Book Laura As A Speaker

Laura McKenna is a dynamic, moving, and high-energy presenter.

Laura provides emotionally compelling yet practical presentations for high-performing military women who are seeking greater clarity, alignment, vitality, and sense of purpose. Audiences leave empowered and uplifted with clear strategies to transform from exhausted and burning out to energized and lit up.

Laura’s warm, engaging, intelligent style connects deeply with driven, high-performing military women.

Book Laura As A Speaker

Laura McKenna is a dynamic, moving, and high-energy presenter.

Laura provides emotionally compelling yet practical presentations for high-performing military women who are seeking greater clarity, alignment, vitality, and sense of purpose. Audiences leave empowered and uplifted with clear strategies to transform from exhausted and burning out to energized and lit up.

Laura’s warm, engaging, intelligent style connects deeply with driven, high-performing military women.

Veteran | Integrative Alignment Coach | Speaker | FDN-P | M.Ed.

Laura McKenna founded Strength & Shield Coaching, LLC to build a community of thriving military and veteran women who are energized, connected, love their lives, and are making a positive impact.

A dynamic and high energy presenter, Laura provides emotionally compelling yet practical presentations for high-performing military women who are seeking greater clarity, alignment, vitality, and sense of purpose. Audiences leave empowered and uplifted with clear strategies to transform from exhausted and burning out to energized and lit up.

A West Point graduate, former Army Officer and Afghanistan Veteran, Laura has over 20 years of experience leading high-performing people and organizations, teaching, coaching, and speaking.

An award-winning educator, Laura is an inspirational speaker, functional health coach, life and leadership

coach, and creator of Strength & Shield Coaching’s signature Alignment Framework who hosts luxury personal development retreats for high-performing military and veteran women.

Known for her warmth, vibrant energy, transparency and ability to create emotional safety, Laura connects with and uplifts others, is naturally inclusive, creates community, and inspires joy and alignment.

Book Laura to speak at your next event! Laura’s warm, engaging, intelligent style connects deeply with driven, high-performing military women. She provides life-changing inspiration and action steps that you don’t want to miss!

A West Point graduate, former Army Officer and Afghanistan Veteran, Laura has over 20 years of experience leading high-performing people and organizations, teaching, coaching, and speaking.

An award-winning educator, Laura is an inspirational speaker, functional health coach, life and leadership coach, and creator of Strength & Shield Coaching’s signature Alignment Framework who hosts luxury personal development retreats for high-performing military and veteran women.

Known for her warmth, vibrant energy, transparency and ability to create emotional safety, Laura connects with and uplifts others, is naturally inclusive, creates community, and inspires joy and alignment.

Book Laura to speak at your next event! Laura’s warm, engaging, intelligent style connects deeply with driven, high-performing military women. She provides life-changing inspiration and action steps that you don’t want to miss!

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Signature Talks:

For high-functioning military and veteran women, “wellness” is seen as a luxury reserved for those who can’t tough it out. But, if we aren’t continually contributing to our wellness, we’re setting ourselves up for illness.  

In this signature talk, Laura reveals how the willpower that conditioned you for service can translate to total wellness during times of stress and peace. 

For the leader who’s tired of being tired, this is not a pep talk or spa day. Laura brings a practical awakening to the mindsets, behaviors, and choices that make you a healthier person and a stronger, more effective leader. 

Through the insights gained in her own health journey, Laura moves past the superficialities of self-care and offers game-changing strategies for total well-being that keep you at peak performance and benefit everyone around you. 

At some point in every military woman’s life, she’s taught to “stuff it.” Forgetting may be a matter of survival…but there’s a price for flipping the emotional off-switch. 

In this powerful talk, Laura draws from her personal journey of sexual assault recovery to reveal how false beliefs about personal trauma may be impacting your health and well-being — and how to reframe your thinking to create a life you truly love.

For the military or veteran woman who feels drained and lacks a sense of purpose, Laura addresses how our subconscious responses to past trauma can dictate our current thoughts, feelings, and decisions — and offers a strategy to support a healthier and more fulfilling future.

Military women understand that protective equipment, though heavy, is a matter of survival. But years after active service is in the rearview, many of us still carry hidden loads that throw us off balance and off track. 

In this revealing talk, Laura equips strong women leaders with the insight and awareness needed to identify and unpack the protective mindsets, beliefs and habits that no longer serve — and replace them with the tools they need to achieve new levels of health, fulfillment, and impact.

For the high-functioning military or veteran leader who feels [burned out, exhausted, or like “something’s missing”], this isn’t about finding more “me time.” Laura shares the strategy and guides you through the process of aligning your thinking and behaviors to your deepest needs to make you a healthier, more effective leader.  

Drawing on decades of experience in military and civilian leadership, Laura moves past the superficialities of self-care and offers game-changing strategies for total well-being that keep you at peak performance and impact everyone in your sphere of influence. 

Not sure which talk is the right fit for your event or podcast, or want to talk with Laura about speaking on a different topic?  Set up a call with Laura!