Speaking and Workshops
I provide engaging, experiential workshops and presentations to help people connect with self-compassion and their values to thrive after burnout, workplace stress, or religious trauma.
I have a passion for helping people learn how to slow down, take a look at the impact of stress, burnout, or religious trauma on their lives, and find ways to heal and thrive. I have a special affinity for helping people working in high pressure jobs, particularly jobs prone to compassion fatigue (which is any job where the suffering of others is faced by employees.) I also love working with people who struggle to value themselves, speak up and set boundaries, and walk away from perfectionistic tendencies.
I have an interactive style of speaking that engages my audiences and helps them self-reflect and apply what they are learning to their lives. I love incorporating activities such as meditations, writing exercises, and small group discussions to help the material come to life.
I’m based in Houston, Texas, and available to speak anywhere via video, and I’m willing to travel for the right opportunity. Whether you are looking for a keynote conference speaker or an intimate group workshop, my approach can be adapted to your needs. I have some presentations prepared, but I am also happy to explore more specifically what you might be looking to provide for your staff, team, or organization.
Recent Testimonials:
“Ashley broke down a complex issue into understandable parts. Rich information!”
“Interesting, informative, thorough, & needed. I’m going to explore the resources & learn more.”
“So informative. Excellent presentation and content.”
“Very interesting discussion!”
“Greatly enjoyed this presentation!”
Presentation topics include:
- Reset and Refresh: Connecting with self-compassion to prevent burnout, set boundaries, and respond to your needs
- Becoming Whole: Empowering you to pick up the pieces after religious harm and trauma
- Recognizing, Preventing, and Healing Counselor Burnout and Compassion Fatigue (can be adapted to any helping/caretaker/first responder/activist type role)
- The Power of Self-Compassion for Small Business Owners: Accept yourself and grow your business
- Applying Realistic Boundaries and Self-care to our Daily Lives
- Find your Calm: Moving beyond self-care to respond differently when stress arises
- Introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy
Customized presentations can be created for your organization around any of the following themes:
- Self-compassion and compassion focused practices
- Meditation and mindfulness
- Religious trauma, harm, and deconstruction
- Clarifying your values
- Boundary setting basics
- Therapeutic journaling
- Self-care planning
- Building emotional awareness
- Overcoming perfectionism
- Burnout and compassion fatigue recovery
- Feminist-focused burnout recovery
- Feminist approaches to therapy
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Compassion focused therapy
Speaking experience includes:
- Texas Counseling Association’s Professional Growth Conference
- Texas Professional School Counselor Conference
- Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award Summit
- Teamsters Local 988 5th Annual Steward Conference
- Houston Association for Marriage & Family Therapy
- Houston Licensed Professional Counselor Association
- San Jacinto College
- Women Entrepreneurs Mingle
- The Mommie Series
- Women Helping Women 2 Network