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You were born with Playful Intelligence™ - your biological drive to play that makes you adaptable, creative, and connected to others. But for many caring professionals, it gets put on pause while trying to be everything to everyone and hold it all together perfectly under pressure. And even the strongest systems wear down when the people inside them are running on empty.
So, here’s the question:
Who’s taking care of the people who take care of people?
Brandi brings neuroscience, lived experience, and practical tools to help regulate the nervous system, support mental wellness, and rebuild capacity in people who have learned to survive by just “pushing through”.
Your Playful Intelligence™ helps quiet the overwhelm, sharpen your focus, and bring back the part of you that feels most alive - not by doing more, but by reactivating what’s already inside you.
Your playful self didn’t disappear.
It got quiet - buried under responsibility, fear, and trying to hold everything together. Let’s go find it. It is time to press play.
Key Takeaways:
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Three burnout-prevention strategies (that don’t add to their workload).
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How shared self-care strengthens teams and prevents stress from spreading.
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Why play isn’t the opposite of professionalism—it’s how we thrive in uncertainty.
The Brandi Heather Experience
When you bring Brandi into your event , you’re not just booking a speaker. You’re investing in an experience designed to take care of your people from your first phone call with her to long after the event ends.
1. Before The Event
Brandi asks the right questions, listens closely, and shapes the keynote around your people. She learns the challenges, the culture, the stressors, and the details that matter to make sure you're taken care of.
2. During The Event
She brings high energy, real connection, and a presence like no other. She adapts in real time, creates interactive moments that encourage participation, and helps even the most guarded teams open up. People feel seen, supported, and safe to explore new ideas.
3. After The Event
This is where she stands apart. Brandi stays connected. She offers follow up tools, check ins, and guidance so the message doesn’t fade the moment the room empties. Her goal is not to hype people up for an hour. It’s to help them create meaningful, sustainable change long after she’s gone.
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Energizer & Expert
An award-winning college professor, best-selling author, and leading voice on the science of play at work, Brandi brings more than 25 years in education, inclusion, and lived-in mental health experience to the stage.
Equal parts energizer, educator, and expert, she brings laughter, movement, and meaning to every stage.
"Her keynote weaves science with storytelling, playfulness, practicality, and just the right amount of humor to help people let their guard down.
It’s real. It’s human. It’s honest. And it’s exactly what teams need right now."
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It's the small details that matter.
Each audience member will be able to take home a personalized, pocket-sized reminder of how to activate their Playful Intelligence in the office and in their day-to-day life.
*Remembering each others shapes of play, and knowing your people, place & place will change the way you work together.
