Emily Haines Lloyd
A copywriter, magazine contributor, and novelist—Emily Haines Lloyd has been telling stories her entire life.
Emily writes about creativity, transformation, living well, and occasionally frozen fish (we’ve all got bills to pay.) She’s published a book of inspiring, real-talk poems called Pep Talk Poetry and has contributed to a variety of publications including Medium, Elephant Journal, and Detroit News.
Emily also facilitates workplace training on the power of positivity, as well as breathing and meditation sessions. Because even if you don’t believe in harnessing your chi, we can all agree that a deep breath and some stretches never hurt anyone.
You can follow Emily at @WriterEm on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for daily reminders that you’re an unmitigated badass. Or visit emilyhaineslloyd.com for more information.
Presentations
Leadership By Design 2026
Somebody Meant This: A Conversation With Emily Haines Lloyd
Emily Haines Lloyd has spent twenty years writing copy for brands. She also writes and self-publishes her own small, perfectly lovable and timely books, Pep Talk Poetry and sad as shit. The work she does for others and the work she does for herself have very different relationships with the world around us.
We’ll discuss what twenty years in advertising looks like now that clients expect some of it for free, and what it takes to get a small book found now that 10,000 soulless monkeys can sit at 10,000 uninspired machines and generate a crappy version in an afternoon. And which part of the work she won’t let anything else near.
Leadership By Design 2022
Mad As Hell
Emily did a select poetry reading, including a specially-created poem just for the event.
Leadership By Design 2021
The Power of the Pep Talk
Think pep talks are just for overzealous sports coaches and kinda-culty motivational speakers? Think again.
Life is tough, but so are we. And we’re even tougher when we’re in it together. Sometimes you just need a reminder that you’re an unmitigated badass.
Author, Emily Haines Lloyd, will read from her book Pep Talk Poetry and talk about why pep talks are so important, why she wrote a book chock full of them, and how to cheer on anyone who is struggling, including yourself.
