Nina Sossamon-Pogue

A Science-Backed Framework for a Lifetime of Continuous Change

Change isn’t the interruption of life - it’s the throughline. Careers evolve. Identities shift. Organizations move through chapters of growth, disruption, and reinvention.

In this signature keynote, Nina Sossamon Pogue emboldens audiences to become the best they can be. She introduces her THIS Framework - a practical, science-based method designed to help people understand where they are in their timeline, regulate stress during uncertainty, and think more clearly about what’s next.

Audiences learn how to zoom out, see their lives and careers as chapters, and recognize that today’s challenges are not setbacks, they are part of becoming the next version of themselves.

The result isn’t hype or temporary motivation. It’s perspective, composure, and confidence grounded in how humans actually adapt to change.

What audiences gain

• A clear framework and new common language (THIS) for navigating change and uncertainty

• A Timeline perspective that reduces fear and emotional reactivity

• Science-backed tools to stay grounded under pressure

• A healthier internal narrative about growth and transition

• Confidence in the next chapter - personally and professionally

Ideal for

All-company events, transformation initiatives, leadership conferences, culture and wellbeing programs.

How High Achievers Adapt, Perform, and Stay in the Game

High achievers don’t struggle because they lack ambition - they struggle because they’re trying to continuously improve during constant change without a framework for managing the pressure over time.

In this keynote, Nina Sossamon Pogue applies the THIS Framework specifically to high performers and executive teams. Using timeline thinking, she shows why success is not a straight line, and she introduces her Reverse Resume™ concept - that shows why trying to “hold it together” indefinitely leads to exhaustion, not excellence.

Audiences learn how stress, fear, and identity interact during periods of sustained performance, and how to adapt intentionally so success can be repeated without erosion.

This is not about slowing down. It’s about learning how to continually be productive and raise the bar.

What audiences gain

• A science-based understanding of stress and adaptation in high performers

• Practical tools to regulate pressure and sustain performance

• Timeline-based strategies for navigating seasons of intensity

• Permission to evolve without losing momentum or credibility

• A long-game mindset for success in a changing world

Ideal for

Executive teams, leadership offsites, sales organizations, professional associations, high-achiever events

Turning Insight into Action When the Event Ends

Nina Sossamon Pogue loves delivering this fun, powerful, closing keynote. In today’s high-pressure world, the end of a conference is a pivotal moment. Attendees leave inspired, but quickly return to overflowing inboxes, urgent decisions, waiting teams, and full personal lives. Without a clear way to apply what they’ve learned, even the best ideas fade fast.

Now What? transforms that vulnerable transition into a launchpad.

Grounded in Nina’s proven THIS Method, a practical blend of neuroscience and stoic wisdom, this keynote equips audiences with a simple, repeatable game plan to stabilize stress, regain clarity, and move from insight to action. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by what comes next, attendees leave knowing exactly how to apply what they learned in a way that lasts.

This keynote doesn’t add more pressure. It gives people a way to move forward with intention.

Attendees Leave:

• Better equipped to handle post-event stress and pressure

• With a clear 72-hour game plan that helps insights stick

• Using a practical 4-step framework they can return to anytime (and share with thier team!)

• Ready to turn momentum into confident, focused action

• Why It Works for Your Organization

• Attendees don’t just leave inspired - they leave prepared.

By giving people a clear method to apply what they’ve learned, Now What? helps ensure your investment in the event carries forward into real decisions, real behavior change, and real impact back at the office.

Using Your Reverse Resume™ to Navigate Change Together

When teams move through change quickly, people lose perspective - on themselves, on one another, and on the bigger picture.

This interactive workshop brings Nina Sossamon Pogue’s work to life through her signature Reverse Resume™ and timeline-based exercises. Participants map their life and career chapters, identify the strengths earned through challenge, and reframe uncertainty as part of their growth trajectory.

Grounded in neuroscience and psychology, this experience gives teams shared language for stress, change, and becoming - while strengthening trust, clarity, and alignment.

This is where insight becomes practice.

What participants gain

• A tangible application of the THIS Framework

• Timeline clarity that reframes challenge into capability

• Reverse Resume™ insights that surface earned strengths

• Stress-regulation tools that support mental wellbeing

• Stronger connection and alignment during change

Format

2 hours • Half-day option available