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In this interactive and inspiring keynote, Iris van Ooyen shows your audience how to reduce stress, sharpen focus, and protect their energy — so they leave not just inspired, but equipped to thrive.

Always 'on' in a digital world?

In this fast changing and uncertain world, we’re expected to always be ‘on’ and available. This (digital) overwhelm depletes our energy, our ability to concentrate and sometimes even our health.

It’s been said that 90% of disease are caused by stress. According to McKinsey Health Institute¹, globally one in four employees are experiencing signs of burnout.

Inspiration and practical insights

Fortunately, there are various ways to reduce these effects. Discover how to better manage your energy and improve your concentration. The result: less stress, more focus and better performance. This way you have energy and time left for the things that really matter in life.

This keynote provides inspiration and powerful insights (backed by research) and supports you with practical action steps you can implement immediately. The ideal boost for your team day, kickoff or leadership event.

Matt Wilkinson

Haywards Heath, UK - Marketing strategist

Iris lights up the stage with a rare, radiant energy. She weaves solid science with vivid storytelling and practical mental-health wisdom, so you walk away not just informed but genuinely lighter, like someone opened a window and let the fresh air in.

Do you recognize this in your organisation?

Energy depletion. At the end of the days several employees are exhausted. As a result, productivity (or quality of the output) goes down. There is often not enough energy left for creativity or personal life.
Increased stress. Employees feel overwhelmed by the constant pressure to be ‘on’ and to balance their work and personal life. Symptoms of burnout increase such as being irritable, mind fog, trouble sleeping or relaxing and forgetting things. Stress impacts effectivity and creativity and can erode working atmosphere.
Rise in sick leave. One in four days of sick leave are due to stress in The Netherlands and stress-related absence has grown 36% in the past five years.²
Focus problems. Real depth and concentration are becoming increasingly rare. Productivity suffers under constant multitasking and digital overwhelm.
Lower job satisfaction. Motivation suffers from exhaustion and increased tension. Irritability impacts team performance.

Mark Schaefer

Louisville, TN, USA - Keynote speaker, futurist & bestselling author

Iris presented to our meeting of international executives and her talk was both useful and inspiring. Her ideas on personal energy and productivity are gold!

Results participants can expect from this keynote

Improved focus. Concrete strategies to reduce digital overwhelm and reclaim focus in a distracted world.
More energy at the end of the day. Instead of feeling depleted, participants learn how to protect and restore their energy before exhaustion takes over so they can show up fully at work and at home.
A healthier relationship with stress. Shifting from being controlled by deadlines and notifications to feeling more grounded, present, and in charge of their own energy.
Confidence to perform sustainably. Learning to manage energy instead of just time so they can thrive without sacrificing health or happiness.
A mindset shift. Many participants experience a mindset shift and an actual change in their behavior. The insights open a new way of thinking about productivity, well-being, and what it truly means to succeed.

These changes help companies increase employee well-being, reduce the risk for burnout, lessen sick leave, and increase productivity.

Bruce Scheer, Value Vitalizer and co-founder, Seattle, USA

A speaking style that transforms

Iris’s highly engaging, interactive, and research-driven speaking style seamlessly blends personal authenticity with scientific validation. What sets Iris apart is her holistic approach to energy management—emphasizing not just productivity, but physical health, mental well-being, and our essential connection to nature.

She draws upon both personal anecdotes and powerful insights to create presentations that are practical and action-oriented, ensuring your audience walks away with concrete solutions and tips they can start applying immediately. Many participants experience a mindset shift and an actual change in their behavior.

Stephanie Bekker

Drimmelen, The Netherlands - Communication Strategist

Finally practical tips that really work in a busy digital world!

What I love about Iris is her calm but energetic way of presenting. She speaks from experience and provides clear insights that you can apply right away. I immediately recognized myself in the examples she mentioned and started using her tools that same day. Through simple exercises—such a breathing techniques and consciously taking screen breaks—I notice that I am able to work more focused and relaxed. And perhaps most importantly: I now have energy left at the end of a busy workday.

