Yve Bowen

What's Really Standing Between Your Audience and Their Next Move? Before you book a speaker, it's worth asking: what's the one shift you want your audience to leave with? Here's a quick exercise I use to open up that exact conversation - try it yourself, or picture your audience answering it. 1. When a new opportunity lands in front of you, what's your first internal reaction? "I could actually do this" — or — "Who am I to think I could pull this off?" 2. Think of the last time you held back from speaking up, applying, or putting yourself forward. What was the real reason - was it that you weren't capable, or that you didn't feel like the kind of person who does that? 3. If a close friend had your exact skills and experience, would you tell them to go for it? What stops you from taking your own advice? 4. What's one story about yourself that you've been carrying so long you've stopped questioning it? For example: "I'm not a numbers person," "I'm not a natural leader," "I'm not the type who gets picked." 5. If you could let go of just one belief about who you're "not," what would open up for you in the next 6 months? Most audiences aren't short on ability - they're carrying an outdated story about who they're allowed to be. That's the gap I close in my talk: From Self-Doubt to Self-Belief: Finding the Confidence to Be Seen, Heard, and Take Action. Your attendees will leave with: - A clear way to spot the moment a story not a fact, is making their decisions for them - Where these self-limiting stories actually come from, and why willpower alone doesn't shift them - Practical, immediately usable steps to build the confidence to speak up, show up, and act If this resonates with the outcome you want for your event, let'shave a quick chat about how it could fit your agenda.

What if feeling overwhelmed isn't just about having too much to do, but about the stories, expectations and beliefs that keep you caught in a cycle of constant doing? In this engaging and interactive talk, Yve explores what can sit beneath our need to keep doing, achieving and proving ourselves, and how these patterns can leave us feeling overwhelmed, exhausted and disconnected from what we actually need. Rather than simply offering productivity tips, audiences are invited to pause, notice and experience what happens when they step out of automatic doing. Through simple exercises, reflection and interaction, they'll explore the stories behind their busyness, how overwhelm can show up in the body, and what becomes possible when they create space to choose rather than simply react. The session is practical, thought-provoking and accessible, with plenty of opportunity for audiences to participate and discover their own insights. Audience members will leave with a fresh perspective on what may be driving their constant doing, greater awareness of the patterns contributing to overwhelm, and a practical way to create more space, choice and support in their everyday lives.

What if the answer isn't always to try harder? Many people spend enormous amounts of energy trying to work in ways that simply don't work well for their brain. They push through distractions, force themselves to concentrate, struggle with overwhelm, mask difficulties and then wonder why ordinary tasks can feel exhausting. This experiential talk explores what can happen when we stop asking, “What's wrong with me?” and start asking, “What conditions help me work well?” Through stories, reflection, interaction and simple embodied exercises, Yve invites audiences to notice the relationship between their thoughts, bodies, environment and working patterns. Rather than presenting neurodiversity as a list of traits, or offering another collection of productivity hacks, this talk explores the idea of fit: the relationship between the individual and the environment they're working in. Participants will explore: * the hidden effort behind “just getting things done” * the pressure to try harder, cope better or be more like everyone else * how stress and overwhelm can show up in the body * the difference between self-judgement and useful self-awareness * how changing conditions can change our experience * how to identify one small experiment that could make work more sustainable The talk is particularly relevant for neurodivergent professionals and business owners, as well as employers, HR and L&D teams, inclusive leadership programmes and workplace wellbeing initiatives. The goal isn't to give people another set of rules for how they should work. It's to help them become more curious about how they actually work, and what becomes possible when they work with, rather than against themselves.