TEDxWilsonPark

Speakers

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• Barron Peper

  Barron Peper is a licensed architect, speaker, and community-builder based in Missoula, Montana. His practice, Architecture of Belonging, helps people design homes and neighborhoods that reflect their values, support meaningful relationships, and foster a deep sense of place. With over a decade of experience in residential and community-focused design, Barron’s work bridges architecture with culture change. He believes that buildings do more than just shelter us—they shape our habits, our relationships, and the ways we move through the world. His design process begins with personal values and long-term vision, aligning clients’ physical environments with the lives they actually want to live. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Barron went on to win design awards for his early work. But over time, his passion shifted toward something deeper: how design could interrupt loneliness, make parenting easier, and restore the fabric of community one block at a time. Today, his projects range from backyard ADUs to co-housing communities, each one rooted in what he calls “life design” as much as architecture. His writing and public speaking continue to reach new audiences, encouraging people to think differently about where—and how—they live. At the core of Barron’s work is a simple belief: we are better together. His mission is to design places that make togetherness not only possible, but likely. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barron-whitney-peper-b5a9a640/ Website: www.arch-belong.com Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/arch.belong

• Charles Mayfield

  Charles Mayfield is a father, bestselling author, entrepreneur & risk management strategist. He is the founder of Farrow Skincare, an animal fat-based skincare brand that launched following Charles' unique experience as a regenerative farmer and health enthusiast. Charles's unique experiences in nutrition, culinary, and farming demonstrated to him the undeniable benefits that healthy pigs offer humanity in the fields of cuisine, our ecology, the medical field, & skincare. He is here to share with us how the swine is divine.

• Dr. Jyoti Patel

  Dr. Jyoti Patel is a triple-board-certified physician in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Integrative Medicine who is shattering medicine's most dangerous myth: that diseases affect men and women equally. Her work proves women's bodies are not just ""smaller versions of men's"" - they require fundamentally different medical consideration. Through her book Beyond Bikini Medicine and powerful speaking engagements, she provides women with the precise language to use with doctors, the most revealing tests to request, and the confidence to insist their symptoms matter. Her message resonates because it combines shocking data with actionable strategies that transform patient-doctor conversations. Board-certified in both conventional and integrative medicine, Dr. Patel has been consistently recognized as a Top Doc by Phoenix Magazine and honored as Internist of the Year by the American College of Physicians. The recipient of the Women in White Coats Award, she remains steadfast in her dual mission: empowering women to navigate today's healthcare system while driving the paradigm shift needed for truly equitable, sex-specific medical care. At the intersection of rigorous science and compassionate care, Dr. Patel's work ensures women's health is finally recognized not as a peripheral concern, but as foundational medical knowledge that must inform all patient care.

• Jay Zigmont, PhD, MBA, CFP®

  Jay Zigmont, PhD, MBA, CFP® is the Founder and CEO of Childfree Wealth®, a life and financial planning firm dedicated to helping Childfree and Permanently Childless people. Childfree Wealth is the first life and financial planning firm dedicated to serving Childfree people. He is also the founder of Childfree Legacy™, a fintech that helps to ensure Childfree people age gracefully and have someone they can count on to make decisions for them as their medical power of attorney, financial power of attorney, executor and trustee. Dr. Jay is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, Childfree Wealth Specialist, and author of the books “The Childfree Guide to Life and Money” and “Portraits of Childfree Wealth” Dr Jay is the co-host of the Childfree Wealth podcast. His Ph.D. is in Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut. He has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business Insider, CNBC, and many other publications. In 2023, he was named a “Rising Star” by Financial Planning.

• Kenneth Allen Basham III

  Kenneth Allen Basham III is an Integrative Wellness Strategist and the originator of The Eight Layers to Welcoming Wellness framework. His work illuminates the pervasive impact of presenteeism, defined as the condition of being physically present while emotionally, socially, or civically disengaged, and explores how it quietly erodes the quality of our personal lives, our workplaces, and our communities. In this TEDx Talk, Kenneth introduces a striking, body-based blueprint: Control your thumbs. Control your toes. Control your tongue. This memorable triad offers audiences a tangible and restorative practice to counter emotional withdrawal, digital overwhelm, and civic disconnection, ultimately calling individuals worldwide to reclaim their presence through intentional, everyday actions. He is the founder of several mission-driven initiatives, including F.A.C.E. – Fathers Advocating Civic Engagement™ and We Will Welcome™, each devoted to advancing wellness, equity, and engagement across civic, environmental, and inclusion-focused domains. Based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Kenneth mobilizes individuals and institutions to cultivate clarity, connection, and leadership rooted in identification, restoration, and the embodiment of intentional presence. He lives and leads by a guiding principle: “Wellness is always welcome,” a philosophy he embodies in service to both his community and the world.

• Meggin Tallman

  Meggin Tallman is a dedicated Family Nurse Practitioner with a deep commitment to tackling pediatric obesity in rural Alabama. Drawing from her early career as a nurse volunteering in developing countries, Meggin has always been driven by a mission to serve vulnerable populations and address healthcare disparities. After a few years of noticing great need for care and inspired by the American Academy of Pediatrics’ first-ever Pediatric Obesity Practice Guidelines released in 2023, Meggin established a pediatric obesity clinic within the small pediatrician’s office where she practices. Her clinic is one of only two in the state of Alabama focused on applying these guidelines to support children struggling with obesity and its related comorbidities. Recognizing that pediatric obesity is a catalyst for numerous health challenges that diminish both the quality and length of children’s lives, Meggin took the guidelines and put them into action. She developed a team, a compliance system, and an individualized approach that meets families where they are—financially, socially, and educationally. Her innovative model emphasizes education and empowerment, aiming to redirect families toward healthier futures with compassion and understanding. At TEDx Wilson Park, Meggin will share her journey of building this clinic from the ground up, the challenges and triumphs of working with rural families, and the transformative power of personalized healthcare. Her talk will explore how meeting families where they are can change the trajectory of not only a child’s but a whole family’s health. When not at work, Meggin enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 children. They enjoy traveling, singing, reading, and engaging in the community as a family. She encourages her own children just as she does those she cares for in clinic, that while many things around you will change in life, your worth doesn’t.

• Ulrike Selleck

  Ulrike Selleck is an artist, opera singer, best-selling author, and expert on the transformative power of the human voice for our own well-being. Having been shut up as a child and teen, she experienced a major health crisis at 32. Deepak Chopra told her: “If you want to heal, you have to free your voice and sing.” So Ulrike became an opera singer in midlife. She has a BA in Psychology, Art, and Music, and 45 years experience in meditation. For the past 25 years, Ulrike has been teaching thousands of students and clients, online and in person, how to use their own voice to improve their emotional, mental, and physical well-being. Ulrike created the powerful 7 Second Reset in her 2016 book, Sing Yourself Well in 7 Seconds, to enhance joy, freedom, and energy in seconds. Jack Canfield tried it, and said: “This is a skill everybody should have, just like brushing your teeth.” Ulrike lives in the Iowa countryside with her canvas, paints, and nine cats. You can find out more at SingYourselfWell.com https://singyourselfwell.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrikeselleck/ https://www.instagram.com/ulrike.selleck.art/