Invite Dr. Gigi Burke to Speak
Dr. Gigi Burke primarily works with Black and Brown women as they live through ongoing bodily and relational changes in midlife. Her work stays close to what is often carried quietly as these changes reshape daily life, work, and identity.
Gigi speaks in spaces where people are navigating change while still expected to function and carry responsibility. Her talks examine how internal and relational shifts shape how people move through their lives, and the choices they face when there is no clear or easy way forward.
Her speaking is grounded and direct, with a natural sense of humor that arises in the work. She moves between abstract ideas and lived experience in a way that allows people to recognize themselves in what is being named.
She also speaks more broadly about what people require to function in environments that are changing, unfamiliar, or not designed to support them, with attention to how expectation, environment, and human capacity interact.
Here's Her Signature Talks
What Is Changing While You Are Still Expected to Function
When something in you has shifted, but nothing around you has
This talk explores what it is like when changes in the body, energy, and sense of self begin to alter how you experience yourself, even as the expectations around you remain the same. What once felt automatic may begin to require effort, or no longer work in the same way, while you are still expected to function, contribute, and carry responsibility.
Gigi speaks to what it means to live inside this tension, particularly for Black and Brown women who are often expected to hold everything together without space for what is changing. She names what is happening in a way that brings clarity to how these shifts affect attention, capacity, and the ability to sustain responsibility over time.
What's Really Shaping Choice
How conditions shape response, responsibility, and action
This talk explores how choice is shaped in environments that are fast-moving, technologically mediated, and often unclear. While choice is often understood as something deliberate, it is also shaped by what is visible, what is expected, and what a person is able to recognize in the moment.
Technology changes these conditions, altering how information is presented, how quickly responses are expected, and how responsibility is taken on. Over time, this can affect how people stay present with what they are experiencing, and how much space exists to recognize what is actually at stake.
Gigi brings these dynamics into view, showing how people can find themselves taking on responsibilities gradually or responding in ways shaped more by the environment than by clear intention, and how this shapes trust, presence, and the ability to act with awareness.
Short Reflections From Past Audiences
"Dr. Burke, thank you so much for your insights and excellent presentation! We learned a great deal from you about why we need to take care of ourselves."
"Thank you for presenting and sharing your insights. You were great!"
"THANK YOU for acting as a guest speaker at the EWB-Atlanta Chapter meeting. I greatly enjoyed your presentation and teaching style."
"I was most struck by the biological and physiological intelligence and explanations in your presentation. I was fascinated by how much you knew and communicated. The reality of the information you presented is helpful to me as I try and help others be more emotionally intelligent too many people that grew up thinking that emotions have no place in the working world."
Exploring a Speaking Invitation
If you are considering bringing this kind of grounded, honest conversation into your space, you are welcome to reach out.
Whether you are planning a retreat, conference, workshop, classroom, or intimate gathering, we can explore what might be supportive for your community. There is no assumption and no pressure. Just a conversation to see if it feels like a good fit.
You can use the form below to share a little about your event. I read each inquiry carefully and will respond if it feels aligned.
Speaking Inquiry Form