Not another sit-still-and-listen assembly. Kristen brings trick ropes, live music, western storytelling, and a message that reaches even the kid in the back row who's decided nobody's talking to them.
Young children face big feelings every day — the scrambled, overwhelming kind that make it hard to know what to do next. Should I tell someone? Should I try even though I might fail? Should I do the right thing even when it's hard and scary? Kristen's assembly answers those questions the only way kids actually hear it: through hilarious songs, interactive stories, live rope tricks, and a bull named Pancake who has a very important lesson to teach.
A high-energy, laugh-out-loud assembly that sneaks brave right into the heart of every kid in the room. Find Your Brave: You've Got This combines funny original songs, interactive stories with audience participation, live rope tricks, and Kristen's hilarious story of being "pancaked" by a bull — to teach kids that big feelings are normal, brave is a choice they can make, and one small brave step at a time is all it takes. Oh, and yes — she actually spins a rope on stage and kids love it. She also does live interactive drawing activities that bring the whole experience together in a way kids remember long after they leave the gym.
Every keynote is custom-built from Kristen's modular story library — selecting the exact combination of themes that best fit your audience's specific freeze. No recycled content. No generic inspiration.
Kristen was a fifth-grade dropout. She was the kid who taught herself in a library while everyone else went to school. She knows what it feels like to wonder if you're brave enough — because she spent years wondering that herself. When she stands in front of your students, she's not talking down to them. She's talking with them — as someone who's been exactly where they are.
Kristen helped reduce anxiety in the kids and provided them with coping strategies. The students were engaged, laughing, and learning — all at the same time. We're still using the language weeks later.
One assembly. One message. The kind of brave that follows them home, into the classroom, and into the next hard thing they face.