Motivational Speaker & Author
Guest Speaker, Author, Psychotherapist & Storyteller
Keynote Speaker • Author • Psychotherapist
Resilience isn’t just about bouncing through—it’s about rising with understanding—smarter not stronger.
Have you been exploring resiliency with little progress? It’s time to turn that topic upside-down. Resiliency is not a learned skill set. It is born from endurance with foundations set in early childhood when the ability to love and trust is created—or not.
With 30+ years as a psychotherapist, bestselling author, and dynamic speaker, Caryn Hacker-Buechel brings audiences powerful insights on love, attachment, resilience, reinvention, and the human spirit. Her talks blend psychotherapy, storytelling, and humor to spark transformation and inspire lasting change.
Caryn has guided thousands of people through trauma, growth, and self-discovery. Now, from conference stages to corporate events, she empowers audiences of all backgrounds to embrace challenges as proof of their ability to trust and love, and to step into their future with clarity, courage, and confidence.
Why Book Caryn?
✅ 30+ years clinical expertise — Proven track record guiding people through life’s toughest challenges
✅ Bestselling author — The General’s Princess, an award-winning thriller rooted in themes of healing, resilience and reinvention and A Bully Grows Up: Erik Meets the Wizard, a story of change and growth for children, with a teaching guide for adults.
✅ Dynamic presence — 500+ lectures and keynotes delivered with humor, wisdom, and heart.
✅ Universal message — Inspires people of all ages and backgrounds to find strength through struggle and resilience in reinvention.
Caryn Hacker-Buechel – Keynote Speaker: Keynote Workshop
What’s Love Got to Do with It? How Your First Five Years Shape Your Relationships at Work and at Home, including the Development of Resiliency
Have you been highlighting team resiliency with little change or progress? It’s time to turn that topic upside-down. Resiliency is not a learned skill set. It is born from endurance with foundations set in early childhood when the abilities to love and trust are created.
Knowing how these concepts fit together is vital when understanding how you and your coworkers (or friends and loved ones) work toward a common goal—or not. Talking about attachment styles over lunch is a common occurrence but often misunderstood or mis-utilized. Caryn takes your audience through succinct concepts based in psychology and laced with corporate insight and personal development, all with an undercurrent of humor.
This talk bridges emotion and leadership—showing that early attachment patterns and formative experiences shape adult workplace behavior. This unique mix offers wide appeal for leadership training, HR, wellness and resilience-based keynotes and workshops.
Caryn Hacker-Buechel, psychotherapist, bestselling author, and dynamic speaker, brings over 30 years of clinical experience and storytelling insight to the stage.
Drawing on decades of experience guiding individuals through trauma, growth, and transformation, Caryn helps audiences see that challenges are not signs of weakness, but proof of strength. With humor, heart, and professional wisdom, she inspires people of all backgrounds to embrace change, reclaim confidence, and step boldly into reinvention.
Caryn is the bestselling, award-winning author of The General’s Princess, a romantic thriller rooted in resilience and second chances, and A Bully Grows Up, a children’s tale of healthy attachment. She has delivered 500+ lectures blending psychotherapy, storytelling, and inspiration. Whether speaking at conferences, corporate gatherings, or community events, Caryn leaves audiences motivated, understood, empowered, and ready to rise above life’s toughest moments with clarity, intelligence and kindness.
What’s Love Got to Do with It?
I help people understand how their early childhood shaped their adult behaviors regarding love and trust, and what to do when behaviors don’t line up with desires.
Helping Women Turn Emotional Wounds into Resilient Wisdom
I help people honor their pasts—not to relive their pain, but to recognize the treasures revealed in the journey—treasures which led to resilience. Through powerful storytelling and deep insight, strengths are reclaimed as inner dialogues are rewritten, altering the narrative so thriving with confidence is achieved.
Let’s Bring Your Event to Life
Ready to inspire your audience with a message of healing, resilience, and hope?
Book Caryn to speak at leadership conferences, corporate lunch ‘n learns, libraries, book clubs, and wellness retreats.
Caryn offers your audience practical insights for positive growth rooted in behavioral science and powerful storytelling.
🔗 Ready to book Caryn for your next event?
“Bestselling author and psychotherapist Caryn Hacker-Buechel brings wisdom, humor, and heart to the stage—helping us rise from life’s challenges—smarter and stronger.”
Why Caryn Is the Perfect Match for Your Next Event
Caryn Hacker-Buechel brings a rare and powerful combination of expertise, heart, and authenticity to every stage. With over three decades of experience as a licensed psychotherapist and now a bestselling, and award-winning author, Caryn has a deep understanding of the human experience—especially the challenges and triumphs everyone faces as they grow, heal, and redefine themselves. Her talks aren’t just inspirational; they’re transformational. Caryn speaks with warmth, wisdom, and relatability, offering your audience practical insights rooted in psychology, powerful storytelling, and real-life experience.
Caryn presented at corporate ‘lunch ‘n learns’ for Xerox, Sony Music, the NBC news team, Corning, and other notable organizations. She also addressed mental health organizations regarding trending topics, including mind control and psychological trauma, while she was an instructor at The University of Missouri – Kansas City, and additionally working with adolescents and adults in a private setting.
Whether your event focuses on attachment, empowerment, wellness, reinvention, or resilience, Caryn creates a space for reflection, connection, and lasting impact—making her the perfect speaker to uplift, motivate, and move your audience, creating positive change in the business, as well as personal environments.
💬 Popular Speaking Topics:
- What’s Love Got to Do With Attachment, Trust and Relationship.
- The Psychology of Trust at Work: Healing Early Wounds to Build Strong Teams
- From Playground to Boardroom: How Early Bonds Predict Workplace Behaviors
- Writing Through Healing: How Storytelling Transforms Lives
- From Psychotherapist to Author: Themes that Transferred
Perfect For:
- Empowerment Events and Workshops
- Author Meet-And-Greets, Bookstores, Library Readings, Book Clubs
- Civic Organizations
- Wellness Conferences
- Corporate Lunch ’n Learns
- Mental Health Conferences and Panels
- Retreats and Luncheons
Just before the rescue begins, Cara meets General Kennedy during a quick trip to visit her ailing mother in Virginia. She is taken with the recently divorced, combat-stressed career soldier, and completely unaware he and his team are planning a mission in her Princess’s backyard. Their worlds collide, neither knowing their strong bond will save each other in ways they never anticipated when the rescue encounters unexpected resistance and loss.
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