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NOTHING CHANGES UNTIL THE STORY DOES.

Marie-Josée Borduas is a transformational speaker, story alchemist, author, and outside-the-box thinker who helps survivors and advocates break free from the invisible stories that keep them stuck.

For decades, she wrestled with a story she never chose; one passed down through generations that made her feel unworthy and unseen.

Her journey through shame, anger, depression, and ultimately rediscovering life through improv became the foundation of her mission: to empower women and audiences everywhere to awaken to their true story and reclaim their destiny.

She’s no stranger to discomfort, and she teaches audiences how to use that discomfort not as a prison, but as the doorway to freedom, power, and joy.

"You have the power to take control of your own story and rewrite your destiny." - Oprah Winfrey

Signature Talk

The Power of Discomfort: How Changing Your Story Changes Everything

Have you ever felt like you’re meant for more, but something unseen keeps holding you back?
In this high-energy, story-driven talk, Marie-Josée shows how the very discomfort we try to avoid is the key to freedom. Through her own transformative story from carrying generational shame to rewriting the ending for herself and her daughters, she reveals the neuroscience of story, the power of imagination, and the courage it takes to reclaim your voice.

Audiences walk away with:

A reframe of discomfort as a signal, not a setback, an invitation, not a barrier.
The courage to rewrite the ending for themselves and future generations.
Clarity on how stories shape identity, and how to rewrite them.
A renewed sense of freedom, agency, and possibility.

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"Your story doesn’t need permission to change—it needs your voice." - Marie-Josee Borduas

Here are just a few of the powerful sessions I offer. Each one is adaptable for keynotes, panels, workshops, retreats, and summits:

Rewrite the Story That’s Been Writing You

We all live inside a story, but what happens when the story we’re living in wasn’t written by us, or even for us? This powerful session guides participants through recognizing the inherited narratives, family patterns, and invisible walls that hold them back, and helps them rewrite the script with clarity, compassion, and courage.

Perfect for: generational healing, identity, mindset, memoir, transformation summits

The Threshold Anointing

Crossing the Invisible Line Between Who You’ve Been and Who God Has Called You to Be

A Spirit-led, faith-based keynote (with optional workshop) that speaks to the wilderness moment when we’re not who we were, but not yet who we’re becoming. The threshold is a holy pause, a sacred tension, where God does His deepest work.

Perfect for: Christian women’s conferences, faith-based identity, retreats, women in transition, prophetic activation

Write the Thing You’re Afraid to Say

Turning Resistance Into Revelation for Beginner Authors

A vulnerable and empowering session for first-time writers who are afraid of being “too much” or “too messy.” Discover how discomfort is the proof that you’re writing what truly matters, and how your truth can be the breakthrough someone else is praying for.

Perfect for: writing summits, memoir authors, self-publishing, healing through story

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Why Book
Marie-Josée?

She has lived the message.

From silence to voice. From depression to devotion. From generational chains to divine calling.

Transformative Storytelling

Not just motivational fluff. She uses personal story + neuroscience + embodiment to create aha-moments that stick.

Interactive & Engaging

Your audience won’t just listen, they’ll participate, laugh, reflect, and feel changed.

Generational Impact

Her message resonates across ages and backgrounds, from corporate leaders to women’s groups, conferences, and universities.

If your summit or event is about...

Resilience & Recovery
Emotional Healing & Mental Health
Women’s Empowerment & Spiritual Identity
The Power of Storytelling & Legacy
Writing to Heal / Memoir / First-time Authors
Faith-Based Living / Identity in Christ
Breaking Generational Chains & Family Patterns
Creative Expression / Voice Activation / Speaking Your Truth
Discomfort as a Portal for Growth
Feminine Leadership / Embodied Transformation

…then we’re already aligned.

Marie-Josee brings raw story, refined wisdom, and activation to every room she enters, whether virtual, on stage, or in intimate workshop spaces. She doesn't just talk about transformation, she guides the audience through it, in real time.

