Speaking and workshops

Your people already have what it takes. Sometimes they need help to see it clearly.

Keynotes, workshops and conversations on emotional intelligence and clarity under pressure. For teams, organisations and events, with people at every level.

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10+Years of practice

4Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish and French

5Core talks, each one adaptable to your audience

Has spoken at

Connected Women UK
AME UK, Essência Feminina
Women's network events
Podcasts and media conversations

What Vanusa brings

This is not a talk about working harder. It is about working from the right place inside.

Most people in a team know what they are supposed to do. What gets in the way is rarely a skills gap. It is an internal one: the noise of self-doubt, the habit of reacting before thinking, the quiet belief that confidence is something other people have.

Vanusa works at that internal level. When people get clear on how they think, how they feel and how they see themselves, their performance at work follows. Not as a side effect. As a direct result.

Confidence is not a personality trait. It can be rebuilt, in a room, with the right conversation.

Every session draws on the VOICE Framework and more than ten years of work with people facing identity, pressure and self-trust. The result is honest, structured and practical for anyone in a professional setting.

Speaking topics

Five core talks. Each one drawn from real work.

Every topic comes from conversations Vanusa has had with real audiences, not theory on a slide. Each one can be adapted in depth and format for your event or team.

01Signature talk

What clarity actually is, and why you keep losing it

Most people think they lack confidence, motivation or focus. What they often lack is clarity about how they think, and what they tell themselves in the moments that matter.

Clarity as a real, felt state, not an abstract idea
How thought, feeling and identity get tangled, and how to separate them
A new way to read their own reactions under pressure

Suits: keynotes, conferences, leadership events, half-day workshops

The confidence you already have, and what keeps interrupting it

Confidence does not disappear. It gets interrupted by the story you keep repeating, by treating feelings as facts, and by rushing to self-criticism.

Why confidence is a skill you build, not something you are born with
Three shifts: separating thought from truth, feeling from identity, and choosing your interpretation
The story each person has been repeating that quietly weakens how they show up

Suits: keynotes, half-day workshops, network events, team sessions

Emotional intelligence in practice, not just in theory

Everyone has heard the term. Few have been shown what it requires on an ordinary Tuesday, in a difficult conversation, when the pressure is high.

What emotional intelligence really means, day to day
How to respond rather than react, and build that habit
How one person's emotional awareness changes the whole team

Suits: team workshops, corporate events, community groups, podcasts

Leadership is an inside job

Before anyone can lead a team or influence a room, they have to be able to lead themselves. Built for everyone, not only those with a leadership title.

Four inner qualities of leadership: growth, responsibility, service and consistency
The difference between positional authority and real influence
Which inner foundation needs the most attention right now

Suits: workshops, team development days, leadership programmes, away days

How you show up together: the inner work of collaboration

Collaboration breaks down on the inside before it shows on the outside. When ego rises, listening stops. When insecurity goes unspoken, friction follows.

Why personal strength is the base of good teamwork
Four inner qualities that make someone good to work with
What gets in the way of each person's best collaboration

Suits: team workshops, away days, internal development sessions

Bring your own topic

Your event has a theme, or your team has a particular challenge. Vanusa can shape a session around it, drawing on emotional intelligence, clarity under pressure and confidence.

Tell her what your audience needs to leave with, and the session is built around that.

Discuss a custom session

Formats and fees

Every format shaped around what your audience needs.

Vanusa does not deliver the same session to every room. Format, depth and focus are shaped by your event, your people and what you hope they leave with.

From £1,500

Fees start from £1,500 and are shaped around your format, duration and travel. You receive a written proposal after a short call.

30 to 60 minutesKeynote talk

One strong idea, delivered so it lands and is remembered. For conferences, seminars and opening or closing keynotes.

3 to 4 hoursHalf-day workshop

From insight into practice, with reflection prompts and group discussion. For team development days and internal training.

6 to 7 hoursFull-day workshop

Builds across the day, with hands-on activities and structured reflection. For leadership development and dedicated training days.

FlexiblePodcasts, panels and media

Honest, warm conversations on emotional intelligence, clarity under pressure and confidence.

Who this is for

If you are bringing people together, this is a conversation worth having.

Vanusa speaks to mixed audiences at every level. You do not need a particular job title in the room, only people ready to think differently about how they show up.

Organisations and teams

Your team is capable. But something is getting in the way.

Low confidence, reactive communication, or a team that is strong on paper but not quite clicking. The sessions work on what drives performance from the inside. No blame. No generic motivation.

Events and community

A speaker who connects a big idea to real life.

Vanusa has spoken at women's networks and community gatherings. She reads the room and leaves people with something they can use the next day.

Podcasts and media

A guest with something specific and true to say.

Vanusa speaks on emotional intelligence, clarity under pressure and confidence in a way that is honest, warm and easy to follow.

How it works

Simple. Personal. No unnecessary back and forth.

Step 1 · Your call
You send an enquiry

Share what you know: the format, the audience, the date and what you hope the session will achieve. If you are not sure yet, send what you have.
Step 2 · Within 24 hours
Vanusa replies

Every enquiry is read and answered by Vanusa herself, Monday to Friday, with any questions she needs to understand your event.
Step 3 · 20 to 30 minutes
A short discovery call

To agree the topic, format and approach, and the practical details: dates, logistics and fee.
Step 4 · Within 48 hours
Proposal and confirmation

A written proposal follows your call. Once confirmed and the deposit is paid, your date is secured.