Keynotes and workshops on resilience, change, and reinvention. For organisations, women's groups, and schools who want their people to move, not simply to feel moved… and to enjoy the flight.
Wendy Yawching lay on the grass in Trinidad at ten years old, watched a jet draw two white trails across the sky, and knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life. Every adult she told said the same four words. Girls. Don't. Do. That.
She believed them for sixteen years. Then she stopped believing them, worked six and a half days a week on two maxed credit cards to pay for flying lessons, sat the airline transport exam as the only woman in a room of thirty male pilots, and took her first airline job at thirty… ancient, by aviation standards.
The proof is a life lived.
Since the cockpit she has trekked to Everest Base Camp, run an adventure company, stood on the ice of Antarctica, rebuilt her career more than once, and learned the tango in Argentina before trekking Patagonia at 70. When she speaks to your people about resilience and reinvention, she is describing a road she has travelled.
The pilot story brings the audience into the room. What comes next is where the magic lives. She helps people connect with their inner power, recognise the internal rules that have held them back, and find a way to move through fear. Her mantra: courage is not the absence of fear; it is being afraid and doing it anyway.
Wendy Yawching works with organisations who want to change lives. She is not a novelty act and not a diversity symbol. She is a catalyst.
For leadership teams, D&I programmes, employee resource groups, and companies in the middle of real change. Wendy Yawching speaks to the part of your workforce that has stopped putting its hand up.
For conferences, professional associations, foundations, and NGOs serving women at a crossroads… career changes, empty nests, second acts, and the long shadow of being told no.
For young people who have never seen anyone who looks like them do the thing they long to do. Wendy's message lands hardest where options and role models are scarce.
Four words taught a ten year old girl the limits of her own potential, and cost her sixteen years. Girls. Don't. Do. That. Every person in your audience carries a version of those four words, still running quietly long after the culture moved on.
Built for organisations in transition, restructuring, or rapid growth, and drawn from a lifetime of reinvention… from the cockpit, to running an adventure company, to becoming a master Feng Shui consultant and a competitive ballroom dancer.
A candid, practical session for people worn down by relentless change. Wendy Yawching has been flattened by grief, by money, and by her own fear, and got back up each time. She does not pretend recovery is quick or graceful.
Self belief, breaking through fear, and daring to become all you were designed to be. Told for young people with the parts adults usually leave out… the doubt, the money, the failing, and doing it anyway. Wendy Yawching speaks from alongside, never from above.
You provided me with the tools I needed to take my professional life to the next level. In the past month, I obtained more than three times the funding for my work than in the last seven years.
You have profoundly changed my life. For that I will be eternally grateful.
Thank you for allowing me to realise that my fears have been holding me back. I shall no longer allow this to be the case, and vow to start truly living my best life.
Everyone will be motivated to review their dreams and move on them. I am… at my age of 79.
Wendy's journey is an absolute inspiration that can lead women and girls to a place of wonder and a life of curiosity blended with freedom. Courage looks like this.
I've never really had someone to look up to. But right now, I feel like I can look at you as a hero. If you can do it, I can do it.
A female student
Thank you for the inspiration you delivered unto us. We are going to take it and run with it. I'm really, really touched by your message.
A male cadet
Her compelling story of leadership and perseverance left a lasting impression on our audience… a powerful reminder of what is possible when women dare to lead.
Captain Wendy Yawching is one of those speakers whose authenticity immediately connects with an audience… In telling her story, Wendy helps others believe in theirs.
She connects meaningfully with listeners of every generation… I would recommend her without hesitation. If you are considering engaging Wendy, be assured: you will leave inspired to take the next courageous step in your own remarkable story.
I have seen Wendy engage with very different audiences, from secondary school students to our senior community. She speaks with people, not at them… she leaves them thinking differently about themselves and what they believe is possible.
The International Feng Shui Guild has had the pleasure of welcoming Wendy as a speaker at three of our global Summits. She also guided our Summit committee from its inception and has served multiple times as cohost and moderator.
Send the date, the audience, and what you want the room to walk out with. Wendy Yawching reads and answers every enquiry personally.
Send a speaking enquiry Or email wendy@thecourage2fly.com Podcast hosts, journalists, and interviewers are warmly welcome here too. Wendy Yawching joins the conversation from anywhere in the world, and travels for the right one.