Speaking Events
Want to book me for your next event? I’m currently accepting invitations for 2025-2026 in person and virtual events. Please send me an email!
Let’s be honest: some of us weren’t built for the straight line. Our resumes don’t tell a tidy story. Our careers didn’t go: college → internship → job → promotion → corner office. We explored. We pivoted. We started over. We crashed, recovered, reinvented, and reemerged with a story no one prepared us to tell.
This talk is for the multi-hyphenates, the reinventors, the ones with patchwork resumes and deeply lived lives. The ones who’ve been asked “So… what do you actually do?” more times than they can count. It’s for people whose brilliance lives between the bullet points.
I’m not here to help you “justify” your nonlinear path—I’m here to help you own it. Because it’s not a mess. It’s a mosaic.
Topic 1:
No Map, No Problem
Embracing the Nonlinear Career Path
What We Cover:
Finding Your Throughline: How to identify the core thread that connects your seemingly disconnected jobs, titles, and passions
The Art of the Reframe: Learn how to present your story as expansive and strategic—not flaky, chaotic, or “still figuring it out”
Permission to Be Unconventional: Why nonlinear careers are exactly what today’s creative, adaptive economy needs
Visibility Without Apology: Practical strategies for owning your narrative in interviews, bios, social media, and client pitches
Soft Skills, Strong Spine: How emotional intelligence, reinvention, and lived experience can be your greatest professional assets
Target Audience:
Ideal for conferences, leadership programs, and organizations focused on career development, reinvention, and self-leadership. A strong fit for professional associations, alumni networks, creative communities, personal growth brands, and coaching platforms—especially those supporting multi-hyphenates, career shifters, late bloomers, and individuals navigating nonlinear paths. This talk is designed for people ready to reframe their journey, connect the dots of their experience, and own a career story that doesn’t fit the traditional mold.
Topic 2:
Find Your People
We’re taught that once we hit adulthood, meaningful friendships will just… happen. Be likable, stay busy, “put yourself out there”—and community will somehow form around you.
But here’s the truth: most adults feel lonelier than ever, and they have no idea how to fix it. Because no one ever taught us how to build community on purpose. We were told to prioritize independence. We were never taught how to create belonging.
And even if you have done the self-work—if you’ve journaled, meditated, gone to therapy—you might still feel that quiet ache. You’ve taken care of yourself. But something’s missing.
You’re not burned out. You’re under-connected.
This talk is for high-functioning, hyper-independent adults who secretly feel lonely. The ones who miss friendship but dread forced small talk. The ones who crave connection that doesn’t require performance, pressure, or pretending to be “on.”
As a founding team member of Reading Rhythms, I’ve seen how powerful community can be when we strip away the noise and get back to the basics: shared space, real presence, and low-pressure connection that actually feels good.
This isn’t about networking or joining another group chat. It’s about building something more nourishing—and learning how to belong without burning out.
Target Audience:
Ideal for brands, companies, and organizations invested in community, wellbeing, and human connection—especially those looking to support high-functioning, self-aware adults who are craving more than surface-level engagement. Perfect for wellness platforms, mental health startups, co-working spaces, creative memberships, employee experience teams, and values-driven brands seeking to address loneliness, burnout, and belonging in a way that feels modern, inclusive, and actionable.
What We Cover:
Why adult friendship is hard—and what makes it easier
How loneliness shows up (even when you’re “doing everything right”)
The emotional and structural design behind Reading Rhythms
What real connection feels like (and what it doesn’t)
How to create low-pressure, high-trust connection in your own life
Can also cover hosting with intention, designing sustainable gatherings, or how to foster belonging in your brand or business
Topic 3:
Build the Systems That Support the Life You’re Creating
What We Cover:
What systems actually are (and why you already have some, even if they’re not working)
Why most people don’t need more motivation—they need better containers
The 3 foundational systems every overwhelmed adult needs: task, time, and energy management
Why traditional productivity advice fails neurodivergent or emotionally overloaded people—and what to do instead
How to build structure around your capacity, not your ideal self
Optional modules: personal operating systems, habit scaffolding, burnout recovery, or ADHD-friendly tools that make daily life easier
We talk a lot about change—career pivots, personal growth, reinvention—but we rarely talk about what makes change sustainable. The truth is, most people don’t struggle because they’re lazy, unmotivated, or broken. They struggle because they’re unsupported. Especially those managing ADHD, burnout, or simply trying to build something new in a life that’s already full.
This talk introduces the concept of personal infrastructure—systems that reduce friction and help you function with more ease, consistency, and self-trust. These aren’t color-coded planners or aesthetic morning routines. They’re practical structures that support your energy, focus, and follow-through so you don’t have to rely on panic, shame, or willpower to get through the day.
Whether you're juggling multiple roles, rebuilding after burnout, or just tired of starting over every Monday, this talk shows you how to design a system that fits your life—and holds you steady through whatever season you’re in.
Target Audience:
Ideal for conferences, retreats, brands, and organizations focused on personal development, mental health, productivity, and creative entrepreneurship. A strong fit for coaching programs, founder communities, digital wellness platforms, neurodivergent support networks, and employee experience or development teams—especially those supporting high-performing adults navigating burnout, career transitions, ADHD, or reinvention. This talk is designed for audiences who need practical, sustainable systems for structure, focus, and follow-through—built for real life, not ideal conditions.
Past Events
Hana Lee Goldin is a dynamic keynote speaker and workshop facilitator who helps audiences rethink identity, reinvention, neurodivergence, and nonlinear success.
With 15+ years of experience across culture strategy, systems design, community-building, and personal transformation, Hana brings a rare mix of lived experience and practical wisdom to every talk. Her sessions blend humor, honesty, and human-first strategy—often drawing from her own journey with late-diagnosed ADHD, burnout recovery, and building values-driven movements from the ground up.
Whether she’s guiding audiences through designing neurodivergent-friendly systems, exploring identity shifts, or teaching how to rebuild after burnout, Hana leaves people with clarity, tools, and a renewed sense of possibility.
Past Events Include:
Burning Man (Earth Guardians Programming): Led several workshops on nature-based healing and systems of support
Sparked at The Battery SF: Presented on identity reinvention and creative alignment
Reimagine’s Making Connections Conference: Speaker on connection, community, and personal reinvention
NPR’s All Things Considered with Steve Chiotakis: Interviewed about community, emotional recovery, and the Reading Rhythms movement
CBS Inside SoCal with Erica Olsen: Featured as a local changemaker highlighting creative approaches to connection
Multiple Health & Wellness Conferences + Retreats: Speaker and panelist on ADHD, burnout recovery, and the art of starting over
Podcast + Magazine Features: Frequent guest on platforms discussing identity shifts, community-building, and the structure behind a sustainable creative life