Natalie Siston
Mindset Expert, Keynote Speaker & Facilitator, Certified Executive Coach
Empowering you to lead with courage, clarity, and joy — in work, life, and leadership. Bestselling author. TEDxWorthington Women Speaker 2026. Small town roots to big city dreams.
About Natalie Siston
From Silicon Valley to the Fortune 100 to start-ups, Natalie Siston has built a career helping leaders create success on their own terms. As one of the earliest members of the Positive Intelligence team—and the second person in the world to become a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach—she has helped thousands of individuals and teams build the mental fitness required to navigate pressure, lead with clarity, and perform at their best.
Natalie brings both executive credibility and real-life relatability to the stage. She is known for helping people recognize what’s actually getting in their way—and giving them practical tools to shift it.
While she has spoken to audiences around the world, Natalie’s proudest speaking moment remains winning a ribbon at the Ohio State Fair at age 10—for demonstrating how to make oatmeal cookies. This story, and many others, are found in her bestselling book Let Her Out: Reclaim Who You Have Always Been.
Additional Media
- Book: https://letherout.com/
- Other: https://nataliesiston.com/
Speaking Topics
Todays leaders are burned outu2014not just from doing too much, but from doing what no longer aligns. In a culture that rewards performance, perfection, and pushing through, many leaders have lost touch with the voice inside that says: there's another way.rnrnIn this refreshing and high-impact keynote, Natalie Siston helps audiences trade burnout for boldness, and achievement for alignment. Drawing from her own leadership journey and coaching experience, she guides people to reconnect with their true selvesu2014the version that's been waiting for permission to lead with clarity, energy, and authenticity.rnrnThis isn't about slowing down. It's about tuning in. Because when people lead from within, they not only feel betteru2014they perform better.rnrnPerfect for leadership retreats, annual sales meetings, or team offsites, Permission Granted is the reset button today's professionals need to show up fully and lead what's next.
In most organizations, there is a belief that you need to make a trade-off between performance and wellbeing. The research and practical application behind Positive Intelligence demonstrates that you can achieve both performance AND wellbeing when you become mentally fit. This is imperative for leaders and team members who are exhausted, yet are required to make critical and strategic decisions and innovate for future success all while facing continual headwinds.rnrnWhen leaders are not mentally fit, they feel mental stress -- anxiety, frustration, or unhappiness -- as they handle work and relationship challenges. The bad news is that 80% of people score below the minimum level of mental fitness required for peak performance, happiness and wellbeing.rnrnDuring this session, your audience will understand how to achieve stress-free peak performance, what's standing in their own way of peak performance and wellbeing and how to strengthen mental muscles that will support their ability to care, grow, and win together.
Once we get to a certain level of success, we forget about the girl inside of us. She is the one who was the first to hop into a game of pickup basketball, but now all she does is pick up after others. She was the one who played the lead in the school musical, but now only sings in the shower. She wrote her deepest thoughts in a journal, but is stuck writing one business report after the other.rnrnIf you feel like your inner girl gets sent to the back of the line when the next deadline, meeting, or family obligation pops up, this is for you.rnrnThis interactive and inspirational keynote was created when Natalie found all of the diaries she has written since she was 8. She was reminded that she has always been who she was meant to be. Natalie's debut book launched to bestseller status in November 2020 and since then she has shared the message with thousands of people around the world.
