CLARITY · COURAGE · CONVICTION

Self-Empowerment For Life

Powerful keynotes for conferences and events, and keynotes with curated wine tastings—crafted to elevate leadership retreats and summits as unforgettable openers or finales.

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Voice of Experience. Soul of a Storyteller. Power to Move a Room.

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“Stephanie’s message is so powerful.
She describes being able to trust yourself and tap into your own power. The world needs more of this!”
Steph Saffer, Impact Ready

Stephanie draws on her wine career and expertise to bridge life and leadership insights —uncorked with depth and nuance uniquely her own.

Stephanie Morton-Small Speaker

I’m Stephanie Morton-Small—MBA, wine certified, global wine business leader who has lived on four continents, and an award-winning songwriter. I’ve led world-class brands, founded ventures, and navigated bold life decisions that sparked creative breakthroughs. 

As a speaker, I help business leaders and growth-minded audiences unlock clarity, courage, and conviction by trusting their inner guidance and owning their power. This is more than mindset. This is self-empowerment for life.

Through memorable metaphors and powerful storytelling—delivered with insight, soul, and wit—my keynotes blend leadership and lived experience.

The result? Audiences walk away inspired, emboldened, and ready to act. Because when self-trust is ignited, everything changes—how we lead, to how we decide, how we grow.

Stephanie catalyzes self-empowered leadership—igniting clarity, courage, and conviction.

After her keynote, audiences are ready to turn challenges into opportunities, decisions into momentum, and leadership into legacy. They will:-

Trust their Instincts
Accelerate decisions & cut delays

Make Courageous Decisions
Unlock growth & fuel innovation

Lead Decisively in Uncertainty
Sustain momentum and focus

Inspire Trust and Alignment
Strengthen culture

Uncertain leadership drains energy, trust & progress. Clarity, courage & conviction create growth and a powerful legacy.

Testimonials

"Completely Riveting”

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"The World Needs More of This!"

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"Her Wine Parallels are Phenomenal. Unique and So Refreshing!”

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"Extraordinary"

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"Wisdom, Courage and Joy"

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"Thought Leader"

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"WOW! Powerful, Relatable, Inspiring!"

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"Completely Riveting” ~ "The World Needs More of This!" ~ "Her Wine Parallels are Phenomenal. Unique and So Refreshing!” ~ "Extraordinary" ~ "Wisdom, Courage and Joy" ~ "Thought Leader" ~ "WOW! Powerful, Relatable, Inspiring!" ~

  • LYNN GILLETTE

    “Stephanie’s speech is powerful, relatable, and inspiring!
    WOW! WOW! WOW!

    Her parallels of wine and humans evolving is phenomenal. It is unique and so refreshing!”

  • BILL CALLEJAS ~ OWNER, DAUNTLESS CREATIVE

    “When Stephanie walks into a room… you feel it. It's almost like she's introducing you to yourself—a more fulfilled self that you imagined lives inside of you, but somehow through circumstances or fears or whatever, sits undernourished by self-imposed limitations.”

  • MATTHEW CLARK

    “I was so enthralled with your talk. The life and light in your voice is so completely engaging. And what an epiphany for me, pairing wine with emotion… OH MY GOD, BRILLIANT! I was so completely riveted. You truly have a gift for drawing people in. Stephanie I am so moved by you and this whole experience.”

  • KELLY COCHRAN ~ BEST SELLING AUTHOR & SPEAKER

    “Steph is one of the best speakers I have ever seen on stage!”

  • BILL CALLEJAS ~ OWNER, DAUNTLESS CREATIVE

    “I’ve seen a kind of step-at-a-time clarity as people get lit up. It is quite amazing. She's had that effect on different groups - business professionals, creative people, marketers, salespeople, and artists... Stephanie gets it. She’s been, and is, all of those things.”

  • DALISIA COPPERSMITH

    “Stephanie Morton-Small gave a powerful talk. She helps her audience look inside, dig inside, and really be able to trust themselves and listen to themselves.”

  • ANTHONY TRUCKS ~ FORMER NFL & 3x AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, BEST SELLING AUTHOR & SPEAKER

    “Stephanie Morton-Small is a thought leader, business leader and a creative force. She's a passionate advocate of self-empowerment and she delivers her insights and wisdom with passion and purpose. Get ready to be inspired!”

  • SARAH TAYLOR

    “This is the experience I didn’t even know I needed.”

