KIESHA B. FREE | Speaker
Be Awakened
Kiesha speaks to the heart of what it means to reclaim your identity and live from your truth.
Whether addressing corporate teams, student communities, or cultural spaces, Kiesha delivers soul-stirring keynotes and interactive sessions that spark deep personal inquiry, connection, and self-empowerment. Her talks are not just speeches - they’re invitations to unlearn, to reimagine, and to claim ownership of our lives.
Kiesha’s message on stage is deeply aligned with the work she leads on her acclaimed podcast, You Better/The Key to Being, a series of intimate, wisdom-rich conversations that help listeners discover new possibilities for their lives through the stories of others.
If you're ready for a keynote that not only educates but also liberates, Kiesha is the speaker to call.
IMPACT
Whether she’s on stage or behind the mic, Kiesha creates space for transformation. Her presence is honest, warm, and radically affirming. And her impact lasts long after the session ends. Hear from attendees in their own words:
Kiesha’s Keynotes
The Key to
BEING
Helping People Define Themselves for Themselves
Low self-acceptance is a quiet disruptor. It drains energy, dulls creativity, and chips away at our joy - often without us even realizing it. But when people feel safe and strong within themselves, they lead with clarity, collaborate with confidence, and make decisions rooted in trust instead of fear.
The Key to Being is Kiesha B. Free’s signature keynote experience - a soul centered talk designed to help individuals reclaim their inner authority and deepen their sense of self. Drawing from her podcast of the same name, Kiesha explores how harmful societal conditioning shapes our self-perception, and how we can begin to unlearn what no longer serves us.
Blending powerful storytelling, compassionate truth-telling, and reflective prompts, Kiesha creates a space where audiences can begin to ask: Who am I? And who do I want to become, now that I know better?
This talk is perfect for teams, leaders, youth groups and communities who want to move beyond surface-level wellness into real personal liberation.
Detox Your
DREAMS
Reclaiming Ambition from Oppressive Systems
What if the dreams you’re chasing aren’t really yours? What if your vision of success is rooted in someone else’s idea of worth?
In this transformational keynote, Kiesha B. Free challenges audiences to interrogate the ambitions they’ve inherited from systems like capitalism, white supremacy, and patriarchy. With humor, compassion, and compassionate clarity, she helps audiences recognize the difference between dreams born from survival and dreams born from truth. Participants leave with practical tools to unlearn, reimagine, and begin dreaming in a way that actually aligns with their wellness, values, and communities.
Perfect for: Leadership development, women’s empowerment, social impact organizations, innovation summits, higher education.
Rethinking
BLACK EXCELLENCE
Redefining Success for Our Joy and Survival
Too often, Black excellence is defined by how well we survive in systems that were never designed for our thriving. We’re praised for being the first, the only, the ones who "make it." Even when the cost is isolation, burnout, or disconnection from self and community.
In this powerful keynote, Kiesha B. Free invites audiences to reimagine Black excellence not as performance, but as liberation. She weaves storytelling, cultural insight, and a soulful call to action that challenges the harmful metrics of success we’ve inherited - and replaces them with values that center joy, wellness, and collective flourishing.
Perfect for: Black leadership conferences, equity-centered events, cultural heritage programming, educational institutions, wellness spaces.