Many of us spend years building the life we thought we were supposed to want, only to wake up one day and feel like strangers in it. In this energizing and deeply personal keynote, Heather draws on her own story of midlife reinvention and her work with coaching clients to make the case that uncertainty, disruption, and even identity crisis are not signs that something has gone wrong; they are signs that something is about to go right.

Drawing on Narrative Identity Theory and the ancient Greek concept of Aletheia (“unconcealing truth”), Heather invites audiences to reconsider the stories they’ve been telling about themselves. She introduces the idea that our self-limiting beliefs are not facts, they are narratives. And narratives can be rewritten.

Audiences leave this talk feeling seen, inspired, and equipped with a fresh understanding of what it means to live authentically — not as a destination, but as a practice.