THRIVING UNDER PRESSURE:
Mental Strength Plays for High-Stakes Work
80%
OF EMPLOYEES REPORT MODERATE TO HIGH WORK-RELATED STRESS
More than 80% of employees report moderate to high work-related stress, and most say nobody has given them anything that works in the moments they need it most. The advice they’ve been offered assumes a quiet room, a free hour, and an app. That’s not what a Tuesday looks like. The cost shows up in missed deadlines, strained teams, and decisions made badly under load.
In this keynote, Amy introduces her Pause → Pick → Play framework and teaches a set of plays people can run in ninety seconds or less: between calls, before a high-stakes conversation, or in the middle of a meeting without anyone noticing. This is urgent care, not preventative care. A painkiller, not a vitamin. Every play is designed for real workplace conditions and backed by research, including findings from the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine showing employees with significant anxiety lose more than double the productivity of their peers.
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This keynote serves leaders and teams who are:
- Operating in high-stakes environments with little recovery time between demands
- Tired of generic wellness advice that doesn't survive contact with a real workday
- Being asked to perform at their peak while absorbing more work
Industry Customization Options
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Financial Services & Financial Technology
Technology & Enterprise
Associations & Professional Networks
The audience will leave with:
- The Pause → Pick → Play framework for choosing the right response in the moment
- Fast-acting plays for high-pressure moments, including several they can run mid-meeting undetected
- The power phrase and pregame ritual plays, drawn from research on how elite performers prime themselves before high-stakes moments
- An understanding of why conventional stress advice fails at work, and what the evidence actually supports
- A different relationship with pressure: how to use it rather than only survive it
EXTEND THE IMPACT:
Give Every Attendee a Playbook
The keynote gives audiences the mindset shift; the book gives them the daily reps. Pair Amy’s keynote with copies of The Mental Strength Playbook for every attendee so leaders and teams have actionable exercises long after the event wraps.
Organizer Testimonials
“Your life story, presentation, and book provoked serious thought and conversation both during and after the event. Your insight on the topic of mental strength helped us better understand how we grow as leaders for our organization and ourselves.”
— National Nuclear Security Administration
“Thank you for sharing your experiences regarding your journey and your insight into “Building Mental Strength”. We all walked away from the breakfast session with fantastic tips that will enable us to work on our own mental resiliency. In fact, numerous colleagues came up to me during our J&J networking session to share that it was their favorite session of the day as your tips will enable us to take action immediately.”
— Terese Kelley, Johnson & Johnson
Best audiences:
- Sales kickoffs and high-performance team offsites
- Financial services, healthcare, and other always-on industries
- Annual meetings and conferences for senior leaders and high achievers
- Women's leadership conferences
- Any audience where "do more with less" describes the current reality
Bring the Mental Strength Playbook to Your Next Event
Don’t settle for good when your team can be extraordinary.
Everyone wants a team that performs well, but what about a team that consistently exceeds expectations? Through science-backed strategies and actionable insights, I’ll show your organization how to unlock resilience, innovation, and long-term success. My talks inspire change, ignite new ways of thinking, and equip individuals with the mental strength needed to thrive—even in the face of adversity. Turn untapped potential into unstoppable mental strength.
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Meet Amy
Amy Morin is a psychotherapist, international bestselling author, and one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers in the World. For more than twenty years she has helped people and organizations build the mental strength to navigate change, manage pressure, and perform under demanding conditions.
Her books on mental strength, including 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, have sold more than 1.5 million copies and been translated into more than 50 languages. Her newest book, The Mental Strength Playbook, gives readers 50 research-backed tools for coping with stress, thriving under pressure, and gaining a competitive edge at work.
Amy’s TEDx talk, The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong, has been viewed more than 25 million times and remains one of the most-viewed TEDx talks of all time. She has taught at Northeastern University, hosts the award-winning Mentally Stronger podcast, and contributes regularly to CNBC, Psychology Today, and Business Insider.
She has delivered keynotes for organizations including Google, Johnson & Johnson, Adobe, Chick-fil-A, Cisco, Reuters, Prudential, Under Armour, and Boston Scientific. She lives on a sailboat in the Florida Keys.