You have a story. I help you shape it.
Speech Writing and Delivery Coaching
Collaborative, Transformative, Unforgettable
Your voice matters—whether it’s still a whisper or ready to rise. My coaching creates a space where your experiences, your questions, and your creativity can finally breathe.
Amanda will collaboratively work with you on your idea to develop a powerful throughline within a structure that keeps audiences engaged. She’ll guide you to deliver a message of transformation in a voice that an audience will find unforgettable.
Experience: I have invested two decades into coaching university students and TEDx participants in developing, writing, and delivering their speeches. Personally, I’ve learned to hone my own speaking skills on national stages like TEDx and interviews with celebrities like Katie Couric and Chris Evert. My TEDx talk was a TEDx editor’s pick (only 1% of 55,000 global TEDx Talks are chosen annually) and has over 500,000 organic (nonpaid) views.
Amanda McCracken featured in Katie Couric Media
Amanda on Stage
Book Amanda to Speak at Your Next Event
Join Amanda McCracken for two transformational workshops on relationships and storytelling.
Whether you're navigating the complexities of love or longing to amplify your voice as a writer, Amanda McCracken’s workshops offer a powerful path to clarity, courage, and change. Rooted in personal experience and proven tools, these sessions are designed to help you reclaim your narrative—from the inside out.
Workshops
Workshop #1
From Limerence to Real Love:
Rewriting Your Relationship Narrative
This workshop guides participants through understanding limerence—the intoxicating, obsessive form of longing—and how it can quietly shape their relationship decisions. Drawing from When Longing Becomes Your Lover, we explore the emotional, cultural, and neurological forces that make longing feel safer than real intimacy. Through reflection, storytelling, and skill-building exercises, attendees identify the narratives, beliefs, and triggers that keep them cycling through unfulfilled desire. We then introduce practical tools such as mindfulness, cognitive reframing, and body-awareness to help shift from fantasy-driven connection to grounded, mutual love. By the end, participants leave with a clearer, more compassionate understanding of their relationship patterns and a personalized roadmap for cultivating authenticity, vulnerability, and healthier intimacy.
Takeaways:
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A clear understanding of what limerence is and how it differs from reciprocal, healthy love.
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Awareness of cultural and personal narratives—such as fantasy, perfectionism, or purity-driven beliefs—that reinforce longing.
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Tools to disrupt obsessive thinking and regulate the body when longing feels overwhelming.
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Cognitive and emotional strategies to rewrite limiting relationship stories.
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A personalized plan for building intimacy rooted in presence, truth, and emotional courage.
Workshop #2
From Essay to Book Deal:
Building a Platform Through Personal Storytelling
In this workshop, participants learn how to cultivate a strong personal essay platform—one of the most powerful paths to catching an agent’s or editor’s attention. Drawing from Amanda McCracken’s own journey from writing intimate essays to signing a book deal, we’ll explore how to identify themes that resonate, shape compelling narratives, and position your voice in a crowded publishing landscape. Attendees will gain insight into pitching editors, strategically submitting to publications, and leveraging each published piece to build visibility and credibility. Through hands-on exercises, participants will map their core story threads, develop a submission plan, and learn how consistent essay-writing becomes the backbone of a nonfiction book proposal.
Takeaways:
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Clarity on the themes and personal stories that form the foundation of a compelling writing platform.
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Practical guidance for crafting, refining, and pitching personal essays to targeted publications.
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A roadmap for using published essays to build audience, authority, and publishing connections.
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Insight into how essay momentum translates into a strong book proposal.
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A personalized plan for consistent writing, pitching, and platform growth.
Booking Details
Amanda is available for:
In-person and virtual workshops
Keynote presentations
Panel discussions
Podcast interviews
Literary and wellness events
Why Book Amanda?
Amanda brings warmth, insight, and honesty to every room she enters. Her sessions are not just talks—they are experiences of reflection, recognition, and renewal. Whether helping people reimagine love or elevate their writing voice, Amanda fosters a brave, welcoming environment for personal and collective transformation.