  • STEPH SAFFER ~ IMPACT READY

    “Stephanie’s message is so powerful. The world needs more of this. The way that she describes being able to trust yourself and tap into your own power. If everybody did this, the world would be a better place!”

Book Stephanie for Keynotes or Retreat Experiences

Stephanie offers multiple keynotes—available as standalone presentations for conferences, or as a themed series providing inspiration for leadership retreats and multi-day events.

Stephanie delivers “Wine’s Unfiltered Genius” with curated wine pairings. Each wine brings a wine metaphor and its leadership insight to life. An exceptional opener or finale for leadership retreats.

Stephanie offers “Intuition Talks” as a retreat experience. Practical activities reveal intuition as a powerful tool—building clarity, real-time guidance, and confidence in high-stakes decisions.

KEYNOTE #1

“Wine’s Unfiltered Genius: Lessons in Life, Leadership & the Long Game.”

Available as a stand-alone keynote or a themed series of keynotes for conferences and multi-day events, or with wine pairings at leadership retreats.

Perfect for business leaders and wider audiences seeking growth and fresh perspective.
This keynote is tailored to resonate with each specific audience.
Emotionally intelligent stories that shift mindset.
A speaker who brings business credibility and soulful depth.

What if the finest leadership lessons weren’t in a book—but in a bottle?
Stephanie captivates as she uncorks the wisdom of wine to reveal life and leadership truths.

This isn’t a talk about wine—it’s about what wine reveals. Through wine’s metaphoric genius, themes of courage, resilience, intuition, authenticity, self-belief and self-trust, come to life—showing us how to live, evolve and lead with purpose and how clarity, conviction, and courage drive growth and transform organizations.

Stephanie delivers stories that are raw, witty, and powerfully resonant—each wine-life metaphor paired with hard-won insight from her richly varied experience and globe-trotting wine business career. From boardrooms to vineyards to creative breakthroughs and soul-deep clarity, she brings a perspective few can offer.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Don’t mistake the discomfort of transformation for failure.
• Great leaders pair instinct with insight. That’s strategic courage in action.
• Your authentic self is both your power and your contribution—own it, live it, lead with it.
• Conviction doesn’t come from approval of others. It comes from inner alignment.

KEYNOTE #2

“Intuition Talks: Self-Empowerment Anytime, Anywhere.”

Available as a keynote or a retreat experience.

Ideal for Personal Growth Seekers and Forward Thinking Leaders Ready For New Perspectives.
Tap into clarity, courage & conviction.
Empowering, practical insights that turn instinct into action.

Lead with clarity, courage, and conviction—quiet the doubt and trust the wisdom within. This isn’t about ignoring logic—it’s about enhancing our perspective by engaging our intuition. Steph brings a practical approach—showing that intuition isn’t mystical; it’s real, powerful and available to each of us, in real-time. This is self-empowerment, for life.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Clarity is always available—especially when the world gets loud.
• Your intuition is a trusted compass for decisions in business and life.
• Intuitive inspired action leads to courage, conviction, and lasting self-empowerment.
• In retreat format, interactive activities embed learning and application.

Stephanie Morton-Small speaking at event

FAQ

  • Stephanie’s inspirational keynotes resonate with business leaders because she is one herself—a global wine business leader and a creative force with richly varied life experience.

    Her talks stand strong as powerful one-off keynotes or as a themed series across multi-day events. She also offers a keynote paired with a curated wine tasting—an interactive, sensory experience that sparks connection and insight. Perfect as the opening or finale of a leadership retreat, it leaves teams engaged, inspired, and talking long after the last glass.

  • As a successful, highly respected and well-profiled businesswoman in the wine industry, Stephanie speaks from her three-decade experience, engaging her audiences on navigating business and life.

  • Stephanie is available as a panelist and speaks from her diverse life experience, which includes both business and creative worlds.

  • Stephanie offers “Intuition Talks” as an interactive retreat experience, where practical activities help participants strengthen their intuitive connection in real time.

    Stephanie also offers “Wine, Whisper & Song” an immersive experience of inspiring, powerful storytelling, paired with wine and songs. With a focus on joyful self-connection, this one-of-a-kind experience is an ideal offering for wineries to host or for wellbeing events at retreats, hotels or resorts in wine regions.

  • Stephanie is a multi-award-winning lyricist and soon-to-be published author. Having established herself as a successful business leader prior to embarking on her creative journey, she understands how to balance diverse pursuits, how to chase your dreams, and how to get into the creative flow - all while keeping a roof over your head and navigating other challenges along the way.