SpeakinG & MEDIA

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

I help audiences discover self-acceptance—as a foundation for confidence and inner peace—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.

Each talk—whether motivational, educational, or clinical—draws from a consistent framework, with content shaped to the needs, context, and audience in the room. Any 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 best 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

This work has reached international and local television (below).

View Alli’s journalist profile on Muck Rack.

Selected podcasts can be found on this website’s Resources page.

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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