When knowing isn’t doing
Why information doesn’t automatically become transformation—and how the 6 P’s help listeners choose and practice a next step.
Jan Davidson—Speaker, Author, Trainer, and creator of the EMBRACE Model™—delivers compassionate experiences that leave audiences equipped with real tools for real life.
Jan Davidson is a compelling, compassionate speaker who brings the EMBRACE Model™ to life for audiences of all sizes. Her talks blend professional insight, personal story, and practical tools — leaving audiences not just inspired, but equipped.
She speaks on topics including:
Conferences, summits, and large-scale events. Jan delivers powerful keynotes that blend personal story with evidence-based tools. Audiences leave with clarity, not just motivation.
Team trainings, leadership development, and staff retreats. Help your team strengthen whole-person wellbeing, navigate change, and support each other through challenges.
Equipping facilitators, educators, and helping professionals with the EMBRACE framework. Learn the model, the facilitation skills, and the evidence-based foundation behind every module.
A transformative keynote about moving from overwhelm into clarity. Audiences discover how slowing down is the fastest path forward.
45-90 min | Conferences, leadership teams, wellness retreats
Explore the Flagship ExperienceA deeply personal talk about reframing life's hardest moments as chapters of growth. Grounded in Jan's own story and evidence-based frameworks.
60-90 min | Grief support, faith communities, recovery programs
An evidence-based exploration of grief as a natural teacher. Shows how the EMBRACE Model™ provides a roadmap through loss and life transitions.
45-75 min | Shelters, universities, corporate wellness
Why do we know what to do—but struggle to consistently do what we know?
Jan Davidson is a speaker, author, trainer, and creator of the EMBRACE Model™. She brings lived-experience stories and practical tools to conversations about personal growth, leadership, workplace development, and life transitions.
The EMBRACE Model™ is the WHAT. The 6 P’s of Personal Growth™ are the HOW: Pause → Pinpoint → Process → Plan → Practice → Progress. Together, they give listeners a process to move From Pause to Progress™, one intentional step at a time.
Why information doesn’t automatically become transformation—and how the 6 P’s help listeners choose and practice a next step.
What happens when we look beneath a recurring pattern instead of only trying to fix the part we can see?
Practical tools that connect work to home and home to work, with progress—not perfection or performance—as the measure.
A way to recognize their knowing–doing gap, questions that help them look beneath a pattern, and a repeatable process for taking one intentional step.
Jan is available for remote podcast interviews. View her guest one-sheet for a biography, more conversation topics, and ten suggested interview questions. Use the invitation form on her PodcastGuests.com profile to connect through that service.
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Professional and community-focused events of all sizes.
Churches, retreats, and spiritual growth events.
Student wellness, faculty development, and continuing education.
Wellness weeks, leadership offsites, and staff development days.
Service organizations, community health events, and fundraisers.
Webinars, virtual summits, and online team trainings.