Speaking

International speaker &
transformational voice
for women.

Keynotes, conferences, workshops, panels, retreats, and women's events — in corporate, healthcare, academic, nonprofit, and faith-based rooms.

Dr. Maricia Sherman — Emotional Mastery Expert, Founder of Stay Cute Inside

Why Dr. Sherman

She doesn't perform. She reaches people.

Plenty of speakers can move a room for an hour. Dr. Sherman is invited back because of what happens after — the conversations in the hallway, the emails three weeks later, the leader who finally changed how she works.

She brings clinical understanding, entrepreneurial credibility, and lived faith into the same session, and she reads a room honestly. Nothing is generic. Every message is shaped to the audience actually sitting in front of her.

Signature Topics

What she speaks about.

Topic 01

Stay Cute Inside™

The signature keynote on interior care for women whose exteriors are already impressive.

Audiences leave with language for what they've been carrying.

Topic 02

Emotional Mastery

Feeling everything without being run by anything.

A practical model for regulating under pressure.

Topic 03

Women & Leadership

Authority without armor.

How to lead people without abandoning yourself.

Topic 04

Leading Without Losing Yourself

For women whose roles keep expanding.

Boundaries that hold in real workplaces and real families.

Topic 05

Resilience

Recovery as a skill, not a personality trait.

What actually rebuilds capacity after hard seasons.

Topic 06

High-Capacity Women

The particular loneliness of being the reliable one.

Permission, language, and a plan.

Experiences

Formats she offers.

Keynotes

45–60 minutes built around one idea an audience keeps.

Workshops

Half-day and full-day sessions with practice, not just notes.

Panels

A steady, generous voice that raises the level of the conversation.

Retreats

Multi-session arcs for teams and women's groups.

Conferences

Opening, closing, and breakout sessions.

Leadership Conversations

Intimate sessions for executive and ministry teams.

Audience Outcomes

What your audience walks out with.

01

Language for what they've been carrying silently

02

A working definition of emotional mastery they can use

03

Permission to rest without guilt or apology

04

Boundaries that survive contact with real life

05

A clearer read on their own internal warning signs

06

One decision they're ready to make differently

In Their Words

What people say after the room empties.

“She named something our leadership team had been carrying for years, and did it in a way that made everyone feel seen and heard”

Dr. Tassha Faison — Regal Lifestyle Enterprises

Chief Executive Officer

“We've hosted a lot of speakers but it is of note to say that our attendees were still quoting Dr. Sherman three months later.”

Dr. Verlean Hailey — Conference Chair

Women's Leadership Summit

“I came in thinking I needed better time management. I left understanding I needed emotional capacity. That distinction changed how I lead.”

Qia Bennett — My Sisters Hands of Healing

Founder, CEO

“She handles faith with real reverence and never makes anyone in the room feel like an outsider.”

Dr. Terrie Reed-Alliance Bible College

President

“Our staff retention conversation shifted completely after her session. It gave language to what our women had been enduring quietly.”

Belinda Johnson —BGood2You Foundation

Executive Board Member

“She sat with women who had nothing to offer her in return and treated them like the most important people in the building.”

Lori Lane Dixon-LLD Legacy Publishing

Chief Executive Officer

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Stage Presence

From the room.

Dr. Sherman speaking at a podium during a conference event
Dr. Sherman laughing while speaking with a microphone
Dr. Sherman presenting on stage with a projection screen
Dr. Sherman sharing an embrace with an attendee after an event

Booking

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