TEDxLake Worth Beach

Speakers

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• Antoinette Perez

  Speaker, Public Speaking Coach + Author-

  Antoinette is a coach, facilitator, and keynote speaker with 25+ years helping leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals perform at their best. She strengthens communication, accountability, and trust to drive measurable results. She has coached CEOs, business owners, and real estate professionals, blending leadership, production, and public speaking expertise to develop the whole person. As founder and CEO of Wednesday Workshop, Inc., she designs practical, action-focused programs that create lasting behavior change and sustained performance.

• Chad Hyams

  Leadership Coach: Leadership & Performance | Decision-Making When Plans Break

  Chad Hyams is a leadership coach, speaker, and bestselling author who helps individuals and organizations navigate moments of uncertainty with clarity and intention. His work focuses on what happens when plans fall apart — and how leaders make better decisions when the path forward is no longer clear. Known for his practical, whole-person approach, Chad challenges the belief that grit is always the answer. Instead, he teaches leaders how to recognize disruption as information, not failure, and how to respond with awareness rather than reflex. He is the author of the bestselling book Achieve Your Apex and works with high-performing professionals who want to maximize their impact without burning out or forcing paths that no longer fit. For TEDxLakeWorthBeach, Chad explores what being off track makes possible.

• Chris Abazis

  Business Coach & Entrepreneur-Authentic Leadership & Intentional Living

  Chris Abazis is an entrepreneur, business coach, and professional instigator of forward motion. He helps founders, leaders, and creatives stop waiting for perfect conditions and start taking meaningful action—messy, human, and real. Known for blending strategic thinking with humor and storytelling, Chris works at the intersection of decision-making, momentum, and authenticity. His approach challenges the idea that clarity comes before action, arguing instead that clarity is built by showing up, experimenting, and adjusting in real time. Chris is the author of *Spontaneous AF*, a forthcoming book about intentional risk, presence, and choosing progress over perfection in a world obsessed with certainty.

• Desiree Reavis

  Community Leader, Spoken Word Artist & Founder-Community Voice | Healing, Equity & Youth Empowerment

  Desiree Reavis is a community leader, spoken word artist, nonprofit advocate, and multifamily security executive whose work lives at the intersection of leadership, equity, and human connection. She is the founder and organizer of youth-focused creative initiatives that use poetry, storytelling, and dialogue as tools for healing, literacy, and empowerment particularly for young people from underserved communities. Having navigated abuse, serious illness, and growing up in poverty,, Desiree’s life experiences deeply inform her work and her belief that voice can be a catalyst for transformation. Professionally, she leads strategic partnerships in the multifamily housing industry while serving in leadership roles across civic, philanthropic, and advocacy organizations. Whether on stage, in boardrooms, or in community spaces, Desiree is known for creating environments where people feel seen, heard, and empowered to step into their full potential.

• Donell Wicklund

  Founder, SensualiTEAs

  Tea Ceremonialist | Meditation & Holistic Health Education Donell Wicklund is the founder of SensualiTEAs, a luxury tea brand dedicated to transforming tea into a sensory and mindful experience. As a tea ceremonialist and meditation educator, she guides people into deeper presence through the simple yet profound act of tea. Her work blends ancient tea traditions with modern wellness practices, creating experiences that invite stillness, connection, and reflection. Through this practice, tea becomes a living meditation — a simple tool for cultivating awareness and mastering presence in everyday moments.

• Dr. Sharaya Blake (Tashy)

  Author & Mental Health Advocate-Human Behavior | Decision-Making, Mental Health & Personal Growth

  Dr. Sharaya Blake (Tashy) is a mental health advocate, speaker, and three-time author whose work centers on the choices we make when life doesn’t follow a script. Through lived experience and honest storytelling, she explores how fear, safety, and uncertainty shape our decisions, and how conscious risk can lead to healing, alignment, and growth. She is also the host of a mental health–focused podcast, where she creates space for real, human conversations about self-trust, resilience, and emotional well-being. Dr. Blake’s work invites people to question inherited expectations, listen more closely to themselves, and choose courage in moments where there are no clear answers.

