Live, work, and lead with grounded confidence
Interactive keynotes, workshops, and leadership development programs that pave the way for women to share their voice and take bold steps in their career.
“Heather was our keynote speaker for the 2022 National Women In Roofing Day. In short, she slayed it! Her keynote spoke To everyone on a deep level. Heather had us both laughing and crying. She just kept dropping nuggets of wisdom! I highly recommend heather for your next event!”
Hi! I’m Heather
For over ten years I worked at Cargill and Ameriprise in HR, leadership development, and change management roles at corporate headquarters, production facilities, and offices in the US and Australia. I managed development programs specifically for high-achieving women. After I started my business, I coached and presented to women across a huge variety of roles and companies.
Everywhere I went, I saw the same story. Too many amazing women questioned themselves. They felt like they could never disappoint anyone. They believed they had to make everything perfect and prove themselves over and over again. They worried about being too direct - while at the same time needing to be seen as confident. They felt like they didn't know enough to share their great idea or go for the promotion, even though they were highly qualified and knew more than enough.
It wasn't just them. I felt it myself too. And I wanted to do something about it.
I'm on a mission to have more women live, work, and lead with grounded confidence. My keynotes on Creating Your Own Rules For Success, Imposter Syndrome, Discovering Your Authentic Voice, and The Grounded and Wild Leader get right to the heart of this mission, while acknowledging the very real barriers that exist - and what needs to happen to stop those barriers from getting in the way in the first place.
It's time to let go of expectations, break free from perfect, and create your own rules for life.
Are you in?
“Heather’s presentation for our Women’s Leadership Forum was incredible! Feedback from the session has been fantastic, with participants calling the event thought-provoking, engaging, and inspiring. Word spread so quickly that people across the company immediately inquired about how they could share the session with their broader teams. It doesn’t get much better than that!”
New Release!
Grounded Wildness: Break Free From Performing Your Life and Start Living It
As a child, Heather was confident, bold, and relaxed in who she was. She belted out Barbra Streisand tunes, dared to hold live snakes with no fear, and marched to the beat of a drummer all her own.
Until an all-too-common avalanche of rules told her to hold her breath and tuck herself in. Rules that said there's a “right” kind of body. That worth is tied to achievement. That we should prove, please, and perfect our way through life.
Then one day, deep realizations finally pushed her to break the rules she’d been handed and rediscover her beautiful and uniquely grounded wildness.
Equal parts self-help inspiration and feminist memoir, Grounded Wildness explores the freedom that comes from rediscovering your true self and living out loud.
It's time to stop quieting the boldness of your voice and dampening the fire in your belly. It's time to stop swimming upstream against your true nature and follow your own path. It's time to rewrite your story and start living your truth, free from “should” and “supposed to.”
You are enough, worthy, and whole. And you get to make up your own rules for life.
Inspiration from the blog
A few weeks ago I was hit with a twinge of hustling. I hadn't felt that hustling feeling in a LONG time. I've worked hard, but hustling feels completely different for me.
As a business owner, hustling has an undercurrent of urgency, proving, and even a bit of desperation.
In my corporate career, hustling felt more like being overwhelmed with the number of things I had to do - and feeling like I couldn't let any of it go.