Speaking & Keynotes
From Willpower to Capacity: A Capacity First Approach to Sustainable Change
Evidence-informed insights to help individuals, teams, and organizations create meaningful change that lasts.
Most people do not struggle with change because they lack motivation or discipline. They struggle because sustainable change requires more than willpower—it requires the capacity, support, and environments that allow growth to happen.
Jamie Dawdy is a Registered Nurse, Public Health Professional, and Psychotherapist who brings together expertise in resilience science, behaviour change, trauma-informed care, and clinical practice to help audiences understand what truly supports lasting transformation.
Through her Resilience-Inspired Action Framework™, Jamie offers a practical and compassionate approach to understanding why change feels difficult, what gets in the way, and how individuals, teams, and organizations can build the capacity to thrive.
Her presentations translate complex psychological and behavioural science into relatable, practical insights that inspire reflection, action, and meaningful change.
Signature Keynote
From Willpower to Capacity: A Capacity-First Approach for Sustainable Change
Why do some changes last while others feel impossible to maintain?
This keynote explores the science behind sustainable behaviour change and challenges the belief that lasting transformation is simply a matter of trying harder. Audiences learn how resilience, emotional capacity, self-trust, values, relationships, and environments influence our ability to adapt and grow.
Speaking Topics
Resilience & Sustainable Change
Moving beyond motivation: understanding the capacity required for change
Building emotional resilience, self-trust, and adaptive coping
Turning insight into meaningful action
Body Image, Self-Worth & Wellness Culture
Building a healthier relationship with food, movement, and body image
Supporting confidence, identity, and self-worth
Understanding the impact of comparison culture and diet culture
Teams, Leadership & Organizational Wellbeing
Building psychologically safe and supportive cultures
Supporting sustainable wellbeing in high-demand environments
Creating systems that allow people and teams to thrive
Audiences will Leave With
A clearer understanding of why motivation and willpower alone often aren't enough for sustainable change
A practical framework for understanding the role of the 6 pillars in helping establish the conditions for meaningful and sustainable behaviour change.
Strategies for translating insight into action.
Deeper understanding of how relationships and environments influence sustainable change.
Available Formats
Keynotes | Team Presentations | Professional Education | Panel Discussions
Presentations are customized to the needs of each audience and organization.
Booking
Jamie partners with organizations seeking evidence-informed, compassionate approaches to resilience, wellbeing, and sustainable change.
Together, we can move beyond the question of “How do we get people to try harder?” and toward a more meaningful question:
“What conditions help people and systems thrive?”
