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Holly Hoffman

Holly Hoffman

Survivor: Nicaragua (Season 21) contestant

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$10,001 - $15,000
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Holly Hoffman

Survivor: Nicaragua (Season 21) contestant

In-Person Fee Range:
$10,001 - $15,000
Fee Details
Virtual Fee Range:
Inquire for Fee
Traveling from:
South Dakota

Why Book

  • Hoffman as a keynote speaker because she offers a rare mix of extreme, high-profile adversity (surviving 38 days on television) and practical, down-to-earth business and life strategies.
  • Holly’s Survivor story is the ultimate case study in pivoting. She doesn’t present herself as a flawless hero; instead, she openly talks about wanting to quit on Day 5 and throwing a tribemate’s shoes in the ocean. This vulnerability makes her highly relatable.
  • Her keynotes teach audiences how to step out of their comfort zones, manage emotional panic, and build self-worth when facing unexpected, high-stress environments.

Biography

Holly Hoffman was the last remaining member of the Espada Tribe and the last woman standing on Season 21 of CBS’ hit reality show “Survivor Nicaragua”. Through that experience, and others throughout her life, Holly was inspired to share her message of survival.

A professional motivational speaker and the author of Your Winner Within, Write Yourself a Note and Three Step Stride, Holly acknowledges that life is made up of challenges, and we are often times faced with situations that seem insurmountable. But within each of us is an ability to focus our thoughts, emotions, and energy to succeed—if only we have the knowledge, tools, and discipline to do so.

A native of South Dakota, Holly’s writing and speaking not only offer encouragement and optimism but a roadmap for self-discovery and spiritual enlightenment. Readers and audience members alike walk away inspired to light the fire of successful living within themselves.

Holly attended Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She  is also a recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional designation, and travels across the country and internationally, speaking to a wide variety of corporations, associations, universities, schools and women’s organizations.  Holly inspires her audiences to take opportunities and focus on faith, attitude, determination, confidence, desire and perseverance.

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Programs

Thrive Through Adversity

What do you do when life throws you into the unknown, strips away your comfort, and forces you to adapt?  Drawing from her experience on the hit television show Survivor and the real-life challenges she’s faced beyond the Island, Holly Hoffman shares powerful lessons on resilience, mindset, and the courage to step outside your comfort zone.

Through unforgettable stories of adversity, uncertainty, and personal transformation, Holly reveals how setbacks can become setups for comebacks, why growth never happens in the comfort zone, and how the choices we make in difficult moments determine whether we merely survive or truly thrive.

This keynote will inspire audiences to embrace change, navigate challenges with confidence, build meaningful relationships, and discover that thriving isn’t circumstantial – it’s a choice.  Because the greatest breakthroughs often happen when we are willing to step into the jungle and trust ourselves to finally a way through it

Key takeaways  – The jungle is inevitable.  Staying stuck is optional.  Every setback presents a choice – to retreat to fear or step forward and thrive through adversity.

Lead Simply

In a world filled with leadership theories, strategies, and endless to-do lists, we often make leadership far more complicated than it needs to be.  The truth is, exceptional leadership comes down to to three simple principles:

Model. Connect, Involve

In this engaging and interactive program,  Holly Hoffman challenges leaders to return to the fundamentals that  inspire trust, build strong cultures, and create lasting impact.

Model the behavior you want to see.  Your actions speak louder than your title. Great leaders  set the example through their attitude, work ethic, and integrity.

Connect  with the people you lead. Leadership is built on relationships. When people feel seen, heard,  and valued, they become more engaged, committed, and willing to give their best.

Involve others as much as possible.  The best leaders don’t have all the answers – they invite ideas, encourage participation, and empower others to contribute.  People support what they help create.

Holly demonstrates that leadership is not complexity or position – it’s about intentional actions that anyone can practice every day.  Because leadership isn’t a title to be complicated. The most effective leaders simply

Model the behavior, Connect the people, and Involve others in the journey.  Three simple principles. Extraordinary results.

Three Step Stride

We hear every day about the importance of taking more steps for our physical health.  But what if the key to better mental health and emotional well-being is learning which steps to eliminate?

As a former hurdler, Holly Hoffman learned an important lesson from her coach:  success isn’t always about doing more – sometimes it’s about removing the unnecessary steps that slow you down.  The same principle applies to life.  We often add extra steps through worry, overthinking, fear, guilt, comparison, unrealistic expectations, and the pressure to carry burdens that were never our to bear.

In this deeply personal and inspiring keynote, Holly shares the powerful journey of her daughter’s mental health struggles and the profound lessons their family learning about resilience, grace, and simplifying what truly matters.  Through heartfelt storytelling and practical insights, audiences are challenged  to identify the unnecessary steps that are draining their energy,  clouding their thinking, and keeping them stuck.

Participants will discover how eliminating emotional clutter, unproductive habits, and self-imposed pressures can create more space for clarity, connection, and healing.  Because thriving isn’t always about adding more to life – sometimes is’t about having the courage to let go of what not longer serves you.

Key takeaways  – Not every step moves your forward.  Sometimes your greatest breakthrough comes from identifying and eliminating the unnecessary steps that are preventing you from living with purpose, peace, and resilience.

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