“Even though she was speaking to a huge group, I left feeling like I had talked with Margit over a cup of coffee. She makes an authentic and personal connection with her audience.”
Resiliency Speaker & Facilitator
Speaker
Margit has over 25 years of public speaking and facilitation experience, serving organizations such as Galvanize Action, SAFE Illinois, AllHealth Network, the Financial Planning Association, Ameritas, the Lotus Network and Executive Women International.
To make your event exceptional, Margit will create interactive experiences for your group to deepen their learning. Even during keynote speeches with large audiences, she guides participants to actively engage with the topic using self-reflection, movement and direct interaction with her and other attendees. As a facilitator, Margit guides groups large and small to even more substantive inquiry and connection. Her past facilitation offerings include supporting Board retreats, guiding Film Q&A discussions, and offering Deep Dive explorations of her book From Hope to Habit. Margit offers all of the topics below as a keynote speech or a facilitated program, either in-person or via video conference. Plus, if you need a program on a different topic, especially if you find a relevant offering in Margit’s blog posts, reach out to inquire if she can create a customized experience for your needs.
Margit’s programs consistently get rave reviews. Your attendees will feel connected, challenged and supported.
“Dr. Henderson’s delivery is dynamic, authentic, and sure to make you re-evaluate your daily decisions in order to live and age healthfully!”
Invite Margit to Support Your Next Event
Margit is a dynamic speaker and facilitator, who shares her expertise about building resilience through meaningful life engagement and embodied wellbeing. Margit challenges her audiences while infusing them with energy and support. Her programs offer practical takeaways to empower your attendees to bring their best intentions to life.
Courageous Activism Events
Sustaining progressive engagement, especially during the current period of backlash, can easily lead to burnout or avoidance if we aren’t tending to our bodies and finding connection. Margit draws on two decades of direct action, coordinating political volunteers as well as overcoming her own periods of burnout to support your group in developing embodied communal care for sustainable civil courage. Margit has offered prior Courageous Engagement programs for organizations such as Galvanize Action, Race2Dinner and SAFE Illinois.
Activism and Emotional Resilience: What Your Nervous System Needs for Lasting Civil Courage
In this presentation, Margit shares how to support new volunteers who are stretching beyond their comfort zones, so they stay involved long-term, while also offering burnout prevention and care for seasoned community activists/organizers. She honors deeply-rooted collective wisdom, which has also been confirmed by neuroscience, moving us beyond self-care to embodied communal care that will make your work more sustainable, courageous and impactful.
Having Hard Conversations: How to Settle Your Nervous System to Speak with Courage and Listen with Care
In this program, Margit explains why the nervous system interferes with having constructive conflict and how to overcome this barrier to healthy communication. She shares her Emotional Challenge Zones model and teaches participants how to listen within themselves, find courage to say hard things and listen deeply to their conversation partners, especially when they disagree. Margit breaks down these crucial communication skills to help attendees to be at their best as citizens, friends, partners and parents.
Standing Up to End Racism: Breaking Through the Emotional Design of White Supremacy for Lasting Civil Courage
The emotional design of white supremacy activates our nervous systems to create defensiveness in the face of radically honest conversations about race and racism. In this program, Margit shares her Emotional Challenge Zones model and other embodied patterns of internalized racism to guide participants to work with and manage their reactivity, so they can listen, learn and find their way to authentic, sustained antiracist engagement.
“How I listen has really shifted. Now I am really being present, mindful, empathetic.”
Burnout Relief Events
Invite Margit to support the wellbeing of your employees, association members, volunteers and/or clients. Previous Wellness Event hosts include Ameritas, AllHealth Network, Colorado Public Health and Galvanize USA.
Burnout Relief: Science-Based Solutions for Your Wellbeing
Participants leave this presentation feeling more relaxed, connected, cared for and restored. Margit explains why burnout happens and shows attendees how to release stress from their bodies and calm the mind, even when the challenging circumstances haven’t changed. Participants learn enjoyable and effective Embodied Resiliency Resets that take less than 2 minutes to do.
Peak Performance Playbook: Simple Strategies to Thrive Under Pressure
Be at your best when the pressure amps up. Margit explains the science of stress and provides research-based, daily practices to facilitate peak performance and optimal living. During this fun and interactive event, participants develop personalized strategies to move from reactivity to resiliency.
