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When Leadership and Service Start to Cost You
I guide leaders and changemakers in high-demand, service-driven roles, including those in healthcare, who are overwhelmed by constant responsibility to reclaim their time, energy, and sense of self so they can lead and live sustainably.
Many leaders and changemakers are deeply committed to their work. Over time, that commitment can quietly turn into over-functioning, where responsibility, availability, and productivity become the primary measures of worth.
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In high-demand environments, especially service-driven fields like healthcare, there is often little space to pause and examine how this pattern impacts well-being, relationships, and leadership effectiveness. The result isn’t a lack of capability, it’s depletion.
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Through dynamic talks and workshops, participants are guided to step out of autopilot and into awareness. They begin to recognize the internal and external pressures shaping their choices, and learn practical ways to create boundaries, restore energy, and relate to their roles without losing themselves.
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Jada’s work is grounded in clinical expertise, real-world experience, and a deep understanding of high-responsibility environments. The shifts created are not about doing less; they’re about leading and living in ways that are sustainable, intentional, and aligned.
This work creates space for leaders to reconnect with themselves, regain clarity, and lead sustainably in both their work and their lives.
About Jada
Dr. Jada Philips is a licensed psychologist, mental health advocate, and speaker known for helping leaders and changemakers reconnect with themselves in the midst of high responsibility and constant demand.
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As the founder of The Awakening Studio and Reserved For You® Psychological Services, Dr. Philips brings together clinical expertise, lived experience, and a deep understanding of trauma, identity, and self-worth. As a woman of color, military veteran, and trauma-informed clinician, she offers a perspective that is both grounded and human, meeting people where they are while gently guiding them beyond role-based living.
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Dr. Philips’ work spans trauma therapy, self-discovery and coaching, and speaking engagements designed to support sustainable leadership and well-being. Across these spaces, her focus remains the same: helping individuals relate to themselves differently so they can lead, serve, and live with greater clarity, integrity, and care.
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Known for her down-to-earth style, warmth, and realness, Dr. Philips creates spaces where insight feels accessible and change feels possible. Her talks and workshops invite audiences to pause, reflect, and reconnect without pressure, performance, or self-abandonment.
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Dr. Philips brings a calm, thoughtful presence to conversations about leadership, well-being, and self-connection, making space for meaningful, lasting shifts.
Jada's Talks
Dr. Jada Philips’ talks center on helping leaders and changemakers step out of overextension and reconnect with themselves so they can lead, serve, and live with greater clarity and capacity over time.
SEEING YOURSELF
The Key to Reclaiming Balance and Fulfillment
Many leaders and changemakers are deeply committed to their work, families, and communities, often to the point where their own needs quietly disappear. Over time, this overextension becomes so familiar that it’s rarely questioned.
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This talk is designed for leaders and changemakers in high-demand, service-driven roles, including those in healthcare, who are ready to pause and take an honest look at how they are living, leading, and relating to themselves. Participants are guided to “see themselves” more clearly by recognizing the subtle patterns that drain energy, blur boundaries, and tie worth to constant responsibility.
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Rather than focusing on doing more, this talk creates space for awareness, reflection, and choice, supporting a shift toward balance that is grounded, intentional, and sustainable.
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Key Takeaways
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Recognize the subtle signs of overextension: Identify the everyday patterns and expectations that quietly pull you away from yourself.
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Understand what’s driving the imbalance: Explore how self-worth, responsibility, and role identity can become intertwined, and how to loosen that grip.
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Leave with practical ways to restore balance: Learn simple, realistic strategies to create boundaries and rhythms that support clarity, energy, and fulfillment in both work and life.
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Participants often leave with a clearer sense of where they’ve been operating on autopilot, and what it feels like to come back to themselves.
THE POWER WITHIN
Transforming Self-Talk for Lasting Confidence
The way leaders speak to themselves shapes how they lead, decide, and show up—often more than they realize. In high-pressure environments, internal dialogue can quietly erode confidence, clarity, and self-trust.
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This talk is designed for leaders and changemakers in high-demand, service-driven roles, including those in healthcare, who want to better understand the patterns driving their inner dialogue and learn how to shift them. Participants are guided to identify common self-talk habits rooted in pressure, perfectionism, and self-criticism, and to replace them with language that supports grounded confidence and intentional leadership.
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Rather than focusing on surface-level positivity, this session offers practical tools for developing a more supportive internal relationship, one that allows leaders to trust themselves, navigate challenges with clarity, and step forward with greater confidence.
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Key Takeaways:
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Identify common self-talk patterns that undermine confidence: Recognize the internal messages that quietly limit decision-making, presence, and self-trust.
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Learn a simple daily practice to shift inner dialogue: Apply a brief, realistic practice to move from self-criticism to a more supportive and grounded internal voice.
