Speaking

Brain health talks that stay with people long after the event

Almost every room I speak to has someone in it who has quietly wondered, “Is that going to be me?” Maybe they watched a parent change. Maybe they walked into a room last week and forgot why they were there. Those moments are signals worth listening to. They’re your brain, your greatest asset, asking for a little attention.

We all want to age well. The truth is, most people don’t know how to turn what they know into action and build the habits that create a lifestyle their brain can thrive on. I’m here to be their guide and help them navigate the way.

That’s what my talks are built to give them. In my work as a nurse, I spent 30 years watching what happens when we care for the brain and when we don’t. Now I bring that experience to groups who want to get ahead of it, with a message that takes the fear out of aging and leaves people with a clear next step.

What makes these talks different

They’ve heard eat better, sleep more and manage stress a hundred times, and it usually ends up as one more list they feel guilty about. Willpower fades under stress, and that’s when good intentions fall apart.

So I teach differently. I use brain science to show your audience why these habits matter and how the brain actually builds new ones. Then we practice together in the room, with guided visualization and breathwork that help people connect the habit to what matters most to them: how they want to feel, who they want to be there for and the life they want to keep living. People leave with an understanding of their brain that changes how they see their everyday choices, and a tool they can use the moment they walk out the door.

Talks and Workshops

Every talk can be tailored to your group, your time slot and your format, whether that’s a keynote, a lunch-and-learn, a hands-on workshop or a virtual session. Most talks can also include a food component with samples of MIND diet foods.

Stay Sharp: A Brain Health Strategy for Aging Well

Your brain is the CEO of your life. It runs your energy, your mood, your memory and every decision you make. Stay Sharp is for women who feel good and want to keep it that way. They learn how daily micro habits keep the brain performing at its best and leave with a clear strategy to stay energized, confident and fully in charge of how they age.

Own Your Edge: How to Fuel the Brain Behind Your Business

For business owners and professionals. You invest in your business, your team and your growth, but your greatest asset is the brain behind all of it. Own Your Edge gives participants the tools to keep that brain performing under pressure. The return on that investment shows up right away in sharper focus, steadier energy and better decisions.

Win Your Morning, Win Your Day

Imagine starting every day clear, calm and ready for whatever comes your way. Win Your Morning, Win Your Day helps your audience build a morning routine that sticks and changes the outcome of the whole day, lowering cortisol and inflammation for steady energy, better mood and clear focus.

Your Second Brain: How a Happy Gut Brings Back Your Calm, Clarity and Energy

When your gut is happy, you feel it everywhere: a steadier mood, a clearer head and more energy for your day. Your audience discovers the everyday foods and habits that support their gut and leaves ready to feel the difference.

The Inflammation Fix: Calm the Fire, Clear the Fog

Achy joints, brain fog and energy that crashes by mid-afternoon are often inflammation at work. The Inflammation Fix helps your audience calm it down by balancing blood sugar and easing stress through food and daily habits, so they feel lighter, clearer and more like themselves again.

Food for Thought: How the MIND Diet Lifts Your Mood, Memory and Focus

The right foods can lift your mood, support your memory and steady your focus. Together we bring the MIND diet into a real, busy life, so everyone walks out knowing exactly where to start.

The Menopause Brain: Feel Like Yourself Again

Brain fog, lost words and restless nights can leave women wondering where the old version of themselves went. This talk helps them understand what’s really happening in their brain, embrace the transition and step into the other side feeling clear, confident and fully themselves again.

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Prevention

The Power of Lifestyle: Everyday Habits That Help Prevent Alzheimer’s

Most people believe dementia is written in their genes. The research tells a more hopeful story. Up to 45% of dementia risk is linked to factors we can change, and the changes in the brain begin 20 to 30 years before a diagnosis. That means the window is still open.

In this talk, your audience trades fear for a plan. I build my work on the US POINTER study, a two-year national trial which found that people who followed a structured lifestyle program with support improved their thinking skills more than people who made changes on their own. We close with a short guided visualization, so your audience walks out feeling hopeful, in control and ready to protect their brain for the years ahead.

As a speaker for the Alzheimer’s Association, I also present their community education programs on brain health, memory loss and dementia.

Where I’ve Spoken

Alzheimer’s Association community events, Peak Performance business owners’ event, Living Goldenwell Community, Life Time Fitness Wellness Wednesdays, North Cobb Rotary Club, TriFusion in Birmingham, GSPN and the Beyond Dementia Coalition symposium.

About Christine

Christine Despres, RN, NBC-HWC, CDP is a Brain & Metabolic Health Coach, speaker and community educator for the Alzheimer's Association. After 30 years as a nurse, many of them in dementia and hospice care, she founded The Wellness Navigator to help women in midlife and beyond protect their greatest asset, their brain. She is also writing a cookbook to showcase how joyful brain-healthy living can be. The power to age well is more in your control than you think.

Aging well isn’t luck, it’s a strategy.

Give your group the science, the tools and a clear place to start. Let’s talk about your event.