T. L. Walters
Reinvention & Resilience Speaker • Second Act Brand
Virginia, United States •
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About
I offer talks and workshops that help people over 50 who've been blindsided by job loss or life's hard turns build a real second act. Not through theory, but through 13 years on stage and four of my own career reinventions.
Speaking Topics
Signature Programs (1)
I've been blindsided four times, and never by the same thing twice. A father's decline that upended a 13-year speaking career. A business lost overnight to a lowball competitor. A broken promise that cost me a job I'd given everything to. A layoff at 68, three weeks before Christmas. Caregiving, competition, betrayal, restructuring, the reasons are never the same. What's the same is what happens next: the rug gets pulled, and there's no cavalry coming. This session isn't about one kind of career blindside. It's about the pattern underneath all of them: the hit, the honest reaction, and the immediate move to rebuild. Then it hands your audience the same reframe and a practical next step, no matter what pulled the rug out. Tell me who's in the room, and I'll tell you which parts of the story fit them best.
Key Takeaways
- A repeatable pattern for moving through any life blindside, not just a layoff, instead of freezing in it
- Permission to name what a job loss, business loss, health crisis, caregiving transition, or forced pivot actually costs, without letting it run the show
- One practical step they can start on the next business day
- Proof, not theory, from someone who's rebuilt four times over three decades, never from the same cause twice
Audience
Adults 50 and older navigating any forced pivot, job loss, business closure, a broken workplace promise, caregiving, a health setback, relocation, or any life event that blindsided them without warning, plus the organizations, employers, and community groups supporting them.
Format
Duration
40 minutes for a webinar or virtual format. Up to 60 minutes for an in-person session or workshop, with time built in for Q&A.
Delivery
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