SPEAKING AND GUEST TEACHING
Conversations that loosen the grip of the rules women have been living by.
I speak in rooms where women are quietly carrying too much —
at work, at home, and in their bodies.
Often without language for it.
Often while being told it’s just age, stress, menopause, or “how it is now.”
I don’t accept those explanations.
I talk about the invisible rules women have adapted to for decades —
and how those rules show up as pain, fatigue, anxiety, breathlessness, and self-doubt.
I question:
Why symptoms labelled as “menopause” mirror chronic stress patterns almost exactly
Why women are taught to distrust their bodies at the moment they need more authority, not less
Why capacity is still measured using systems that were never built for women
What happens when authority is returned to the person living in the body
This isn’t about denying biology.
It’s about challenging lazy explanations — and profitable fear.
The conversations I lead.
The Lens I Bring
My work sits at the intersection of:
movement
breath and nervous system function
belief, conditioning, and identity
I don’t tell people what to do with their bodies.
I help them notice what they’ve been taught not to notice.
Once that shifts, behaviour follows — without force.
Where this work fits
I speak and teach inside:
Women-in-business and leadership spaces
Retreats and gatherings where depth matters
Coaching programmes and mentorships
Organisations ready for a more honest conversation about stress and capacity
Wellness spaces that want something more intelligent than motivation
These conversations don’t hype people up.
They settle something.
People leave thinking differently — not just feeling inspired.
What audiences report
Not transformation.
Not fixes.
They describe feeling:
less broken
less behind
more trusting of themselves
clearer about what actually matters
Quieter.
More oriented.
If you’re looking for a speaker who:
asks better questions
disrupts without theatrics
and leaves people with more agency — not more advice
You can enquire below.
Enquiries
Speaker bio
Nicolette van Bree is the founder of The Curious Rebel.
Her work explores how pain, fatigue, anxiety, and loss of confidence often emerge not from broken bodies, but from systems built on overload, performance, and quiet compliance.
Rather than prescribing fixes, Nicolette helps people understand what’s happening beneath symptoms — and how authority has been gradually handed away in the name of expertise and optimisation.
She speaks in leadership, women-in-business, retreat, and wellness spaces where depth matters more than hype, and is known for leaving rooms quieter, clearer, and thinking differently long after the conversation ends.