Group Facilitation & Speaking
Looking for an impactful facilitator or keynote speaker for your next leadership retreat, team offsite, or women’s circle? I bring 20+ years of experience, neuroscience-backed tools, and a fresh perspective on clarity, confidence, and courageous leadership. These aren’t just for women and can be tailored for any audience.
Here are a few of the topics I speak on:
- Just Own You: A 5-part framework to live and lead with intention and impact
- Finding Your Joy Spot: Let joy reveal what matters and why you’re here
- Stop Playing Small: Speak your truth, be who you are—without feeling bad
- Unapologetic Leadership: Lead without hedging or hiding
- What’s J.O.Y Got to Do with It?: Let joy be your north star
- Courageous Living: Small brave choices that change your life
- Leading and Living Without Losing Yourself: Avoid burnout and amplify your impact
- Courage Over Comfort: Practical tools for difficult conversations and bold decisions
- Programs created by Brené Brown: Dare to Lead, Gifts of Imperfection, The Daring Way and Rising Strong
Leona’s presentation was moving, relatable, and energizing. Her words inspired me to pause, look within, and approach my work with fresh eyes and a renewed perspective. She connects deeply with her audience, blending stories with powerful insights that leave you feeling centered and ready to take action.
WOW. I’m speechless. I’ve never been impacted by a single talk the way I was by this one—powerful, moving, and practical.
Leona deVinne is an absolutely fantastic speaker! She captivates her audience with a perfect blend of humour and research-based insights, offering practical tools that leave people confident, connected, and ready to make an impact.
Speaker Bios
Super Short
Leona helps people break free from who they think they should be and live and lead authentically—using research-backed frameworks distilled into practical tools that transform lives. Leona deVinne works closely with Brené Brown, bringing her transformational work to leaders worldwide, and was invited by Arianna Huffington to contribute to HuffPost. She is an internationally recognized speaker, leadership coach, and author.
Short Bio
Leona deVinne is a transformational speaker and leadership strategist who helps people do the bravest work: stop hustling for worth and own who they are—without apology. She works closely with Brené Brown’s team to deliver Dare to Lead™ to senior executives worldwide and was invited by Arianna Huffington to contribute to HuffPost. Through her J.O.Y. framework—Just Own You—Leona equips leaders and changemakers with practical, evidence-based tools to live and lead with clarity, confidence, and courage.
Long Bio
What if the bravest work you could ever do is to stop hustling to be who you think you should be—and finally live and lead as who you are?
Leona deVinne is a transformational speaker, leadership strategist, and author whose mission is to help people do the bravest work: stop hustling for worth, ditch the people-pleasing, and own who they are—without apology.
An internationally recognized voice on authentic leadership, Leona works closely with Brené Brown’s team, bringing her transformational Dare to Lead™ work to senior executives and organizations worldwide. She was also personally invited by Arianna Huffington to contribute to HuffPost. Her influence extends across industries, where she equips leaders, women, and changemakers to lead with clarity, confidence, and conviction.
Known for her rare ability to translate complex research into simple, story-rich frameworks, Leona draws on psychology, neuroscience, and leadership studies to deliver practical tools that transform lives. Her approach is bold, evidence-based, and infused with humour and humanity—never fluff. Audiences leave not only inspired but equipped to do the hard work of showing up as their fullest selves in leadership, relationships, and daily life.
Her signature framework, J.O.Y.—Just Own You—isn’t about chasing happiness; it’s a 5-part framework that is all about alignment. It challenges people to reclaim their voice, their presence, and their power by choosing authenticity over expectations. For Leona, this isn’t theoretical—it’s also personal.
A recovering people-pleaser and former hustler for her worth, Leona was raised below the poverty line by immigrant parents. She went on to build and sell a successful business, led a nonprofit dedicated to bringing comfort and joy to hospital patients and shelter residents, and lives daily with a rare genetic condition that she has already outlived her life expectancy—reminding her that every moment matters. This lived story grounds her message in authenticity that people can feel.
Leona is the author of Finding Your Joy Spot, which explores how small, meaningful moments illuminate purpose and resilience, and her forthcoming book is a bold guide to finding the courage and confidence to fully express yourself in life and leadership.
Her philosophy is simple: stop shrinking to fit rooms you were born to rise in. When you own who you are, performance, relationships, and well-being all elevate.
Leona is known for her blend of intellect and heart, data and storytelling, boldness and warmth. She doesn’t just deliver talks; she creates transformational experiences that shift how people live, lead, and connect. Her mission is not to motivate but to liberate: to remind people that their greatest power lies not in who they think they should be, but in who they already are—when they dare to own it.
Because an authentic life isn’t about perfection—it’s about presence, purpose, and the radical act of showing up as yourself in your work, your relationships, and every moment that matters.
Be you without apology. That’s JOY—Just Own You. It’s the bravest work anyone will ever do, and the world needs more of it.