Keynote Speaking + Workshops
Professional Training and Development
"Theresa is a DYNAMO! Whenever we've had her lead workshops at our conferences we get nothing but amazingly positive feedback!"
Dana W.
Across the country and on the TED.com platform you can find Theresa leading interactive workshops on her trademarked system of inner power (#InPower™ ) and topics relating to personal power, boundaries, defense, and what keeps us in (or takes us out) of our power.
Breaking Up with Fear
Most-requested programs for corporate teams
All programs are customizable to your industry, audience, and event goals. These are the most popular starting points.
Quieting Your Inner Bully
Based on Theresa's viral TED talk (930k+ views). Teams learn to identify the inner critic patterns that cause self-sabotage, people-pleasing, and burnout — and replace them with mental habits that support performance. Available as keynote or workshop.
Fear to Fierce
A high-energy, science-backed session on how adrenaline and fear affect performance — and how to shift your physiology in real time. Ideal for sales teams, leaders in high-pressure roles, and anyone navigating change or uncertainty.
Boundaries at Work: The Missing Leadership Skill
Most boundary training focuses on saying no. This goes deeper — into why we struggle to set boundaries, what happens to teams without them, and how to set them with clarity and confidence. Reduces conflict, improves culture, prevents burnout.
InPower® Mental Fitness for Teams
A multi-session training program using the Positive Intelligence® app and framework. Builds measurable mental fitness over 6 weeks — improving focus, collaboration, and resilience across the whole team.
Powerful Partnering & Healthy Conflict
For teams navigating tension, miscommunication, or culture friction. Practical tools for assertive communication, de-escalation, and turning conflict into collaboration.
Additional topics available — including TeenSpeak, NoBullying programs, and personal safety workshops. Request the full topic list →
What your team walks away with
Every program — whether a 60-minute keynote or a full-day workshop — is built around measurable shifts in how people think, communicate, and perform.
Mental fitness & resilience
Tools to manage stress, reduce reactivity, and stay focused under pressure — based on Positive Intelligence® research.
Boundaries that work
Practical boundary-setting skills that reduce conflict, prevent burnout, and improve team dynamics.
Assertive communication
From de-escalation to healthy conflict — communication skills that actually hold up in the real world.
Confidence under pressure
The neuroscience of fear and adrenaline — and how to shift your physiology in 3 seconds or less.
Eliminating self-sabotage
Identify the patterns holding your team back — and replace them with habits that drive results.
Culture & wellbeing
People who feel safe, confident, and respected perform better. This work builds the foundation.
For Event Coordinators:
All of my topics fall under the umbrella of INNER POWER - or InPower©. These include body, mind, or spirit work:
- shifting or changing mindsets for success
- overcoming the Inner Bully© - stop beating yourself up!
- unleashing your Inner Warrior to live powerfully and at your best
- self-defense: practical tips using boundaries, practices, and awareness
- applying brain technology/Mental Fitness for life (breathwork, adrenaline awareness, self-care, resilience, and calming)
- using positive intelligence© (the only format to increase EQ) understanding our defeating patterns and how our brains work BEST
- stopping self-sabotage (Saboteur Workshop)
- Theresa can do 20 - 30 - 60 minute presentations ONLINE. In some cases a 90-minute workshop is available.
- In-person options include 60-minute, half-day (3 hours), or full-day (5-hour) workshops.
- These include active and interactive experiences which include keynote lecture style, and exercises for small groups or large groups.
Theresa can do presentations with or without AV or a microphone.
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Theresa Byrne is a global TED.com speaker (over 750k views on her talk, "The Dangers of Your Inner Bully") and an award-winning author and trainer.
Theresa Byrne, aka "Master T" is a nationally recognized expert in self-empowerment and a Master Instructor in martial arts (she has EIGHT black belts), and personal self-defense, and uses her experience to teach others (she's worked directly with over 50,000 clients) how to activate their inner power using concepts like how adrenaline affects our bodies and mindset, and why boundaries are the secret to staying sane..
Theresa also healed a devastating TBI from a car accident! Many speak about neuroscience, but how many people have HAD to use it to rebuild their brains and their lives? She has. She had to - there was no other choice other than to stay "neurologically disabled".
A natural-born protector, she's a self-defense expert and the first woman to earn the rank of Master Instructor in her system of martial arts. She helps people get unstuck, find balance, and use positive boundaries.
Speaker Introduction:
Theresa Byrne is an inner power and global self-defense expert and a Certified Positive Intelligence© Coach.
Her 2019 TEDTalk on healing her brain from a devastating car accident struck a nerve. Arianna Huffington, of Thrive Global, chose it as one of the "Top 10 Most Meaningful TED Talks." As a speaker, she teaches people how to change their physiology in just three seconds by using their inner power.
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ARTICLES
Fight Your Inner Critic With These Physical Tips From a Martial Arts Expert (ThriveGlobal)
The voice of self-doubt in your mind can hold you back from leaving your comfort zone, pursuing a new passion, or achieving a goal you’ve been after. In a recent TED Talk, Theresa Byrne, B.A, CMT, a self-defense expert and fourth degree Master Black Belt, offered some innovative tips for silencing our toxic thoughts that draw from her martial arts practice.
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Martial Artist Fights Off Her Inner Bully (Epoch Times)
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