With her authentic style and trademark joie de vivre, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau inspires audiences to lead, connect, and live with greater empathy and purpose.
As the former First Lady of Canada, bestselling author of Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other, and an award-winning humanitarian, Sophie has become one of today’s most compelling voices on emotional literacy, resilience, and conscious leadership.
Drawing on insights from top psychologists, neuroscientists, and thought leaders—as well as her own deeply personal journey—Sophie helps audiences understand how emotional awareness and trust the foundations of healthy relationships, teams, and communities. Her upcoming documentary series based on Closer Together expands on these themes, exploring how we can all strengthen our sense of belonging and well-being in a fast-changing world.
A recognized humanitarian, UN honoree, and award-winning communicator, Sophie combines science, storytelling, and heartfelt authenticity to motivate audiences to know themselves, trust themselves, and grow closer together. Whether speaking to global organizations, universities, or leadership summits, she leaves audiences uplifted, grounded, and ready to build lives—and workplaces—rooted in connection, compassion, and purpose.
- Closer Together: The Power of Emotional Literacy and Trust in How We Lead, Collaborate, and Live
- In a time when trust, belonging, and connection are in global decline, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau invites audiences to rebuild from the inside out. Drawing on neuroscience, emotional literacy, and her own journey through public life, Sophie reveals “the inner architecture of leadership”—how self-awareness and emotional regulation strengthen our ability to lead with empathy, authenticity, and presence. With her trademark warmth and storytelling, she explores why connection is not a soft skill but a strategic advantage: the foundation of trust, creativity, and resilience in modern organizations.
- Audiences leave inspired, motivated and equipped with practical tools to strengthen both mindset and culture. Sophie shares Olympian-level techniques for focus and confidence, shows how to transform self-criticism into self-leadership, and outlines her Four Pillars of Trust—Integrity, Intention, Capability, and Results—as a framework for personal and professional alignment. Through her emphasis on emotional literacy, she helps leaders and teams build trust and resilience, strengthen empathy, focus, and confidence, and move from burnout to balance—and from control to authentic connection—in both work and life.
- Closer Together: Brave Hearts, Open Minds and Building Resilience, Trust, and Connection in a Changing World (Keynote for College/Universities)
- As students step into a world defined by uncertainty and constant change, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau offers a powerful message about connection, purpose, and the kind of leadership that begins within. Drawing from neuroscience, emotional literacy, and her own life experiences, Sophie explores how self-awareness, empathy, and trust form the foundation for confidence and authentic relationships—on campus, in communities, and throughout life.
- With her signature warmth and candor, Sophie reminds audiences that we are all just one day away from a trauma—a truth that calls for greater compassion, understanding, and connection with ourselves and others. She helps students see that emotional literacy isn’t a “soft skill” but a life skill—the key to building resilience, handling stress, and staying true to their values. Through simple, science-backed practices for focus, confidence, and balance, Sophie encourages students to move from self-criticism to self-leadership and from comparison to connection. It’s an inspiring call to know yourself, trust yourself, and grow closer—together.