Speaking

Train Your Words Like a Champion Trains Her Body.

La Kadron Ivery is a three-time Olympic Trials qualifier and faith speaker who teaches women, churches and student athletes to train their words with the same discipline champions bring to training their bodies.

  • 3xUSATF Olympic Trials Qualifier2004 · 2008 · 2012
  • All-AmericanBaylor UniversityFormer school record holder
  • Hall of FameInductee2023 Tyler ISD
  • BaylorUniversity GraduateTyler, Texas native

Signature talks

Messages that move people to speak differently

Each talk can be shaped for your audience, timeframe and theme.

Women's ministries, retreats and conferences

Words Are Seeds: Speaking Life Over Your Life

A faith talk for women who have carried words that were never meant to define them.

  • Name the false labels that still echo, without shame
  • Learn a simple scripture-and-declaration practice to answer them
  • Leave with a personal 'speak life' declaration for the season ahead

Student athletes, teams, coaches and athletic departments

Train Your Words Like You Train Your Body

An Olympic Trials qualifier on discipline, self-talk and the words athletes speak to themselves before, during and after competition.

  • Spot the negative self-talk that costs reps and races
  • Build a pre-competition word routine like a warm-up
  • Learn how coaches and teammates can speak to build, not break

Church services, conferences and keynotes

Death and Life: The Power of the Tongue

A Proverbs 18:21 keynote on how our words carry life, and how aligning them with God's Word changes what we build.

  • Understand what scripture teaches about the weight of words
  • Break agreement with careless and harmful words
  • Commit to one practical change in how the room speaks this week

Parent and youth workshops, schools and youth groups

Better Words at Home

An interactive workshop for parents and young people on the words we use with each other, and the words we use on ourselves.

  • Practice turning critical words into coaching words
  • Create a family or group 'words we live by' list
  • Give young people language for confidence rooted in faith

Booking request

Bring La Kadron to your church, team or event

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Black-and-white portrait of La Kadron Ivery, hand resting near her chin