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If you’re looking for a speaker that makes your people think, recognise themselves more than they expected, and laugh along the way, you’re in the right place.

Lorraine Chapman is an award-winning keynote speaker and bestselling author whose talks go where most speakers won’t.

She speaks about the quiet forces shaping more of your workforce than any training programme has addressed yet, the patterns, the pressures, and the things people carry that quietly shape how they show up, communicate, and connect at work.

Not in a sensational way. In a human one.

It’s costing organisations more than most realise. Across her keynotes, Lorraine explores what happens when that changes.

Arrange your free consultation with Lorraine, in person or over Zoom, to discuss your business needs.

Signature Talks

Relationship Readiness

What’s happening in people’s lives that we’re not talking about, but is already showing up at work?

What It Is

People don’t arrive at work as just employees, they bring their relationships, boundaries, and everything they’re carrying with them. This talk explores the relationship risk sitting underneath every workplace, and why what happens outside work never really stays outside work. Bold, human, and honest, Lorraine opens up the conversation businesses didn’t realise they needed to have.

What It Covers

Why workplace conflict often starts somewhere else entirely

How boundaries and relationships affect performance

Why unresolved tension travels from home to work and back

Building a more honest, connected, lower-risk workplace culture

How Your Audience Will Feel

Seen. Surprised. Challenged. Equipped.

Who It’s For

HR Directors, people teams, leaders, and conferences ready to build better relationships, and better business, from the inside out.

Break The Pattern
(Not You!)

Recognise the patterns holding you back. Interrupt them. Choose differently.

What It Is

We all develop patterns around who we think we should be and how we need to behave to succeed or belong, and they show up directly in how we communicate, set boundaries, and handle conflict at work. Break the Pattern is an interactive keynote that helps people recognise those patterns, understand what drives them, and learn how to interrupt them. Not motivation that fades by Monday, practical tools people can use immediately.

What It Covers

How limiting beliefs become automatic patterns

People-pleasing, over-achieving, and playing safe

How fear of judgement affects confidence and communication

Practical ways to interrupt old patterns and choose differently

How Your Audience Will Feel

Energised. Clear. More aware of their own patterns and equipped to change them.

Who It’s For

Conferences, leadership days, away days, and organisations ready to help their people break old patterns and realise more of their potential.

Lets Talk

Arrange your free consultation with Lorraine, in person or over Zoom, to discuss your business needs.

Why Audiences Love Lorraine

Sue Allsworth

Lorraine is a breath of fresh air. Not afraid to speak about intimacy and sexual energy communication and boundaries. Lorraine gives you a safe space to explore and delve deeper.

Life and Soul Radio

Lorraine talks from a level of knowledge which is empowering and refreshing, she tells it like it is. If you are looking for an honest, relaxed and approachable speaker I would recommended Lorraine.

Sunil Purohit

Lorraine is a truly amazing speaker. What makes her so special is her authenticity and courage to speak her truth. If you ever have a chance to listen to her – don’t miss out, you won’t regret it!!!

Steph Love

I attended Lorraines comedy show, it was brilliant! She is a naturally funny story teller with such a presence on stage. Her show was hilarious and she had so much material for a long set!

Anna Ngan Tran

Lorraine is an amazing speaker. She has a great mission to raise awareness about an important that can have tremendous effect to our lives. So many people need to hear her message.

Lisette Anbergen

5 stars for this lady! Lorraine does not disappoint. I saw her at a live event last weekend and she blew me away. With her wisdom, knowledge and humour she breaks through barriers …..

Thomas Williams

She brings intelligence and a higher lever of thinking when talking about business, sexuality and the energy we must combine to be at the top of our game. Lorraine you are worthy to be listened to in any industry.

Keynote Speaking

Your go-to for bringing Lorraine’s energy, expertise, and empowerment to your next event

What makes Lorraine different from other keynote speakers?

Lorraine combines formal educational expertise with lived experience and sharp comedic timing. A former secondary school leader with a Degree with Honours in Lifelong Learning and Qualified Teacher Status, she understands how people learn, not just how they listen.

She does not deliver surface inspiration. She shifts emotional tone, challenges self-editing and creates lasting behavioural insight. Audiences leave clearer, braver and more aligned, not just energised.

Is Lorraine’s message right for corporate and professional audiences?

es. Lorraine’s work is designed for capable, high-performing professionals and leadership teams.

While her personal story is bold, her delivery is intelligent, structured and commercially relevant. She speaks about leadership, communication, self-suppression, cultural honesty and performance in ways that resonate in corporate, education and professional environments.

Her humour is fearless but thoughtful. Her outcomes are practical.

What topics does Lorraine speak about?

Lorraine’s keynotes explore themes including:

• The cost of playing safe in leadership
• Courage and cultural impact in the room
• The leadership power of getting it wrong
• Limiting beliefs and internal performance barriers
• Emotional regulation and embodied confidence

All talks centre on visibility, communication, congruence and sustainable high performance.

Can Lorraine tailor her talk for our industry or event theme?

Yes. Lorraine works with organisers to understand audience pressures, leadership context and event objectives.

Her core message remains consistent, but language, examples and emphasis are tailored so the talk feels directly relevant to your sector rather than generic motivation.

Does Lorraine offer anything beyond a keynote?

My workshops are immersive, practical and designed to create behavioural shift rather than passive learning.

These are not presentation-led sessions where people sit and take notes. They are structured experiential environments where insight becomes embodied understanding.

Designed for leadership teams, cross-functional groups and organisations navigating growth or change, workshops integrate nervous system awareness, grounded communication and embodied performance.

Depending on your objectives, workshops can include:

• Experiential leadership challenges
• Firewalks, glass walks, arrow or board breaks (where appropriate)
• Embodied communication exercises
• Real-time behavioural awareness
• Practical integration tools for daily leadership

Participants do not just discuss leadership. They experience it differently.

The outcome is tangible: stronger cohesion, more honest conversations, greater emotional awareness under pressure and sustainable performance without force.

Workshops are available as half-day sessions, full-day intensives or integrated development programmes, and are tailored to your organisational context.

From 30 October 2026, employers must take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment at work. A policy sets the rules. My workshops give staff the skills to actually have the conversation.

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