2026 Salem Speakers Best Speaker Competition Winner
Give Your Audience Something They Haven't Heard Before.
An award-winning keynote that changes how people see the environments surrounding them.
We talk about stress, resilience, and well-being. But what if we've overlooked something that's been right in front of us all along?
Through research, personal storytelling, and unexpected humor, Temi Ayodeji introduces audiences to a different way of thinking about art, their surroundings, and how they feel, think, and respond.
As Featured In
"The Walls Are Talking"
What the Images Around Us May Be Doing to Our Stress
Award-Winning Signature Keynote
What if the images surrounding us are influencing more than we realize?
In The Walls Are Talking, Temi takes audiences on an unexpected journey that began in her own home and changed how she understood the connection between art, stress, and everyday life.
Blending scientific insights, personal experiences, and humor, she reveals a perspective that encourages audiences to question something they've spent their lives looking at without truly seeing.
This is not a talk about redecorating.
It's about recognizing how our surroundings may influence our experiences and discovering what we can intentionally change.
WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE WILL TAKE AWAY
A Different Perspective. A Lasting Impression.
Your audience will leave with:
1. A New Way to Think About Stress
Discover why the environments we experience every day deserve a place in conversations about stress and well-being.
2. A Different Way to See Their Surroundings
Begin noticing familiar artwork, images, and visual patterns through a perspective they may never have considered.
3. Practical Questions They Can Use Immediately
Learn to evaluate what surrounds them and make more intentional choices about the spaces in which they live and work.
The goal isn't simply to inspire your audience for an hour. It's to give them something they'll continue noticing long after the event ends.
ONE MESSAGE. DIFFERENT AUDIENCES.
A Fresh Perspective for Your Event.
The Walls Are Talking connects environmental wellness to subjects that matter across different industries and communities.
Corporate & Leadership Events
Stress, attention, workplace environments, and how people show up and perform.
Healthcare & Caregiving Conferences
Resilience, personal well-being, and the environments surrounding those who care for others.
Women's Conferences & Retreats
Identity, relationships, responsibilities, and intentionally making room for ourselves.
Professional Associations, Educational & Community Events
The everyday surroundings that shape our experiences, choices, and interactions.
Available for keynotes, conferences, workshops, retreats, professional development events, and virtual presentations.
Each presentation is tailored to the audience and event objectives.
WHY BOOK TEMI
Professional Expertise. Personal Experience. An Unexpected Perspective.
Temi Ayodeji is an award-winning keynote speaker, Stress-Reducing Artist™, and Environmental Wellness Expert with more than 20 years of occupational therapy experience and a background in stress management.
Her perspective is also shaped by personal experiences, including caregiving, kidney donation, raising and homeschooling a child on the autism spectrum, and building businesses.
These experiences led her to explore how art and the environments surrounding us can become meaningful sources of support.
What makes her presentations different?
She brings together professional knowledge, research, vulnerability, humor, and a subject audiences rarely consider.
The result is a presentation that feels personal, relevant, and surprisingly familiar.
What Others Are Saying
I wanted to let you know how deeply you inspired me through your presentation and through the person you are. Your work as both an artist and an occupational therapist is meaningful and essential to healing, and it beautifully supports the important work you continue to do.
Bridget Gates
Certified Life Coach
Raritan, NJ.
I've always appreciated Temi's wisdom and her straightforward, loving, and caring way of sharing her insights. I've always felt like she really understood me. Her work helped me recognize how much control I have over my experiences, my reactions, and how I engage with others and the space around me. It was an incredibly empowering and grounding experience.
Sophie Needleman
Entrepreneur & Coach
San Diego, CA.
Numerous attestations to the excellent presentation from within the USA, the UK, and Australia... The information received is powerful, priceless, and practical.
Victoria Okanlawon
Pastor
The Redeemed Christian Church of God Restoration Chapel, San Antonio, TX
Give Your Audience Something They'll Never Look at the Same Way Again.
Your audience has heard presentations about stress, resilience, mindset, and self-care.
Now give them a perspective they may never have considered.
Through The Walls Are Talking, Temi invites audiences to rethink the art, images, and environments surrounding them every day.
Bring this award-winning conversation to your next event.
Based in Alabama. Available for national and international speaking engagements
and virtual events.
Temi Fine Arts & Family Wellness, LLC.
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