What does it mean to be well? Kelly Corrigan shares the knowledge she learned by talking to the foremost thinkers, scientists, artists, and students in her 10-part PBS documentary series on wellness. She’ll discuss the state of mental health and well-being in America today — how do you get it, how do you keep it and how do you separate the fact from fiction that we can all live by; the dip in average life expectancy; and the power of community and connection with quality of life. It’s a thoughtful talk about how we need to be taking care of ourselves and the people around us.

Based on her 2024 TED talk, Kelly Corrigan invites you to explore the many surprising, confusing and daunting ways we are called to action when we dare to commit to family and the extraordinary bravery that is occasionally needed during these times. It's the mundane triumphs each of us racks up simply navigating life's tribulations, big and small, Corrigan says. While bravery may consist of simply hanging around and listening, its reward is a "maximum dosage" of total human emotion. This is truly an insightful and heartfelt talk that you soon won't forget.

How do we find common ground in a world that is so divided? Kelly Corrigan will help you find hope in what sometimes can feel like a hopeless world. It is possible to have difficult conversations and work through our differences to reach common ground. Kelly helps us to seek first, understand and then speak next to drive change. There truly is transformative power in discovering the many things we share in common. Kelly will show you how to get started.

Relationships between leaders and employees, customers and suppliers, parents and children hinge on pivotal interactions, which themselves hinge on key phrases like "I was wrong," "Tell me more," and "I don't know."  In this unforgettable keynote, Kelly Corrigan draws from her New York Times bestseller, Tell Me More, to examine the words and phrases that make love and connection possible. Sharing moving, meaningful and frequently humorous stories along the way, Kelly explores subjects ranging from life with a preoccupied husband and two mercurial teenage daughters to profound observations on hardships and untimely loss. Known for connecting with audiences in a very intimate and empowering way, she helps audiences find the right words at the right moment to change everything.

"Caregiving" is a heavy term that tugs on us emotionally yet is misunderstood by so many. At some time in our lives, we will all be impacted by the illness or aging of someone close to us. Kelly Corrigan has experienced caregiving in an intensely personal way and uses the lessons she learned to provide healthcare professionals and family members alike with specific strategies for effective and meaningful caretaking. Through poignant stories of her own fight with Stage III cancer and melanoma, her father's three bouts of cancer and her daughter's meningitis, Corrigan discusses common caregiving issues and provides strategies honed from experience. She addresses such issues as how to work with various family members in coordinating care and managing finances, insurance coverage and long-term care, as well as how to build in time for self-care alongside other care. Corrigan's strong belief is that crisis can bring our most important relationships into focus and allow us to live up to our promises to each other. Although she has made every mistake a caretaker can, today she is a wiser and better caregiver because of those periods of crisis.

Kelly Corrigan was happily enjoying the phase when childhood and parenthood overlapped, "the middle place," as she called it in her breakaway New York Times bestseller when she discovered a 7-centimeter tumor and was launched into two years of treatment for Stage 3 cancer. During that same season, her father was diagnosed with late-stage cancer. In this keynote, Corrigan shares her inspiring coming-of-age story and illustrates the importance of love, family and growth through crisis. Corrigan also discusses her experiences battling cancer, a two-year treatment program that included chemo, radiation and surgeries, while ensuring that her father received proper care. Her message is one that we can all find relatable: the transformative power of love.

Kelly Corrigan spends a good part of every week volunteering and has found that the buzz that comes from solving complex problems and being useful is her most reliable source of energy and self-esteem. She has learned, through many years of trial and error in nonprofits, how to give in ways that are meaningful and satisfying. She has also compared notes with super-givers Melinda Gates, Christy Turlington, Jennifer Garner and Bryan Stevenson during podcast interviews for "Kelly Corrigan Wonders."  These conversations have helped hone Corrigan’s thinking on the role of doing good in a healthy, fulfilling life. This talk on civic involvement includes her guide for finding important work, the value of participation and the rewards of deep community involvement that leverages each of our talents and gifts. Her passionate belief in philanthropy and volunteerism is closely tied to her clear sense of what creates happiness.

It's not all the places that you go in your life but the people you meet along the way that matter most. Drawing from her book Hello World!, Kelly Corrigan celebrates the meaningful human connections that make us smarter, stronger and more amazing than we ever thought possible. Growth comes from curiosity. So, how do you practice curiosity? Ask questions! With her trademark wisdom, irresistible storytelling, and talent for uplifting audiences, Corrigan delivers one of the most memorable commencement or convocation speeches you'll experience, which is perfect for anyone of any age embarking on a new adventure.

Throughout her career as a journalist and interviewer extraordinaire, Kelly Corrigan has spent hundreds of hours talking with some of the most successful people in their fields in the world. With her trademark relatability and deep wisdom, Corrigan shares the 10 most memorable and useful lessons she’s learned talking to best-in-class changemakers like musician David Byrne, Samantha Power, Coach Steve Kerr, Bryan Stevenson, Judd Apatow, Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta and Pete Buttigieg, including thoughts on oversimplifying and why we do it, intellectual humility and how we practice it, and the unassailable case for being other-oriented vs. self-focused. If you want to wake up an audience and leave them ready to have impact, this is the talk for you.