Speaking Truths
That Transform...
Lauren Michelle Jackson isn’t just a speaker—she’s a force. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, CEO, and award-winning mental health and wellness strategist, Lauren brings more than 15 years of expertise to stages across the country. Featured in Essence Magazine, WGN News, iHeartRadio, and more, she’s become a trusted voice at the intersection of mental health, leadership, and culture.
Transformative Speaker
Her presence on stage is magnetic. Lauren has a rare ability to blend clinical wisdom with cultural insight, delivering strategies that feel both deeply human and immediately actionable. She speaks with the clarity of a counselor, the vision of a CEO, and the authenticity of a woman who knows how to turn struggle into strength.
From high-impact keynotes to transformative workshops, Lauren equips leaders, teams, and communities with the tools to tackle burnout, strengthen resilience, and create sustainable success. She doesn’t just inspire—she leaves her audiences with frameworks they can use the very next day.
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What sets Lauren apart? Her voice is where authenticity meets authority. She creates a space where transparency builds trust, truth sparks change, and every audience member feels seen. Whether addressing a packed ballroom or an intimate leadership retreat, Lauren delivers a message that lingers long after the event ends—empowering people not only to imagine transformation, but to embody it.
Speaking Formats & Platforms:
Keynotes
Lauren delivers dynamic keynote addresses that are equal parts truth-telling and transformation. With warmth, authority, and a powerful presence, she speaks directly to the heart of audiences — challenging them to shift perspectives, embrace healing, and reimagine leadership. Her keynotes aren’t just speeches; they are experiences designed to inspire action, foster resilience, and create lasting impact in both personal and professional spheres.
Workshops & Trainings
Interactive and practical, Lauren’s workshops and trainings equip leaders, organizations, and communities with tangible strategies for growth. She blends clinical expertise with real-world application, creating spaces where participants can learn, reflect, and walk away with actionable tools. Whether the focus is building healthier workplace cultures, strengthening emotional intelligence, or navigating change, Lauren makes complex topics accessible and applicable. Her sessions leave participants empowered, not just informed.
Panels
As a panelist, Lauren brings depth, nuance, and a culturally responsive lens to every conversation. She has a gift for breaking down complex issues in ways that feel relatable and relevant to diverse audiences. Her contributions spark dialogue that is both challenging and encouraging—inviting attendees to think critically, while offering strategies rooted in both lived experience and professional expertise. Whether leading or contributing, Lauren ensures panels are impactful, engaging, and transformative.
“The right voice in the room can change the direction of the entire room...”
Signatures Topics:
Workplace Mental Health & Leadership
Today’s workplaces are burning out their best people. Disengagement, exhaustion, and quiet quitting are at an all-time high, and organizations can no longer afford to ignore it. Lauren equips leaders and teams with real strategies to make mental health a business priority—while cultivating cultures of resilience and trust. From dismantling stigma to teaching emotional intelligence, she helps organizations move beyond “perks” to practices that actually work. Attendees walk away with practical tools that strengthen individual well-being and organizational success—because healthy leaders build healthy bottom lines.
Culturally Responsive Wellness & Equity
Wellness isn’t one-size-fits-all—and performative “inclusion” doesn’t cut it. Lauren unpacks how culture, identity, and lived experience intersect with mental health, then shows leaders how to build wellness strategies that actually honor diversity. She provides organizations with frameworks that embed equity into wellness practices, ensuring support moves beyond checkbox gestures. Audiences leave understanding how to foster belonging, dismantle barriers, and integrate strategies that respect and empower every employee. This isn’t theory—it’s how you create workplaces people don’t want to leave.
Crisis, Resilience & Recovery
When crisis hits, most leaders freeze—uncertain how to hold space for pain while moving their organizations forward. Lauren brings trauma-informed strategies and resilience frameworks that help leaders acknowledge disruption without being paralyzed by it. From workplace crises to community-level disruption, she equips organizations to restore stability, hope, and forward momentum. The outcome? Leaders who are calm in chaos. Teams that bend without breaking. Communities that rise stronger on the other side.
What Leaders Are Saying About LMJ...
What set Lauren apart was not just the richness of her content, but its business relevance. She seamlessly connected personal development practices, like visualization, with professional growth and workplace well-being, giving our employees practical tools they could use immediately.
Her delivery was polished, professional, and relatable. She created a welcoming environment where people felt comfortable engaging and reflecting, which is no small feat in a virtual setting. Without hesitation, I would recommend Lauren to peers and would gladly book her again. She left our employees not only inspired but equipped with strategies to bring more clarity, confidence and balance into their work and lives.​​
​Alicia Carroll
Executive Director at Annalect
We were honored to host Lauren Michelle Jackson, LCPC, CDVP, as part of our méLAWnge series at UIC Law. Her presentation, You Can’t Succeed If You Don’t Breathe, was both powerful and practical, speaking to the importance of mental wellness in the legal profession. Students and employees alike left with tools for resilience and reflection that they can carry forward in their personal and professional lives.
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From start to finish, Lauren was an outstanding partner, responsive to our needs as an institution and delivering a program that was professional, high-quality, and deeply relevant to our audience. We have already shared her name with peer institutions and would wholeheartedly recommend her to any organization looking for a dynamic, insightful and impactful speaker.​
Dr. Clarence Glenn
Assistant Deat at UIC Law
Lauren spoke with remarkable passion, authenticity, and clarity. Her ability to address the importance of mental health in the Black community was not only powerful but also deeply resonated with our employees. She shed light on challenges that are often left unspoken, while offering practical strategies, encouragement and hope. Her words created a space where vulnerability and strength coexisted, reminding us that prioritizing mental wellness is both necessary and empowering
What made Lauren’s presentation stand out was how relatable and actionable her message was. She brought both expertise and empathy, leaving us inspired to take better care of ourselves and each other. l and professional lives.
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Lashonda Bradley
Executive at OnCourse Home Solutions