomes the talk of the conference.
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