Helping People and Organizations Reconnect with Possibility, Purpose, and the Power of Dreaming
Jean Tillery is a Certified Dream Manager®, speaker, author, and host of the #epicStories podcast who helps audiences reconnect with possibility, purpose, and meaningful growth, both personally and professionally.
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"The most powerful transformations don't begin with strategy. They begin when people remember what's possible."
More Than a Speaker: A Catalyst for Change
After a life-changing cross-country journey that inspired her book A Dreamer's Travel Journal, Jean Tillery dedicated her work to helping individuals, leaders, and organizations create lives and cultures built on purpose, connection, and intentional growth.
Today, through keynote speaking, Dream Storm workshops, and transformational conversations, Jean helps audiences move beyond burnout, disconnection, and survival mode to rediscover engagement, hope, and possibility.
Using the framework of Matthew Kelly's Dream Manager program, Jean helps organizations understand that employees thrive when they are seen as whole people, not just workers.
More Than Motivation
Jean's audiences don't just leave inspired, they leave thinking differently, and with practical action steps to move forward.
Whether speaking to entrepreneurs, leadership teams, women's organizations, conferences, or corporate audiences, Jean creates experiences that meet people where they are and invite them into something more.
Her presentations combine
- Powerful storytelling
- Practical Dream Manager principles
- Audience interaction
- Emotional connection
- Actionable reflection
Audiences reconnect with
- Purpose
- Engagement
- Resilience
- Growth
- Possibility
- Meaningful action
Three Conversations That Move Audiences Forward
Why Dreaming Belongs in the Workplace
How organizations can increase engagement, connection, creativity, and retention by helping employees reconnect with personal growth and possibility.
- Why disengagement often begins long before performance declines
- The connection between dreaming, purpose, and workplace culture
- How Dream Manager principles strengthen leadership and engagement
- Practical ways leaders can create more human-centered workplaces
Dream Big, Achieve Bold
Helping people move beyond fear, burnout, and survival mode to rediscover possibility and intentional living.
- Why people stop dreaming
- The hidden cost of "someday"
- Small steps that create meaningful change
- How writing down dreams changes perspective and action
The Power of Story
How the stories we tell ourselves shape our identity, leadership, relationships, and future.
- How personal stories shape behavior
- The role of vulnerability in leadership and growth
- Reframing limiting narratives
- Why connection begins with authenticity
Dream Storm Workshops
Jean's Dream Storm sessions are interactive workshops designed to help participants reconnect with possibility, clarify meaningful dreams, and begin creating intentional next steps.
These sessions blend guided reflection, conversation, Dream Manager principles, and practical exercises that create both personal insight and team connection.
Ideal For
- Leadership retreats
- Women's conferences
- Team development
- Wellness initiatives
- Entrepreneurial groups
- Personal growth events
The #epicStories Podcast
Jean is the host of the #epicStories podcast, a show centered around real conversations, resilience, personal growth, leadership, transformation, and the stories that shape who we become.
Through interviews and personal reflections, the podcast creates space for honest conversations that inspire listeners to think differently about purpose, possibility, and the life they want to create.
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Speaker. Author. Dream Manager®.
Jean Tillery is a Certified Dream Manager®, speaker, author, podcast host, and founder of Epic Living with Jean.
Through keynote speaking, workshops, and coaching programs, she helps individuals and organizations reconnect with purpose, possibility, and intentional growth using the framework of Matthew Kelly's Dream Manager program.
Jean is the author of A Dreamer's Travel Journal and #epicMessages and the host of the #epicStories podcast.
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Jean speaks to organizations, conferences, leadership teams, women's groups, and events looking for more than motivation: audiences looking for meaningful transformation, connection, and action.
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