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Donna Hartley  

Cancer, Plane Crash & Heart Disease Survivor

An international inspirational speaker and trainer for over three decades. Donna Hartley is a former Miss Hawaii and television actress, who worked with Robin Williams and Dick Van Dyke. Hartley has shared her compelling story on NBC, ABC, PBS, and The New York Times. A renowned expert on inner leadership and surviving life altering events. Her story is captivating, entertaining, dramatic. Cry, laugh, and learn from her powerful message.

Hartley is a member of the National Speakers Association, Screen Actors Guild, Nonfiction Writers Association, and owner of Hartley International. In addition, she is the author of Fire Up Your Life!, Fire Up Your Intuition!, Fire Up Your Healing! and the Healing Meditation Downloads. She has published six stories in the Chocolate for a Women's Soul series and two in the Chicken Soup series.

Speech Topics


Fire Up Your Life! The Power of Inner Leadership (Most Requested)

Have you ever wondered about your life purpose?

Donna shares insights gained from her life experiences, offering nine strategies to overcome daunting challenges, get you unstuck, and move to fulfillment and transformation. Acquire the skills you need to take your inner leadership to the next level. You will be empowered to shift your attitude with this inspirational and uplifting presentation. As a master storyteller, Donna relates the lessons learned from life-altering events: a plane crash, stage III Melanoma, and open-heart surgery ... all on March 1 of different years. There is a message there. Leaderships starts inside first.

  • Master the techniques it takes to be a survivor.
  • Develop an attitude shift to create inner leadership.
  • Acquire the techniques of the backward formula to create results.
  • Master clear and effective communication.
  • Balance your life in eight critical areas
  • Understand the effectiveness of inner dialog.
  • Know that persistence is an inside belief.
  • Learn why humor has healing powers.
  • Manifest and enhance your vibrational energy and intention.
  • Create the power of knowing, and you will Fire Up Your Life!

Fire Up Your Speaking! Virtual and In-Person Presentation Skills

Do you want to be an exceptional presenter, influence lives, and advance your career?

There is no greater skill than knowing what to say and how to say it. Make a difference when you speak using presentation, projection, and persuasion techniques. This session covers both virtual and in person presentation strategies. Learn to develop a results-oriented presentation with body language, voice, and impact words. Heighten your techniques with a powerful opening statement, highlighting relevant key points, and create a persuasive call-to-action close. Become a powerful speaker with unique storytelling skills that motivate your listeners.

  • Master virtual presentations skills with background, sound, and lighting
  • The image you project makes an impact
  • Develop top notch presentation techniques
  • Be compassionate with your communication
  • Have fun, master your nerves, and make it happen
  • Use effective body language to your advantage
  • Master vocal inflection
  • Discover words that make a difference
  • Begin with impact
  • Project your key points
  • Make statistics understandable and relatable
  • Conduct a productive business meeting
  • Inspire your staff to follow through
  • Call-to-action close

Healing Meditations: Mindfulness and Relaxation

You've probably heard you should meditate daily, but your internal response is, “Who, me? I can't sit still that long!”

Meditation is a refreshing way to manage stress and create restful sleep. With this presentation, you'll learn the crucial skill of trusting your intuition. Donna teaches the history and benefits of meditation along with a variety of effective techniques. Relax your body, travel in your mind to heal, rejuvenate your body and soul to feel alive. Meditation is beneficial for staying healthy and increasing your vitality while providing spiritual, mental, and physical balance. You are worth it! Take the time to develop your inner calm.

  • Learn the power of visualization
  • Reduce anxiety
  • Lower your blood pressure
  • Increase anti-aging antibodies
  • Sleep and wake refreshed
  • Learn the benefits of a 20-minute meditation
  • Understand how meditation heightens your intuition

Fire Up Your Heart! A Journey to Transformation

Plane crash. Stage III Melanoma. Open heart surgery. Heart surgery again, but this time during a pandemic. Her story is spellbinding! Understand what it takes to be a survivor. These life-threatening events manifested in a new life approach combining body, mind, and spirit. Donna shares a health regiment, blending a holistic approach with traditional medicine. She's done her research and, with the best team of doctors, she survived her surgeries. Donna is adamant about replacing self-defeating thoughts and breaking free of negative patterns forever. Fire Up Your Heart is filled with drama, humor, hope, and determination. In this presentation, you’ll learn how combining traditional Western medicine and an holistic approach, can fire up your own healing:

  • Use positive self-talk for emotional and physical benefits
  • Get up and get moving
  • Grab the balanced food choices
  • Tune out the negativity
  • Incorporate alternative medicines and techniques for a better, healthier you
  • Cultivate a daily action of visualization
  • Learn healing meditations and calm your nerves
  • Construct a team of professional healthcare providers to put you on the fast track to a new and improved you
  • Become a proactive communicator with your healthcare team
  • Set a specific intention for your body, mind, and spirit

Fire Up Your Healing! From Cancer to Fearless

When you hear the word "cancer", everything stops. Donna was a surfer in Hawaii she was on the water for hours at Diamond Head. Her stage III Melanoma manifested on her left thigh years later. As a single mom of an adopted daughter, she focused on a new life approach; combining body, mind and spirit. Donna blended a holistic approach with traditional medicine, creating a health regiment that helped her mind and body heal. Donna was adamant about replacing any negative thoughts forever. Determined to survive, Donna set her intention. Using humor, drama, and storytelling, Donna created a plan to help you become fearless, present, and move forward.

Move forward, be present, be fearless:

  • Creating assertive self-talk to put you in the now
  • Get moving, get up, get focused
  • Junk the junk food, eat food that nourishes your body
  • Tune out the negativity
  • Cultivate a daily action of visualization
  • Learn healing meditations that calm the nerves
  • Construct a team of professional healthcare providers
  • Have clear intentions of the outcome you want

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