Signature Speaking Topics That Bring Clarity, Language & Grounded Support to Grief and Resilience
Whether you’re planning a conference, workplace training, wellness event, or community gathering, these topics help audiences understand grief, regulate overwhelm, and build emotional resilience with compassion and clarity.
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Unscripted Grief™: How We Heal When Closure Never Comes (Signature Keynote)
A powerful keynote exploring complicated grief, ambiguous loss, and the emotional impact of not getting answers or closure.
This talk offers grounding tools, language for complex emotions, and a compassionate reframing of how we carry grief over time.
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Navigating Grief in the Workplace: A Trauma-Aware Approach
Most organizations feel unprepared to support grieving employees. This session teaches leaders and teams how grief affects cognition, communication, productivity, and emotional presence and what trauma-aware support truly looks like. Practical scripts and tools included.
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Emotional Resilience in Times of Change
Perfect for teams navigating transitions, overwhelm, burnout, or uncertainty.
Participants learn how the nervous system responds to stress, how to regulate in real time, and how to rebuild steadiness during emotionally heavy seasons.
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The Grace, Space + Base Framework™
My signature methodology brought to life.
Grace: permission + self-compassion.
Space: emotional room to pause, process, and breathe.
Base: tools, regulation, and support to stay grounded.This session teaches organizations and communities how to implement a trauma-aware culture of steadiness, empathy, and resilience.
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What to Say (and Not Say) to Someone Grieving
A practical, eye-opening session on language, empathy, and real support.
Leaders learn what phrases harm, what helps, and how to engage with grieving employees or communities without fear of “saying the wrong thing.”
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The Neuroscience of Grief: What Happens in the Brain After Loss
Grief isn’t only emotional, it’s physiological. This talk explores somatic responses (brain fog, fatigue, shutdown, overwhelm) and teaches grounding tools that support the nervous system through acute and long-term grief.
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Healing After Difficult Family Dynamics
When the relationship was estranged, conflicted, or unresolved, grief becomes layered and complex. This session helps participants explore ambivalence, anger, guilt, and relief and offers compassionate tools for understanding this nonlinear, often misunderstood grief.
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After the Fall™: Rebuilding When Life Has Unraveled
A high-impact, motivational session based on Chivonne’s self-guided workbook After the Fall™. This talk supports audiences who are navigating upheaval, identity shifts, or emotional collapse. Participants learn how to stabilize their nervous system, create soft structure during difficult seasons, and reimagine who they are becoming with grounded hope and empowered action.
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Women, Identity & Grief: Reclaiming Yourself After Loss
Designed for women’s events, retreats, and community gatherings, this session explores how grief reshapes identity, relationships, and emotional capacity.
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Custom Topics Available
Available upon request:
✔ Grief in education settings
✔ Supporting frontline + caregiver burnout
✔ Grief after workplace loss
✔ Anticipatory grief
✔ Identity loss and life transitions
✔ Emotional regulation for high-stress teams
Formats Available
✔ 30–60 minute keynote
✔ 1–3 hour workshop
✔ Half-day / full-day training
✔ Multi-session series for organizations
✔ Virtual or in-person delivery
What Audiences Take Away
✔ Language for experiences that feel hard to articulate
✔ Practical grounding tools they can use immediately
✔ A deeper understanding of grief + the nervous system
✔ Permission to feel without judgment
✔ Trauma-aware communication practices
✔ Clarity, compassion, and confident next steps
Why Book Chivonne
✔ Grounded, compassionate presence
✔ Evidence-informed + lived-experience
✔ Makes complex emotions accessible
✔ Deeply engaging, high impact sessions
✔ Trauma-aware + psychologically safe
✔ Measurable resonance with audiences
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