Valorie Burton

Valorie Burton, life strategist and international speaker, is CEO of the Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute. Her life-changing message has an intriguing, research-based emphasis in the pioneering field of applied positive psychology – the study of what happens when things go right with us.

Her company provides coaching, coach training, and resilience training and has served clients in all 50 states and 20 countries on six continents. Since 1999, she has written 13 books translated into multiple languages, including Let Go of the Guilt, It’s About Time, and Successful Women Think Differently.

She has appeared regularly on the TODAY Show, CNN, Dr. Oz, and Essence, and has spoken for hundreds of organizations around the globe. She was named one of the top 60 motivational speakers in America and one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in the field of personal development.

For over 15 years, Valorie’s books, speaking engagements, and coaching programs have helped people:

– Make major life changes that are exciting and scary at the same time.

– Be happier and have more fun, even when life seems routine.

– Become strong leaders, navigate office politics, and achieve professional dreams.

– Navigate setbacks and disappointments in a way that makes life better, not bitter.

– Speak up with confidence rather than settling for less.

– Go to sleep at night feeling at peace about decisions.

– Conquer emotions that cause procrastination, emotional spending, and self-sabotage.

She and her husband Jeff live on a ranch south of Atlanta with their children.

Successful Women Think Differently

You are capable of far more than you know. Scientific studies prove successful people think differently than the average person. They make decisions differently, set goals differently, and bounce back from failure and adversity differently. In this intriguing and energetic presentation, Valorie Burton will help you and your audience:

• Pinpoint your thinking style and make adjustments to improve performance
• Understand why talent isn’t enough and how to develop the self-control that will take you to the next level
• Understand why how you explain your success and failure predicts more about your potential than you think
• How to focus on solutions, not problems.

This powerful presentation is based on Valorie’s national bestselling book, Successful Women Think Differently.

Successful People Think Differently

You are capable of far more than you know. Scientific studies prove successful people think differently than the average person. They make decisions differently, set goals differently, and bounce back from failure and adversity differently. In this intriguing and energetic presentation, Valorie Burton will help you and your audience:

• Pinpoint your thinking style and make adjustments to improve performance
• Understand why talent isn’t enough and how to develop the self-control that will take you to the next level
• Understand why how you explain your success and failure predicts more about your potential than you think
• How to focus on solutions, not problems.

Resilient and Ready: How to Thrive Through Challenge and Change

Today’s world requires the ability to adapt to change and thrive despite the challenges that occur. Valorie Burton will help you understand how to create the building blocks of resilience so you can:

• Bounce back from setbacks
• Maximize opportunities
• Develop the thinking style research proves helps you succeed under pressure—find your joy and maintain a positive perspective
• Navigate disappointments in a way that makes you better, not bitter.

In this practical, engaging conversation, Valorie will equip you with a survival toolkit to face any challenge that comes your way!

It’s About Time: The art of choosing the meaningful over the urgent

Even the most efficient among us feel as if we’re racing the clock every day – and we still never seem to get it all done. The new norms of modern life tap into psychological impulses that make it harder than ever to take control of our time. In this message based on her acclaimed book of the same name, Valorie Burton inspires and teaches practical research-based discoveries to help you understand:

• Why so many of us live in “time poverty” and how you can climb out of it
• How to stop digital distractions from creating false urgencies that drain your time
• Where you can reallocate your time to reflect the values and priorities that matter most
• How to pinpoint the core vulnerabilities that are keeping you stuck in time debt

Coaching for Leaders: How to bring out the best in yourself and others

What if you could coach yourself in five minutes or less to think clearly through a major decision or an emotional dilemma? Coaching is a powerful tool to create personal clarity, build a positive environment, and facilitate progress towards critical goals. Valorie will give your audience principles and research-based techniques they can use immediately to fulfill their potential facilitate growth in others. As Valorie shares her proven 5-step coaching process, you will discover how to:

• Transform a scattered brain into a focused mind that accomplishes your daily goals.
• Lay your head on your pillow at night feeling peace about your decisions.
• Control the emotions that cause you to procrastinate, spend emotionally, and sabotage your own success.

