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Jaclyn Gallo          

Author & Life-Coach

Jaclyn Gallo is a TEDx speaker and two-time best-selling author inspiring audiences to embrace optimism and never give up. She is the host of the Spark Your Light podcast which ranks in the top 1.5% of podcasts globally, and she has delivered keynotes to top organizations including Deloitte, Meta and Comcast NBCUniversal. Gallo is also the founder and CEO of Spark Your Light Studios, a media company that has proudly reached millions of women in 96 countries. Gallo’s work has been featured by Forbes, Business Insider, Elite Daily and "Good Morning Washington."

Gallo is a graduate of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. She is also a certified life coach and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner.

Gallo’s journey began when she started her first business from her college dorm room at 21 years old. It was a total failure and she spent more than $50,000 on ideas that never made it off the ground. Applying her learnings from the failures she experienced, Gallo built a thriving company where she helps women use their failures as a springboard to create their dream lives, just like she did.

Speech Topics


The Art of Bouncing Back: How to Embrace Failure & Build Resilience

Through extensive research, University of Pennsylvania psychologist Angela Duckworth found one character trait that stands out as the most important predictor of success. And it’s not IQ, talent, or social intelligence—it’s grit. Despite the importance of grit, the world is in need of resilience now more than ever. According to research performed by Gallup, resilience on an individual level fell by more than 33% from 2021 to 2023.

In this keynote, 2x bestselling author and Tedx speaker Jaclyn Gallo empowers audiences with tangible strategies to become the most resilient version of themselves so they can overcome any challenge life throws at them. Jaclyn learned this lesson firsthand when she spent $50,000 on business ideas that never made it off the ground. Despite these failures, today she owns a media company that has reached millions of people in 96 countries, and her podcast ranks in the top 1.5% of all podcasts globally.

If you’re looking for a keynote to inspire your audience to embrace optimism and never give up, this is the perfect choice. This speech is often selected as the opening keynote at conferences. Past audiences include Meta, Lenovo, The American Staffing Association, and The International Center for Supplemental Instruction. Your audience will walk away with:

  • 4 core beliefs of a resilient mindset
  • A new perspective on failure and its impact
  • Why giving up leads to regret
  • How to turn obstacles into opportunities
  • Why hope is essential for building resilience

Bridging the Self-Perception Gender Gap: A Woman's Guide to Positive Self-Image

In a 1978 study published by the Journal of Social Psychology, Dr. Robert Hogan found that females tend to underestimate their IQ scores, while their male counterparts tend to overestimate theirs. Self-perception is directly linked to the outcomes one experiences in life. In order to elevate women, it is essential to improve self-perception.

In Jaclyn’s bestselling book Stop Getting in Your Own Way, she talks about how negative self-image often holds women back from reaching their full potential. Jaclyn learned this through her own experiences with doubting herself in the early days of building her business. Today, her podcast ranks in the top 1.5% of all podcasts globally and has listeners in 96 countries… all because she believed in herself.

If you’re looking for a keynote speaker to inspire your audience to change the way they see themselves, Jaclyn is the perfect choice. This speech is often selected for women’s events and is especially popular at corporate women’s employee resource groups. Past audiences include Deloitte Women & Allies, James Madison University Panhellenic Association and Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity.

Vision Board Workshop

The Vision Board Workshop is an interactive program where life coach and author Jaclyn Gallo helps attendees find clarity on their goals, create a visual representation of these goals through the creation of a digital vision board and finally, take action to make these goals reality. In the workshop, Jaclyn shares the scientific principles of manifestation, and helps each attendee creates their own vision board. Through her teachings, Gallo inspires audiences to dream bigger and go all in on the things that spark a light inside of them.

Half Empty to Half Full: Build a Positive Mindset to Create Growth & Success

One of the most prevalent lessons that emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic is simply this…mindset matters. As a life coach and best-selling author, Jaclyn inspires audiences to shift their perspective and see the glass as half full. In this keynote, Jaclyn shares the science of positive thinking, which explains how our thoughts directly impact our circumstances. She also equips listeners with tangible tools to help them build new habits and create lasting change in their lives.

The Limitless Woman: Unlock the Potential That Has Always Been Inside of You

After mentoring hundreds of women through her life coaching practice, digital courses, and top-rated podcast, Jaclyn found that there is just one thing that holds women back from their full potential- themselves. In this transformational keynote, Jaclyn shares the top three fears that hold women back, and more importantly, how they can overcome these fears and step into their limitless potential.

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