Speaking, moderating & hosting

I grew up being told that I was extraordinary and could be or do anything I wanted. So I looked at what successful people were doing and tried to do those things too.

I built a career, started a business, worked hard, bought the beautiful apartment and had the boyfriend. By most conventional measures, I was doing pretty well.

But at some point, I started wondering: If I really can do anything I want, what do I actually want?

I realized that while I enjoyed many parts of my life, I didn't want everything that came with that version of success. The constant pressure, the stress and the feeling that there was always something else I needed to achieve.

I also loved singing, dancing, connecting with people, exploring and doing things simply because they made me happy. And I wanted more room for that.

This talk explores the expectations we grow up with, the fears that influence our decisions and why even people who appear incredibly successful might not be living the life they really want.

My hope is to leave people questioning some of their own assumptions, feeling inspired to take their own desires more seriously and finding the courage to be more fully themselves.

It's personal, sometimes funny, and hopefully leaves people with plenty of energy and inspiration to take home.

Entrepreneurs have an extraordinary ability to turn ideas into reality. I know how exciting that can be, having spent years building companies, investing and working with other founders.

But during those years, I also struggled with a question I couldn't quite answer: Why was I doing it?

I could see the value in creating jobs, growing businesses and achieving results, but I wanted to believe more deeply in what I was spending my life building.

And I've often wondered whether we've become so caught up in funding rounds, valuations and the pursuit of the next big exit that we've forgotten to question what we're actually trying to achieve.

Raising capital, growing fast and building something valuable can all be exciting. But are those the goals, or are they tools for creating something we genuinely believe in?

This talk invites entrepreneurs, leaders and organizations to reconsider what success means to them, what they're using their abilities to create and what kind of impact they want to have.

Because I think there's enormous potential in what entrepreneurs can accomplish when they put their creativity, drive and energy into something they truly believe matters.