Own your story. Write a better world.

Dr. Marjorie Aunos is a psychologist, international keynote speaker, and disability advocate who brings science, storytelling, and lived experience together to empower audiences to transform life's unexpected challenges into catalysts for lasting change.

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Being clear about our Legacy is more important now than ever before.

Change isn’t slowing down - it’s accelerating.

Consider what’s already happening:

Half of all institutional knowledge walks out the door as baby boomers retire in the next 5 years.

1 in 7 teenagers struggle with hopelessness about their future.

1 in 4 people live with a disability—yet most organizations aren't designed for them

7 in 10 employees want purpose at work, but only 15% feel connected to their company's mission.

These aren't just statistics

They're opportunities to build something lasting.

Legacy isn't about what you leave behind when you're gone.

Legacy is how you respond to these very challenges right now.

It's the values you model when leading through uncertainty, the accessibility you create for others, the purpose you help people discover, and the hope you instill in the next generation.

The leaders, parents, and young people who thrive won't be those who resist change, but those who use these moments of transformation to build something meaningful—something that strengthens everyone around them.

Every crisis becomes a chance to demonstrate what matters most.

That's Legacy in action.

“She is the speaker you want to hire if you are looking for transformation through inspiration.”

Marjorie Aunos represents the essence of our Speaker Slam brand. Her journey to winning our 2021 Inspirational Speaker of the Year has been nothing but brilliantly inspiring! She is a phenomenal writer, beautiful speaker, and she embodies vulnerability, compassion and excellence. She is the speaker you want to hire if you are looking for transformation through inspiration. And it won't hurt to keep a box of Kleenex nearby.

Rina Rovinelli

Co-founder of Speaker Slam & Emerging Speakers

MEET MARJORIE

Hello! I am Marjorie Aunos—psychologist, speaker, author, and proud disabled parent who realised that legacy isn't built at life's end, but in every choice we make today.

At 34, a car accident left me paraplegic. For five years, I fought to stay exactly the same—until I crashed mentally from trying to keep up. That second breaking point became my breakthrough: I didn't need to do it all, I needed to do what mattered.

That's when I learned the difference between existing and living with legacy in mind.

Now I guide corporate teams, parents, healthcare professionals, and young people toward the same discovery: Your values aren't just beliefs—they're your blueprint for building something that lasts.

In a world obsessed with productivity and perfection, I offer a different path. Every challenge is an invitation to go deeper—into authenticity, connection, and the kind of contribution that outlives us.

My approach is simple: Know your values. Live with intention. Shape your future.

Whether you're facing unexpected change, leading others through uncertainty, or simply wondering if your daily choices align with what you want to be remembered for—let's explore what you're actually building while you're here.

Because the legacy you leave starts with the life you live today.

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Here’s What People Are Saying

“Of becoming and being parents with disabilities, extra hurdles and stigmas are often present in navigating life with their children. Marjorie offers important advice about being positive and creative in finding solutions to every day parenting problems. She also reminds parents with disabilities that a solution doesn’t have to be perfect or permanent to serve its purpose. I love her message about the importance of inclusion – because when we can all fully participate with our children, it means that no parent or child is left behind. Kudos Marjorie, you’re a difference maker for your son, and you’ve set an incredible example for all parents through your life, mindset and your work!”

Rick Hansen
Founder, Rick Hansen Foundation
It has been an honour and privilege to work with and get to know Marjorie. She has a natural gift as a speaker to completely and authentically deliver from the heart, with relatable stories and a well crafted structure. She wants to make a difference in this world, and does so by sharing inspiring messages to those she speaks to, and they will carry those messages long after the presentation ends.

Ian Tyson
Veteran Motivational Speaker and Trainer, Author, Comedian, Silver Lining Prospector
You know those people that make an immediate and positive impact on your life? Marjorie is one of those people for us! We were blessed to have her as our podcast guest, sharing her beautiful story of hope through tragedy. Her heart of love shines through in every aspect of her story.

Stephanie Martino & Lydia Zuniga
Co-Founders of Hope Warriors Project
Marjorie combines a thoughtful, wise mind with an embracing heart to bring us stories that inspire and compel us to positive change - either on behalf of ourselves or those around us. Her stories are powerful, poignant and to the point and as a speaker she brings such a clear consideration to any topic that we are left wiser and somehow bigger within ourselves. There is goodness in all her work

Dr. Maria Sirois
Psychologist, Inspirational Speaker & Author
Marjorie's keynote address to our Australian National Virtual (on-line) Disability Conferenccalled us to consider if the challenges were in fact appropriately ascribed to the person with disability or more appropriately challenges for the service system and our wider society. Importantly, Marjorie was able to contrast the experience of parents with ID with that of her own experience of parenting with a physical disability and drew on her extensive research experience to bring solutions to these challenges including ways in which service providers, parents, and natural supports can work together in order to maximize self-determination of parents with ID to promote family quality of life.

Keith McVilly PhD
Professor, Convenor for the Australian National Virtual Disability Conference
Marjorie is one of the best storytellers I've had the privilege of watching over the past 2 years. She has proven herself as an amazing speaker beating out over 300 speakers to become the 2021 Inspirational Speaker of the Year. She has an amazing work ethic and go-getter attitude which make her an asset to any team. We partnered with Marjorie to launch our Amplifying Voices series supporting Parents with DIF-abilities. She not only put the event together with a remarkable group of speakers, she even was able to get national media attention to the online event getting it featured in Global News and CTV

Dan Shaikh
Co-Founder of Speaker Slam & Emerging Speakers