Bailey Lewis
Stories that remind us of how powerful we ALREADY are.
SPEAKING
Featured Talks:
The Universal Story They Never Told You About Your Power
Alt Title: The Secret Roles That Keep Us Small (and how to reclaim your own story)
Feel like you're "too much" for some people?
Get told you're "too sensitive" or need to "toughen up"?
Notice that your caring nature somehow makes others uncomfortable?
Feel blocked when trying to make positive change happen?
These negative reactions you get from others aren't about you being “wrong” or needing to “fix” something about yourself.
It's about whether or not you're playing the secret character roles others have assigned to you in their own personal stories.
It's a story as old as time. But it’s probably not one you’ve heard before.
Your Weakness Is Your Greatest Strength
Words are keys. They have the power to open doors to our true selves, or keep us locked inside the stories and realities of other people. Once we see how they are being used, we can reclaim the ones used against us for ourselves.
Everyone has been called by a label, a name, or an identity that doesn’t fit what they know to be true about themselves. Maybe you’ve been called: too sensitive, selfish, difficult, delusional, mean, or any other similar label others use to put you inside a container that you didn’t choose.
These words are meant to keep you in a role in the other person’s story, but they are actual mirrors of your own power.
In this lightly interactive presentation, we reclaim these words for ourselves and use them to define the truth others didn’t want us to see about how powerful we already really are.
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Bailey’s Bio
Bailey Lewis is an international keynote speaker, award-winning writer, and narrative scholar who tells stories that remind us of how powerful we already are. She has appeared on stages for the United States Senate staff, World Usability Day, the international yacht charter industry, and many others. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and listed on Wigleaf’s Top 50 Longlist. Her writing has been featured by Adobe, Progress, and others.
Whether on stage, on the page, or chuckling over a nice glass of red, Bailey helps others see the story they’re living within the collective narrative, decide whether it’s actually theirs, and write the one they want to live—both personally and professionally. She writes and speaks at the intersection of culture, personal identity, and positive change. You can find her telling stories and talking about your everyday magic at @baileysendsword and at baileysendsword.com.
Bailey has appeared on stages for:
United States Senate
Washington, DC
International Yacht Summit
Zagreb, Croatia
World Usability Day
Cleveland, Ohio
—and many more—
Booked by:
United States Senate • Booking Manager Summit • International Association of Talent Development South Carolina • International Association of Business Communicators South Carolina • USC College of Information & Communications • UXPA International • UXOK • Techlahoma • OKC Design + Tech • Girls State • Carolinas Healthcare Public Relations & Marketing Society • and others
WRITING
You’re powerful AF and other people already know it.
It’s time you did, too.
For anyone creating their own rules around their power, their identity, and the story they’re writing for themselves: This is for you. This is for me. This is for us.
Writing at the intersection of culture, personal identity, and positive change.
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FEATURED
Turns out, you were a swan this whole time.
Adobe Blog
Adobe Design Thinking
Adobe Japan
Progress Blog
Bailey’s writing has appeared in:
Black Fox
Dr. Hurley’s Snake-Oil Cure
Northwind Magazine
Paper Darts
and many others
Select Awards & Recognition
Pushcart Prize Nominee
Wigleaf’s Top 50
Contact Bailey
bailey@baileysendsword.com