Speaking & Events
“To create lasting shifts in the culture and consciousness of future generations, organizations, and the world, we must begin by shifting the consciousness of families.”
-Dr. Lynyetta G. Willis
Speaker Biography
Dr. Willis speaks and teaches about personal and family empowerment in a way that has her audiences laughing, nodding, and connecting with a deep sense of “I got this!” as they learn practical ways to shift how they show up for themselves and those they care about most.
Dr. Lynyetta G. Willis is a psychologist, coach, founder and CEO of Inner Pathways Coaching and Consulting, LLC who helps frustrated families, teachers, and child care providers deal with day-to-day behavioral challenges with more patience and confidence. Through innovative strategies, Dr. Willis’s audiences learn to turn reactions and overwhelm into mindful and compassionate responses.
Her creativity, love of imagery, and journey with countless clients and child care professionals, led Dr. Willis to create her highly acclaimed Elemental Living(R) Model for Parenting and Personal Leadership as well as her P.A.T.H.S to Evolving Relationships Framework(TM). Dr. Willis’s innovative approach to challenging behaviors integrates mindfulness principles, brain science, imagery, and over 20 years of experience in the psychology field.
A sought after speaker, media contributor, and author, her multi-award winning book, My Forgotten Self: A Story about a Girl, a Powerful Encounter, and a Universal Message, has received high acclaim from individuals such as Dr. Shefali Tsabary, author of The Conscious Parent and “Oprah’s Parenting Expert”; Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, author and spiritual leader of Agape International Truth Center; and Michal Berg, President and CEO of Spirituality for Kids International, Inc. Dr. Willis lives in Georgia with her husband and their two children.
Speaking Topics
Click to read descriptions of the keynotes, half-day, and full-day workshops Dr. Willis can share with your audience.
Child care providers, sometimes feel a disconnect between the vision that brought them into the child care field and their day-to-day reality. Instead of confidently dealing with challenging behaviors, they often second-guess decisions, feel overwhelmed or get frustrated when they’re triggered or overreact.
Using her innovative Elemental Living(R) Model for Family and Personal Leadership (ELM), child care providers will learn to demystify challenging behaviors as they learn a powerful tool that will help them regain their center when out of balance with their children.
The ELM is a research informed model guided by imagery, brain science, and mindfulness principles. Providers will gain actionable strategies they can use immediately when those frustrations start to build and they struggle to know what to do next. The ELM is a powerful tool that takes providers out of of stable misery and back to the harmony and joy that brought them into the field.
*This talk can be given as a keynote, half-day, or full-day workshop
Childcare professionals are often encouraged to respond with compassion, utilize strategies that will instill confidence into the children they serve, and maintain a calm and peaceful learning environment even in the midst of a child’s chaotic moment. While these suggestions are ideal, they are often made to providers who are filled with more overwhelm than self-compassion, doubt their skills and abilities to deal with challenging behaviors, and lack the in