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Develop tools for lasting confidence and clarity: Walk away with practical strategies for reshaping internal narratives in ways that support both personal well-being and leadership effectiveness.
BEYOND THE ROLE
Listening to Your Body in High-Responsibility Environments
In high-demand roles, leaders and changemakers often learn to override their bodies in service of responsibility, impact, and expectations. Over time, this disconnection can blur boundaries, drain capacity, and quietly pull them further away from themselves.
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This talk invites participants to explore how role-based identity, chronic stress, and overextension show up in the body, and what becomes possible when they begin to listen sooner rather than later. Through reflection and practical insight, leaders are supported in reconnecting with themselves in ways that restore clarity, presence, and choice.
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Rather than stepping away from purpose, this work helps leaders stay connected to themselves while continuing to lead, serve, and show up with intention.
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Key Takeaways:
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Recognize how role-based identity and responsibility impact capacity and well-being
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Identify early physical and emotional signals of overextension and disconnection
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Learn simple, realistic ways to reconnect with the body to support grounded, sustainable leadership
Recent Speaking Engagements
Dr. Jada Philips has delivered talks across academic and professional settings, creating grounded, engaging spaces for reflection, clarity, and sustainable change. Her work supports individuals and organizations navigating high responsibility, cultural shifts, and the ongoing demands of service-driven roles.
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Yale's Women’s Mental Health Conference (WMHC) 2025
Session Speaker
Disrupting the Script, Rewriting the Narrative: Overextending Less, Living More
A 25-minute interactive workshop exploring how cultural conditioning and survival patterns contribute to overextension and burnout. Participants engaged in reflective exercises and practical strategies to examine boundaries, reconnect with their needs, and move toward more sustainable ways of living and leading.
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Faculty & Staff Orientation at Sussex County Community College 2025
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Rebuilding Culture from Within: Self-Awareness, Teamwork, and Resilience
Delivered the opening keynote to faculty and staff during a period of leadership and cultural transition. The session combined grounding reflections and brief micro-practices to support individual well-being, collective resilience, and a shared sense of responsibility for rebuilding culture from within.
AAPC HealthCon Regional 2025 (San Diego)
Session Speaker (Hybrid: In-Person & Virtual)
Reclaiming Purpose: Burnout Prevention Strategies for Healthcare Coders
Delivered live to a hybrid audience of in-person and virtual attendees. This session supported healthcare coding professionals in recognizing burnout patterns, reconnecting with purpose, and applying practical strategies to navigate high demands with greater balance and sustainability.
Featured Guest Appearances
Dr. Jada Philips is regularly invited into conversations focused on identity, self-trust, leadership, and sustainable well-being. In these guest appearances, she brings the same grounded, reflective presence found in her speaking work, inviting deeper awareness and intentional living.
"Consider Your SELF" with Dr. Jada Philips
As a guest in this conversation, Dr. Jada Philips reflects on her journey as a licensed psychologist, veteran, mother, and entrepreneur, and how these experiences shaped her understanding of self-connection, boundaries, and purpose. She explores what it means to move beyond roles and reconnect with oneself in meaningful, sustainable ways.
"Masters in Psychology" featuring Dr. Jada Philips
In this guest appearance, Dr. Philips shares her path from military service to licensed psychologist and entrepreneur. The conversation explores trauma-informed care, navigating professional transitions, and supporting helping professionals through periods of growth and change.
Compassion Over Criticism: How To Stop Being So Hard On Yourself with Dr. Jada Philips
As a guest on Journey to Joy Live, Dr. Jada Philips discusses how high-achieving women can shift from self-criticism to self-compassion. She shares insights on unlearning perfectionism, quieting the inner critic, and cultivating daily practices that support confidence and self-trust.
Disrupting the Script: Awakening Beyond Autopilot with Dr. Jada Philips
In this conversation, Dr. Jada Philips explores the unconscious patterns, roles, and survival strategies that keep people disconnected from themselves. Drawing from her work as a psychologist and speaker, she invites listeners to slow down, reconnect with inner wisdom, and choose intentional living over automatic functioning.
" Dr. Jada Philips helped me see myself and make decisions in a way I never could before. Her guidance gave me the courage to be brave and create real change in my life."
Anonymous*
* testimonials are from prior clients and are therefore are anonymous
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Bring This Conversation Into the Room
Dr. Jada Philips is a licensed psychologist and speaker who supports leaders and changemakers in navigating high responsibility without losing themselves. Her talks create space for reflection, clarity, and meaningful shifts, helping individuals and organizations move toward more grounded, sustainable ways of leading and working.
Known for her warm, thoughtful presence and real-world insight, Dr. Philips meets audiences where they are and guides conversations that resonate long after the event ends.​
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Interested in bringing Dr. Philips to your organization or event?
Reach out to start the conversation.
862-812-9387
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