Speaking
Keynotes & plenaries on various topics ranging from DEI, cultural competence, leadership, emotional intelligence, and coping, self-care & wellness.
Experiential options available (e.g. multicultural drumming interaction with the audience). Virtual and hybrid options also available (including co-created video content combining music, dance, guided imagery, and more).
“His background in psychology, DEI consulting and as a musician and global band leader made him the perfect person to bring insight, expertise, passion and creativity into our DEI journey.”
-Jane Shlaes
Leadership Coach, CAP
Sample of recent talks:
VIRTUAL
Opening Medication, Self-Care and Healing
Embodied in Color
Opening Keynote, December 2021
Watering Our Ancestral Roots & Cultivating Intercultural Solidarity Through Music
Closing Keynote for the Asian American Psychological Association Annual Conference, November 2021
Self-Care in Our Current Era: Building Resilience, Setting Boundaries, &
How to Wear Out Compassion Fatigue
Nationwide plenary address to 550 employees of a prominent social service agency, July 2020
IN PERSON
Turn It Up: Amplifying Professional Psychology’s Commitment To Cultural Competence & Innovative Community Engagement
Keynote address for the National Council on Schools of Professional Psychology’s mid-winter conference, January 2020
Making Meaning Making Music: Experiencing Multicultural Drumming, Affirming Identity, & Enhancing Belonging
Keynote address for the Illinois Psychological Association’s annual convention, November 2019