Kim Strobel Speaking Fee: $10,000 to $20,000

Upon hearing the words "happiness coach," one might immediately picture rainbows, butterflies, and sunshine. But when Kim Strobel shares her vulnerable story of suffering from intense anxiety and stress while suffering in darkness for a big part of her life, she captures the crowd's attention right out of the gate. In this keynote, well-being and happiness take the stage front and center as Kim shares how we can create fulfilling lives while also working to improve performance in life and workplace success. Over a decade of research indicates that cultivating a positive mindset first results in greater workplace success. Intelligence accounts for only 25% of job success, while the remaining 75% is influenced by optimism, social support systems, and the ability to manage stress in healthy ways. Kim unpacks the positive psychology science and research that pivots the crowd towards optimism. She asks, “Would you press a button to increase your happiness levels by 40% and your productivity by 31% while also having 300% more creativity on a Monday morning? When people respond, “Yes!” she explains how to achieve this. Her inspiring stories and practical tips for creating a life full of potential and possibility leave the audience feeling inspired and full of hope for creating their own happiness within their professional and personal lives. When you reset your brain toward positive, you become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive in all areas of your life. What You'll Learn: - Overcome challenges and adversities to pivot toward optimism - Unlock the happiness formula that improves performance - Understand the happiness research that drives success - Take control of your actions, thoughts, and behaviors to increase happiness levels by 40%! - Discover the happiness habits that create positive shifts. - Incorporate happiness habits and exercises to promote new ways of thinking

Now more than ever, it seems people need self-care. Increasing pressures at work and home have caused so many people to feel burned out that the World Health Organization has declared a global mental health crisis. We constantly hear sound bites about self-care that get us nowhere. “Take five deep breaths. Eat something healthy. Take a walk.” The biggest problem with self-care is that it’s marketed as something that’s going to help people, when at best, it’s going to make them feel good for a few minutes. People talk about self-care like it will solve all their problems, but it won’t. This is particularly troubling for many people because they really are struggling with heavy workloads, cognitive demands, understaffing, and mental health issues, Self-care promoted in this way causes guilt because we don’t know how to truly make the adjustments in our lives to create more ease and flow. I call it Radical Wellness because it’s hard, messy, and a bit uncomfortable. It pushes us to make decisions that put us first in the equation of our lives. It is restructuring our lives with the understanding that not only do we deserve to feel good physically and emotionally, but also that those around us – our co-workers, our families, our colleagues – need us to be the best versions of ourselves. What You'll Learn: - Understanding the difference between self-care and radical wellness - Prioritizing ourselves in a way that is a shift in thinking and beliefs - Creating boundaries that honor our wellbeing - Learning to value ourselves in a way that aligns our actions and outcomes - Evaluating eight areas of fulfillment in our lives and identifying where our energy needs to go to reach our goals - Reframing our view of the world to see how we can better contribute by being our best selves.

Everyone knows that not all change is good or even necessary. But in a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage to learn how to adapt and enjoy something better.” –Kenneth H. Blanchard” Life is always going to be full of hardships, adversities, drama, and disruptions. Roadblocks and tough times are inevitable. How will you respond? Your mindset has everything to do with this. When we can learn how to pivot, persist, and adapt rather than crack, crumble, and give up. We can learn to see stress as a challenge and create new opportunities within our schools, businesses, and organizations where our beliefs become the very center of what we know is possible. According to mindset psychology researcher Carol Dweck, “A growth mindset is the understanding that we can develop our abilities and intelligence.” Research has shown that our implicit beliefs about our abilities intelligence can greatly impact our achievement in all areas of our life. A person’s mindset (student, employee, etc.) and the mindset of those around you will have a significant impact on your life. In this keynote, Kim discusses how a person’s intelligence has a significant impact on their motivation, effort, and approach to challenges. Those who believe their abilities are changeable are more likely to embrace challenges and persist despite failure. We all need reminding of the value of productive struggle and feeling safe taking risks to learn something new. We all want our children, students, and employees to have confidence and feel like they can positively impact their community. We want them to believe they have the power to make our world a better place. What You'll Learn: - Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset - Establishing growth mindset beliefs - Strengthening the brain as a muscle - Embracing productive struggle - Skills are BUILT not born—they have to be earned - How our words influence the culture - The connection between ability and accomplishment - Negative labels and how they work - The dangers of praise and positive labels - Creating a growth mindset culture