Michaela Renee Johnson
Amazon best-selling author and therapist, Michaela empowers leaders to break hidden patterns, fostering stronger teams, authentic connections, and resilient workplace cultures.
Why book Michaela Renee Johnson for your next event
- As an Amazon best-selling author in self-help and relationships, Michaela distills complex psychological concepts into practical, relatable strategies. Her keynotes empower organizations to strengthen internal communication, resolve conflicts, and foster authentic workplace connections.
- With over 15 years as a licensed couples therapist, Michaela brings unparalleled expertise in navigating sensitive interpersonal challenges. She equips leaders and teams with tools to decode hidden relational patterns, improve collaboration, and build trust that drives performance.
- Through her top-ranking iTunes podcast SkyTalkDoc, Michaela inspires a global audience to embrace authenticity and courage in relationships. Her speaking engagements translate this influence into tailored strategies for businesses seeking stronger leadership and more engaged teams.
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Breaking Hidden Patterns for Authentic Leadership and Stronger Teams
Amazon best-selling author and acclaimed therapist, she empowers leaders and teams to break destructive patterns, build authentic trust, and communicate with clarity. Blending neuroscience, lived experience, and bold storytelling, her keynotes transform relationships, fueling collaboration, resilience, and lasting organizational success.
Keynote Speaker Michaela Renee Johnson is an Amazon best-selling author in self-help and relationships, a seasoned couples therapist, and an unapologetic truth-teller who helps people break free from self-sabotaging beliefs. With over 15 years of experience decoding the hidden patterns, what she calls Primal Wounds, that drive our deepest relationship struggles, Michaela delivers transformative keynotes that inspire action and create lasting change.
Her approach blends cutting-edge neuroscience, timeless wisdom, and lived experience to address one of the most critical factors in organizational success: the quality of human connection. By helping leaders and teams recognize and overcome invisible relational roadblocks, she equips organizations to foster trust, improve collaboration, and build resilient workplace cultures.
Beyond her clinical expertise, Michaela is known for her engaging storytelling and bold, no-fluff delivery style that captivates audiences and challenges them to rethink what’s possible in both personal and professional relationships. Her insights are drawn from real-world experience, from running multimillion-dollar businesses to navigating high-stakes situations as a commercial seaplane pilot.
When you book Michaela Renee Johnson for your event, you’re not just booking a keynote, you’re investing in a powerful shift toward authenticity, clarity, and connection that can transform your organization from the inside out. Her message resonates long after the applause, sparking meaningful change where it matters most: in how people lead, communicate, and collaborate.
Keynotes
Keynotes by Michaela Renee Johnson:
Transforming Relationships: Strategies for Connection and Growth
Struggling with communication, trust, or emotional disconnection? Michaela Renee Johnson’s keynotes offer science-backed insights and real-world strategies to navigate relationship challenges with confidence. As a therapist, bestselling author, and commercial pilot, she blends humor, psychology, and life experience to uncover the barriers holding you back. Learn how to manage stress, heal past wounds, and build deeper, more fulfilling connections—both personally and professionally.
Keynote Topics:
- Unpacking Relationships with Humor and Honesty
- From Emergency Landings to Emotional Rescue: Managing Stress in Life and Love
- Wings of Wisdom: What Flying Teaches Us About Relationships and Growth Mindset
- Get Naked: Uncovering the Primal Wounds That Block Intimacy
- From Overachiever to DGAF: Rebuilding Your Identity Through Growth Mindset
Keynote by Michaela Renee Johnson:
The Confidence Code: Why Some Stay Silent, Others Overshare, and Everyone Wants to Be Seen
Why do some people vanish in meetings while others dominate the conversation and why do both feel misunderstood?
In this powerful and refreshingly honest talk, Dr. Michaela breaks down the neuroscience and primal wounds that shape our confidence, voice, and visibility. Audiences will discover how early beliefs drive adult communication patterns and how to shift from reactive silence or oversharing into grounded, authentic self expression. Equal parts brain science, humor, and real talk, this keynote helps audiences understand what’s really behind confidence and how to build it without faking it.
Key Takeaways:
- Identify your confidence default: silence, performance, or presence
- Understand how primal wounds shape self-expression
- Learn tools to speak up, or scale back, in a way that feels authentic
Keynote by Michaela Renee Johnson:
Untriggered: Navigating Emotional Reactivity
We all get triggered. The question is, what do you do next?
This candid and actionable keynote dives into the root causes of emotional reactivity, from snarky replies to total shutdowns and why we often feel hijacked in high-stakes moments. Dr. Michaela reveals how your nervous system, attachment patterns, and unhealed wounds create internal landmines and how to defuse them before they blow up your relationships or career. Attendees will walk away with tools to regain clarity, calm, and control when it matters most.
Key Takeaways:
- Recognize the signs of emotional hijacking before it’s too late
- Learn the science behind why you get reactive (and how to reset fast)
- Practice tools to stay present and unshaken in triggering situations
Keynote by Michaela Renee Johnson:
The 7 Primal Wounds Sabotaging Your Workplace—and What to Do About It
Behind every toxic team, micromanaging boss, or ghosting employee is something deeper:
an unhealed wound.
In this eye-opening keynote, Dr. Michaela pulls back the curtain on the hidden patterns sabotaging your team dynamics, leadership effectiveness, and organizational culture. Drawing from her clinical work and research on the 7 Primal Wounds, she reveals how beliefs like “I’m not good enough” or “I don’t belong” silently drive workplace behavior and what to do about it. This talk is perfect for leaders, HR professionals, and companies ready to ditch surface-level band-aids and start building resilient, emotionally intelligent teams.
Key Takeaways:
- Decode the 7 primal wounds and how they show up at work
- Understand how unresolved emotional patterns impact performance
- Gain practical tools for team communication, conflict, and trust-building
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