Jessica Harrington, MPH

Speaker and In-Demand Stress & Safety

Travels From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Drink the Coffee While It's Hot

Stress Management • Leadership • Communication

Description:
High-performing leaders know that managing stress is more than self-care—it's a leadership skill.

In today's demanding work environment, stress can affect communication, decision-making, relationships, and our ability to lead with clarity.

In this engaging and interactive keynote, Jessica Hallahan, MPH, author and founder of Journey To Yourself, explores how small, intentional pauses can change the way we respond to pressure.

Using her Coffee While It's Hot Framework, Jessica gives audiences practical tools to recognize stress, communicate more effectively, take accountability, and build habits that support high performance without sacrificing well-being.

Audiences will:

Understand how stress can affect leadership, communication, and decision-making.
Explore the connection between self-awareness and personal accountability.
Strengthen communication skills that build clarity, connection, and trust.
Learn five practical habits: Communication, Mindfulness, Acceptance, Environment, and Self-Love.
Leave with tools to respond with greater calm, confidence, and clarity—even when the pressure is high.

Best for: Corporate teams • Associations • Leadership events • Professional development • Blue-collar leaders

Contact a speaker booking agent to check Jessica’s availability for speaking engagements.

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Women at Work

Stress. Communication. Confidence. Safety.

Being the only woman in the room can come with a unique kind of pressure.

Women working in construction, trades, manufacturing, utilities, and other male-dominated industries may face the challenge of proving themselves while also navigating communication, confidence, workplace stress, and safety.

This keynote creates an honest and practical conversation about how women can advocate for themselves without losing themselves.

Jessica explores the connection between stress, communication, confidence, and safety—and gives women practical tools they can use immediately in the workplace.

Audiences will:

Recognize how stress can affect confidence and communication.
Learn strategies for communicating clearly under pressure.
Explore how to speak up and advocate for themselves.
Understand the importance of boundaries and self-care without guilt.
Identify ways to contribute to a safer, healthier workplace.
Leave feeling more confident using their voice and taking up space.

Best for: Women in construction • Trades • Manufacturing • Utilities • Women's leadership events • ERGs • Conferences

Find Yourself Before You Lose Yourself

Self-Love • Confidence • Boundaries • Healthy Relationships

Growing up comes with a lot of pressure.

The pressure to fit in.
The pressure to be liked.
The pressure to be in a relationship.
The pressure to know exactly who you are before you've even had the chance to figure it out.

Finding Yourself Before You Lose Yourself is a conversation designed to remind young women that they don't have to lose themselves to feel loved, accepted, or successful.

Jessica uses her Journey To Yourself philosophy to help young women explore self-love, confidence, boundaries, communication, friendships, and healthy relationships.

Audiences will:

Explore what self-love actually looks like in everyday life.
Understand the connection between confidence and healthy boundaries.
Recognize unhealthy relationship and friendship patterns.
Learn how to communicate their needs.
Challenge the idea that they need someone else to make them feel whole.
Leave with practical reminders that their voice, boundaries, and well-being matter.

Best for: Colleges & universities • Young women's programs • Student leadership • Campus organizations • Community events

Stress Less, Serve Better:

How Self-Awareness, Teamwork, and Small Actions Create Exceptional Customer Experiences

Exceptional customer service starts with the people delivering it. This interactive workshop explores how stress management, mindfulness, communication, and accountability influence both the employee experience and the quality of service guests receive. Through relatable stories, practical strategies, and engaging group activities, participants learn to manage stress, strengthen teamwork, navigate challenges, and create memorable customer experiences. Employees leave with actionable tools to support themselves, their coworkers, and the guests they serve.

JESSICA IS AMAZING

She has so much knowledge about mindfulness, stress management, work-life balance, and self-development. She is so relatable and always makes an audience feel open and comfortable.

I would highly recommend her for any type of presentation or workshop for your organization. Her calming energy and tangible takeaways are deeply impactful. Get your notebook ready, you’re about to be mind blown! "

-Jaclyn DiGregorio, Speaker, Life Coach, Author

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