• Judith Rae

  Storyteller, Multi-Media Artist and Community Builder-Visual Storytelling | Creativity, Perseverance, and Community Connection

  Judith Rae is a multi-media artist, photographer, and community builder whose work centers on creativity, perseverance, and human connection. Raised between New York City and Brazil, Judith brings a global lens to stories of resilience and belonging. She became a mother at 13, a life-shaping experience that ignited her lifelong commitment to possibility, imagination, and courageous living. Judith is the creator of Women Who Surf, a documentary series exploring courage, culture, and healing through the ocean, and the co-creator and monthly host of Cultivate, a mastermind community for women entrepreneurs and creatives featuring inspiring guest speakers. Through visual storytelling, speaking, and community-based projects, Judith helps people reconnect to their inner vision and imagine best-case scenarios for their lives.

• Karen Hinds

  Founder/CEO. Workplace Success Group-Leadership Consultant| Author

  Karen Hinds is CEO of Workplace Success Group with 25+ years advising C-suite leaders and teams. She partners with Fortune 500 companies and global institutions to align leadership, strengthen culture, and drive performance through training and strategic consulting. A five-time author and speaker on leadership and growth, her upcoming book, The 5 Commitments to Leading Without Losing You™ (Fall 2026), supports women leaders balancing success and sustainability. Originally from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, she also hosts The RENEW Experience™, a global leadership and wellness retreat.

• Saïda Florexil

  Co-founder & CEO, Imanyco

  Area of Expertise Accessibility Innovator | Redesigning Environments & Live Events for Human Experience Saïda Florexil is an award-winning technologist, accessibility activist, and CEO and Co-Founder of Imanyco, the company behind Koda, transforming live event communication and experience with AI. As a deaf entrepreneur, Saïda has spent her life navigating spaces not designed for her, and is now building technology to ensure others do not face the same barriers. Her work has supported global conferences, film festivals, and airports, helping organizations move beyond accessibility as a checkbox toward accessibility as infrastructure. She is recognized as a PCMA 20 in Their Twenties and Palm Beach 30 Under 30 honoree, and advocates for a future where communication is accessible by design, and everyone can fully experience the moments that shape their lives.

• Sandra Raffaelli

  Founder & CEO, aZul - Fashion, Art & Design, Inc.

  Sandra Raffaelli is a social entrepreneur, inclusion advocate, and founder of aZul – Fashion, Art & Design. After years in special education with Chicago Public Schools, she founded aZul in Colombia in 2014 under a government grant advocating for the artistic rights of adults with disabilities. She later established aZul in West Palm Beach, Florida, where she now leads inclusive, sustainable fashion programs that position adults with diverse abilities as designers and entrepreneurs. Recognized nationally as the 2019 Coors Light Hispanic Leader, Sandra brings over a decade of experience in disability advocacy, artistic empowerment, and creative leadership. A self-described “love bandit” and lifelong student of life, she designs spaces where dignity, talent, and belonging bloom.

• Wendy Shore

  Business Growth Strategist, Dynamic Speaker & Best-Selling Author

  Area of Expertise: LinkedIn Strategy & Business Growth | Brand Authority & AI-Powered Execution Wendy Shore is a LinkedIn Top Voice, Dynamic Speaker, and Best-Selling Author who helps established service-based founders and entrepreneurs build brand authority and scale revenue through strategic positioning, LinkedIn engagement, and AI-powered execution. She has over 30 years of real-world experience building and operating businesses, including seven award-winning restaurants. As a former CPA and LinkedIn Authority, she brings a financial lens and deep operational understanding that most business growth strategists simply don't have. Wendy is known for her no-nonsense approach and for delivering strategy grounded in real experience, not theory.

• Wes Kennedy

  Therapist (LCSW) & Founder of SolidSoul Coaching-Trauma, Anxiety & Emotional Regulation

  Wes Kennedy is a trauma therapist, speaker, and founder of SolidSoul Coaching. He helps high-performers transform anxiety, anger, and emotional overwhelm from sources of shame into signals for clarity, connection, and wise action. Drawing from clinical practice, neuroscience, lived experience, and a thoughtfully integrated faith perspective, Wes challenges the cultural assumption that strong emotions must be controlled or suppressed. Instead, his work focuses on teaching people how to listen to and leverage their emotions with discernment—without being ruled by them. Through therapy, coaching, and keynote speaking, Wes has helped professionals, teens, parents, and leadership teams develop emotional confidence, repair relationships, and live with greater freedom and intention. His work bridges psychological depth, practical tools, and meaning-centered insight people can apply in everyday life.