SpeakinG & MEDIA

  • Featured expert Alli Spotts-De-Lazzer in The Wall Street Journal.
  • Alli Spotts-De-Lazzer, regular contributor to Psychology Today.
  • Alli Spotts-De-Lazzer quoted as a clinical expert in U.S. News & World Report.
  • Clinical specialist Alli Spotts-De-Lazzer featured in The Daily Mail.
  • Mental health and parenting insights by Alli Spotts-De-Lazzer featured on Parents.com.
  • Eating disorder expert Alli Spotts-De-Lazzer featured on KTLA 5 News.
  • Therapeutic resources and expert advice by Alli Spotts-De-Lazzer on Verywell Mind.
  • Alli Spotts-De-Lazzer, regular contributor to Psychology Today.
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As a Speaker & Media Guest

I help parents navigate eating disorders with clarity, and I help audiences discover self-acceptance—a foundation for confidence and inner peace. I do both by integrating research, clinical expertise, and lived experience. Audiences leave feeling lighter, more grounded, and more anchored in self-trust, with language and tools they can use right away.

talks—whether motivational, educational, or clinical—draw from a consistent framework, with content shaped to the needs, context, and audience in the room. below are bookable immediately.

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MOTIVATIONAL TALKS

Beyond Confidence and Self-Esteem: What Women Need to Thrive

Self-Acceptance vs. Self-Fixing: Both Can Work—One Lasts

Educational Talks FOR THE PUBLIC

Permission to Parent: Supporting Teens and Adults with Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders: A Personal and Professional Perspective

CLINICAL TALKS FOR PROFESSIONALS

How Can I Help? Guidance for Therapists with Limited Eating Disorder Training (2-hour presentation; designed to meet CE requirements; approval pending host organization)

How “Normal” Health and Social Media Practices Can Interfere With Treatment: Clinical Considerations
(60-, 90-, or 120-minute presentation; designed to meet CE requirements; approval pending host organization)

Let’s explore what would most serve your audience.

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Audience Feedback

  • “This gave me insight that I never considered.”

  • "Presentation was so valuable in increasing my knowledge about eating disorders."

  • "Great info!! Loved the speaker's humor and style."

  • “Great presentation, speaker is knowledgeable and a natural!”

  • “Interesting and very relevant to what’s happening in our world today.”

  • “Very influential content!”

  • "Very informational and interesting. Could have followed along for another couple of hours."

  • "She is an excellent presenter. Hopefully she will present more in the future. Thank you!"

Hear Alli Speak

This excerpt also serves as my speaker reel, offering a glimpse into how I bring research, clinical insight, and lived experience to life on stage—grounded, engaging, and embodied.

I created #ShakeIt for Self-Acceptance to open honest conversations about the barriers to self-acceptance—shame, mental health struggles, eating and body image concerns, and the pressure to perform confidence. I chose fun, movement, and dance as the entry point, using joy and embodiment to make awareness and education more accessible.

As individual vulnerability turned private struggles into shared experience, a palpable sense of connection and collective freedom emerged. #ShakeIt is a movement that lives its message.

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#ShakeIt Feedback

  • "#ShakeIt's life-changing. It's changed my life."

    - Shannon Hershkowitz

  • “Rehearsal was probably my favorite part; it gave us a chance to internally accept ourselves by dancing with like-minded individuals!”

    - Anonymous

  • “I loved being part of this fun and empowering event that celebrates embracing who we are and loving our bodies for what they can do.”

    - Alex Kinder Shimer

  • “One of my personal struggles is always feeling like I do not fit in. This was huge to me, to be in a group of people and feel totally at ease, comfort even. I could be me and not worry about judgment or even care. I like me, and I like feeling the freedom of being myself, letting out the wild side, wild as in free and natural. So I would have to say my favorite part was the atmosphere everyone created.” 

    - Anonymous

In the Media

Selected Expert Quotes

The Washington Post| Wall Street Journal | Newsweek | Upworthy

Additional media details or verification can be provided upon request

Selected Articles

When is it purging, and when is it not? (Medscape) | When Binge Eating Becomes an Emergency (Medscape)

MeaningFULL: Candid Perspectives on Self-Image and Mental Health (Psychology Today column)

View Alli’s journalist profile on Muck Rack.

Television Appearances

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Podcasts

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Featured TV Appearances

 

Q&As

  • Because your audience won’t just listen—they’ll feel it. They’ll leave with tools, insights, and a fire to own their FULL story

  • Absolutely! I’d love to collaborate and curate the title and topic that will benefit your audience the most.

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