Change is Your Proof of Life:
Format: 30-40 minute Keynote or Customizable Workshops
Did you know you are SIX times more likely to demonstrate strong resilience in the middle of a life-changing event if you can identify your autonomy and choices within that change?
Jessica’s unique perspective and experiences will empower you to discover your ‘WHY’ as you collaborate with change. Change is an inevitable part of life. Whether the change is something you have chosen or if the change has chosen you, the one thing you ALWAYS have is a CHOICE. Through sharing the dramatic story of her rescue by SEAL Team VI after being held hostage by Somali Pirates, NYT Bestselling author, humanitarian, and survivor, Jessica Buchanan, will show you how to become a collaborator with change and create the strategies you need to survive and thrive.
Through story-telling and practical exercises, Jessica teaches you the lessons she learned during her 93-day captivity that will show you how to build a collaborative mindset that empowers you to optimize change. Jessica will walk you through activities that invite contemplation, create a new definition of change, and launch you into a space of abundant growth and success.
Multi-session trainings can cover the following topics:
- Being a Change Collaborator: How to work productively with change and leverage choices for your advantage
- YOU Have the Final Say: Practical exercises designed to help you establish your autonomy by strategically identifying your options.
- Change is your PROOF of LIFE: Finding purpose in hardship.
- Surviving Change: Defining your WHY to empower you to move forward into growth and the creation of a more purpose driven life.
Overcoming Impossible Odds: A Story of Strength and Survival
Format: 40 minute Keynote with 15 minute Q&A Follow-up
In this session, Jessica gives a firsthand account of what it is like to be a hostage held in the desert for 93 days. She takes her audience on a journey that starts at day 93 in the desert, and leads them on a winding path of survival and strength as she and shares the most important truths she learned while being held captive. Audiences will leave both live and virtual sessions with the following:
- Feelings of inspiration and renewed outlook that they have what it takes to persevere through obstacles, no matter how impossible they may seem
- A perspective of patriotism that reminds us we are not alone
- Specific takeaways for developing resiliency
How Surviving 93 Days in the Desert as a Hostage Prepared me for a Pandemic
Format: 25-45 minute Keynote with 10 minute QA
This program is perfect for:
- Companies whose employees are dealing with ‘Covid-Fatigue’
- Associations who need an inspirational boost as we continue to navigate our way through COVID-19
- Teams who would like to acquire actionable steps for building resilience
The audience will leave with:
- Practical takeaways for how to continue dealing with COVID Fatigue that have been tested and proven successful
- A renewed sense of perspective, as they are inspired by the experiences Jessica shares from her time as a hostage in the desert
- A chance to compare their own experiences and apply lessons learned for a greater movement toward success
