TEDxTemecula

Speakers

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• Alex Kowalkoski

  Disruption fuels growth—but unchecked, it can burn everything your drive builds. In this talk, entrepreneur and community leader Alex Kowalkoski reveals The Disruptor’s Anchor—three powerful strategies to ground your ambition without losing yourself or those around you. As a marketing innovator, carnival creator, and founder of Prime Media Consulting, Alex knows what it means to challenge norms. Diagnosed on the spectrum and often labeled “different,” he turned that label into his greatest edge—then learned the hard way how to contain it when the business world pushed back. Drawing from two decades of building businesses and communities from the ground up, Alex shares raw, real insights for disruptors who are tired of the burnout cycle and ready to lead with clarity, resilience, and purpose.

• Beth Bishop

  Beth Bishop helps high achieving professionals regulate stress, reset their nervous systems, and reclaim energy and efficiency without burnout. For 17 years she has coached founders, executives, and teams while growing The Phoenix Effect, a holistic strength and conditioning studio in Los Angeles. Trusted by top Fortune 500 brands, her work is simple, easy to implement, fast to work, and grounded in science. Beth blends neuroscience, exercise science, and psychology with clear teaching and live practice creating shifts in minute. She shows leaders how to access calm under pressure, think clearly when it matters, and find and follow through on the habits that move the needle. Her programs have been used by thousands across law, finance, tech, and health to build resilience, reduce anxiety, and work with their bodies instead of against them.

• Dr. Supatra Tovar

  As a licensed clinical psychologist, registered dietitian, and certified fitness expert, Dr. Supatra Tovar brings a uniquely integrated scientific perspective to the psychology of eating and the weight loss industry. Her expertise has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Times of London. Dr. Tovar is the founder of ANEW (Advanced Nutrition and Emotional Wellness), host of the ANEW Insight Podcast, and best-selling, multi-award-winning author of Deprogram Diet Culture. She has helped thousands break the cycle of dieting, rebuild trust in their bodies, and form healthier, more empowered relationships with food. In her work, she examines how GLP-1 medications, Diet Culture, and chronic self-surveillance disrupt internal cues—and how returning to mindful biological wisdom can lead to lasting health and freedom.

• Gianluca Gibbons, MBA

  Gianluca Gibbons is a trilingual Bermudian entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, Amazon #1 best-selling author, musician, and creative strategist. Having lived in five countries before sixteen, he draws on a global perspective to help audiences reclaim their inner voice, harness creativity, and bend reality to achieve personal growth and purpose. With expertise in music, storytelling, media production, experiential marketing, and business strategy, his framework, “How To Hijack Reality,” empowers individuals to reshape perception, unlock potential, and design a life of endless possibilities.

• Glenn Morshower

  Glenn Morshower has appeared in more than 275 films and television shows, in a career spanning five decades. His first appearance was in the 1976 feature film Drive-In. Audiences know Glenn best for his seven-year run as Agent Aaron Pierce, on the highly acclaimed FOX series 24, as General Morshower, in the Transformers films, as Wayne Lowry, on the Netflix original series Bloodline, and for the past six years he has had a running role as Marshall Winthrop, on the FOX series The Resident. Glenn also had a recurring role in the final season of the Netflix series Ozark. Currently, Glenn is a series regular on the new Roku series, Panhandle and Apple TV’s, Manhunt, playing President Andrew Johnson. Glenn has been a professional speaker for thirty-eight years. His talks are on the subject of living an aligned life and having your dreams come true.

• Jennifer and Kennedy Swann

  Jennifer Swann is a constitutional lawyer turned transformational life coach and digital course creator whose purpose has been shaped by raising a daughter who navigates Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Through her coaching, speaking, and proprietary FLOURISH Method, she empowers parents of children with special needs to move from exhaustion and overwhelm to peace, power, and possibility. Her message inspires others to live fully, love boldly, and see infinite potential regardless of circumstance. Kennedy Swann is a high school sophomore who loves to travel and perform in musical theater. Although she navigates a neuromuscular condition that has rendered her unable to move, she pays no attention to perceived physical limitations and has built a life she loves, right where she is. Her sense of humor, open heart, and unabashed love of life have garnered her an international following on social media.

• Lance Wright

  I’ve spent over three decades helping individuals and families navigate the chaos of addiction—because I’ve lived it myself. With more than 32 years in recovery, I’ve learned that addiction isn’t just about substances—it’s about the stories, beliefs, and programming that shape how we see ourselves and the world. As an Addiction Recovery Specialist, I’ve guided countless families from crisis to healing, combining lived experience with the science of neuroplasticity to show how real change happens. I’m not here to lecture—I’m here to share what’s possible when we rewire the mind, rewrite the story, and reclaim who we truly are.

• Reg Malhotra

  Reg Malhotra is an internationally recognized mindset and relationship transformation expert who helps people break lifelong patterns and rebuild the way they love, lead, and live. A Master Trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Hypnosis, he has trained thousands of students, coached CEOs and high performers globally, and is the best-selling author of The Energy Cube Secret. Reg blends science, psychology, and lived experience from his 21-year marriage to show people how the subconscious mind shapes their relationships and how changing their internal and external patterns can completely transform them. His work has been featured in Forbes, Psychology Today, and major podcasts, and his teachings have helped countless individuals rewrite the stories they live inside.