“You were exactly what we envisioned. Thank you for delivering such a meaningful and energetic presentation that was customized for (our audience). We appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge and your enthusiasm with us.”
Resilient Retirement Events
Margit challenges ageist views, inspiring participants to feel hopeful about their futures and focus on what really matters for long-term health and wellbeing. Margit’s Optimistic Aging message has been hosted by groups including DailyOM, The Lotus Network and The Transition Network.
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Optimistic Aging: Charting Your Course for Retirement Adventure
Transform your fear of aging into excitement about the future. In this energetic and inspiring presentation, Dr. Henderson debunks aging myths, offers a positive outlook for the future and shares secrets to lifelong resilience.
As a retirement planner, you’re always looking for ways to add value and deepen your client relationships. Show clients you care about their wellbeing as well as their financial life by hosting a client appreciation program that addresses healthy aging and psychological preparation for retirement. Margit’s previous Resilient Retirement Event hosts include Merrill Lynch and TIAA.
And consider bringing Margit to your company for a double-header: a professional development program for your team and a same-day client engagement event. Previous Professional Development Event hosts include the FPA (Financial Planning Association) and NAPFA (National Association of Personal Financial Advisors).
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A Tale of Two Futures: Why and How to Talk with Your Clients about Pessimistic Aging and Optimistic Aging
In this presentation for financial advisors, Margit explains how to discuss aging to strengthen the working relationship with your clients and lead them to resilient retirement. “Margit’s talk was outstanding. Her content was well-received by NAPFA’s advisors. We left her session with many actionable items for how to address aging and health with our clients.”
Margit’s book Optimistic Aging: From Midlife to the Good Life makes a thoughtful welcome or thank-you gift to support your current and prospective clients’ resilient retirement.
“Dr. Henderson has indeed written an optimistic and practical roadmap to better health and aging. Her years of guiding others through lifestlye change are evident in her easy-to-use planning guide. A one-sitting and then a keep-handy book with valuable pearls.”
President of Masterpiece Living and author of Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging
“Dr. Henderson’s Optimistic Aging talk is full of useful information, but also presented with such a heart-open
and authentic connection to the topic and the audience. Dr. Henderson is a wonderful presenter.”
To Schedule Margit for your event:
Email margit@margithenderson.com
or Call 303-257-2427
Details for Event Planning
As an event professional, you have countless details to bring together for a successful event. Margit is committed to making your job easier.
As your speaker, Margit will:
- Be a responsive and pleasant collaborator with you prior to and during the event
- Instill confidence in your executive team that the event’s business goals are being met
- Leave your audience members invigorated, inspired and eager to apply their new insights
Below are many of the key ingredients you will need to consider Margit as a speaker and to get your marketing materials and event set-up ready prior to your event.
Downloadables
Margit offers customized programming to address your audience’s specific needs. Use these printable One Sheets to present Margit as an option for your event planning committee.
- Henderson Wellbeing Breakthrough Speaker One Sheet →
- Henderson Resilient Retirement Speaker One Sheet →
- Video Samples →
Prior to your event, Margit will provide a speaker introduction, speaker bio, headshot and event description customized to your program topic.
Fees & Book Orders
Margit’s professional Speaking Fee varies based upon event type, duration, location, date, and level of customization. To get the most out of your investment, consider bringing Margit to your company for a full day of programming: a professional development or wellness events for your team and a same-day client engagement event.
To reserve a date on Margit’s calendar, a 50% deposit and signed contract are required. The remaining fee is due on the day of the event.
If appropriate for your program topic, Margit’s award-winning Book, Optimistic Aging, makes a great addition to your event give-away bag. Margit can provide a bulk-purchase rate for your book order.
Margit will provide a customized description for your Event Marketing Materials. She can also record a promotional video speaking directly to your audience for a marketing email blast and/or write a newsletter article to help promote your event.
Margit’s preferred Room Set-Up:
- Riser or stage
- No podium
- Lavaliere microphone
- Projector and screen
- Chair/table set-up that supports a standing movement activity and audience member interaction during the presentation