Keynote Speaking Engagements

Iris is available for all types of trainings and speaking engagements on managing and increasing energy, productivity and creativity that meet your goals and budget.

Whether you’re looking for a keynote speaker to light up your conference or a full-day workshop, Iris can create a program to meet your needs (in Dutch or English).

Keynote speech: Managing energy in the age of digital overwhelm. How to have less stress, more energy and be able to focus better.

Based on her latest book RADIANT: How to Have All the Energy You Need to Live a Life You Love, Iris van Ooyen takes the audience on a journey of discovery of where and how their energy is being depleted. Weaving research with entertaining stories and powerful insights, Iris shows what you can do differently so that you have energy left at the end of the day—rather than be depleted or exhausted. Or worse, on your way to burnout.

If you want Iris to speak at your event, you can email her at iris[at]2brighteyes[dot]com or fill in this contact form.

Contact Iris

About Iris van Ooyen

Iris is keynote speaker, transformative mentor and author. She has been supporting people and teams since 2002 with life-changing insights and tools. Thanks to her MBA and background in the corporate world, she can combine her extensive business experience with her renowned razor-sharp intuitive insights in order to support those struggling in their life, career, business, or high performance as a whole.

Iris has hosted workshops and trainings in NYC and other places in the United States, Ireland, Italy and of course all over The Netherlands.

Her clients range from entrepreneurs, leaders, executives, coaches, Olympic athletes, managers and artists to large companies and organizations such as KLM Arboservices, Brink’s Nederland b.v., Van der Breggen BV, Vandrveen, Unicef, KPN, RBVLEAF, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, OV Bureau Randstad, Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag, Microsoft, Securitas and others.

Dan Christ

Pennsylvania, USA - personal technology guide

Iris couples candid reflection with techniques she uses in her own life and with clients to explain and demonstrate how a busy professional can manage their energy while under constant notification and deadline pressure. I knew the session would be special when she asked participants to refrain from side chats while she spoke, then showed us how to reduce stress, focus better, and be more productive. I’d recommend Iris to anyone looking to reclaim their attention and thrive in even the busiest environments.

1. McKinsey Health Institute, “Addressing employee burnout: Are you solving the right problem?”, May 27, 2022 — 2. ArboNed, “Verzuim door stress blijft toenemen.” September 23, 2025.

Keynote speaker
Iris van Ooyen

Managing energy in the age of digital overwhelm. How to have less stress, more energy and better focus.

Always 'on' in a digital world?

Inspiration and practical insights

Haywards Heath, UK - Marketing strategist

Do you recognize this in your organisation?

Louisville, TN, USA - Keynote speaker, futurist & bestselling author

Results participants can expect from this keynote

A speaking style that transforms

Drimmelen, The Netherlands - Communication Strategist

Keynote Speaking Engagements

About Iris van Ooyen

Pennsylvania, USA - personal technology guide

1. McKinsey Health Institute, “Addressing employee burnout: Are you solving the right problem?”, May 27, 2022 — 2. ArboNed, “Verzuim door stress blijft toenemen.” September 23, 2025.

Exhausted?

Keynote speaker Iris van Ooyen

Managing energy in the age of digital overwhelm. How to have less stress, more energy and better focus.

Always 'on' in a digital world?

Inspiration and practical insights

Haywards Heath, UK - Marketing strategist

Do you recognize this in your organisation?

Louisville, TN, USA - Keynote speaker, futurist & bestselling author

Results participants can expect from this keynote

A speaking style that transforms

Drimmelen, The Netherlands - Communication Strategist

Keynote Speaking Engagements

About Iris van Ooyen

Pennsylvania, USA - personal technology guide

1. McKinsey Health Institute, “Addressing employee burnout: Are you solving the right problem?”, May 27, 2022 — 2. ArboNed, “Verzuim door stress blijft toenemen.” September 23, 2025.

Exhausted?

Keynote speaker
Iris van Ooyen