SPEAKING + EVENTS

I speak and facilitate for teams, communities, retreats, panels, and gatherings..

My work is for rooms where people are ready to slow down, tell the truth, reconnect with what matters, and leave with something they can actually use.

I bring a blend of lived experience, corporate insight, intuitive reflection, and grounded strategy to conversations about burnout, self-trust, identity, creativity, leadership, and making aligned decisions.

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WHY THIS WORK

I know what it feels like to be successful and disconnected at the same time.

I spent 16 years in corporate. I know what it’s like to sit in rooms where everyone is saying the right thing, but nobody is saying the real thing.

I also know what happens when a room opens up.

People exhale. They tell the truth. They stop performing for a minute. They remember that work, leadership, purpose, and ambition are all connected to being human.

That is the kind of space I care about creating.

WHERE I SPEAK + FACILITATE

Corporate teams + employee events

For organizations exploring burnout, sustainable work, creativity, communication, self-awareness, or how people actually show up at work.

Women’s groups + professional communities

For thoughtful, ambitious people navigating identity, leadership, self-trust, transitions, and the pressure to hold everything together.

Retreats + wellness gatherings

For spaces centered around rest, reflection, intuition, personal growth, and coming back to yourself.

Panels, podcasts + community conversations

For conversations about career change, creativity, burnout, intuition, leadership, and building a life that actually fits.

This may be a fit if your people are ready to work differently.

WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE WITH THEM

When I speak or facilitate, my goal is not to impress people for an hour and leave them with nothing to hold onto.

I want people to leave with language for what they’ve been feeling, a clearer sense of what matters, and one honest next step they can actually take.

People may leave with:

  • a clearer understanding of what has been keeping them stuck

  • language for something they have felt but not named

  • reflection prompts they can return to later

  • a more honest relationship with their own needs and desires

  • practical next steps that feel grounded instead of overwhelming

  • permission to trust themselves again

WHY MARISOL

I know these rooms because I used to sit in them.

Before starting Awaken To Life, I spent 16 years in corporate working in innovation, coaching, learning and development, and DEI strategy. I've facilitated sessions for teams at organizations including CME Group and the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition.

I know what it's like to sit in a workshop that doesn't quite get it. I also know how to create a room where people actually feel safe enough to be honest.

I'm not there to lecture. I'm there to facilitate the kind of conversation your team has needed to have.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes. Depending on the event, I can offer a keynote-style talk, panel conversation, guided discussion, interactive workshop, retreat session, or a blend of speaking and facilitation. We’ll talk through what your audience needs and shape the format from there.

  • I’m available for corporate events, employee programming, women’s groups, professional communities, retreats, wellness gatherings, panels, podcasts, and community conversations.

  • I often speak about self-trust, burnout, sustainable work, career transitions, creativity, intuition, identity, leadership, and coming back to yourself in seasons of change. Topics can be customized based on your audience and event goals.

  • Yes. I don’t believe in copy-and-paste conversations. Before the event, we’ll talk through your audience, what they’re carrying, what you’re hoping they leave with, and what kind of experience would actually serve the room.

  • Yes. I can speak or facilitate virtually, in person, or in a hybrid format depending on the event and what works best for your group.

  • Yes. Many of my sessions include reflection prompts, grounding, guided conversation, journaling, or group discussion. The level of interaction depends on the event format, time available, and what feels appropriate for the room.

INTERESTED IN BRINGING ME TO YOUR EVENT?

Let’s talk about what your room needs.

Share a few details about your event, audience, topic, and timeline. I’ll review your inquiry and follow up so we can talk through what kind of talk, workshop, or facilitated conversation would be the best fit.

A good event does more than fill time.

It gives people a way back to themselves.

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