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acceptance

Embracing challenges
& taming discomfort

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Erika Allison public speaker

Acceptance

Embracing Challenges & Taming Discomfort

Erika Allison: Keynote Speaker

Acceptance-First Mindset

We need acceptance more than ever. 40% of all people feel isolated in the workplace. Learn the tools your company needs to increase communication, empathy, and team resilience.

Conflict Resolution

Discover simple and actionable techniques for stepping back from judgement and stepping into acceptance of multiple points of view.

Sustaining Your Business

Businesses are built by people together. Ensure the long-term success of your business by giving your teams the skills they need.

About Erika

Erika Allison helps organizations looking to improve innovation and productivity engage and empower their entire workforce.

Companies across the globe are struggling with interpersonal conflicts and a lack of fresh thinking that affect morale and performance. As an engineer, former teacher, author of an award-winning book on acceptance, and as a rejection survivor, Erika inspires audiences to embrace challenging people and situations with less stress and turmoil through an acceptance-first mindset.

Combining engineering logic with compassion and empathy, she gets audiences to open new avenues for creative solutions. If your company is working towards diversity, inclusion and belonging, to create an environment of respect and trust, you need Erika at your next event.

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Client Testimonials

Erika Allison is an excellent facilitator and speaker because her core values include respect, understanding, and acceptance. We live in a world- -and especially in a corporate environment- -where some conflicts are inevitable (but not insurmountable!). However, having an authentic and dynamic facilitator, teacher, and presenter like Erika is like holding a golden key to open the door for more harmony, understanding, and connectivity for your team.
Irene ShimizuFormer VP of Human Resources/VP Executive
Irene Shimizu
Erika is blessed with the ability to inspire, motivate, and touch people's hearts with her words and her electric smile. She has an incredible ability to draw you in as she shares stories in a way you can see yourself in them. Her presentations are upbeat, informative, and entertaining. If you have the opportunity to be in her presence or attend one of her presentations, I recommend that you jump at the chance.
Esther Jones-AlleyPersonal Development Professional & Coach
Esther Jones-Alley
Thank you for coming to talk to us and our students. I left feeling so inspired, empowered, and validated. I just want to thank you for doing this work because it is and you are making a difference!
Jarrod VenturaAcademic Advisor, UMass Global
Jarrod Ventura
Powerful book - so grateful you shared your story. Even tho I don’t identify as gay and nor have I been put thru conversion therapy your experiences and the ways you courageously explored, healed and empowered yourself were impactful and have me wanting more connection with you and others that are drawn to your light.
Baba J
Baba J
Erika Allison’s presentation for our Worldly Women of Irvine webinar was upbeat, educational, and evoked several emotions. She shared the heartbreaking experience of being subjected to conversion therapy by her mother after coming out. It was eye-opening to hear about the detrimental effects this so-called therapy has on individuals who have gone through it, sometimes even leading to suicide. She was one of the fortunate individuals that survived and was driven to enact positive change due to her experience. Erika Allison is a force for good in this world.
Dr. Margaret Moodian Associate Professor at UMass Global
Dr. Margaret Moodian
FANTASTIC job yesterday, again! We would love for you to host more SheEO events... you are a shining star!!!! I shared your gaythepray.com link with a couple friends who may be interested. Also wanted to let you know that two of my female friends - they started dating about a year ago, one of them has been struggling with the lack of tolerance/acceptance from her Christian family and her church community (within which she used to be a leader).... they joined the Story Slam, found the event and YOU in particular very inspiring, and followed you on Instagram for further inspiration 💜
Jessy Wang Pronouns: She/HerDirector, Activator Growth
Jessy Wang Pronouns: She/Her
Erika, AMAZING discussion! WOW! Thank you so much!
CharlieSt Cecilia’s Rainbow Ministry
Charlie
My words cannot express what my soul sparks after the event! The ability to see and feel love in a pure essence for the first time in a while was a breath of fresh air. Truly you are a gift. I could feel the God consciousness emanating from you. Thank you so much for stepping into being fully yourself for us all.
Micaela Teal
Micaela Teal
Erika, I found myself thanking God for you this morning. I needed you and your book in my life at this very moment and I’m sooooo GRATEFUL you let me in your test program. You are helping me respect the good and bad emotions, feel them, let them run through me. I’ve been waiting for your book, your grounding teachings.
Kiki Joy Latham
Kiki Joy Latham
This book will help guide anyone who has felt rejected by their parents and their community because they are gay. Conversion therapy is another way of saying you are not perfect as you are. Erika writes a beautiful book that will let you know the often overlooked long term effects of conversion therapy. In the end the writer weaves together a hopeful future to all of those dealing with the feelings that can take over your life and how to move through them with grace.
kathy walsh
kathy walsh
Erika Allison helps readers integrate their own fractured parts to reconnect spirituality after feeling the tragic wounding of conversion therapy. The book provides gentle and practical information. It is written in a light-hearted, accessible style. Recommended!
Anne Mikal
Anne Mikal
Gay or straight, there is universal wisdom in Rev. Erika's words. So helpful as a resource for clients and in the deep knowing that we are all worthy as we are.
Kathryn Whitney, M.Ed, CLC
Kathryn Whitney, M.Ed, CLC
Important new book - totally accessible! A wonderful new writer is born. This book is inspiring and shows us all the damage that can be done to innocent people who are simply being who they are. But rather than leaving us there, Rev. Erika inspires us with her own story, showing us all how we can not only endure and survive but thrive after suffering at the hands of others. Run don't walk to get this one!
Mary Katherine Worth
Mary Katherine Worth

