Jess Patz speaking at Mount Union College in Alliance Ohio

Talks That Move People Beyond Survival Mode

Powerful storytelling meets practical insight to inspire audiences to rethink the way they work, lead, connect, and live.

Storytelling

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Nervous System Education

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Real-World Tools

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Lasting Impact

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Storytelling • Nervous System Education • Real-World Tools • Lasting Impact •

“One of the most engaging, impactful, and unforgettable speakers we’ve ever hosted!”

- Ohio Domestic Violence Network

KEYNOTE #1

The Hidden Cost of Survival Mode:

Rethinking the Way We Work, Lead, and Live

Jess Patz delivering a keynote presentation on survival mode and nervous system regulation at the HEAL Conference

Survival mode doesn’t always look like falling apart.

Sometimes it looks like the exact opposite. High performance. Dependability. Pushing through. Being the person everyone can count on. From the outside, it can look a whole lot like resilience.

But what happens when the habits that make us look strong are the very things keeping us stuck?

That’s the question at the heart of The Hidden Cost of Survival Mode.

Jess challenges audiences to rethink what resilience really looks like and recognize how prolonged survival mode can quietly affect the way we communicate, make decisions, connect with others, lead under pressure, and experience our lives.

Blending powerful personal storytelling with nervous system education and practical tools, Jess gives audiences a new way to understand what they’re carrying and a path toward greater regulation, clarity, connection, and capacity.

IDEAL FOR

Corporate conferences • Leadership development events • Professional associations • Employee well-being initiatives

AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS

  • Recognize how survival mode can disguise itself as high performance, perfectionism, and constant productivity.

  • Understand how prolonged stress influences communication, decision-making, and leadership.

  • Discover practical strategies to move beyond automatic survival responses toward greater clarity, connection, and capacity.

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KEYNOTE #2

How Nervous System Awareness Changes the Way We Lead

Regulated Leadership

Jess Patz during a television interview on New Day Cleveland

Great leadership isn’t just about how we perform when things are going well.

It’s what happens when the pressure rises. When conversations get difficult. When uncertainty enters the room. When the people around us are looking to us for clarity while our own nervous system is sounding the alarm.

Because you can’t lead others effectively when your own nervous system is leading you.

That’s the idea at the heart of Regulated Leadership.

Jess brings a fresh perspective to how the nervous system influences the way we communicate, make decisions, respond to conflict, navigate change, and connect with the people around us.

Blending nervous system education, relatable storytelling, and practical tools, Jess gives leaders a new way to recognize their own patterns under pressure and create the conditions for greater clarity, connection, trust, and more intentional leadership.

IDEAL FOR

Corporate leadership conferences • Executive and management teams • Leadership development programs • Professional associations

AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS

  • Recognize how nervous system responses influence leadership behaviors, communication, and decision-making under pressure.

  • Identify personal stress patterns and learn practical regulation strategies to respond more intentionally during difficult conversations and uncertainty.

  • Understand how greater nervous system awareness can support trust, connection, and a more regulated leadership environment.

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KEYNOTE #3

Rebuilding Confidence, Identity, and a Life Beyond What You’ve Endured

After Survival:

Jess Patz appearing on Cribbs in Cle show with Josh Cribbs

We talk a lot about surviving hard things. We don’t talk nearly enough about what happens after.

When the crisis passes and the dust finally settles, there can be an unexpected question waiting on the other side:

Who am I now, and what comes next?

Because surviving something can change more than our circumstances. It can change the way we see ourselves, what we believe is possible, and how confidently we step into what comes next.

That’s the work at the heart of After Survival.

Drawing from her own journey of rebuilding after adversity, Jess explores what it takes to move beyond simply being defined by what happened to us and begin intentionally creating what happens next.

Through powerful storytelling, practical reframing, and hard-earned perspective, audiences learn how to rebuild confidence, reconnect with who they are, and recognize that moving forward doesn’t require erasing the past. It means refusing to let the past have the final word.

IDEAL FOR

Women's empowerment conferences • Survivor advocacy events • Personal development conferences • Community and nonprofit organizations • Resilience-focused events

AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS

  • Recognize how difficult life experiences can reshape identity, confidence, and the way we see what's possible for our future.

  • Explore practical ways to rebuild self-trust, reconnect with personal strengths, and reclaim a sense of identity beyond what we've endured.

  • Discover how reframing adversity can create space for renewed confidence, personal growth, and a future defined by possibility rather than the past.

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The Impact Speaks For Itself

  • Jess Patz at The Igniting Hope Summit which she founded

    Jess transformed the pulse of this room. It was far more than a typical women in business presentation. She's the best I've heard at a conference like this!"

    -Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce

  • Jess Patz and her husband at the Heal Conference in Cleveland, Ohio and Jess gave a keynote

    “Jess was my favorite part of the entire day. She was inside my head in the best possible way."

    -The Heal Conference CLE

  • Jess Patz speaking at the Canton, Ohio Chamber of Commerce Women in Business event

    “She brought me to tears. Jess reminded me it's still possible to find success and peace."

    -Susan T.

  • Audience members listening during the Igniting Hope Summit hosted by Jess Patz

    “Jess gave me language that I couldn't find on my own"”

    -ODVN Directors Retreat

  • Jess Patz speaking at a Take Back The Night event

    “Her vulnerability gave me permission to finally face and embrace my own."

    -Grace W.

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