Speaking Topics
Signature Talks
Beyond the Lies: How to Stop Believing What Your Circumstances Are Telling You
The story you were told about yourself is not the final word.
Every circumstance comes with a narrative. Grew up poor? The story says you’ll stay that way. Survived something that broke you? The story says broken is permanent. Failed? The story says you’re a failure.
But what if the story is a lie?
In this talk, Kimberli goes there — to the deep, tender, often unspoken place where we’ve let our circumstances define our ceilings. Drawing from her own journey through poverty, trauma, loss, and reinvention, she dismantles the lies that keep brilliant people small — and replaces them with something far more powerful: the truth about who they actually are.
This is not a motivational speech. This is a revelation.
Audience Takeaways
- Identify the specific “circumstance lies” operating in their life or leadership
- Distinguish between facts and the false stories built around those facts
- Walk away with a concrete framework for choosing forward — even when it’s hard
Format: Keynote (45–60 min) | Breakout Session (30–45 min) | Workshop (90 min)
Best for: Women's leadership events, corporate conferences, faith-based gatherings, leadership retreats, personal development summits
Choose Forward: One Brave Choice at a Time
Transformation isn't a destination. It's a decision you make every single day.
We spend so much energy waiting. Waiting for the right time. Waiting for the fear to go away. Waiting for someone to give us permission.
Meanwhile, the life we want sits just on the other side of a choice we haven’t made yet.
In this talk, Kimberli doesn’t just inspire — she moves people. She breaks down what it actually looks like to choose forward in the middle of grief, uncertainty, and the ordinary chaos of life. She brings humor, honesty, and heart into a room — and she leaves no one sitting still.
Whether your audience is navigating career transitions, leadership challenges, personal reinvention, or just the relentless weight of showing up every day — this talk meets them exactly where they are. And walks them somewhere better.
Audience Takeaways
- A reframe of what “brave” actually looks like in everyday life
- Practical tools for breaking the cycle of waiting and moving into action
- A renewed sense of agency, possibility, and forward momentum
Format: Keynote (45–60 min) | Breakout Session (30–45 min)
Best for: Corporate kickoff events, association conferences, women's empowerment events, commencement and milestone celebrations
From Surviving to Significant: Practical Tools for the Life You Were Built For
You weren't made to just get through it. You were built for more.
There’s a version of life where you’re functional. You’re showing up. You’re handling it. You’re surviving.
And then there’s the life you were actually built for.
This workshop-style session bridges the gap between the two — with concrete strategies, actionable frameworks, and tools your audience can implement the moment they leave the room. Kimberli moves participants from reactive to intentional, from managed chaos to purposeful momentum, from just surviving the day to building the life that’s been waiting for them.
This is not theory. This is a working session — with real tools and real results.
Audience Takeaways
- Practical frameworks for shifting from reactive to intentional living
- Concrete tools to identify what’s keeping them in survival mode
- An actionable plan they can implement immediately — not someday
Format: Workshop (90 min) | Keynote (45–60 min) | Breakout Session (30–45 min)
Best for: Corporate professional development, leadership retreats, women's empowerment summits, association conferences
Reclaiming Your Value: Identity, Worth, and the Truth No One Can Take from You
Your value was never up for debate. It's time to live like you believe that.
At some point, most people hand the definition of their worth over to something outside themselves — a title, a bank account, a relationship, a past failure, someone else’s opinion. And then they spend years trying to earn back something that was never taken from them in the first place.
This talk is the reclamation.
In one of her most deeply personal and empowering messages, Kimberli reminds audiences that their value is never determined by success or failure, background or appearance, title or anyone else’s opinion — and then shows them exactly how to live from that truth. Not as a concept. As a daily, embodied practice.
Audiences leave this session lighter. And they don’t forget it.
Audience Takeaways
- A clear-eyed understanding of where they’ve been outsourcing their worth — and how to stop
- Practical tools for grounding identity in truth rather than performance or perception
- The emotional permission and practical roadmap to live from a place of unshakable value
Format: Keynote (45–60 min) | Breakout Session (30–45 min) | Workshop (90 min)
Best for: Women's leadership conferences, faith-based events, corporate culture and wellness initiatives, retreats, personal development summits
Additional Keynote Topics
Leading with Truth: Brave Leadership in a Complex World
The most effective leaders aren’t the ones with the most confidence. They’re the ones who have learned to lead from truth rather than fear, performance, or the pressure to appear like they have it all together. Drawing from her experience leading finance operations and building businesses, Kimberli speaks to the specific lies that derail leaders — and equips them with the courage and clarity to lead with integrity, authenticity, and forward momentum.
Best for: Leadership conferences, executive retreats, management and director programs, corporate leadership summits
The Woman Who Chooses Forward
She has been told — by her circumstances, her history, or the rooms she’s walked into — that she needs to earn her place, shrink her ambition, or wait her turn. This talk is for her. Kimberli speaks to the women who are done letting generational patterns, imposter syndrome, or other people’s expectations define their ceiling. She delivers a message that is honest, empowering, and deeply practical — equipping women to break free, step fully into their power, and lead the life and career they were built for.
Best for: Women's leadership conferences, professional women's associations, women's retreats, ERG events
The Money Story: What Growing Up Without It Teaches You About Building It
Money comes with a story — and for many people, that story was written in childhood before they had any say in it. As someone who grew up with very little and built a career as a finance executive, Kimberli brings a perspective on financial confidence that is both deeply personal and professionally credible. This talk helps audiences identify the money lies they’ve inherited, separate scarcity mindset from financial reality, and take the practical, intentional steps toward a healthier, more confident relationship with money.
Best for: Professional development events, women's empowerment conferences, entrepreneurship summits, financial wellness initiatives
Faith Track: Choose Forward in Faith
Available for faith-based events and audiences
The space between faith and action is where most people get stuck. They believe God has more for them — but they can’t see the path, and fear feels louder than the promise. This talk meets audiences in that tension. Kimberli brings her own story of choosing forward in seasons when the only thing holding her up was conviction she couldn’t always explain — and delivers a message that is honest, activating, and deeply rooted in the truth that your next brave step is where faith becomes real.
Best for: Church events, faith-based conferences, Christian women's events, ministry leadership gatherings
Ready to Bring Choose Forward to Your Audience?
Whether you’re planning a conference, leadership event, women’s gathering, corporate retreat, faith-based event, or podcast interview, let’s start the conversation and see if Kimberli is the right fit for your audience.