Group speaking events can be very beneficial to your organization, team, or group.

I love educating, equipping, and empowering others through speaking events and interactive workshops. I have quite an array of topics, but always personalize to your unique needs.

I bring personal, professional, clinical and relatable experience for an engaging, interactive speaking event!

Upcoming Events:

🌍 Speaking Events | Global Congress of Sport

Barbara Egan, MA, RCC, ACS | Mental Health Clinic Owner | Wife, Mom of 4 |  | Mental Performance Specialist | Founder, Alive Counselling | Author | Speaker

As a trusted voice in sport performance, coaching, and mental health, Barbara Egan brings a unique blend of clinical expertise, elite athletic experience, and relational leadership to every speaking engagement. A former NCAA Division I athlete and coach with experience in the USA Olympic Program and Hockey Canada, Barbara now leads Alive Counselling, an award-winning mental health clinic. At the Global Congress of Sport, she shares real, research-based, and relational strategies to equip coaches, athletes, and sport leaders to thrive on and off the field.

🎤 Featured Topics

🧠 Mental Toughness & Performance Under Pressure
 Practical tools to help athletes develop confidence, focus, and emotional regulation in high-stakes environments. Based on neuroscience, psychology, and years of coaching experience.

🤝 Team Culture: Building Safe & Strong Teams
 How to foster belonging, trust, and motivation through leadership rooted in psychological safety, clarity, and connection.

🧍‍♂️ Coaching the Whole Person, Not Just the Athlete
 Supporting athletes beyond performance by addressing mental, emotional, and relational development in coaching relationships.

🛑 Trauma-Informed Coaching in High-Performance Settings
 Understanding the invisible wounds athletes carry and offering compassionate, effective strategies that support healing and resilience.

🕊️ Rest, Rhythms & Sabbath in Sport
 Exploring the science and soul of rest—how recovery fuels performance, and how we can reclaim margin in hyper-scheduled sport cultures.

🎯 Ideal Audiences

  • Teams, athletes, coaches, organizations & athletic directors
  • Mental performance and sport psychology professionals
  • Youth, collegiate, and professional athlete programs
  • National sport organizations & leadership conferences

Let’s partner to equip the next generation of athletes and coaches with the tools they need to thrive.👉 To book Barbara for your event or conference, reach out at www.alivecounselling.com or [email protected]

👟 Female Leadership in Sport | Speaking Events

Barbara Egan, MA, RCC ACS | Mental Health Clinic Owner | Wife, Mom of 4 | Athlete | Coach | Founder, Alive Counselling |  Speaker 

Barbara Egan is a trailblazer in the intersection of female leadership, mental health, and high-performance sport. With experience as an elite, back-to-back National Champion athlete, NCAA coach, and mental health clinic founder, Barbara brings wisdom, warmth, and lived expertise to conversations on empowering women in sport.

At the Global Congress on Sport, she speaks to the realities, responsibilities, and renewal women face in leadership—coaching, parenting, pastoring, or pioneering in male-dominated systems. Barbara is passionate about equipping women to lead with clarity, courage, and compassion, while creating healthier systems that value performance, personhood, and purpose.

💬 Featured Talks on Female Leadership in Sport

👩‍🦱 Leading as a Whole Person: Mental, Emotional & Spiritual Resilience
 How women can lead from a place of identity, not insecurity. Learn sustainable strategies for mental wellness and spiritual grounding.

🏆 Making Room at the Table: Advancing Female Voices in Sport
 Addressing systemic barriers, internalized doubt, and cultural expectations that limit female leadership—and how to disrupt them with grace.

🧠 The Hidden Load: Invisible Expectations Female Leaders Carry
 Unpacking the emotional labour, relational expectations, and boundary pressures women navigate as leaders in high-performance cultures.

🌱 Leadership That Heals, Not Just Hustles
 Redefining success: creating trauma-informed, emotionally safe, and growth-centered environments—whether on the field, in the office, or at home.

🌍 Audiences Barbara Speaks To

  • Teams, Coaches, athletic directors, and sport executives
  • Organizations, businesses, and groups
  • Women in leadership across sport, business, church, and education
  • Schools, colleges, and sport organizations
  • Leadership development events, retreats, and panels

“You don’t have to become someone else to lead—your story is your strength.”👉 Book Barbara or learn more at www.alivecounselling.com

Some previous events include:

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