Shirlyn Lim - Professional Keynote Speaker and Industry Expert

    Shirlyn Lim

    Holistic Brain Health and Wellness Strategist

    Certified Nutrition & Brain Health Coach, 14+ years in holistic wellness.

    4.6
    Malaysia
    English

    Speaking Topics

    Sell like a BrainBoss - Where Neuroplasticity Meets Possibilities

    Health and Well-being

    Synopsis

    The sales landscape is transforming rapidly. With rising competition, shrinking attention spans, and nonstop rejection cycles, traditional motivation is no longer enough to sustain high performance. Agents now need a brain-aligned approach that strengthens resilience, activates intrinsic drive, and prevents emotional burnout. Drawing on neuroscience and years of field-tested coaching, this keynote introduces a breakthrough method that rewires motivation through action, not willpower. You’ll discover how to ignite your brain’s motivational pathways, sustain momentum using dopamine-driven loops, and reset your emotional state after rejection. In this session, you’ll learn how to sell with clarity, confidence, and unstoppable neural momentum.

    Target Audience

    Sales agents and advisors navigating rejection-heavy environments who need stronger emotional and motivational resilience. Leaders coaching teams that struggle with momentum, consistency, or burnout in high-pressure selling cycles.

    Key Benefits

    Motivation Is Trainable: Participants understand that motivation is not personality-based but neuroplastic. This shift empowers them to build momentum intentionally through strategic actions that rewire the brain’s motivational circuits. Stronger After Rejection: Attendees feel steadier and more grounded when facing emotional setbacks. With tools to regulate stress, they recover faster and maintain confidence during challenging sales cycles. Use The Neuro Circuit: Participants apply the Activation Node, Reward Loop, and Regulation Reset daily. These actions create momentum, resilience, and consistent performance without relying on hype or willpower.

    Outline

    The Activation Node – Trigger Motivation Through Intentional Micro-Actions Participants learn a behaviour-first method that activates motivation by engaging the brain’s action pathways. Small, deliberate steps spark neural momentum that bypasses willpower fatigue. This move helps agents start faster, persist longer, and eliminate hesitation by turning tiny actions into consistent forward movement grounded in neuroscience. The Reward Loop – Sustain Momentum Using Dopamine Reinforcement Patterns Participants discover how to use dopamine-driven reinforcement to maintain high motivation. By creating intentional reward cycles, they reduce emotional drain and build sustained effort. This move teaches agents how to structure wins that strengthen neural pathways for consistency, making motivation a repeatable, self-fueling process. The Regulation Reset – Rewire Emotional State After Stress or Rejection Selling brings emotional turbulence and mental fatigue. Participants learn a science-backed regulation method that helps the brain recover quickly after rejection. This move stabilizes emotional responses, reduces fear-based hesitation, and enables agents to re-engage prospects with clarity, confidence, and psychologi

    Brain Profiling & Customised Brain-Based Strategies

    Health and Well-being

    Synopsis

    “Brain Profiling & Customised Brain-Based Strategies” helps individuals and teams understand how their brains naturally operate and why some tasks feel energising while others feel draining. Using a science-informed Brain Profiling Assessment that identifies five core brain types, Shirlyn shows participants how their brains behave under stress, make decisions, and communicate. Rather than generic productivity tips, they receive personalised strategies aligned to their natural wiring. Teams also gain a shared language that reduces misunderstanding, increases psychological safety, and strengthens empathy. This practical, insight-rich session enables people to work smarter, think clearer, and collaborate more effectively based on how their brains function.

    Target Audience

    Individuals seeking productivity, clarity, and stress-resilient performance tailored to their natural strengths. Teams looking to improve communication, empathy, and collaboration through brain-aligned strategies.

    Key Benefits

    Brain Types Matter: Participants understand that productivity, focus, and clarity are shaped by brain wiring. This reduces confusion and self-judgment while helping them choose strategies aligned to how their mind naturally works. Seen and Understood: Attendees feel more validated and less frustrated. Learning why their brain responds differently increases emotional relief, confidence, and a greater sense of psychological safety in teams. Use Brain-Based Tools: Participants apply customised strategies daily to improve communication, regulate stress, and boost effectiveness. These actions create long-term clarity, healthier collaboration, and more sustainable performance.

    Outline

    Discover Your Brain Type – Decode How You Naturally Operate Participants learn how their brain naturally processes information, solves problems, and manages decisions. Understanding their dominant brain type explains why certain tasks feel effortless while others feel depleting. This awareness helps them align work habits to their natural strengths, boosting clarity, productivity, and emotional ease throughout the day. Understand Stress Patterns – Identify Your Optimal Brain Performance Zone Participants explore how their specific brain type reacts under pressure and what triggers cognitive decline. They also discover their “optimal zone,” where the brain is sharp, calm, and high-performing. This move empowers individuals to recognise early stress cues, regulate themselves effectively, and consistently access stronger mental performance. Apply Customised Strategies – Work and Collaborate Brain-Aligned Daily Participants receive tailored strategies for focus, communication, productivity, and emotional regulation based on their brain profile. They also learn a shared team language that reduces conflict, increases empathy, and improves collaboration. This move helps create psychologically safer, brain-friendly environments where performance and wellbeing can thrive sustainably.

