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Speaker Slam® Announces Speaker Lineup for the 3rd Competition of the 2024 Season on the Theme "Freedom"

By Speaker Slam®

Speaker SlamĀ® Announces Speaker Lineup for the 3rd Competition of the 2024 Season on the Theme "Freedom"

Speaker Slam® invites you to an evening of powerful storytelling and profound insights on May 28th, 2024, at Toronto's iconic Lula Lounge. This event, themed "Freedom," will feature 10 courageous speakers who will share their journeys toward personal freedom and authenticity.

Meet Your Freedom Speakers


Lauren Helmkay

Joyful Wellness Cheerleader

Georgina, Ontario, Canada

Lauren is the owner of Lauren Helmkay Wellness, devoted to empowering women to lead vibrant lives through the joy of food, movement, and conscious choice.


Julia Guz

Entrepreneur, Speaker, Mystic

Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Julia is a dynamic entrepreneur navigating Web3 technology and Spirituality. She is a certified Reiki-Shakti practitioner and sound & energy healer. She is on a mission to foster personal and collective empowerment worldwide.

True freedom starts from freeing ourselves from all that holds us back, so we can finally stand tall and awaken our power within.


Tyler Hall

Business Coach & Podcaster

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Tyler Hall is a business coach, branding specialist & mindset extraordinaire. He's the founder of Live Bigger Coaching and co-host of the Come As You Are podcast.

I am beyond ecstatic to be taking the stage in May to talk about a topic I'm deeply passionate about - Freedom.


Susanna Smith

Certified Life and Leadership Development Coach

Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Susanna is a JSCS-certified life and leadership development coach who impacts lives by helping people move past the pain and trauma of the past into the happy and peaceful life they long for.

My whole life has been preparing me for the next 5 minutes.


Laura Boone

Strategic Change Coach

Chandler, Arizona, USA

Laura Boone uses 20+ years of experience in business, life, relationships, neuroscience and change to effectively coach professionals in strategies designed to empower them to step into their best lives.

Speaker Slam is helping me take my speaking from a passionate side gig to a career of focus and value.


Jessica West

Entrepreneur, Podcaster, Coach

Timmins, Ontario, Canada

Jessica is a Podcaster, Mindset Coach, Speaker, and Founder of Tresor House. Her journey into entrepreneurship was ignited by a near-death experience following a serious car accident. She is host of the podcast Empower from Within and an Amazon Best Selling Author.

When we overcome adversity, recognize the lessons, and turn it into an inspiring story to help others, we welcome even deeper transformation.


Alana Moor

Inspirational Speaker, Entrepreneur, Adversity Coach

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Alana Moor's life took a drastic turn in 2015 with an 81-month sentence in a Panamanian prison for drug trafficking. In those 4.5 years, she discovered resilience through self-discipline. Upon release, she founded a foundation aiding incarcerated women and became a certified adversity life coach.

Speaker Slam is allowing me to begin pursuing my soul's purpose and passion, speaking.


Leisse Wilcox

Speaker, Author, Leadership Consultant

Cobourg, Ontario, Canada

Leisse Wilcox helps leaders and teams get out of their own way to get results. An Emotional Intelligence Expert with a focus on change management, she is trusted by brands like Yahoo! Finance, Telus, NPR, CBC, and Financial Times. She is a twice-bestselling author and cancer survivor.

Sharing my story on stage is my dream coming true; I am giddy at the chance to be a part of Speaker Slam.


Darren McKoy

Self Discovery and Purpose Navigator

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Darren is a leader, Purpose Coach, and Inspirational Speaker on the topic of purpose. He began posting messages about purpose online and realized he was finally living his purpose - to help other men discover purpose in their lives.


Fionne Cheng

Transformational Thought Leader, Solitude Coach

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Fionne Cheng was born in Hong Kong and raised in a traditional Chinese immigrant household. She has been on a self-improvement journey for 12 years, with a focus on healing attachment trauma and building authentic relationships. She works as an HR professional and aspires to educate others on the effects of loneliness.

If you consistently work on doing things outside of your comfort zone, you eventually realize you can do just about anything.


Join us as we celebrate the power of freedom and the courage to be authentically you at Lula Lounge on May 28, 2024.

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