Marcy helps high-capacity women stop performing strength, while secretly running on empty. Through humor, storytelling, practical tools, and deeply human conversations, audiences leave feeling seen, lighter, and equipped to breathe again.

For 30 years, Marcy has inspired audiences at conferences, retreats, leadership events, nonprofits, schools, and organizations through experiences that are honest, transformational, and unforgettable.

Trusted by organizations, leadership teams, educators & conferences:

First female keynote speaker in the 95-year history of the West Texas County Judges’ & Commissioners Association Annual Conference
Host of The Shit in Our Barn Podcast (real and raw conversations about life)
Certified Mindset Coach specializing in emotional resilience + high-functioning burnout
Author of Amazon #1 Hot New Release, Transforming Your Stress
Author of Pennies from Burger Heaven ( 900+ reader reviews)
Retreat + workshop facilitator for women’s leadership events and organizations nationwide

When I say that Marcy is one of the realest humans you will have the pleasure of communicating with, that would actually be an understatement.”
Brittainy, Workshop Attendee

**First female keynote speaker in the 95-year history of the West Texas County Judges’& Commissioners Association’s Annual Conference**

What Makes Marcy Different

More than motivation. Real transformation.

Marcy doesn’t just inspire audiences for an hour and send them home with a notebook full of quotes they’ll never use.

She creates experiences that help people:

understand the REAL reason they’re exhausted (it’s not what they think)
recognize the emotional weight they’ve been carrying
reconnect with themselves
and walk away with practical tools that create lasting change

Her presentations blend:

storytelling
psychology
emotional resilience
humor
nervous-system awareness
leadership insights
and practical strategies people can actually apply in everyday life

Audiences laugh.
They reflect.
They exhale.
They feel understood.

Book marcy for your event

Planning an event is stressful enough. You don’t need your speaker to be a diva too. Event organizers love working with Marcy because she’s professional, prepared, adaptable, and low maintenance.

Speaking Experiences

Marcy offers:

keynote presentations
conference breakout sessions
leadership events
half-day and full-day workshops
staff retreats
intimate transformational experiences
podcast interviews

Whether speaking to hundreds on a keynote stage or facilitating meaningful conversations in smaller group settings, Marcy creates spaces where people feel safe enough to be honest and empowered enough to change.

Signature Keynotes & Workshops

🏆 The Strong Ones are Tired

Why high-capacity women are emotionally exhausted — and the path back to sustainable strength.

The women everyone depends on are often the ones silently running on empty.

This keynote explores the hidden emotional load carried by high-functioning women, including burnout, over-responsibility, people pleasing, perfectionism, and the pressure to always “hold it together.”

Through storytelling, humor, emotional insight, and practical tools, Marcy helps audiences redefine strength in a healthier, more sustainable way.

Audience Transformation:

Attendees leave feeling seen, understood, emotionally lighter, and equipped with practical tools for resilience, self-trust, and sustainable energy.

💯 Do Less. Accomplish More.

High achievers are taught that success comes from pushing harder.

But constant pressure, emotional overload, and chronic stress eventually cost organizations creativity, connection, engagement, and performance.

This keynote teaches leaders and teams how to reduce overwhelm, increase clarity, protect emotional bandwidth, and create sustainable success without sacrificing well-being.

Audience Transformation:

Attendees leave with actionable strategies to improve focus, resilience, leadership effectiveness, and long-term performance without burnout.

🌟 Joy in Dark Times

The counterintuitive strategy for sustainable performance, emotional resilience, and greater impact.

How to remain emotionally alive, connected, and hopeful during seasons of pressure, grief, and uncertainty.

Life doesn’t pause when things get hard.

In this deeply honest and hope-filled presentation, Marcy shares powerful lessons on resilience, faith, emotional healing, and finding light in the middle of difficult seasons.

Perfect for retreats, women’s conferences, faith-based events, and transformational gatherings, this keynote reminds audiences that joy is not the absence of hardship — it’s the ability to stay connected to hope in the middle of it.

Audience Transformation:

Attendees leave feeling encouraged, emotionally grounded, spiritually renewed, and reminded they are not alone.

Marcy created an environment for our workshop where it was OK for our staff to be real and honest and straightforward. Through that, we all saw places where we have grown and places where there is room for growth.❤️”
Amarillo Area Foundation

Such wisdom, such grace and so much positive energy!
Angela, Senior Director, Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health

Closing Keynote Speaker – Family & Consumer Sciences Teachers Association of Texas

About Marcy

For nearly 30 years, Marcy has helped audiences navigate stress, resilience, leadership, emotional overwhelm, and the pressure of being “the strong one.”

Her speaking style feels less like a lecture, and more like an honest conversation with someone who gets it.

Part storyteller, part strategist, part truth-teller — Marcy combines humor, emotional intelligence, practical tools, and lived experience to create transformational experiences audiences remember long after the event ends.

After surviving a devastating house fire in 2017, Marcy began teaching a deeper, more human approach to stress and resilience that resonated with thousands.

She is the author of:

Transforming Your Stress (Amazon #1 Hot New Release)
Pennies from Burger Heaven (900+ reviews)

Today, Marcy and her husband Mark live on the rim of Palo Duro Canyon with a deep appreciation for slowing down, living intentionally, and helping others reconnect with what truly matters. The McKa’s’ two 20-something kids are off building lives of their own.

Bring Marcy to Your Event

Whether you’re planning a conference keynote, women’s leadership event, staff retreat, workshop, or intimate transformational experience, Marcy creates conversations that leave audiences feeling lighter, clearer, and deeply seen.

If your audience is made up of high-capacity humans who are carrying too much while trying to hold everything together, her message will resonate deeply.

Let’s create an experience your audience will remember long after they leave the room.

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