    Breaking Free from Imposter Syndrome

    Health and Well-being

    Synopsis

    “Breaking Free from Imposter Syndrome” reveals why so many capable, talented women secretly feel unqualified, unworthy, or unprepared despite clear evidence of success. Shirlyn unpacks the cultural conditioning, biological wiring, and societal expectations that create chronic self-doubt, showing that these patterns are learned—not flaws. Participants explore the hidden emotional and professional costs of staying small, quiet, or unseen. They will then learn a practical 3C framework designed to break the cycle, build internal safety, and strengthen visibility. This keynote empowers women to step into leadership more boldly, own their strengths, and claim the space they deserve with confidence.

    Target Audience

    Women leaders, managers, and professionals navigating visibility, leadership, and high expectations. Organisations supporting women’s advancement, confidence-building, and talent development.

    Key Benefits

    Doubt Is Learned: Participants understand that Imposter Syndrome is shaped by conditioning and culture—not lack of ability. This empowers them to challenge outdated mental patterns and adopt healthier, more realistic beliefs about their competence. Worthy and Capable: Attendees feel more grounded and supported. As they learn the origins of self-doubt, emotional tension softens, allowing women to feel more deserving of leadership, visibility, and recognition. Use the 3C Method: Participants apply the 3C Framework to redirect doubt, claim strengths, and build visibility habits. These behaviours create long-term momentum toward confidence and leadership presence.

    Outline

    Understand Why Imposter Syndrome Exists – Decode Conditioning and Belief Patterns Participants explore how upbringing, cultural expectations, and neurological wiring shape women’s internal narratives. By understanding these root causes, they recognise Imposter Syndrome as a predictable system rather than a personal flaw. This clarity unlocks self-compassion and builds a stronger foundation for confidence, visibility, and leadership growth. Identify the Hidden Costs – See What Self-Doubt Silently Takes Away Imposter Syndrome drains emotional energy, restricts ambition, and holds women back from opportunities aligned with their capability. Participants examine how avoidance, overworking, and perfectionism create burnout and invisibility. This insight motivates meaningful change by revealing the true impact of staying small and unseen. Apply the 3C Framework – Build Confidence Through Practical Daily Actions Participants learn a simple, actionable method to break the Imposter cycle. The 3C Framework helps them challenge unhelpful beliefs, choose empowering interpretations, and cultivate behaviours that reinforce inner authority. This move builds confidence graduall

    Mental Clarity with The Clarity Code 3-2-1

    Health and Well-being

    Synopsis

    “Mental Clarity with the Clarity Code 3-2-1” addresses the growing challenge of cognitive overload in today’s digitally demanding workplace. With constant notifications, emotional stressors, and rapid decision-making requirements, the brain becomes overwhelmed, reducing focus, productivity, and wellbeing. Shirlyn introduces a neuroscience-based system designed to help professionals cut through noise, regulate cognitive load, and regain control of their mental bandwidth. Participants learn how to filter information intelligently, take science-backed restorative breaks, and implement structured clarity blocks that elevate performance. This session empowers individuals to think clearer, decide faster, and work smarter—without adding more effort, hours, or complexity to their workload.

    Target Audience

    Remote and hybrid professionals struggling with overload, distractions, and cognitive fatigue. Leaders and teams seeking higher clarity, better decision-making, and sustainable productivity.

    Key Benefits

    Clarity Beats Overload: Participants understand that cognitive overload is the hidden productivity killer. They learn how structured filtering, micro-restoration, and deep-focus blocks dramatically enhance mental clarity and improve decision-making. Calmer and More Focused: Attendees experience greater internal calm and reduced overwhelm. With practical tools to reset their nervous system, they feel more grounded, centered, and ready to engage with meaningful work. Use the 3-2-1 System: Participants apply the 3 Filters, 2 Breaks, and 1 Golden Hour daily. This builds a repeatable clarity habit that cuts noise, strengthens focus, and boosts productivity.

    Outline

    Filter What Matters Most – Train Your Brain to Prioritize Clearly Participants learn the 3D Filter—Decide, Delete, Delay—to manage input before it becomes overload. By filtering information, emotions, and environmental noise, the brain stops drowning and starts focusing on what drives results. This move sharpens attention, reduces overwhelm, and restores mental clarity for strategic execution. Use Two Science-Backed Breaks – Reset Your Brain for Peak Performance Micro-breaks grounded in neuroscience reset the nervous system and reduce cognitive overload. Participants discover how small, intentional pauses restore focus, prevent burnout, and recalibrate mental energy. These evidence-based resets help individuals sustain clarity throughout the day without losing time or productivity. Apply the Golden Hour Structure – Achieve Deep Focus Consistently The Golden Hour is a structured clarity block designed to strengthen deep work, problem-solving, and ideation. Participants learn how to protect a 90-minute high-value window free from interruptions. This enables sharper thinking, improved creativity, and greater output—especially in fast-paced remote or hybrid settings.

