Portugal •
$251 - $1,500
About
I speak about the things women are thinking about, living through, and yet still feel uncomfortable saying out loud: Female competition. Menopause and midlife. The empty nest. Parenting adult children. Feminism, ambition, guilt, ageing, identity, and what happens when the roles that once totally defined us begin to change. My talks merge psychology, research, real-life stories, humour and uncomfortable questions. I don’t believe female audiences need another motivational speech telling them to believe in themselves, after they change their routines and become better at one more thing. They need conversations that make them think, laugh, recognise themselves and continue talking long after the event is over. I’m an educator, public speaker and psychology-informed consultant for women, currently studying Psychology, with an academic background in Educology, Social Pedagogy and Child Development. I was born in Lithuania and have since built my life across Malta, Greece and now Portugal. Living in different cultures has given me a particularly interesting perspective on womanhood: how differently we are raised, what is expected of us, what we compete for, what we feel guilty about, and how much of what we consider “personal” is actually shaped by the culture around us. Every talk I adapt to the women in the room: their age, careers, life stage, cultural background and the purpose of your event. If you want a speaker who is prepared to go beyond the comfortable topics, and start the conversations women actually want to have, I’d love to speak to your audience.
Burnt Out and Done: Stop Pretending You Can Do It All
Keynote, Workshop, Webinar • 20 min
This talk is for women who are praised for doing it all on their own, and who have learned to wear exhaustion like a badge of honor, often without realising the cost it holds. In this speech, we’ll learn: - how working hard has been historically glorified for women, and how that pride is deeply rooted in emotional patterns passed down through generations. I share why I stopped proudly saying that I raised my daughter alone. - We unpack the emotional drive behind “I’ll just do it myself,” why delegating can feel so uncomfortable, and how to start sharing responsibility without losing control or self-worth. - We will look at the hidden message we send to our children when we insist on carrying everything alone, and why it’s not the lesson we think it is.
Audience
women
Format
Duration
20 min
Delivery
The Squid Game of Womanhood: How do We Stop playing Against Each Other
Keynote, Workshop, Webinar • 20 min
This 20-minute keynote asks a simple question: What changes when we stop treating visibility, success, influence, and respect as limited resources? And what opens up when we learn to compete forward, rather than against each other? For centuries, women were allowed into men’s dominated rooms cautiously and one at a time: one exception, one symbolic presence, one “successful woman” to prove inclusivity, one seat as per quota. Over time, this created a psychological norm: if there is only room for one, then another woman entering the same space feels like my replacement, like threat. Not because we are against each other, but because our presence more often than not felt conditional. This slightly provocative and reflective speech explores the architecture of sideways competition: the subtle, passive-aggressive, socially learned behaviour that some women use when trying to win not by being better, but by controlling other women’s visibility, overcorrecting to keep power, and limiting access to authority.
Audience
Women
Format
Duration
20 min
Delivery
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