WORLD-RENOWNED THERAPIST, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND GLOBAL SPEAKER
Change Your Mind.
Change Your Life.
Powerful keynotes and workshops that address the root cause of what's keeping people stuck, helping them change the beliefs that are shaping their lives and unlock their full potential.
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A Note from Marisa
For more than forty years, I’ve had the privilege of helping people across the world, break free from the limiting beliefs that have been holding them back – and transform their lives.
I’ve worked with people from all walks of life – from CEOs and entrepreneurs to Olympic athletes, royalty, celebrities, parents, teachers and children. In that time I discovered something fascinating – that the problem they initially came to me with was rarely the real problem.
What was keeping them stuck was almost always a belief they had formed years earlier in life, by the age of 7, about who they were, what they deserved, or what was possible for them.
That simple understanding became the foundation of my Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) approach which uncovers the root cause of the problems holding people back, instead of just treating the surface symptoms. It then rewires and recodes the mind to instil better habits of thought and action which help people move forward and live their very best lives.
This is the message I’ve spent decades sharing around the world: when you learn how to change the way you think, you can change every area of your life.
It’s also where my I Am Enough movement began.
After years of hearing successful, talented, capable people tell me they felt inadequate, unworthy or unlovable, I realised that so many of our struggles stem from the mistaken belief that they aren’t enough. My mission was to challenge and change that belief so that everyone feels enough – exactly as they are.
Today, that message has reached millions of people worldwide with people marking their mirrors, putting post notes on their fridge, reminders on their phone that I Am Enough.
Whether I’m speaking to a room of business leaders, a conference audience, therapists in training or young people in schools, my goal is not to motivate people for a few hours, or give them information they’ll forget by next week, but to equip them with the tools to make their mind work with them instead of against them – because when you change your mind, you change your life!
A Different Kind of Keynote
For over four decades, Marisa has helped people understand one powerful truth: when you change the way you think about yourself, you change the results you create in every area of your life. This is the message she brings to every stage.
Built for the Stage
Senior teams rarely lack strategy. They lack execution.
Marisa has spent forty years studying what gets in the way.
As a therapist with four decades of clinical practice and the developer of a methodology now taught to over 19,000 practitioners worldwide, Marisa brings something most keynote speakers can’t: a working understanding of why human behaviour is so resistant to change, and a tested, repeatable framework for shifting it. Her work sits at the intersection of neuroplasticity, behavioural psychology and forty years of front-line therapeutic experience.
She has spoken at Mindvalley Live, the World Government Summit, the Royal Society of Medicine, Global Wellness Summit, the Forbes Medical Tourism and Wellness Summit, Global Citizen, A-Fest and TEDx – and consulted for FTSE 500 leadership teams, Google, and international charities. The brief is consistent: organisations don’t book Marisa for energy in the room. They book her for measurable shifts in confidence, decision-making and execution.
Signature Keynote
How To Be The CEO Of Your Own Mind And Mastermind Your Life
Many of us mistakenly believe that we can’t have it all; an amazing career, beautiful relationships, good health, incredible wealth, and unshakable confidence. We believe that it all requires hard work.
Yet the truth is, you really can have it all, almost all of the time, and absolutely nothing has to give. You just need the right guidance, tools, and support to unlock your full potential, become your own mind’s CEO and realize your dream life.
This session offers profound transformation and deep healing to restore balance, gain clarity and propel you toward success in every aspect of your life.
Audiences leave with
- A clear model of the belief–behaviour loop and how to interrupt it
- The Rules of the Mind - a working framework used by 19,000+ trained practitioners
- Practical tools for separating root cause from symptom in their own teams
- A measurable lift in confidence, decision speed and ownership
Talks on Leadership, Performance & Lasting Change
Meet Marisa on Stage
Each keynote is tailored to the brief, but they all focus on the same thing: lasting change doesn’t come from motivation alone – it comes from understanding the beliefs that are driving behaviour.
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Stage Presence
Forty years in front of audiences from intimate boardrooms to 10,000-seat arenas. Twice voted Best Speaker at Awesomeness Fest and consistently the top-rated session at conferences from the Royal Society of Medicine to Women in Business.
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Clinical Foundation
Every framework Marisa shares from stage has been pressure-tested against four decades of one-to-one therapeutic work – not theory, not borrowed research.
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Subconscious Mind
Talks are built on the science of neuroplasticity, the rules of the unconscious mind, and the clinical principles behind Rapid Transformational Therapy® – the methodology now taught in 18 countries.
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Root-Cause Thinking
Marisa works to uncover the root cause of an issue rather than looking at the surface symptoms so that audiences don’t just understand their behaviour, they learn how to change it.
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Measurable Impact
Organisations book Marisa because audiences don’t just rate the session well – they behave differently in the weeks and months that follow. Repeat invitations are the norm.
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Versatile Range
Leadership, sales force confidence, performance under pressure, resilience in uncertainty, longevity and health. Each talk is designed around the host organisation’s actual brief.
Books by Marisa
Writing That Moves from Insight to Implementation
Marisa has published seven books, four of which became Amazon best-sellers in the UK and US, including her latest title Your Mind and Your Rules, released in April 2026.
Her books don’t just outline theory. They give practical, actionable exercises and tools designed to help people change the way they think, shift their mindset, and create real change in their lives.
She brings this same blend of insight and practical application to her stage talks, combining clear, evidence-informed understanding of human behaviour with simple, usable tools that audiences can apply immediately in their own lives and organisations.
The Methodology
Rapid Transformational Therapy®
Rapid Transformational Therapy® was developed through decades of Marisa’s work with clients and understanding what actually creates change.
It brings together elements of hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming and cognitive behavioural therapy into a practical, structured approach designed to help people shift long-standing patterns and beliefs and instil better habits of thought and action.
Marisa has trained 19,000 therapists, coaches, practitioners and students in 18 countries through the RTT® School, and has been recognised with awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the CPD Standards Board and 2026 IACT Educator of the Year.
Recognition & Awards
Lifetime Achievement - Global Woman Awards 2025
Awarded in recognition of four decades of contribution to the therapeutic and wellbeing fields.
Mindvalley Kayali Visionary Award 2025
For sustained contribution to global personal development and the training of practitioners worldwide.
Gold Stevie® - Woman of the Year
International Business Awards®, recognising work empowering women and children globally.
International Day of the Girl Child Inspiration Award
For the #MarkYourMirror and I Am Enough movements, now adopted by schools across multiple countries.
Fellowship - National Council of Psychotherapists
For contribution to the discipline of hypnotherapy and the development of new therapeutic methodology.
Ready to Change What Your Audience Does Next?
If you want your audience to think differently, there are many speakers who can do that. If you want them to create real, longlasting change in how they feel, act and perform, that requires something deeper.
Trusted By
Notes from Marisa
Forty years of clinical observation, distilled. A weekly note covering the patterns behind behaviour, performance and lasting change – written for the people who book the room as much as the people who sit in it.