Where you start doesn't determine
where you finish
Helping Students Bounce Forward With Resilience, Awareness, and Purpose
TEDx & International Speaker | Author | Founder of Resilience Out Loud
Through Resilience Out Loud, Obrian helps students turn adversity into awareness, confidence, and purposeful action so they can speak up, own their story, and bounce forward with purpose.
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See Obrian's message, energy, and impact through speaking clips, TEDx content, student-centered moments, and audience responses.
Students Are Carrying More Than People Realize
Many students are showing up to class while silently carrying pressure, grief, fear, self-doubt, bullying, family challenges, and emotional weight they do not always know how to express.
Resilience Out Loud helps students speak up, own their story, build awareness, strengthen confidence, and take purposeful action.Students do not always have the words for what they are carrying, but the weight still shows up in their choices, confidence, relationships, focus, and future. Resilience Out Loud creates space for students to feel seen, heard, and empowered while giving them practical tools to move forward with purpose.
The Bounce Forward Framework™
A practical resilience framework that helps students speak up, own their story, and turn adversity into awareness, confidence, and purposeful action.
The Bounce Forward Framework™ gives students a simple, powerful process to understand what they are facing, manage how they respond, rebuild confidence, and take the next right step toward their future. This framework helps students move from silent struggle to self-awareness, from self-doubt to confidence, and from feeling stuck to purposeful action.
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Recognize the Moment
Students learn to identify what they are feeling, facing, and carrying so they can better understand what is happening inside and around them.
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Regulate the Response
Students learn how to manage emotions, stress, pressure, and frustration before reacting in ways that can hurt their future.
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Reframe the Story
Students learn how to look at pain, setbacks, and adversity differently, turning what they have been through into awareness, growth, and a stronger sense of purpose.
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Rebuild Confidence
Students learn how to strengthen belief in themselves by owning their story, using their voice, setting healthy boundaries, and taking courageous steps forward.
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Take Purposeful Action
Students leave with practical tools, better decision-making skills, and a clear next step they can use to move forward with confidence and purpose.
What This Framework Helps Solve
Many students are carrying pressure, grief, fear, self-doubt, bullying, family challenges, and emotional weight they do not always know how to express. The Bounce Forward Framework™ helps students slow down, recognize what they are facing, manage their emotions, build confidence, use their voice, and take action instead of staying stuck.Through this process, students do not just learn how to bounce back from adversity. They learn how to bounce forward with awareness, confidence, voice, and purpose.
Speaking & Workshop Topics Include:
Resilience Out Loud
A signature keynote that empowers students to speak up, own their story, and bounce forward, not just back. Students learn how self-awareness, confidence, emotional regulation, and resilience can turn adversity into fuel for growth. This message helps students see their story as a source of strength, leadership, and purpose.
Next Level Action Plan
A practical, research-backed keynote that helps students build consistency, sharpen focus, and strengthen their support systems. This session emphasizes goal-setting, self-management, and responsible decision-making so students leave with clarity and a plan they can actually execute.
Wisdom Without Wounds
A powerful student message on awareness, decision-making, and resilience that helps young people recognize the cost of their choices before those choices create lasting consequences.
Speak Up, Stand Out
The 5 Biggest Fears of Public Speaking and How to Conquer Them
An interactive public speaking workshop that helps students overcome fear, build confidence, and learn how to speak with clarity, energy, and purpose.Through practical exercises, audience participation, and the 3 P's of public speaking, students learn how to stand tall, project their voice, express passion, and connect with an audience.
Posture: Stand tall and show confidence
Projection: Speak clearly and confidently
Passion: Add energy, emotion, and personality
This workshop reminds students that public speaking is not about being perfect. It is about being real, prepared, and connected. By the end of the session, students leave more confident, more expressive, and ready to use their voice in the classroom, on stage, in interviews, and in everyday life.
MIND PROBE™ Workshop
A transformative, research-backed interview experience for students, job seekers, and emerging professionals.Rooted in emotional intelligence, preparation, confidence, and intentional communication, Mind Probe™ helps participants show up prepared, memorable, and professionally aligned.This workshop helps participants become Top-of-Mind Applicants, also known as TOMA, by teaching them how to dress with intention, arrive prepared, use kindness as a strength, ask better questions, and leave a lasting impression in an in-person interview.
What Audiences Are Saying
“I liked how real he was. He didn't sound like somebody just giving a speech. He sounded like somebody who actually understands what we go through.”
Malik
12th Grade Student
“Mr. Obrian made me feel like my story is not something to be ashamed of. He helped me see that what I've been through can make me stronger.”
Jasmine
10th Grade Student
“I liked that he was honest about what he went through. It made me feel like I'm not the only one dealing with hard things.”
Aaliyah
10th Grade Student
Books by Obrian
Resilience Out Loud
The Guide to Bouncing Forward, Not Just Back
A powerful book that helps readers turn adversity into awareness, confidence, and purposeful action.
SPEAKING CONNECTIONThis book connects directly to Obrian’s student-centered message and the work of Resilience Out Loud.
Hiring Your Boss
Mastering Clarity, Positioning, and Alignment
A book focused on clarity, positioning, and alignment for career and professional growth.
SPEAKING CONNECTIONThis book connects to Obrian's work around preparation, confidence, professional growth, and the Mind Probe™ interview framework.
Upcoming Projects and Talks
Catch Obrian live at upcoming schools, conferences, and community events.
| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| June 11, 2026 | Houston, TX |
| June 18, 2026 | Houston, TX |
| June 25, 2026 | Baton Rouge, LA |
| July 10, 2026 | Baton Rouge, LA |
| July 15, 2026 | Selma, AL |
| July 23, 2026 | McComb, MS |
| August 25, 2026 | Clinton, MS |
| August 29, 2026 | Gonzalez, LA |
| September 15, 2026 | Slidell, LA |
| September 15, 2026 | New Orleans, LA |
| October 5, 2026 | Huntsville, AL |
Bring Obrian to Your School, Organization, or Event
If you are looking for a speaker who can connect with students, inspire action, and deliver a message that is both powerful and practical, Obrian would love to hear more about your event.
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Obrian Kerr
TEDx & International Speaker | Author | Founder of Resilience Out Loud