Speaking & Workshops
About Jen as a Speaker
Jen McDowell spent nearly two decades as a healthcare attorney inside Fortune 25 companies before her own life came apart. She's not speaking theoretically about disruption or rebuilding — she's been on both sides of it, and audiences recognize themselves in that.
Most people in the room aren't failing. They're stuck. She knows the difference because she's lived it. People leave with a clearer read on what's actually in front of them — and a concrete sense of what to do next.
TEDxAlbuquerque August 2026
Jen is also the host of Through the Sh#t — a podcast about loss, resilience, and rebuilding. Listen at throughtheshit.com.
What She’ll Talk About
The Identity Question
Who are you when the thing you built yourself around — a job, a marriage, your health — is suddenly gone? Identity collapse and what actually comes after.
When Sh#t Strikes Twice
Surviving one crisis is hard enough. What happens to your sense of self when life comes back for another round just as you're finding your footing.
Chosen Sh#t vs. Unchosen Sh#t
Not all hard things happen to you — some you choose. What separates a breakdown from a breakthrough, and why that line is rarely as clean as it looks.
Going Through the Sh#t
What 13+ conversations with people who've lost jobs, parents, health, and identity actually reveal about resilience — nothing like the highlight reel.
Full- and Half-Day Workshops
Navigate the Sh#t
WHAT: A pre-workshop friction assessment + a 3- or 6-hour deep-dive to excavate, reveal and start facing the unintended impact of your sh#t so you can make designs and build alignment within your team.
WHO: For organizations that need a kick-start in reframing how they think about their sh#t.
IMPACT: Leave with greater clarity about how disruption has affected the way they think, communicate, decide, and lead—and a practical framework for navigating uncertainty without losing sight of what matters.
Speaking Logistics
Available for: Keynote · Full- or Half-Day Workshop · Panel
Fee Range: $2,500+
Format: In-person or virtual