Ginine Emily Smith Speaker Page

From Backstage to Centerstage

How to use your story to become unforgettable.

Your story is your greatest unused asset. In this signature keynote, Ginine delivers the exact framework she's used to take herself — and her clients — from invisible to unmistakable. Leaders walk out with their story clarified, their voice unlocked, and a clear path to the stage they were built for.

Audience Outcomes

A clear, repeatable framework to mine and refine their personal story
The confidence to step into the visibility they've been avoiding
A roadmap to translate their story into a stage, a platform, or a brand

From Flatline to Thriving

Rising from the moments life shuts you down.

A serial killer tried to take her out. Her body tried to finish the job.Ginine literally flatlined — and what she came back with is now a roadmap. This raw, soul-moving keynote teaches audiences how to rise from grief, burnout, trauma, or any moment life shuts them down. They leave with permission, practical tools, and the unmistakable conviction: you are not done.

Audience Outcomes

Reframe pain as the raw material for power
Tools to come back fully — emotionally, physically, professionally
A new relationship with the chapters of life that nearly broke them

A Life of Freedom

Stop performing the smaller version of yourself.

What if the woman you've been performing isn't the woman you actually are? In this liberating keynote, Ginine breaks the spell of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and the polished-but-empty success that quietly drains high-achieving women dry. Audiences walk out owning their truth, their voice, and the unapologetic life they were built for.

Audience Outcomes

Name the performance that's been costing them
Reclaim the truth they've been editing out
Walk away with a decisive next move toward freedom

Meet Ginine

The Wallflower who became the stage.

From a near-death experience to global stages… from silence to song… Ginine Emily Smith has lived the kind of story that doesn't just inspire audiences — it awakens them.

Ginine is a global keynote speaker, transformational Story-to-Stage™ authority, bestselling author of Story to Stage, national TV and podcast host, award-winning recording artist, and founder of the B.A.D.D.A.S.S. Lioness™ movement. Known for her electrifying presence, emotional storytelling, and transformational leadership style, she empowers women and leaders around the world to reclaim their voice, rise from adversity, and turn their story into influence, impact, and legacy.

After surviving profound trauma, grief, addiction-filled environments, emotional collapse, and a life-altering near-death health crisis, Ginine rebuilt her life through faith, resilience, nervous system healing, creativity, and radical reinvention. Today, she teaches others how to transform pain into purpose, wounds into wisdom, and scars into leadership authority.

"Your scars are not your shame — they are your superpower."

As host of the globally ranked Rise & Roar with the B.A.D.D.A.S.S. Lioness™ podcast — now officially in the TOP 5% of podcasts worldwide — and co-host of the national TV show Rockstar Diaries – Healing Out Loud, Ginine has become a sought-after voice in transformational leadership, emotional intelligence, storytelling, resilience, and women's empowerment.

Through her signature frameworks, RISE™ and ROAR™, Ginine helps audiences:

Reclaim their identity and voice

Rise beyond burnout and survival mode

Communicate with confidence and emotional authority

Command rooms with presence instead of performance

Step boldly into their next chapter with courage, congruence, and heart

Known globally as The Badass Lioness™, Ginine doesn't just speak to audiences. She activates them.

Because when a woman finally owns her story… she becomes unstoppable.

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