Keynote Speaking & Workshops.
The power of flexibility & the art of Bending Like Bamboo at work.
For teams, leaders and communities navigating change, uncertainty and pressure. Amanda Campbell brings the science of resilience to life, drawn from her own journey out of paralysis and into the boardroom as a startup CEO.
Amanda's keynotes and workshops move audiences from surviving the pressures of leading to building the resilience, clarity and adaptability to thrive. Because the strongest leaders aren't the ones who don't bend.
They're the ones that bend without breaking.
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Amanda presenting a lunch and learn workshop for the team at Lululemon
The patient.
The practitioner.
The former CEO.
At 29, Amanda Campbell was given a 50% chance of walking again after an MS attack. What she learned walking herself back is the foundation of everything she teaches today — the power of flexibility, the art of bending like bamboo, and the science of a nervous system that can hold pressure without breaking.
She went on to co-found and lead as CEO of an ethical meal delivery business called Nourissh that generated $1 million in its first year and secured $250,000 in investment, where she discovered that the very same lessons that got her out of paralysis were the ones that let her build, scale and lead without burning out.
Now, 16 years in remission and 13 years into clinical practice as a Sports Kinesiologist, Amanda brings a rare three-part authority to every stage: the patient who lived it, the practitioner who studies it, and the former CEO who led through it.
Her audiences don't just walk away inspired. They walk away with a method.
• Author of Bend Like Bamboo
• Host of the Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Podcast
• Resilience Ambassador
THE FLAGSHIP KEYNOTE
60-minute inspirational keynote
In a world that rewards rigid strength, resilience is being redefined.
Amanda's flagship keynote weaves together her extraordinary journey out of MS paralysis at 29, the science of nervous system regulation and the real cost of chronic stress on today's leaders, and the BAMBOO Method — her framework built around the power of flexibility. It's a talk that reframes how audiences understand resilience, gives them the environment to heal and thrive personally and professionally, and equips them with the tools to bend without breaking through whatever comes next.
Amanda holds a rare three-part perspective that almost no resilience speaker can claim.
As the patient, she rebuilt her body after MS paralysis at 29, spending 16 years in remission using the same tools she now teaches.
As the practitioner, she has spent 13 years in clinical work as a Sports Kinesiologist, refining the science of nervous system regulation with thousands of clients.
As the former CEO of a scaling startup, she led investors, teams and growth targets, and the same method was the reason she didn't break under the pressure. This is what makes her a specialist in the science of sustainable performance.
Audiences leave with:
Takeaway bullets
• A new definition of resilience — one grounded in flexibility, not force.
• Amanda's lessons from walking again — and why they translate to leading personally and professionally.
• The science of how stress impacts nervous system regulation and why it's the missing layer in high performance.
• The BAMBOO Method framework — six pillars for personal and professional resilience.
• An understanding of how to build resilience and re-imagine what can be possible as we navigate our challenges.
Ideal for
• Corporate and leadership summits
• Conferences on resilience, wellbeing, transformation or change
• Women's leadership events and networks
• Health, wellness and community-sector events
HALF-DAY WORKSHOPS
Go deeper. Build the practice. Take the method home.
3–4 hour interactive workshop · Up to 100 participants
For organisations ready to move beyond inspiration and into embodied practice, Amanda's half-day workshops take the audience through the BAMBOO Method in real time.
Participants don't just hear the science of resilience; they experience it in an interactive workshop.
They leave with tools they can use in the next meeting, the next difficult conversation, the next high-pressure day.
Panel Discussions
In a live panel discussion Q/A, Amanda offers co-facilitated experiences with hand-picked special guests she partners with.
Each guest brings a distinct story and expertise, in dialogue with Amanda.
Each offering can be delivered as a keynote conversation, a Q&A format, or expanded into a half-day workshop.
Amplify your event with a live podcast recording, YouTube episode or joint social content, available as an add-on to any booking.
Customisable:
• Amanda's keynote as the opening frame
• Guided nervous system regulation practices
• A Q&A panel discussion with Amanda + Special Guests
• A customisable interactive workshop - applying the BAMBOO Method to navigate challenges
• The Bamboo Foundations Program is available to purchase for participants
• The Bend Like Bamboo book is also available to purchase for participants
Destress & Reset
Feel more energised, get to the cause of stress in your life, navigate change more effectively.
Reduce symptoms
Manage stress, boost flexibility in your mind and life, build more confidence & self belief.
Lead & perform
Lead and perform through stress and change, overcome challenges, make decisions with your intuition.
Positive & solution focused
Elevate your mindset daily, focus on what you want, attract in abundance and success.
Aware of blindspots
Gain more insight into what is holding you back from achieving your goals, let go of sabotage and limiting beliefs.
Reconnect
Back to yourself and within your relationships at home and at work.
Extend the keynote into six months of practice for every attendee.
Foundations is Amanda's self-paced online course — six pillars of the BAMBOO Method delivered as bite-sized modules that participants can work through in their own time. It gives your team a scalable way to embed the keynote's lessons across the workforce. Every participant leaves the event with lifetime access, and a practice they can return to whenever pressure rises.
Resilience
Amanda’s story
Self belief & flexibility
Impacts of stress
The art of bending like bamboo & a resilience formula
Happy Mind
Flexibility in our mindset impacts everything that matters
Navigating change
Lead and perform through adversity
Happy Body
Nourish the mind-body connection with stretches and exercises
Posture and fitness
Destress and let go of negativity
Happy Food
How to nourish the body on a cellular level
How to promote repair and performance with food
Master 625 recipes
Connection and Purpose
Wash and empty the mind with meditation
Giving ourselves the best environment to promote repair and creativity
Journaling and Gratitude
Rewire the brain to be positive and solution focused.
Become aware of your blind spots
The Bamboo Method:
At the heart of Amanda's work is the BAMBOO Method — six pillars for cultivating the flexibility, focus and inner ground that let people meet pressure without breaking. Built from her own recovery from paralysis and refined through 13 years of clinical practice, it's a framework that has helped founders, leaders and teams transform how they show up under pressure, both personally and professionally.
Panel Discussion Topics:
"The Patient-Practitioner Perspective: The lessons I learned walking again, applied to workplace performance when building a startup"
A unique dual viewpoint on common denominators
"Resilience & Leadership: Transforming Challenges into Industry Innovation"
Insights into the nervous system regulation and creating the best environment to heal and thrive
"Leading From Your True Nature — Without Burning It Out"
Combining leadership archetypes and nervous system science.
Bend Like Bamboo for every participant.
Many organisations pair the keynote with a copy of Amanda's book, Bend Like Bamboo, for every participant. It reinforces the science, deepens the six pillars of the BAMBOO Method, and gives each attendee a tangible resource to return to — extending the value of the keynote from a single hour into an ongoing conversation across the team.
1:1 leadership coaching, for those who need to go further.
For companies that want the keynote to translate into sustained change at the top, Amanda offers private coaching through her THRIVE program as an add-on for leaders. It's the deeper work — nervous system regulation, resilience coaching and sustainable performance delivered 1:1 with the leaders who carry the most pressure and set the tone for everyone else. When they shift, everything around them shifts too.