Upcoming Keynotes
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Have Nikki at your next event!
Ready to bring Nikki’s empowering keynote speeches to your next event? Fill out the this form to submit your booking inquiry. Nikki offers transformative talks that inspire change, encourage personal growth, and foster empowerment. Whether you're hosting a conference, workshop, or retreat, Nikki will tailor her message to resonate with your audience and create lasting impact.
Keynote Topics
Nikki’s keynote topics are designed to inspire, empower, and engage audiences. Through candid storytelling and practical insights, Nikki addresses key themes such as personal growth, overcoming adversity, work-life balance, and finding authentic joy. Each topic offers actionable tools and a supportive space for transformation.
Join Nikki as she shares her powerful and deeply personal story of rediscovering self-worth, joy, and peace in the aftermath of trying to do it all. As a woman, mother, and recovering people-pleaser, Nikki knows firsthand how easy it is to fall into the trap of believing everything rests on our shoulders. Through heartfelt honesty, humor, and yes a few colorful words, she invites you into a space where healing begins with connection.
Discover how to release the weight of responsibility, rewrite old narratives, and embrace freedom with grace and grit. In this talk, Nikki reminds us that we are never as alone as we think. Expect laughter, maybe a few tears, and plenty of "me too" moments as you journey together toward a lighter, freer you.
Juggling career, home, and the invisible expectations we place on ourselves can leave us feeling lost in a sea of "shoulds" and self-judgment. Nikki intimately shares her own journey through this struggle from saying yes to everything and chasing perfection, to facing the heavy toll of negative self-talk and burnout. Through raw stories and practical wisdom, Nikki offers powerful tools to help you find and trust your inner Compass. Learn how to step off the hamster wheel, quiet the inner critic, and create boundaries that honor both your purpose and your peace.
This talk is for every woman who feels stretched thin yet deeply desires alignment and freedom. Alongside Nikki, discover how connection (to yourself and others), community (like FOUNDHERS Table), and giving yourself permission to choose differently can chart a new course. Walk away inspired to release old patterns and embrace a life where home and work can coexist without losing you in the process.
Not all wounds are visible, and not all trauma feels big enough to claim but it's impact quietly shapes our lives. Whether it’s “Big T” or “Little t” trauma, many women minimize their experiences, wondering if they even qualify to feel what they feel. Nikki breaks down these myths and shares what trauma can really look and feel like in midlife from perfectionism and people-pleasing to numbing, disconnect, and exhaustion.
With vulnerability and hard-won wisdom, Nikki invites you to explore how unhealed experiences continue to echo in our daily lives, and more importantly, what we can do to move forward. Through stories, relatable examples, and practical guidance, she offers hope and tools to help you persevere, reconnect, and reclaim your freedom.
This talk will leave you feeling seen, supported, and ready to let go of the shame and silence because healing happens when we stop going it alone.
For years, Nikki wore the invisible badge of "doing it all" the caretaker, the fixer, the dependable one. But beneath the surface, people-pleasing had become an addiction quietly draining her body, mind, and soul. In this powerful and personal talk, Nikki shares how living for others' approval kept her stuck in exhaustion and resentment, and how breaking free became an act of self-love and survival.
Through candid stories and actionable tools, Nikki walks you through what recovery looks like from setting unapologetic boundaries to learning how to say no without guilt or lengthy explanations. She also shares the deeper shift: releasing the belief that her worth was tied to her business and how much she did for others.
If you've ever struggled to choose yourself, this talk offers hope and clarity. Nikki shows us that freedom from people-pleasing is not only possible, but opens the door to becoming the most authentic, joyful, and connected version of you.
When tragedy struck and Nikki lost her daughter in a devastating car accident, she was thrust into a world no parent ever imagines, one filled with unbearable sadness, anger, and isolation. As a member of her region’s Crisis Intervention team, Nikki had spent years helping others navigate grief, but now found herself on the other side, living the unimaginable.
In this deeply personal and courageous talk, Nikki opens up about her journey through profound loss. She shares the raw and often unspoken realities of grief, how society misunderstands it, and why we must rewrite the narrative around what it means to survive the unthinkable.
Nikki will reflect on the supports that sustained her family through the darkest moments, the unexpected clarity that came as the fog of grief lifted, and the powerful choices she made to keep moving forward. For anyone who has faced loss or loves someone who has, this talk is a testament to resilience, honest healing, and the quiet strength that emerges when we choose to keep living, even when life looks nothing like we planned.
Voices of Empowerment
" Nikki is an incredible speaker that engages audiences with her candor, humor and raw emotions. Nikki captures the beautiful ugly journey of life and that inner dialogue that we all have but are often too fearful to share. Nikki’s messages of hope, inspiration, and joy will leave a lasting impression long after you leave your seat."
Voices of Empowerment
"I am grateful to have found Nikki at COPE Consulting. She brings an exciting energy to any group, and can really read the room. She is authentic and endearing, and her vulnerability makes it safe to be yourself. She is a wonderful listener, motivator and speaker. I highly recommend connecting with Nikki for your speaking engagements and coaching needs."
Voices of Empowerment
"Nikki presented to the South Dakota Educational Office Professionals about "Find Your Joy" and "The Real-Life Struggle Between Work and Home". Since all of our members are females, her talk about being true to oneself and making time for "you" was something all of us needed to hear. There was laughter and tears as we could relate many of our experiences to what she presented. I believe her presentation was the high point of our conference!"
Voices of Empowerment
" I met you last week in Pierre at Finance Officer School, I was the one who admitted to crying throughout your Reinventing Joy session. You are truly an amazing woman - I am so fortunate to have listened to not one, but two of your incredible sessions! I could not get enough of your wisdom and insights. "
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Nikki Johnsrud - Speaker & Empowerment Leader
Nikki Johnsrud, founder of COPE Consulting, empowers women to embrace their authentic selves and break free from societal expectations. With over 20 years of experience as a school psychologist and her own transformative journey through loss, trauma, and recovery, Nikki connects deeply with her audience. Her keynote speeches provide practical tools for overcoming challenges like people-pleasing, work-life balance struggles, and personal grief.
Nikki’s talks inspire laughter, vulnerability, and personal growth, reminding women that they are never alone in their journey and that choosing themselves is the path to true joy and freedom.
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Have Nikki at your next event!
Ready to bring Nikki’s empowering keynote speeches to your next event? Fill out the this form to submit your booking inquiry. Nikki offers transformative talks that inspire change, encourage personal growth, and foster empowerment. Whether you're hosting a conference, workshop, or retreat, Nikki will tailor her message to resonate with your audience and create lasting impact.
Nikki's Mission
Nikki’s mission is simple yet profound: to empower women to break free from external expectations and reconnect with their authentic selves. Through her coaching, speaking, and transformative events, Nikki creates spaces where women can rediscover their worth, embrace their true identities, and live with purpose and joy.
Nikki is passionate about helping women release old narratives, set healthy boundaries, and create lives that honor their values and passions. Her work is rooted in the belief that every woman deserves the freedom to live authentically and to be fully supported on their journey toward self-discovery and fulfillment.