Certified WHEN Stories Speaker
I’m the speaker who helps audiences feel less alone in the chaos of being human through comedy, honesty, and stories about rebuilding yourself after life cracks open.
Lisa Quam is a comedian, storyteller, and speaker who uses humor to tell the truth people spend a lifetime trying to hide. She grew up in a home shaped by trauma, where perfection mattered more than feelings and silence often felt safer than honesty. For years, she learned to survive by minimizing her voice, masking her truth, and performing the version of herself the world could accept. Everything changed when she stepped onto a comedy stage for the first time and realized that laughter could do something nothing else ever had — make the truth safe enough to be heard. What started as stand-up became something deeper. A way to uncover nearly five decades of hidden pain, including an eating disorder she didn’t fully recognize until she began telling the truth out loud. Today, Lisa’s work is grounded in a simple but powerful belief: The things we hide the most are often the things that connect us the fastest. Through humor, honesty, and lived experience, she creates spaces where people can lower their guard, stop pretending everything is fine, and finally feel seen. She continues to expand and shape her story for different audiences, using it as a bridge for connection, truth, and shared humanity. Because there is power in letting go of perfection, and end even more power in telling the truth.
Lisa Quam is a keynote speaker, storyteller, comedian, and improv facilitator who inspires organizations to build authentic leadership, resilience, workplace culture, and human connection through humor and storytelling. Speaking to corporate teams, nonprofits, associations, healthcare, and education audiences, Lisa helps people embrace vulnerability, communicate with confidence, and lead with authenticity.
Watch Lisa Quam deliver impactful talks on Overcoming Adversity and Mindset & Resilience.
Women entrepreneurs
Speaking Investment
💰 $500 - $1500
Speaking Model
Professional Speaker
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Lisa Quam specializes in Overcoming Adversity, Mindset & Resilience, Women in Business, Confidence & Identity, Mental Health & Wellness. I’m the speaker who helps audiences feel less alone in the chaos of being human through comedy, honesty, and stories about rebuilding yourself after life cracks open.
Women entrepreneurs
Lisa Quam offers the following signature talks:
Healing Bit by Bit is Lisa Quam’s signature talk about rebuilding yourself after life cracks you open in unexpected ways. Through storytelling, humor, and honest reflection, Lisa explores what it means to stop performing “fine” and start telling the truth about what hurts, what heals, and what changes us. Audiences are invited into a journey of authenticity, where perfectionism loosens its grip and vulnerability becomes a strength instead of a risk. Lisa blends lived experience with laughter to show that healing is rarely linear—it’s messy, incremental, and often happens in small, ordinary moments that we almost miss. This talk resonates with anyone navigating change, burnout, reinvention, or the quiet realization that they’ve been holding too much for too long. Audiences leave with permission to be human, practical ways to reconnect with themselves and others, and a reminder that healing doesn’t arrive all at once—it arrives bit by bit.
Yes, Lisa Quam is available for podcast interviews and media appearances. Use the booking inquiry form below to discuss podcast or media opportunities.
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