"COMPELLING & EMPOWERING"
Parul Somani is a global keynote speaker trusted by Fortune 100 companies and leading organizations. Her speaking topics span leadership development and personal growth to health and self-advocacy. With authentic storytelling and actionable insights, she inspires and empowers her audiences to maximize their fulfillment and success.
Speaking Topics
All topics are available as interactive keynotes, moderated discussions, facilitated workshops, and interviews.
SELF HELP & PERSONAL GROWTH
GET UNSTUCK & CRAFT A FULFILLING LIFE: Learn how to audit your life, clarify your intentions, overcome your mental traps, and drive meaningful change in the areas that most shape your fulfillment and wellbeing.
NAVIGATE CHANGE & UNCERTAINTY: Explore how to move through life's challenging situations with self-understanding and resilience, avoid common pitfalls, and make hard decisions with intention.
TRANSFORM YOUR PERSONAL BRAND: As your priorities evolve, discover how to channel your strengths, overcome identity crises, and redefine your brand to bring your personal and professional self into alignment.
RAISE MENTALLY STRONG CHILDREN: Learn actionable strategies and tools for being a mentally strong parent and raising resilient, self-driven children.
BUSINESS LEADERSHIP & RESILIENCE
LEAD THROUGH CHANGE & UNCERTAINTY: Better understand the psychology of change and the mindsets and practical tools that will help your leaders enable their organization to thrive through challenging times.
TURN STRESS INTO AN ADVANTAGE: Strengthen your organization by helping teams better understand the science of stress, explore the drivers of burnout risk, and translate stressors into energy sources.
BUILD AND MANAGE RESILIENT TEAMS: Empower your leaders with proven techniques to build their resilience and enable their teams to bounce forward from change and challenges with clarity and intention.
CANCER & HEALTHCARE
CANCER CARE & SURVIVORSHIP: Learn actionable insights directly from a survivor and caregiver that will help patients, providers, health systems, and more better navigate and serve the cancer care continuum.
MENOPAUSE & WOMEN'S HEALTH: From pregnancy to surgically induced menopause, Parul shares insights from her first-hand experiences navigating the healthcare system and serving as her own best advocate.
PATIENT EMPOWERMENT: Stakeholders across the healthcare system will be inspired by the power of patient empowerment and self-advocacy in this moving story spanning survivorship to caregiving.
GENOMICS & GENETIC TESTING: With personal experience as a BRCA1 carrier and cancer survivor, and professional experience at a genomics company, Parul speaks to the life-saving power of actionable genetic testing.
OWN YOUR STORY: In this interactive experience, patients, survivors, and caregivers will reflect on their journey, learn to reframe their challenges, and discover what they can start doing today to own their story.
We could not be happier with how the evening unfolded and how the message has been received. Huge thank you to Parul Somani for lending us not only her extensive leadership coaching skills, but also for being vulnerable and sharing her own lived experiences with our audience. You were truly such an inspiring and impactful keynote speaker!
Jonathan Naylor, PharmD
Associate Director of Patient Advocacy, Oncology
Bristol Myers Squibb
What a remarkably personal and powerful time with Parul Somani for our teams at Neiman Marcus Group! Our teams learned an incredibly practical and powerful approach to resiliency - applicable to life’s and work’s many challenges. If you’re looking for a personal, practical and insightful speaker for your team or company - reach out to her team!
Stefanie Tsen Ward
Senior Vice President, Customer Engagement and West Region Integrated Retail
Neiman Marcus Group
Thanks for sharing your experience and expertise in such a compelling and empowering manner. The MOVE framework is a structured approach derived from your lived experience that can help many go through what each of us would prefer to avoid.
Amadou Diarra
Senior Vice President, Global Policy, Patient Advocacy
Bristol Myers Squibb
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The positive feedback from the session is overwhelming - on the impact of your thoughts and your own story as an inspiration. I was unable to take the multitude of calls I was getting from around the world post your session!
Parvez Ahmad
Head of Global Solutions Marketing
Oracle Financial Services
I can’t thank you enough! Your presentation was so endearing and just what our employees needed to hear. Your courage in sharing your story and all your challenges is heartwarming! I think many felt truly connected to you and grateful to know they aren’t alone, as well as how to navigate through such trying times. You are a gift to us all.
Stephanie R. Downs
Human Resources
Iowa State University
Parul shared valuable insights and tactical solutions that were tailored to us individually. The lessons on stress and resilience were the perfect balance between personal / emotional connection and the science and studies to back it up. I wholeheartedly recommend Parul for your next team meeting or leadership summit. She is an incredible asset and we will be working with her every single year!