My Message Is For…

Survivors and activists still trying to break free
Women who feel like they’ve outgrown their old story, but don’t yet know how to speak the new one
Writers who want to heal as they write
Coaches, creatives, and faith-led women who feel a divine nudge to break the cycle they were born into
Anyone who’s been stuck in silence, shame, or striving—and is ready to finally step forward

"You don’t have to rewrite the whole story today. Just be willing to hold the pen."
- Marie-Josee Borduas, Awakening Your Story (Guide)

Interactive Workshop: Awakening Your Story

For organizations and groups who want more than a keynote, this workshop transforms inspiration into integration. Participants don’t just listen, they practice. Using a mix of guided storytelling, improv exercises, and somatic practices, they uncover the hidden narratives shaping their choices and learn to step into a new one with clarity and confidence.

Workshop outcomes:

Identify the “inherited stories” that quietly run their lives
Experience the power of “Yes, and…” to unlock creativity and collaboration
Leave with practical tools to embody their new story, personally and professionally

This is where transformation shifts from possible to inevitable.

Testimonials

“Marie-Josée has a way of saying the thing you didn’t even know you were carrying until it breaks open inside you. It's life-changing.” — Carolyn

“Marie-Josée was fabulous!
I was inspired by her story and cried I related to so much of it. You were heard by more that just me. I hope to cross paths again.” — Tina

“Marie-Josée was fantastic in Halifax! Her story was so moving,” — Jessica

Why Choose Marie-Josee?

Most speakers tell stories. Marie-Josee doesn't just tell hers, she invites audiences to step inside their own. Her talk isn't another motivational moment that fades by Monday morning. It's an experience that transforms discomfort—the very thing most people avoid—into a powerful threshold moment, the gateway to freedom.

What makes Marie-Josee different is that she doesn't just inspire from the stage; she activates. Through a blend of story, neuroscience, and improv, audiences don't just hear the message; they feel it, embody it, and leave with tools to rewrite the stories that have kept them stuck. That's the difference between entertainment and transformation, and why event planners choose Marie-Josee when they want a speaker who creates lasting impact, not just a standing ovation.

Bring the power of story to your stage.
Marie-Josée doesn’t just deliver a talk, she creates an experience your audience will carry long after the applause fades.

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About me

If you are new to my world, my name is Marie-Josee.

I am a mom of two beautiful girls, wife to an amazing husband, and creator of a life I love to wake up to every day.

I am a published author, speaker, course creator, and workshop facilitator.

We live part of the year on a beautiful island in the Caribbean called Montserrat and the other part in Toronto, Canada.

I have a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Western Ontario.

I spent the first half of my career working hard to prove myself and feel worthy to take up space. I worked so hard that life became barely worth living.

I felt weighed down by overwhelming amounts of sadness, anger, and depression. Life became unbearable, and I felt so disconnected from my dreams and the vision of the person I thought I was or should be that I decided to end it all.

And that's when I thought, "If I am going to end it all anyway, why not live in the meantime? Why not give myself permission to live my life how I want, to live, love and laugh again? Because then, if it doesn't work out, I'll have nothing to lose and can end it."

Fortunately, in my desire to live, I found a new zest for life and realized who I was, who I had always been, beneath all other people's ideas of who I should be.

Then, sadly, in 2016, my mother passed away prematurely from pancreatic cancer. She was only fifty-eight, and she had never freed herself of the stress, anger, or depression that had plagued her all her life.

That's when I finally spurred myself into action. I realized the finiteness of life and threw away all the reasons why not and committed to pursue all the reasons why. I committed to empowering women to break the chains that keep them stuck by writing a new, more empowering story.

My superpowers are faith, love, authenticity, energy, and playfulness. I use these to create online spaces for people to connect, write their stories and practice spontaneity and authenticity through play so they can remember who they are and create their most vibrant lives.

Because as Howard Thurman has pointed out, that's what the world needs – people who have come truly alive. That is the only thing that can change and heal the whole world – when you remember who you are and reconnect to all your superpowers.

You get one chance at this life. So, live boldly, live passionately, and live with purpose.

If you feel stuck, don't waste the precious time given to you - let's get you back into the flow of life.

I am ready to change my story!