Adversity Speakers

Adversity Speakers is the inevitable challenges and obstacles we encounter in life. It can take many forms—personal loss, failure, health issues, financial struggles, or any situation that tests our resilience and determination. Adversity is often seen as a setback, but it is also a powerful catalyst for growth and self-discovery.

Facing adversity requires courage and a mindset that embraces challenges as opportunities to learn and evolve. While the experience of adversity can be painful and daunting, it often brings out strengths we didn’t know we had, deepens our empathy, and sharpens our resolve to overcome future obstacles.

In the face of adversity, individuals are pushed to adapt, persevere, and find new pathways to success. It is through navigating these tough times that we develop resilience, gain perspective, and ultimately, become more capable of handling life’s complexities. Adversity, though difficult, is a fundamental part of the human experience, shaping us into stronger, wiser, and more compassionate individuals.

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Elizabeth Smart - Image 20 (January 20, 2026)

Elizabeth Smart

Survivor, advocate, and inspirational keynote speaker Elizabeth Smart empowers audiences with powerful insights on resilience, recovery, and transforming trauma into purpose-driven change.
  • Inspirational Speaker
Bethany Hamilton
  • (2 reviews)

Bethany Hamilton

Motivational speaker and champion surfer Bethany Hamilton inspires global audiences with powerful lessons on resilience, courage and overcoming adversity drawn from her extraordinary comeback story.
  • Inspirational Pro Surfer
Stephanie Decker - inspirational speaker
  • (2 reviews)

Stephanie Decker

Stephanie Decker inspires audiences with her extraordinary story of resilience, turning a life-altering tornado tragedy into powerful lessons on courage, adaptability, leadership, and overcoming adversity.
  • Inspirational Speaker
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Jessica Cox

Jessica Cox delivers powerful keynote experiences on resilience, adaptability, and human potential, inspiring audiences with her record-setting achievements and groundbreaking story.
  • Motivational Speaker
Danelle Umstead

Danelle Umstead

Danelle Umstead is a three-time Paralympic bronze medalist and one of the most inspiring figures in adaptive sports.
  • Blind Paralympian
Venus Morris Griffin

Venus Morris Griffin

Venus Morris Griffin delivers powerful, hope-driven keynotes that blend real estate expertise with an extraordinary story of resilience, perseverance, and rebuilding a life against all odds.
  • Inspirational Speaker
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W Mitchell

W Mitchell once guided passengers up the famous hills of San Francisco, as a strong and entertaining cable-car gripman. Amazingly, the same scenario holds true today! As an award-winning keynote speaker, he now guides audiences uphill and empowers them to take responsibility for life’s inevitable challenges and to embrace the power of taking charge. As […]

  • Motivational Speaker
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Jen Bricker

Motivational keynote speaker and resilience expert Jen Bricker inspires audiences to overcome adversity, reject limitations, and pursue possibility with courage, grit, and belief.
  • Inspirational Speaker
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John O’Leary

John O’Leary is a burn survivor, bestselling author, and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker who teaches audiences how to ignite inspired living through resilience, mindset, and hope.
  • Inspirational Speaker
Phillip Koontz

Phillip Koontz

Phillip Koontz, a former Navy SEAL with over six years of service, stands as a beacon of resilience, leadership, and adaptability. Through the crucible of SEAL training, Koontz honed his skills and acquired invaluable life lessons that he now imparts to others, helping them navigate the challenges of their personal, professional, and family lives. Phillip […]

  • Former Navy Seal
Kudzi Chikumbu

Kudzi Chikumbu

Digital innovation and creator marketing leader Kudzi Chikumbu empowers global brands and creators to build authentic influence through storytelling, community engagement, and inclusive, data-informed strategy.
  • Lifestyle Influencer
Kyle and Brent Pease - Image 05 (January 27, 2026)
  • (3 reviews)

Kyle and Brent Pease

Kyle and Brent Pease deliver powerful keynote experiences on determination, inclusion and adaptive sports, sharing a transformative story of brotherhood and possibility that inspires every audience.
  • Inspirational Speakers
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Ellie Shefi

Resilience speaker and best-selling author Ellie Shefi empowers audiences with proven mindset, leadership and transformation strategies drawn from overcoming extreme adversity and building purpose-driven success.
  • Inspirational Speaker
Amy Van Dyken

Amy Van Dyken

Olympic champion and resilience speaker Amy Van Dyken-Rouen inspires audiences with powerful lessons on perseverance, adaptability and triumph drawn from her historic athletic career and life-changing recovery journey.
  • Olympic Swimmer
Brandon Farbstein - Image 02 (February 17, 2026)

Brandon Farbstein

Inspirational keynote speaker Brandon Farbstein empowers audiences to embrace authenticity, overcome adversity, and build inclusive cultures through resilience and self-acceptance.
  • Inspirational Speaker
Diana Nyad

Diana Nyad

Endurance athlete and inspirational keynote speaker Diana Nyad empowers audiences with powerful lessons on resilience, grit, and the relentless pursuit of seemingly impossible goals.
  • Inspirational Speaker
Chris Waddell

Chris Waddell

Chris Waddell a Paralympic and alpine skiing legend turned motivational speaker inspires audiences with resilience, transformation, and purpose through life’s toughest challenges.
  • Paralympic Sit-Skier
Dan Cnossen - Image 03 (January 27, 2026)

Dan Cnossen

Inspirational keynote speaker and Paralympic champion Dan Cnossen inspires audiences to overcome adversity, adapt to change, and perform with resilience under pressure.
  • Inspirational Speaker
Joe Roberts

Joe Roberts

Joe Roberts — The “Skidrow CEO” who turned homelessness into hope, sharing powerful lessons on resilience, leadership, and the mindset of transformation.
  • The Skidrow CEO
James Lawrence

James Lawrence

Endurance keynote speaker James “Iron Cowboy” Lawrence inspires audiences with record-breaking feats and actionable strategies for pushing past limits, strengthening grit, and achieving extraordinary results.
  • The Iron Cowboy
Tom Turcich - Image 08 (February 16, 2026)
  • (9 reviews)
  • Featured

Tom Turcich

Global adventure and resilience keynote speaker Tom Turcich inspires audiences with transformative lessons from his seven-year, 28,000-mile walk around the world with his dog Savannah.
  • Inspirational Speaker
Zainab Salbi

Zainab Salbi

Zainab Salbi is a world-renowned humanitarian, social entrepreneur, and author whose life’s work has been dedicated to advocating for women’s rights and global peace. As the founder of Women for Women International, Salbi has directly impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of women survivors of war, providing them with the resources and support needed […]

  • Inspirational Humanitarian
Eric McElvenny
  • (1 reviews)

Eric McElvenny

Proving strength through endurance and faith, guiding teams to resilience with lessons forged from Marine service, Ironman triathlons, and Paralympic podiums.
  • Inspirational Speaker
Jason Redman

Jason Redman

Leading from resilience and sacrifice, inspiring through leadership, “overcome mindset,” and elite team-building forged in SEAL missions and adversity.
  • High Performance
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