Christy McDonald
Connect With Every Conversation: As an Emmy winning tv anchor, I help you understand your authentic presence to show up for life's most important moments. My personal journey helps you own your story when life flips the script, have difficult conversations and use listening as a superpower.
As an Emmy Award-winning journalist, I spent 27 years asking tough questions, delivering news in crisis moments, building instant trust, and listening strategically to what wasn't being said.
But life handed me the ultimate crash course in authentic communication: my husband's terminal cancer diagnosis. While we both continued our media careers, we privately navigated 19 months of treatments, hope, and hard conversations.
That experience transformed how I think about presence, connection, and what actually matters when the stakes are high.
I learned that real presence isn't about looking composed—it's about staying connected when everything is uncertain.
It's not about having perfect words—it's about showing up anyway.
Now I help people connect authentically in their most challenging moments. My interactive keynotes are all about impact. Your audience leaves with skills they'll use Monday morning, not just feel-good quotes. I also offer workshops and executive coaching on presence, strategic listening, and difficult conversations.
In an AI world, how we show up to each other are the most important skills to master.
As an Emmy Award-winning journalist, I spent 27 years asking tough questions, delivering news in crisis moments, building instant trust, and listening strategically to what wasn't being said.
But life handed me the ultimate crash course in authentic communication: my husband's terminal cancer diagnosis. While we both continued our media careers, we privately navigated 19 months of treatments, hope, and hard conversations.
That experience transformed how I think about presence, connection, and what actually matters when the stakes are high.
I learned that real presence isn't about looking composed—it's about staying connected when everything is uncertain.
It's not about having perfect words—it's about showing up anyway.
Now I help people connect authentically in their most challenging moments. My interactive keynotes are all about impact. Your audience leaves with skills they'll use Monday morning, not just feel-good quotes. I also offer workshops and executive coaching on presence, strategic listening, and difficult conversations.
In an AI world, how we show up to each other are the most important skills to master.
Mastering the Art of Presence, Confidence & Asking the Right Questions
Format: 60 minute Keynote/Workshop/Facilitated learning - can be expanded to breakout session post keynote. Can also be customized for shorter speech.
Perfect for: Sales teams building client trust, executives leading through uncertainty, universities training the next gen, and anyone who needs to influence outcomes through authentic connection.
The audience will leave...
Own Your Story When Life Changes The Script
Format: 60 minute keynote, can also be customized to workshop/facilitated reflection & breakout
This program is perfect for:
Leadership teams navigating change, organizations building stronger culture, and executives who want to lead with authenticity while driving results.
The audience will leave with:
Permission to Be Human – How to...
Love, Hope & The Unknown: A Caregiver's Journey
Format: 60 minute keynote, can be expanded to facilitated reflection, audience workshop & participation
Essential for: Healthcare organizations preventing caregiver burnout, hospice teams supporting families, employee assistance programs, and any group helping people through life's most challenging transitions.
The audience will leave with:
Recognition and...
