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Regulated Leadership: Composure When It Counts
How leaders steady themselves and their teams when the room turns tense. Practical tools grounded in nervous system science.
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HIGH PERFORMANCE SHOULD NOT COST YOU YOUR PEACE
Dr. Kay De Simone helps leaders and high achievers perform under pressure with clarity, composure, and presence. She brings twenty years of working inside the most demanding environments in the country to every stage.
20+Years with high achievers
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Who Kay Speaks To
Built for rooms where the pressure never lets up.
Dr. Kay works with people who are expected to be the calmest person in the room, no matter what the room is doing.
Executives and founders
Finance, technology, and the leaders carrying decisions that affect everyone beneath them.
Physicians and attorneys
Medicine and law, where the cost of a bad day is measured in other people's outcomes.
Students and elite performers
Top-tier schools, aviation, and anyone trained to perform at a level where mistakes are not an option.
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See Kay on stage.
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A research-backed method for staying regulated, decisive, and present when the stakes are highest.
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Keynotes
Three talks. One throughline: performing without falling apart.
Each keynote can be tailored to your audience, from executive retreats to all-hands conferences and graduation stages.
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The High Achiever's Trap: Winning Without Burning Out
Why the traits that drive success can quietly erode it. A roadmap for sustaining excellence without sacrificing health.
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Presence Under Pressure
What it takes to stay clear, connected, and decisive in high-stakes moments. Techniques drawn from two decades of research and practice.
Learn moreAbout Kay
Warm but incisive. Calming but energizing.
Dr. Kay De Simone has spent more than twenty years working alongside executives, physicians, attorneys, founders, and students inside the most demanding environments in the country. A doctor of social work, researcher, and TEDx speaker, she brings rigor and real warmth to every stage.
More about Kay“Clients describe me as warm but incisive, calming but energizing.”
What Audiences Say
“Kay held a room of three hundred senior leaders in complete stillness. Her tools were practical, her presence was disarming, and our team is still using what she taught weeks later.”
For Meeting Planners
Everything you need to book Kay with confidence.
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A Gift From Kay
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A short, practical guide to staying regulated in high-stakes moments, from someone who has spent twenty years in the room with high achievers.
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