Keynote speaker, women's leadership and life transition
Fifteen minutes that changes what a room is willing to say out loud.
Dr. Cheryl Burton speaks to women 45 and up at conferences, corporate summits, association events, faith-rooted gatherings, and retreats across the New York metro area and internationally.
For event organizers
Your attendees have heard the resilience talk. They have heard the lean-in talk. They have heard a woman in a good blazer tell them to believe in themselves.
They have not heard a seventy-nine year old psychotherapist tell them about the iron she used on her hair when she was fourteen, and the burn, and what her father said the next morning, and what it took her sixty-five years to understand about that sentence.
The room goes quiet. And then something happens that does not happen at most events. Women start telling each other the truth in the hallway afterward.
That is the deliverable. Not applause. Hallway conversations that go on for an hour after the session ended.
The signature keynote
Wounded. Not Broken.
Thirty-five to forty minutes · Five movements · For women 45 and up in life transition
The woman on the inside when the outside is holding. This talk goes down through the mask that got fitted in childhood, through the armor that got welded on in adulthood, to the wounds underneath both, and then it turns. It does not end in insight. It ends in an invocation, and the room is asked to do something specific before they go home.
Available at fifteen, forty, sixty, and eighty minutes. The eighty minute version includes a workshop element.
The three keynotes
The Mask in the Boardroom Was Fitted in the Bathroom at 14
For women whose excellence is also their armor.
Fifteen to seventeen minutes.
Best for women's leadership conferences, professional women's associations, and corporate summits. The workplace door, and the workplace door is the widest.
Daddy, Look. The Career You Built
For women who have built kingdoms and are still cold in them.
Fifteen to seventeen minutes.
Best for faith-rooted rooms, mother and daughter retreats, empty nest events, and grief and transition workshops.
You Have Been Carrying Someone Else's Shame on Your Body
For women in body image and self-worth transitions.
Fifteen to seventeen minutes.
Best for wellness retreats, post-divorce events, and recovery conferences.
Any one stands alone. Two stack into thirty minutes. All three stack into the forty-five minute signature talk.
Formats
- Keynote, fifteen to forty minutes
- Half day and full day workshops
- Lunch and learns for corporate teams
- Panels and moderated conversations
- Virtual keynotes and webinars
- Retreat facilitation
What organizers receive
A pre-event call to tune the talk to your audience, not a canned deck.
Promotional copy, headshots, and a speaker one-sheet for your program.
A talk that hits its time. Fifteen minutes means fifteen minutes.
Follow up materials for attendees so the room's work continues after they leave.
Check availability for your event
Tell me about the room.
Speaking questions
Before you call.
How long is the signature keynote?
Thirty-five to forty minutes in the full version, with fifteen, sixty, and eighty minute versions available. The eighty minute version includes a workshop element.
What audiences is this built for?
Women 45 and up at women's leadership conferences, corporate summits, association events, faith-rooted gatherings, and retreats.
Do you tailor the talk?
Yes. Every booking includes a pre-event call to tune the talk to your audience. It is never a canned deck.
Will the talk run over?
No. Fifteen minutes means fifteen minutes.
Do you speak virtually?
Yes. Virtual keynotes and webinars are available worldwide.
What do organizers receive?
Promotional copy, headshots, a speaker one-sheet for your program, and follow up materials for attendees.
You have done enough. You have earned enough. You have loved enough. To put it down.
Whether you are booking a speaker for a conference in New York, looking for private coaching, or looking for one room where you can stop performing, the next step is the same conversation.
Wounded. Not broken.