We talk a lot about grades, test scores, and getting into the right school. But research tells us something different: the kids who thrive long-term are the ones who know how to organize their time, handle a setback, ask for help, and keep going when things get hard. Those are executive functioning skills, and most kids aren't getting the explicit support they need to build them. Bestselling author Ana Homayoun has spent 25+ years in the trenches with students and families, and she's here to give parents the roadmap they've been waiting for. Clear, research-backed, and delivered with the warmth and humor that makes even the hardest conversations feel manageable. Parents leave with real tools - this is the talk parents leave wishing they'd heard years ago.

Every parent in this room has wondered if their kid is spending too much time online. Every kid has felt the pressure of likes, follows, and the constant pull of the feed. And yet most families are having the same circular conversation about screens — without any real tools to change things. Ana Homayoun speaks to both students and parents — because the digital world affects everyone in the family, and the best solutions happen when everyone is on the same page. Her Three S's framework — Healthy Socialization, Effective Self-Regulation, and Overall Safety — gives kids and parents a shared vocabulary and concrete strategies for building a healthier, more intentional relationship with technology. Warm, funny, and refreshingly free of doom and gloom, this is the talk families have been waiting for.

Getting into college was supposed to be the hard part. So why are so many students struggling once they get there? In this interactive keynote, bestselling author Ana Homayoun — drawing on 25+ years of work with students — reveals the five foundational skills that predict long-term success far better than any transcript: systems, connection, perspective, acceptance, and building your own blueprint. Practical, research-backed, and delivered with humor and heart.

The job market is unstable. Social media makes everyone else look like they have it figured out. And the career path you imagined looks nothing like the one you're actually on. Ana Homayoun's four-stage framework gives early-career professionals the tools to stop measuring themselves against false benchmarks, and start building careers grounded in their own energy, intuition, and worth. Warm, engaging, and refreshingly honest, with practical tools built for the world young professionals are actually living in.