Understand the relationship between systems, culture, and human behavior — so you can decide how you want to work, lead and live.
The struggles you're experiencing aren't personal failures. They're systemic patterns.
Once you can see them, everything changes.
Burnout. Disengagement. Conflict. Perfectionism. The constant pressure to perform. The sense that no matter how much you invest in your people, something still feels off.
Most organizations respond by trying to fix individuals. They offer wellness programs, resilience training, and productivity frameworks, but these interventions rarely create lasting change because they're aimed at the wrong level.
The behavior is not the problem. The system shaping the behavior is.
My sessions help participants see themselves, their work, and their leadership through a different lens. One that is honest, practical, emotionally intelligent, and grounded in a deep understanding of the structural forces shaping how we show up every day.
People don't just leave with new ideas. They leave seeing themselves and their environments differently, and that changes everything about how they move.
Signature Talks
These sessions go where most workplace conversations don't. And every one of them can be shaped to fit your specific audience, context, and goals.
Losing Ourselves at Work
We don't burn out because we're weak. We burn out because we've been shaped by cultures that reward self-erasure, overfunction, and performance over presence. This session names the systemic patterns driving disconnection at work and opens up an honest conversation about what it actually takes to reconnect.
Leading Humans, Not Robots
Emotional intelligence isn't a soft skill. It's the difference between a workplace that extracts from people and one that actually supports them. This session explores what it means to lead with psychological safety and genuine humanity, and why that's not just good ethics, but good strategy.
You Can't See It Because You're In It
The systems shaping how we lead, communicate, and relate to our work are often invisible precisely because we're inside them. This session helps participants step back, see clearly, and understand how those invisible structures are driving the very challenges they've been trying to solve.
Reclaiming Your Life
For leaders and communities ready to move beyond survival mode. This session explores what it looks like to make intentional choices rooted in your own values — and to build ways of working and living that don't require you to abandon yourself in the process.
"Miriam creates a meaningful experience for our audience every time. The way she holds a room is remarkable: the delivery, the pacing, the psychological safety, the balance of information and interaction. She makes difficult conversations feel accessible without losing their importance. Days later, participants are still bringing up specific moments they can't stop thinking about. We've hired her more than once, and we'll hire her again."
– Jennifer Vachon, Director, Programs and Impact, Fora: Network for Change
What makes this work different
Most workplace conversations stay at the surface. They name the symptoms without touching the structure. They ask people to do better without examining what's making it hard.
This work goes deeper.
With over 20 years of lived and professional experience navigating the intersections of identity, systems, leadership, and liberation, I bring a perspective that is both rigorous and deeply human. People leave not just with new frameworks but with a different understanding of themselves and the environments they're operating in.
My sessions are known for high engagement from start to finish, for creating spaces where people feel genuinely safe to be honest, and for leading to real reflection and immediate shifts in how people show up.
This isn't a keynote you sit through. It's a conversation that changes the way you see yourself, your work, and the world you're operating in.
Trusted by leaders and organizations doing work differently
What the attendees have to say
"I left so inspired and excited, and a little less terrified. Now I know how to start fully showing up in the world without it feeling pretentious and performative."
"I am feeling so much more confident and ready to take a huge step into the unknown. I now know how to position myself and show up in a way that feels aligned and true, rather than soul-crushing."
Available for
Team Sessions
Conferences & Events
Nonprofit programs
Community gatherings
Keynotes
Workshops
Leadership retreats
Panels
All sessions can be customized to fit your specific audience, culture, and goals.
Ready to bring this conversation to
your people?
Tell me who your audience is, what they're navigating, and what you want them to walk away with. I'll tell you honestly whether and how I can help.