Transformative Speaking

Keynote Speaker

With an engineer’s mind, a seeker’s heart and an entertainer’s charisma, Erika expertly blends intelligence and empathy to elevate your corporate event.
Erika Allison public speaker

Emcee

Erika expertly weaves your corporate messaging, corporate culture and event themes with her signature high-energy style so your event is engaging, on message, and on brand from beginning to end. She gracefully refreshes a room and connects the dots to ensure your event stays on track. She’s a pro, live or virtual.

Moderator

Erika uses her trademark acceptance skills to create an environment that is both safe and effective, even with difficult topics. She can create a space that is exciting, engaging and productive for both audience and panelists.
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Why Choose Erika?

Engaging Storyteller

Erika sets the tone with a blend of vulnerability and levity. She delivers memorable keynotes and workshops that reach audiences in the heart and the head. Your audience will leave smarter and inspired.

Multi-faceted Experience

From Fortune 100 companies to small local businesses to educational institutions to nonprofit organizations, Erika’s done it all. Pulling from her experiences across sectors, from urban to rural, from start-up to legacy, from adults to children, Erika works with leaders from all areas to build stronger, more engaged teams that produce real, tangible solutions.

High-Energy Speaker

Erika has spent her career presenting to groups, customers, clients, classrooms, and audiences, large and small. Her most common feedback, regardless of the group, is about her awesome energy. She keeps audiences engaged and drawn in with her captivating vibe. Erika was recently named to Queerency’s 100 Women List honoring LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, creators and leaders. She helps clients build high-energy teams that blow past their strategic goals with ease.

Diverse Perspective

As an out LGBTQ+ person, Erika knows the challenges and advantages of having a lifetime of experiences outside of the norm. She helps clients create cultures that empower all voices to feel welcome contributing, which leads to more fresh ideas, innovative thinking and creative solutions.

Savvy Flexibility

Erika is tech-savvy and media-literate. She knows how to keep an audience hooked with multimedia presentations and relevant infotainment. She understands that situations can change and she is flexible in adapting and adjusting to whatever is needed. She practices acceptance in action and keeps the mood calm and light-hearted regardless of the challenge presented or the change needed.

Award-Winning Author

Erika’s book Gay the Pray Away: Healing Your Life, Love, and Relationships from the Harms of LGBT Conversion Therapy, was a #1 New Release in Psychiatry and a #1 Best Seller in LGBT Studies on Amazon Kindle store. The book was a finalist for the National Indie Excellence Awards and won Silver in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. The book teaches acceptance on a personal level.

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