Keynote Speaker · Author · Top 1% Podcast
Resilience isn't bouncing back. It's bouncing forward, again and again.
I teach teams to find their way through the hard seasons. Not from theory, from the other side of 34 surgeries and a one percent chance. Gratitude is alchemy. It turns what we can't do into what we can.
The corporate wedge
joy is a strategy
Companies don't just want resilience anymore. They want joy in the workplace.
Here is what I learned the hard way, and I mean the hard way: joy through the journey is what makes growth last. Resilience will get your people back up. Joy is what carries them forward, together. Joy isn't a perk you hand out. It's a practice you build.
Trusted on corporate and women's leadership stages
The Hope DealerThey told me to amputate. I said no.
Thrown thirty feet when an SUV struck the motorcycle I was riding. A one percent chance to save my leg. Thirty-four surgeries. Diagnosed with CRPS, the chronic pain they call the suicide disease. My story is not about what happened to me. It is about what is possible for you.
I am a thriver, not a survivor. By the grace of God, I get to teach what I had to live.
Her full story1%
The doctors gave me a one percent chance to keep my leg. I built a whole life on that one percent. If you want something badly enough, a one percent chance is all you need. Whatever yours is, that is where we start.
Joy Through
the Journey
Shift your mindset, embrace the present moment, and cultivate resilience through life's ups and downs. The practices that carried me forward, written so they can carry you too.
Signature keynotes
Talks that move a room, and a business.
True Grit and Grace
Resilience as a daily practice. How to keep digging when you would rather lean on the shovel.
Joy Through the Journey
Joy as a business strategy. Why gratitude is the fastest way to shift a team forward.
Connection Is the New Currency of Leadership
Grit alone is resistance. Grit with connection is resilience. How leaders build it.
What event hosts say
The people who booked her, in their words.
You have been the nicest and most flexible professional speaker I have ever worked with in my 20 years.
Adam Rosenthal
Global Event Planner, Herbalife
In the 24 years I have been managing our events, I can honestly say you are top 5 without a doubt.
Matt Bartel
President & CEO, ALFN
You were voted top speaker at our annual conference.
Jim Broatch
President, RSDSA
Over the past 34 years we have experienced the best of the best in speakers from around the world. Few have your gift of connecting with all in the room.
Bill Wallace
Founder & CEO, Success North Dallas
You set precisely the right tone for our year-long program. There were tears, and there was laughter.
Faye Taragon
Dress for Success
We loved your presentation and energy, and part of the energy you felt was a reflection of what you brought to the event.
Kent Roers
CEO, Roers Co.
Your talk was inspirational. Your ability to weave humor into a very serious topic, without minimizing the profound difficulty, was beautiful.
Sarah Maria Dreisbach, Esq.
SSSS Legal & Consulting
You are an authentic hero. Members of our group have called to discuss how they might change the way they live, in light of your message.
Mike Altman
Simon, Altman & Kabaker
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I really thought I was going to die. And then I thought, not today.
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Keynote Speaking
Corporate stages and women's leadership events. Resilience as the vehicle, joy as the strategy, transformation as the result.
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Books
True Grit and Grace, and Joy Through the Journey.
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The Amberly Lago Show
Top 1% podcast. Stories of true grit and grace.
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Retreats
Faith filled, intimate gatherings for passionate women.
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Mastermind
An evergreen circle for women building with intention.
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The questions you are probably asking.
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QWhat makes a resilience keynote actually land with a corporate room?
It cannot lead with the speaker's worst day. I lead with what you do with it. Your team leaves with something they can use on Monday, not just a story they admired on Friday.
QCan joy really be a business strategy?
Yes. When a team finds joy through the journey, not just at the finish line, they grow more sustainably, connect more deeply, and perform better. Gratitude is the fastest way to shift a room forward.
QWho is Amberly the best fit for?
Corporate stages and women's leadership events first, with deep resonance for recovery and faith forward audiences.
QWill she tailor the talk to our event?
Always. I ran my own summit for six years and hired big name speakers, so I know what it takes to make a stage work. I build the keynote around your room.
Free downloads
Two gifts to start today
The Daily Gratitude Journal
Gratitude is alchemy. It turns what you cannot do into what you can. Start the practice that changed my life.
The Joy Through the Journey Companion
Turn the ideas in my book into a daily practice. Prompts and reflections to help you spark more joy, right where you are.
let's bring the joy
Tell me about your event and your people. I would love to help you build the moment they remember. And if we are a fit, it is really me you will be talking to.
Change is possible, hope is available, and the choice is yours.