Pam Dwyer — Speaker, Storyteller, Teacher
Helping quietly depleted people pause with purpose so they can break unhealthy patterns and finish stronger.
Keynotes & Workshops
Pam’s talks blend lived experience, humor, and practical tools audiences can use immediately. Each session can be delivered as a keynote or expanded into an interactive workshop.
Delay the Binge™
Pausing With Purpose — Not Willpower
Delay the Binge™ isn’t about food. It’s about the moment before the habit takes over — and learning how to pause long enough to choose differently.
This talk helps people recognize the patterns they fall into when they’re overwhelmed, exhausted, or stretched thin — and shows them how to interrupt those patterns with compassion instead of shame.
What People Are Really Trying to Change
People come to this work working through things like:
- Reaching for food, alcohol, shopping, scrolling, or overworking when they’re overwhelmed
- Feeling quietly depleted while still “holding it all together” on the outside
- Emotional eating that isn’t about hunger — it’s about comfort or relief
- Burnout that doesn’t feel dramatic — just constant, low-grade exhaustion
- Snapping, numbing, or people-pleasing instead of pausing
- Perfectionism and self-criticism that never turns off
- Using productivity to avoid rest
- Feeling disconnected from their body, intuition, or needs
- Knowing what they should do… but repeating the same patterns anyway
What This Session Offers
Participants learn how to:
- Interrupt the moment before the habit takes over
- Pause without shame or willpower
- Understand why the urge shows up
- Replace autopilot reactions with intentional choices
- Build devotion to themselves instead of discipline against themselves
The binge isn’t the problem. It’s the signal.
The Plus One Theory™
Finish Stronger Than You Started
Born from a junior-high track meet and shaped by a lifetime of adversity, The Plus One Theory™ teaches a simple but powerful mindset shift:
When quitting would be understandable, take one more step.
This talk helps people reframe setbacks, failure, and fatigue — and shows how small, curious refinements can create lasting momentum.
Best for: leadership events, resilience training, personal development, and professional growth audiences.
From the Piney Woods
Stories of Survival, Kindness, and Becoming
Based on Pam’s bestselling memoir From the Piney Woods, this session uses storytelling to explore dignity, childhood adversity, and the moments of kindness that change everything.
With warmth, humor, and honesty, Pam invites audiences into stories that stay with them — and challenges them to become the person someone else remembers.
Available as: keynote, workshop, or book-centered discussion.
Custom Workshops & Retreat Sessions
Pam also designs custom sessions for:
- Corporate teams
- Faith-based organizations
- Nonprofits
- Retreats and leadership intensives
Topics can include pattern-breaking, emotional awareness, resilience, storytelling for healing, and finishing stronger without burnout.
Let’s Talk About Your Event
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