Let Go of the Guilt: Stop beating yourself up and take back your joy

Expectations for what you “should” accomplish and how your life “should” look are higher than ever – and so is the tendency to feel guilty. Left unchecked, that guilt can drive decisions, drain your emotions, and rule your relationships. In this life-changing message, life coach and bestselling author Valorie Burton teaches a simple but profound method that frees you from the “false guilt” that is so common today. Through the power of stories and research, she shows you how to:

• Recognize and overcome the thought patterns of guilt
• Notice and conquer the guilt gender gap
• Why the personality trait most likely to predict success can also leave you prone to guilt
• Stop guilt from sneaking its way into your everyday decisions and interactions
• Stop setting yourself up for stress, anxiety and obligation and set yourself up for joy, productivity and freedom

Where Will You Go From Here? Bounce Back From a Setback

Has the unexpected knocked you off course? You lost your job to the latest round of layoffs. A relationship you thought would last forever, didn’t. A health challenge is disrupting your life. Life doesn’t always go according to plan, but with the right attitude and skills, you can persevere through even the toughest situations—and emerge stronger and better than ever. Valorie’s message is designed to help you navigate life’s obstacles and feel empowered to:

• Unearth the courage you need for any situation.
• Replace negative thinking with an optimistic outlook.
• Navigate disappointments in a way that makes you better, rather than bitter.

Goal Setting, Goal Getting! Reach Your Goals Faster

Are you setting the right goals? How do you know? Are your team members’ strategies for reaching goals as effective as they could be? Does your team have the traits needed to reach major goals—and if not, do you know how to develop those traits?

In this fun and fast-paced session, Valorie Burton shares practical, research-based methods to reach your goals faster, more easily and more consistently.

In this highly engaging and interactive session, you’ll learn:

• Three foundational principles of effective goal setting. They’re rarely discussed, yet without them your goals are likely to falter or fizzle.
• How to set a goal in a way that challenges but doesn’t overwhelm you or your team
• The 7 Building Blocks of the “goal getting” process.
• Which of the 7 Building Blocks you already possess, where you have gaps that need to be filled—and how to close those gaps.
• How to spot and eliminate “Goal Fatigue,” a little-known phenomenon that impacts leaders and employees in demanding environments.
• Create meaningful goals that boost happiness.
• Build the confidence you need to reach goals outside your comfort zone.

Successful Women Speak Differently: Stop Underestimating Yourself

The most successful women are often not the most talented, the most gifted, or even the most experienced. What these women have is a knack for communicating that opens doors and gives them influence.

Gleaning from powerful research, bestselling author and life strategist Valorie Burton unearths practical insights you can put to work in your life immediately. Scientific studies are proving the power of your success lies in the very words you speak – and the ones you don’t. Let Valorie teach you how to…

• Recognize the nuances in speech that can mean the difference between success and failure
• Increase your influence by changing what you think and say in critical moments
• Speak accurately about yourself so you don’t sabotage your most meaningful goals
• Boost your confidence by making small, fun tweaks in your everyday life
• Your words are powerful tools. It’s time to use them to build the life you really want.

Work/Life Balance: How to Excel at Work and Energize Your Life

People are living at a faster pace and under higher expectations than ever before in history. How do you thrive at work and still enjoy a healthy personal life? Using relatable stories and surprising research, Valorie Burton gives audiences practical tools for excelling at work when there is more to do and less time to do it. You will learn how to:

• Say “yes” to what matters by saying “no” more often.
• Increase your day-to-day joy and fun, even when your schedule feels routine.
• Make time for the people and activities that nourish your mind, body and spirit.

It’s possible to create more balance and fulfillment with less stress and overload. Valorie will show you how.

Happy Women Live Better: 13 Ways to Trigger Your Happiness Every Day

Happier people are more productive, perform better and are more engaged in their work and with customers. When organizations invest in helping employees be happier, it impacts morale and the bottom line. Women have more education, more money, and more choices than ever before. Yet, research shows we are less happy than women 40 years ago. Today, we can “have it all.” So why is happiness declining? Valorie Burton will help your audience unlock the secrets to their personal happiness, allowing them to boost their joy right now, even in the midst of deadlines, children, marriage, dating and squeezing in a workout or girls’ night out. Through 13 happiness triggers, your audience will learn to:

• Bounce back from workplace stress and adversity faster
• Enjoy deeper satisfaction within their current role in the company
• Balance personal and work life more effectively
• Fight off depression, colds and other illnesses
• Live longer!