Speaker Bio
Aurelie Zephir, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, speaker, podcast host, and creator of Lakay Within. Her work explores emotional wellness, rest, nervous system care, emotional regulation, and the ways our experiences shape how we relate to ourselves and the world around us.
Through speaking, workshops, therapy, podcast conversations, and community experiences, Aurelie creates reflective spaces where people can slow down, better understand what they are carrying, and reconnect with themselves. Her speaking style is warm, culturally aware, emotionally grounded, and rooted in practical tools participants can carry into their everyday lives.
Speaking and Workshops
Rest Without Guilt
Many of us have learned to keep going even when our bodies and minds are asking us to slow down. This restorative experience explores emotional labor, burnout, the guilt that can accompany rest, and the beliefs that make it difficult to pause. Participants leave with greater awareness of what they carry and practical ways to create space for rest before reaching exhaustion.
Staying Grounded While Supporting Big Feelings
Being around stress and strong emotions can affect our own nervous system, whether it happens at work, at home, or in the communities we are part of. Participants explore how the nervous system responds to stress, how we can recognize what is happening within ourselves, and practical ways to remain present without absorbing everything around us.
Big Feelings, Safe Spaces
Emotional safety does not require us to remove boundaries. This experience explores emotional regulation, co-regulation, validation, and compassionate boundaries while helping participants understand how the way we respond to emotions can shape the spaces we create for one another.
My speaking and workshops can be adapted to the people in the room and the environment in which they work, serve, lead, or connect.
Each experience can be shaped around the needs of your organization while remaining reflective, practical, and grounded in the realities your participants are navigating.
Who I Work With
I work with companies and workplace teams, schools and educational communities, healthcare and mental health professionals, nonprofits and community organizations, parent and caregiver groups, women's organizations, retreats, and other groups seeking meaningful conversations around emotional wellness and well-being.
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