Jessica Buchanan

Kidnapping Survivor, Humanitarian, Change Strategist, Podcast Host, TEDx Speaker, Professional Speaking Coach, & Co-author of New York Times Bestseller "Impossible Odds"

Through story-telling and practical exercises, Jessica teaches you the lessons she learned during her 93-day captivity that will show you how to build a collaborative mindset that empowers you to optimize change. Jessica will walk you through activities that invite contemplation, create a new definition of change, and launch you into a space of abundant growth and success.

Jessica Buchanan Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$10,001 - $20,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
USA

Jessica Buchanan Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$10,001 - $20,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
USA

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Impossible Odds: A Story of Strength and Survival

Jessica Buchanan shares her story of the impossible odds facing her during her 93 days of captivity by Somali land pirates and her determination and efforts to survive the harrowing and most painful experience of her life. In sharing her story with audiences she provides to ...

Jessica Buchanan shares her story of the impossible odds facing her during her 93 days of captivity by Somali land pirates and her determination and efforts to survive the harrowing and most painful experience of her life. In sharing her story with audiences she provides to use in everyday life to help find strength in any situation or challenge. They will be surprised to find that you can scrape out just enough to get through that day. It may not be more than enough—but just enough has got to be ok, and as Buchanan experienced day after day after day—just enough will do just fine.

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CHANGE STRATEGIST

Change is an inevitable part of life. Whether the change is something you have chosen or if the change has chosen you, the one thing you ALWAYS have is a choice. Through sharing the dramatic story of her rescue by SEAL Team Six after being held hostage by ...

Change is an inevitable part of life. Whether the change is something you have
chosen or if the change has chosen you, the one thing you ALWAYS have is a
choice. Through sharing the dramatic story of her rescue by SEAL Team Six after
being held hostage by Somali Pirates, New York Times Bestselling Author,
Humanitarian, and Survivor, Jessica Buchanan will show you how to become a
collaborator with change and create the strategies you need to survive and thrive.
Through story-telling and practical exercises, Jessica teaches you the lessons she
learned during her 93-day captivity that will show you how to build a collaborative
mindset that empowers you to optimize change. Jessica will walk you through
activities that invite contemplation, create a new definition of change, and launch
you into a space of abundant growth and success.

Learn More

Being a Change Collaborator:

How to work productively with change and leverage choices to your advantage

You Have the Final Say:

Practical exercises designed to help you establish your autonomy by strategically identifying your options

Change Is Your Proof of Life: Finding purpose in hardship

Surviving Change: Defining your ‘WHY’ to empower you to move you forward into growth and the creation of a more purpose driven life!

About Keynote Speaker Jessica Buchanan

On October 25, 2011, Jessica Buchanan and a colleague were kidnapped at gunpoint by Somali land pirates and held for 93 days, enduring the most harrowing and painful experience of her life. On the day of her kidnapping, she silently said to herself, “Some do come out alive, the numbers are small but they do exist.” During her captivity, she was terrorized by her captors, held outdoors in a scrub desert and kept on a starvation diet. With her health steadily deteriorating her husband, Erik Landemalm, was furiously working behind the scenes with the FBI, professional hostage negotiators, and the United States government in negotiating her release. Finally after fruitless negotiations with her captors and her medical state becoming a life-or-death issue, President Barack Obama ordered Navy SEAL Team Six to attempt a rescue. On January 25, 2012 members of SEAL Team Six attacked the heavily-armed captors killing all and airlifting Buchanan and her colleague to safety. Through this experience, Buchanan learned that the human spirit is indomitable. Today she shares with audiences the tools she quickly learned to find strength to face any situation no matter how large or small the challenges or obstacles. She learned first-hand how to remain hopeful, dig deep even when you feel completely empty of any resources and trust your instincts as all can find the inner strength to face any situation. She chronicled the story in the New York Times best-seller and 2013 USA Best Book Award/Autobiography, Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six (2013).

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Testimonials

Jessica Buchanan is a wonderful ambassador for our Navy SEAL Foundation. During her life and death struggle in an austere environment, she never quit. Like the U.S. Navy SEALs who came to her rescue, Jessica’s faith in herself and her loved ones triumphed over evil in the most daunting of circumstances. She speaks from the heart, and offers an articulate, inspirational message of hope and courage. Jessica Buchanan’s humanitarian work, then and now, continues to make a positive difference in the world.

Rear Admiral Garry J. Bonnelli

US Navy

Can I tell you, we absolutely loved Jessica. She was such an amazing speaker who held the entire audience in her hand. Aside from the professional she was, she too was very personable. We all felt such a connection with her and were extremely proud for Lamar State College-Orange to bring in such a dynamic speaker who also is an amazing humanitarian.

Phyllis Ford

Lamar State College

Jessica was an EXCELLENT guest speaker for our spouse’s breakfast event at the Broadmoor. I was fortunate to meet with her personally before the event and she shared so much about her life, both before and after such a harrowing experience. I was moved to tears when I read her book “IMPOSSIBLE ODDS”, and I don’t think there was a dry eye in the ballroom as she shared her experience with all of us. She graciously allowed questions from the audience, and everyone i spoke to afterwards were very moved by her story and her ability to relive that nightmare.

Beth Szymczak

Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association