Speaking &
Workshops

Let’s talk about food!

We all have stories and experiences around food, and we all bring value to community discussions that aid in understanding nourishment.

Jex facilitates conversations to help people understand the social contexts that impact how we nourish ourselves and the science of how our bodies use that nourishment to survive.

 

Possible Topics:

  • Food

    • Food joy 

    • Disrupting + eliminating food shame

    • Making “what’s for dinner?” an easier question

    • Neurodivergence + food

    • Food choices + what does autonomy look like?

    • Food preferences + it’s okay to not like foods

    • How food is used by the body – Approachable ways to describe metabolism

  • Diversity, Equity,
    Inclusion, Accessibility, and Systems

    • Food access + kitchen accessibility

    • Inclusion practices

    • Infusing your interests/passions/personality into your business 

    • Social determinants of health

  • Special Interests

    • Queerness

    • Gaming, in general and as a learning tool

    • Professional Women's Ice Hockey

    • Tea

    • Zines

New Offering!

Zine Workshop

to support your next conference or event

A continuum with text: "Event Info + Experience, Knowledge, Wisdom, Application Beyond Event". Arrows point right between each phrase. Under the first arrow, an arrow points up with “Processing + Synthesis” below. An animated circle highlights this.

All conferences offer the experience of learning information with others in various ways. Not all conferences offer participants the opportunity to synthesize and process that information on the spot. This workshop will facilitate the synthesizing process of turning that informational experience of attending a session into a) a part of their knowledge base, b) wisdom that they can lean on when making decisions, and then c) the application of that original information to their life and work–all thanks to the art form of zines!

Side-by-side photos of Jex's Take Action zine. In the left photo is a stack of printed, unfolded zines with scissors resting on top. In the right photo is Jex’s hand holding multiple folded zines, with the inside endnotes page visible behind.

A Zine Workshop…

  • Accommodates different learning and processing styles 

  • Adds a chance to pause for fun, joy, creativity, and connection in what can be a “go-go-go” context

  • Provides attendees with body doubling, time, space, and the opportunity to do their processing at the event, because it’s not guaranteed to happen after 

  • Enhances networking as it encourages attendees to swap their zines and share their reflections and synthesis

If a full session doesn’t fit in your event schedule/planning, perhaps offer this as an interactive room or table at your event—a space for people to stop by and create zines.

  • Interactive workshop-style tabling. I’ll be an on-site facilitator to give participants a chance to do creative processing anytime during the conference. 

  • Potential to copy and fold attendees’ zines to share with others on-site (with permission, of course) 

Curious about possibilities for an event?
Ready to book now?

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