Jessica Cox

Jessica Cox

• “Impossible Thinking” business consultant and Guinness World Record Holder
• Born without arms yet flies airplanes, drives a car, scuba dives, and has a black belt in martial arts
• Goodwill Ambassador for Humanity and Inclusion and Nobel Peace Prize-winning NGO for advocation for disability rights in various countries
• Founder of Rightfooted Foundation International and author of Disarm Your Limits

An inspirational keynote speaker born without arms, Jessica Cox has never let her disability stop her from achieving her dreams. Living a normal life, she uses her feet as her hands, and, in so doing, achieved goals other people can only dream of.

Jessica Cox became the first person ever without arms to earn a black belt in ATA Martial Arts. She is also the first person in aviation history to earn a pilot’s certificate. This achievement earned her a Guinness World record. Not content with these achievements, she has also gained her SCUBA divers’ certification.

On the educational front, Jessica Cox was convinced that how we think has a greater impact on our lives than our physical constraints. Her chosen path of study was psychology, with her pursuing a degree in the field at the University of Arizona. She has, since then, visited over 26 countries on six continents, sharing her inspirational message with others.

Besides marrying n 2012, Jessica Cox became a Goodwill Ambassador for Humanity and Inclusion, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning NGO, and an advocate for disability rights in Ethiopia, the Philippines, Nepal, and the US Senate.

The founder of the Rightfooted Foundation International, Jessica Cox advocates for children with limb differences and disabilities across the globe. The first project undertaken by this nonprofit was the YouTube channel ‘Life with Feet’ which gained over a million followers within the first two years of release. She is also a successful author. Her first book, ‘Disarm Your Limits’, chronicles her life without arms. Jessica also teamed up with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Nicholas Spark to begin the production of a documentary chronicling her life. The documentary won 14 major awards including Best Social Impact at the Hollywood International Film Festival and was shown on National Geographic to audiences in over 80 countries.

Jessica Cox – Speaker

A sought-after international keynote speaker, Jessica Cox can tear down your assumptions while bringing her message of inspiration to all. She lives in the US and presents in English.

Speaking Topics

• Achieve the Impossible: A keynote speech that was born from Jessica’s adversities. As such, it’s an ideal vehicle for corporations needing to address various polarizing circumstances and achieve whatever now seems impossible. The keynote is fun, lively, entertaining, thought-provoking, and deliberately challenges your audience. Entertaining stories of trial and success lead the audience to their own thinking and conclusions. I serve as an inspirational force, instigating them to believe that they can achieve the impossible.
• Commitment:We all have times in our lives when fear and excuses overpower us and get in our way. Excuses can be so easy to use and “get away with”. We seldom have anyone who holds us accountable for our dreams. What works to defeat fear and excuses then? Commitment does. Commitment clears a path to achieve the impossible. You need to develop the level of commitment where—when you commit to a goal—you can’t back out, you won’t back out.
• Hidden Assets: We all have hidden assets of Determination, Courage, and Willpower. They are there under the surface all along. To achieve the impossible, we need to uncover those assets and apply them to our impossible goals. Determination is an unshakeable persistence that doesn’t give up ever for any reason—far beyond the expectations of others. Courage is the ability to rise above fears to snatch the impossible into possibility. Willpower is an unwavering yet flexible application of our own will to a problem. It’s flexibility that adds steel to the will.
• Inspiration:Jessica’s stories transform adversity into inspiration for her audience. Her attitude, her approach entertains while also nudging people to examine and drop their self-imposed limitations. Jessica challenges her audiences to make a shift from an inward focus to the big picture of possibility. Her monumental journey of learning to fly crystalizes her ideas of “achieving the impossible.” Inspiration alone—without motivation to action—is a failure. Inspiration must also provoke action. It’s action that transforms your situation.