Empowering Resilience Through Connection | Nadine Speaks
For over a decade, Nadine Speaks has empowered individuals to transition from survival mode to self-trust through storytelling, lived experiences, and authentic conversations.
I’m a TEDx speaker and Executive Director of RISE TOGETHER, reaching thousands through prevention work that’s rooted in connection.
I center human experience, not performance.
Nadine Speaks leverages lived experiences and evidence-based practices to help schools, teams, and organizations reduce stigma, foster resilience, and create inclusive spaces for meaningful action.
This Work Is Personal
I’m Nadine—speaker, author of Enough Already, and Executive Director of RISE TOGETHER.
For over a decade, I’ve been doing this work in rooms across the country—helping people tell the truth about what they’re carrying, and creating spaces where connection actually happens.
This isn’t theory.
It’s lived experience, real conversations, and work backed by over 10,000 data points in partnership with the Penn State College of Medicine and indexed in the National Institutes of Health.
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Trusted In Rooms that Matter
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This work isn’t theoretical. It’s lived, practiced, and brought into real spaces where people are navigating real things.
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TEDx Speaker
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Executive Director of RISE Together
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10+ years of experience in recovery, storytelling, and prevention work
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2,000+ hours speaking and facilitating
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Research-backed programming in partnership with Penn State College of Medicine
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Reaching youth, educators, and communities nationwide
What People Experience
This isn’t just a talk people listen to.
It’s something they feel—and carry with them after.
“This was the first time I felt like someone actually understood what we’re dealing with.”
“You didn’t just speak—you created a space where people could be real.”
“Our team is still talking about this weeks later.”
More Than a Message
Most programs focus on awareness.
This work focuses on connection—because connection is what actually changes people.
Through storytelling, peer-led models, and real conversation, this approach helps people:
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feel safe enough to open up
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build trust with themselves and others
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move from isolation into connection
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take action in their own lives and communities
If you’ve been holding a lot for a long time…
you don’t have to keep doing it alone anymore.