Speaking

I love everything about crafting the perfect message with my clients that will address the goals and hopes they have for their event.

I have spoken to more than a hundred audiences including teachers, parents, therapists, boards, donors, executive leaders and corporate teams. Please consider me for your next team meeting, conference, or event.

My focus is embodying emotional intelligence and prioritizing the mental health of teams.

I work hard to translate neuroscience into digestible, applicable strategies that put people on a path to a greater sense of well-being and thriving.

I tailor each speaking engagement to the specific audience and partner with you to ensure maximum impact for your investment.

Popular topics include:

  • Emotionally Intelligent Leadership

  • Managing the Internal World so the External World is Manageable

  • Navigating Next-Level Stress

  • Your Brain on Stress

  • 3 Vital Questions: Transforming Workplace Drama (Certified Trainer)

  • Attention Management for Mental Health

  • Checking In: How Supervisors Can Support Mental Health

  • WHOLE: What Teachers Need to Help Students Thrive

  • Aligned Goals: Getting to the Essential by Connecting Head, Heart and Gut

  • On the Daily: The Power of Pro-Active Mental Health

  • Beyond Self Care: Community Care

  • Breath: The Coping Strategy You Carry with You

  • Sthira and Sukha: Balancing Strength and Ease

  • Navigating Responses to Trauma toward Resilience

  • Trauma Basics: A Must for the Modern Workplace

Let me hear from you if you are looking for a speaker, trainer, or facilitator on any topics related to embodying emotional intelligence and prioritizing the mental health of your team.

As a speaker and a person, Michelle is a rare combination of head and heart, practical know-how and soulfulness, quiet dignity and charming pizzazz. She is an expert in child development and business development, and managing large complicated organizations. She can connect with any audience, and she is funny, inspiring, and relentlessly useful. I could listen to her all day long.
— RICK HANSON, PH.D. SPEAKER AND AUTHOR OF RESILIENT: HOW TO GROW AN UNSHAKABLE CORE OF CALM, STRENGTH, AND HAPPINESS
There is no shortage of intriguing speakers addressing leadership. As a CEO I can share that my leadership circle benefits from hearing frequently from many esteemed thought leaders yet Michelle Kinder is the one and only speaker invited for a repeat event. Michelle’s messages move audiences to become change makers.
— G. ANDREWS SMITH, MANAGING PARTNER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, L&B REALTY
Michelle Kinder is an inspirational leader and powerful speaker with a unique ability to simplify and convey complex concepts to a diverse group of audiences and skill levels. Her conviction and passion for people and service is contagious. She is intellectual yet relatable, and delivers with grace, wit and compassion, compelling and challenging messages that provoke change.
— SHAVONNE LEWIS, SENIOR OUTREACH & BRAND MANAGER, PECKHAM INC., LANSING, MICHIGAN
Michelle is an inspirational leader and master communicator. We were honored to have her as a keynote speaker at our biennial distributor convention, which is typically attended by over 2000 valued stakeholders. Her message was spot on- clear, thought provoking and inspirational.
— SCOTT MILLER, PRESIDENT AND CEO, INTERSTATE BATTERIES