Brigitte Brown Jackson
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Grief Has a Personality
Grief recovery coach and founder of the Grief Response Profile framework, helping high-functioning people recognize and recover from delayed grief.
The Voices of Be Human.
Innovators, storytellers, and everyday humans from Houston and beyond - sharing ideas that challenge, inspire, and remind us what we're made of.
Confirmed Speakers
Meet the Speakers.
These speakers are bringing original ideas shaped by lived experience, research, practice, and the courage to say what needs to be said.
Tilly Lawrence
Talk Topic
The Vagus Nerve: The System You Didn't Know You Had
Researcher and practitioner who coined the term "vagal intelligence" — a learnable capacity that governs how we recover, relate, and perform under pressure.
Dr. Kimberly Brockenbrough
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Why Healthy People Still Have Heart Attacks
Cardiovascular radiologist with 25 years of experience bringing a critical distinction in plaque detection out of the clinic and into the public conversation.
Brenen Blair
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Stop Performing, Start Playing
Gathering designer and researcher who has documented nearly 1,000 connection profiles across 30+ curated gatherings.
Sunkanmi Agbomeji
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Stop Trying to Be the Smartest Person in the Room
Former clinician turned EY-Parthenon Senior Director, where he leads Global M&A Analytics for healthcare and life sciences organizations navigating AI‑driven change.
Jay Clancy
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Better Humans, Better Organizations
Global business consultant with 30 years of experience and faculty at the University of Houston, arguing that organizations reflect our fear of our own humanity.
Jordyn Brielle Wright
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The Courage to Quit Well
Award-winning entrepreneur with White House recognition who built and deliberately walked away from two businesses before the age of 18.
Christina Pipkin Ed.D
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What If School Was the Village?
Founder of FAYE Learning Center, educator, and advocate for children of incarcerated parents who grew up inside the gap she now works to close.
Victoria Lioznyansky
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Why Practice Doesn't Build Confidence
Founder of Brilliant Speakers Academy with 7 years of experience coaching public speaking anxiety and challenging the dominant advice to just practice more.
Susan Troth
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Coming soon
Professor, author, speaker, and grief coach with four decades of experience using music, ministry, and hard-won resilience to help others find healing, purpose, and new horizons.
What to Expect on Stage
Every TEDxBessies Creek talk is an original, researched, and rehearsed presentation - no panels, no keynote speeches in the traditional sense. Talks are up to 12 minutes, built around one idea worth spreading. Our speaker coaches work with every presenter from concept to delivery to ensure what hits the stage has been earned.
Know Someone Who Should Be on This Stage?
Speaker applications for our 2026 event are now closed, but we're always building toward the future. If you know a voice that needs to be heard, let us know.
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