Most Requested Keynote
Misdiagnosed: Lessons in Hope, Acceptance and Resilience
Ideal for:
Women’s leadership events • Healthcare organizations • Corporate leadership • Faith-based conferences • Personal development events • Teams navigating change
For 33 years, Jean Abbott believed she had Cerebral Palsy—using a mobility scooter by 18. At 33, she learned she actually had Dopa Responsive Dystonia. With the right treatment, she regained abilities she never thought possible: walking, cooking, caring for her family.
But that wasn't her only battle. Through divorce, depression, and the daily challenges of being a disabled mom, Jean discovered that hope doesn't need to be a miracle—just something to look forward to. In this powerful, often funny keynote, Jean shares how gratitude, humor, and refusing to give up transformed her life.
Takeaways:
- Train your brain toward gratitude, even in hard times
- See how snap judgments limit us—and how curiosity changes relationships
- Learn to seek support without shame
- Find hope in small, simple things
- Never give up—and find the good in every situation
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Keynote Speaking that Empowers Audiences
When Life Rewrites Your Story…Write Back
The R.E.W.R.I.T.E. Framework
Ideal For:
Women’s leadership events • Healthcare organizations • Corporate leadership • Faith-based conferences • Personal development events • Teams navigating change
What happens when life as you planned it suddenly shifts—or the story you've been living no longer fits who you're becoming?
Jean Abbott, a John Maxwell Keynote Speaker, turned two one-in-a-million diagnoses and decades of misdiagnosis into a catalyst for courage, purpose, and reinvention. Through her signature R.E.W.R.I.T.E. Framework, Jean gives audiences a roadmap to break free from fear, reclaim their voice, and step boldly into their next chapter.
This isn't just a story—it's an invitation to pick up the pen and rewrite your life.
Audiences Will Walk Away Ready To:
- Release beliefs, habits, and identities that no longer serve them
- Face fear, self-doubt, and limiting stories head-on
- Choose courage over avoidance
- Reclaim their voice, confidence, and power
- Reconnect with purpose and passion
- Take bold action—even before they feel ready
- Step into their next chapter with clarity and confidence
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The Patient You Almost Missed: What a Misdiagnosed Patient Can Teach Medicine
Ideal for : Hospital systems • Medical conferences • Physician leadership events • Nursing conferences • Healthcare organizations • Patient experience initiatives • Continuing medical education events
For 30 years, a life-altering diagnosis of cerebral palsy shaped every decision Jean made about her health—until she learned it was wrong. Then came a second one-in-a-million diagnosis: rare appendix cancer.
In this keynote, Jean takes healthcare professionals beyond charts and protocols to explore what happens when patients feel unseen—and what's possible when a provider looks deeper, listens longer, and asks one more question. Through her signature R.E.W.R.I.T.E. framework, Jean challenges providers to confront diagnostic bias and rediscover the power of curiosity, compassion, and truly seeing the patient.
Takeaways:
- Recognize how diagnostic momentum and unconscious bias affect patient outcomes
- Learn how deeper listening becomes a powerful diagnostic tool
- Understand the impact of being dismissed, labeled, or unheard
- Build greater trust, connection, and patient satisfaction
- Reconnect with the "why" behind practicing medicine
- Leave ready to ask: "What might I be missing?"
When Life Rewrites Your Story: Say Yes to Faith Over Fear
Ideal for:
Church groups, religious retreats, women's church groups
In this powerful and deeply personal keynote, Jean Abbott shares how a shocking misdiagnosis, an unexpected cancer journey, and the courage to step into new opportunities taught her that being “more than a conqueror” isn’t about living without fear—it’s about choosing faith when life doesn’t go as planned.
Takeaways
• How to trust God when life takes an unexpected turn
• How to recognize when fear is shaping your decisions—and how to replace it with faith
• The courage to step into new opportunities, even when you don’t feel ready
• How to break free from labels, lies, and limiting beliefs that no longer define your story
• Practical, biblical encouragement from women like Esther, Mary, and the Woman with the Issue of Blood
• A renewed confidence that God can redeem even the chapters you never would have chosen
• A simple but life-changing question to carry into every challenge:
“Will fear write my story… or will faith?”
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