At Stillhouse Consulting, we start with a simple truth: leadership breakdowns begin long before strategy does. It fails first in the inner life of the leader. Under pressure, people default to their unexamined beliefs, emotional patterns, and coping habits. That is why true leadership always begins with self-leadership.
This perspective is not theoretical for us. It is grounded in lived experience. Stillhouse was built by a leader who has navigated high-stakes leadership while carrying real personal adversity. That journey revealed a core truth: when external systems become unstable, disciplined self-leadership is what keeps leaders grounded and aligned.
Our work helps leaders understand what is driving their decisions beneath the surface. We focus on mindset, values, and behavioral discipline because those are the levers that determine how leaders show up when stakes are high, conflict is real, and outcomes matter. Instead of offering inspirational speeches that fade by Monday, we equip leaders with practical frameworks for increasing self-awareness, emotional regulation, and ethical clarity so they can lead with steadiness and integrity.
Every Stillhouse keynote is built around the real conditions your leaders face. We design each talk to reflect your organization’s culture, challenges, and goals so participants recognize themselves in the content. Leaders leave not only motivated, but with language and tools to make better decisions, navigate tension, and align daily behavior with their core values.

Amy Travis is a leadership development speaker and trainer and the founder of Stillhouse Consulting. She currently serves as Executive Director of First 5 Kern, where she provides executive leadership for countywide initiatives focused on early childhood development and family systems. She brings nearly a decade of executive-level leadership experience, along with firsthand experience owning and operating a small business.
With degrees in Organizational Leadership and ongoing doctoral study in Strategic Leadership with a concentration in coaching, Amy brings both academic rigor and real-world accountability to her work. Her training and speaking focus on how leaders think, decide, and lead—integrating evidence-based leadership frameworks, emotional intelligence, and behavioral science to strengthen clarity, accountability, and ethical judgment in everyday and high-stakes moments.
Amy has delivered leadership training and consulting across nonprofit, public, and private sector organizations and has served as a speaker and presenter at regional conferences and professional development events. Her community leadership includes service through Rotary, mentoring high school students aspiring to entrepreneurship and leadership, participation in the Bakersfield Chamber’s Leadership Bakersfield program, and board service with the Kern County Museum and the Kern County Network for Children.
Known for her ability to translate leadership theory into practical, engaging insight, Amy equips leaders with tools they can apply immediately to navigate complexity, build trust, and align daily behavior with organizational values.
Her leadership philosophy is shaped by both executive responsibility and lived adversity, giving her a grounded understanding of how people lead, respond, and make decisions.
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