Midlife Speaker on Women’s Leadership, Relationships, and Reinvention
Helping high-achieving women — and the organizations that support them — design a meaningful next chapter of life.
Women’s Midlife Speaker on Women’s Leadership, Relationships, and Reinvention
Heather speaks to women’s conferences, leadership events, and corporate audiences about midlife transitions, relationships, workplace wellbeing, and reinvention after 40.
Helping high-achieving women — and the organizations that support them — navigate midlife with clarity, confidence, and stronger relationships.
Many women reach midlife having built meaningful careers, families, and responsibilities, yet begin asking deeper questions about identity, relationships, and purpose.
Heather speaks about the psychological and relational shifts that occur during midlife and how people can move beyond burnout, people-pleasing, and outdated expectations to design a more meaningful next chapter.
A licensed psychotherapist and AASECT-certified sex therapist with a PhD in Clinical Sexology, Heather combines deep expertise in emotional wellbeing and relationships with real-world leadership experience. Before becoming a therapist, she graduated from West Point, served as an Army officer, and later worked in corporate leadership and entrepreneurship.
Her talks blend research, storytelling, humor, and practical insight on topics often left out of leadership conversations — including boundaries, intimacy, identity, and the realities of midlife.
Why Audiences Connect with Heather
Unique Expertise
BS in Engineering, MBA in Leadership, MS in Counseling, and PhD in Clinical Sexology. Licensed therapist and AASECT-certified sex therapist specializing in relationships and emotional wellbeing.
West Point Graduate & Army Veteran
Brings a perspective on leadership, resilience, and courage shaped by military training and service.
Therapist + Corporate Leader
Experience in corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, and therapy provides insight into both workplace dynamics and personal wellbeing.
Midlife Credibility
Heather speaks from lived experience as a woman navigating midlife while helping others do the same.
Real Talk with Heart
Known for warmth, humor, and candid conversations about difficult topics including burnout, boundaries, sex, and relationships.
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KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
BREAK-OUT SESSIONS WORKSHOPS
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Signature Keynote Talks
★ The Midlife Reckoning: Designing the Next Chapter with Agency and Intention
Midlife often brings a quiet but powerful question: Is this the life I want going forward?
In this keynote, Heather explores the identity shift many women experience during midlife and why it can be an opportunity for reinvention rather than crisis.
Participants learn how to reconnect with their own desires, redefine success, and intentionally design the second half of life.
Key takeaways
• Why midlife often triggers identity change
• How perfectionism and people-pleasing keep women stuck
• How to reconnect with purpose and personal agency
• Practical ways to design the next chapter of life
Best for: women’s conferences, leadership events, mental health conferences, retreats.
★ Why Relationships Change in Midlife: Rebuilding Connection and Intimacy
Midlife is one of the most common times for couples to feel disconnected — yet it can also be a time of deeper partnership.
Changing roles, stress, and shifting identities often affect communication, intimacy, and desire.
In this talk, Heather explains why these changes occur and how couples can rebuild connection through emotional intimacy, honest communication, and renewed partnership.
Key takeaways
• Why relationship dynamics often shift during midlife
• The role emotional intimacy plays in long-term connection
• How to talk about difficult topics like desire and resentment
• Tools for rebuilding closeness and partnership
Best for: women’s conferences, wellness retreats, mental health conferences, relationship programs.
★ Helping Employees Thrive in Midlife: Mental Health, Relationships, and Sustainable Success
Midlife employees often carry the greatest responsibilities — leading teams, supporting families, and managing complex life transitions.
These pressures can contribute to burnout, disengagement, and declining wellbeing if they are not addressed.
In this keynote, Heather explores how midlife challenges affect workplace performance and how organizations can support healthier, more sustainable success.
Key takeaways
• The hidden pressures employees face during midlife
• How caregiving, stress, and relationships affect work performance
• Practical strategies for resilience and boundaries
• How leaders can support wellbeing across life stages
Best for: corporate conferences, HR events, leadership programs.
Speaking Audiences
Heather speaks for:
• women’s leadership conferences
• corporate leadership events
• HR and workplace wellbeing conferences
• healthcare organizations
• universities and women’s initiatives
• wellness retreats and relationship workshops
• psychotherapy conferences and workshops
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Book Heather to Speak
Finding good speakers is challenging. Heather is available for keynote presentations, breakout sessions, workshops, and retreats.
I believe that everyone has the power within them to create the life they want. I am on a life-mission to share the message “You Can” to everyone that needs to hear it, especially women.
For speaking inquiries, please reach out.