    Stress Mastery with 3R Framework

    Health and Well-being

    Synopsis

    “Stress Mastery with the 3R Framework” addresses the rising mental-health pressures affecting productivity, clarity, and motivation. In a world where individuals often freeze, overthink, or apply random solutions found online, this session gives participants a grounded, science-based system for handling stress effectively. Shirlyn introduces three practical pillars—Rebuild, Reframe, Relax—to restore cognitive strength, reshape negative thoughts, and calm the body during moments of acute pressure. Backed by neuroscience and psychology, the framework empowers people to face stress head on, think more clearly, and build long-term resilience. Participants leave equipped with tools they can use immediately and sustainably.

    Target Audience

    Professionals navigating high workloads, pressure, or emotionally demanding environments. Leaders and teams seeking stronger psychological resilience and clearer thinking under stress.

    Key Benefits

    Stress Can Be Mastered: Participants learn stress is not a fixed limitation but a manageable neurological response. They gain a clearer understanding of how cognitive reserves, reframing, and body-mind regulation significantly improve thought quality under pressure. Calmer and More Grounded Attendees feel emotionally steadier and less reactive. With simple, repeatable tools that soothe the nervous system, they develop a greater sense of internal control, allowing them to face challenges with confidence. Apply the 3R System Participants put the Rebuild, Reframe, Relax framework into daily practice. They consciously apply neuroscience-supported behaviors that strengthen resilience, regulate emotions, and improve performance during high-stress situations.

    Outline

    Rebuild Brain Reserves – Strengthen Cognitive Capacity Under Daily Demands Participants learn how stress depletes cognitive fuel and weakens thinking accuracy. This move teaches science-based ways to rebuild mental reserves so the brain can process information efficiently, make clearer decisions, and handle pressure without spiraling. Strengthening cognitive capacity becomes the foundation for sustainable resilience and performance. Reframe Stressful Thoughts – Transform Negativity Into Productive Mental Patterns Stress often triggers distorted thinking that intensifies anxiety. Participants discover evidence-based reframing strategies to interrupt unhelpful loops and reshape their internal dialogue. By learning to reinterpret triggers realistically and compassionately, they develop healthier interpretations that reduce emotional volatility and increase focus during high-pressure moments. Relax Body and Mind – Regulate Physiology for Calm, Clarity, and Control Participants master simple, rapid techniques for grounding the nervous system. This move equips them with practical tools to release tension, slow physiological stress responses, and regain clarity. Through intentional body-mind regulation, individuals stay centered, improve presence, and address difficult moments with greater composure and confidence.

    About

    Shirlyn is a seasoned wellness coach, speaker, and corporate trainer with over 14 years of experience helping individuals and organizations achieve peak health and productivity. As a former Big 4 auditor and practicing accountant in her family’s long-established firm, she understands the mental toll of high-pressure environments. Shirlyn’s unique approach blends nutrition, brain health, and mental wellness coaching, providing practical frameworks that have helped clients reverse chronic illnesses like diabetes and hypertension, and even support natural conception. Her dynamic, engaging programs equip busy professionals with actionable tools to enhance memory, mood, and resilience. As a mother of three, Shirlyn delivers relatable, evidence-based guidance for achieving sustainable lifestyle changes—empowering clients to transform their lives both at work and at home.

    Unique Selling Point

    14 Years Coaching Experience

    Guided hundreds to optimal health and wellness, specializing in nutrition and mental resilience.

    Former Big 4 Auditor

    Brings real-world experience from high-stress corporate environments to her wellness solutions.

    Trusted Family Business Practitioner

    Practicing accountant at a family firm serving over 1,000 clients for 45 years, demonstrating commitment and integrity.

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    Client Testimonials

    Smooth mix of stories and information.

    I like the seamless integration between story telling and giving information.

    - MURTEZA KAMAL

    Easy, practical insight for improving brain health.

    It helps me understand the Brain Reserves better and how to keep healthier brain now, TQ!

    - NG SEO KEONG

    An awakening insight into the need for real brain care.

    Eye opener on the​ brain issue. Never realized the need to take care of the brain.

    - ADMUND WONG​

    Clear guidance on protecting the brain by managing stress.

    I know how to take care of my​ brain power by managing the​ stress now.​

    - TIONG LIH YAO​

    Great content, great delivery.

    I loved the content and the​ delivery style of the trainer.​

    - VINOTHINY VIJAYAKUMAR​

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