When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned, It’s Easy to Lose Sight of What’s Still Good
When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned, It’s Easy to Lose Sight of What’s Still Good
Through her keynote Good Still Grows Here, Jessye helps audiences hold onto what's good, make room for joy, and keep moving through the hardest moments.
Through her keynote Good Still Grows Here, Jessye helps audiences hold onto what's good, make room for joy, and keep moving through the hardest moments.
What happens when we lose sight of what’s still good?
Give your people something they can carry with them.
Life is hard enough.
Your people don’t need a pep talk.
They need a message that meets them where they are and gives them something to hold onto.
The Keynote
Good Still Grows Here
Finding Courage and Unexpected Hope When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned
Jessye helps audiences recognize what’s still good when life takes an unexpected turn, so they can make room for joy and find the courage to keep going.
Through vulnerable storytelling, memorable metaphors, and practical perspective shifts, Jessye helps people see their stories with new eyes and discover that even in difficult seasons, there can still be goodness, purpose, and hope worth holding onto.
Not by pretending hard things aren’t hard.
Not by rushing to find a silver lining.
But by learning to notice what’s still here.
Because sometimes you don’t need a new story.
You need a new way to see the story you’re already in.
Your audience will leave with a new way to see what they’re going through, practical ways to notice the good, more room for joy, and courage for whatever comes next.
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+Ideal for faith-based conferences, women’s events, leadership teams, and communities navigating transition who are seeking an honest, biblically grounded message of resilient hope.
+Available in-person, virtual or pre-recorded.
+The Good Still Grows Here keynote can be as short as 30 minutes or as long as 90 minutes, including a Q and A session.
+Pair it with the interactive “Putting Handlebars on Hope” workshop. Designed to follow the keynote and help participants engage the tools more personally.
+If you purchase a bulk order of the book “We Wrote Your Name in Color” and place a book on every chair, speaking honorariums are discounted.
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“Jessye is one of my favorite people. She is one of those rare voices that feels like both truth and kindness. She’s real, she’s brave, and she reminds us hope is close and attainable.”
Bob Goff—Author of 4 NYTimes Bestsellers, Coach, & Speaker
“Jessye’s heart is hard after the Lord, and the comfort which she has experienced through her hard trials, she now lives as a deeply compassionate minister of His comfort.”
Ann Voskamp—Author of 4 NYTimes Bestsellers, Blogger, & Speaker
Trusted By:
Hey, I’m Jessye!
I’m a speaker, storyteller, author, and podcast host—but more importantly, I’m someone who has lived through deep grief and major transition, when honestly I wasn’t sure if I could.
You see, I didn’t learn the work I do in theory.
I learned it by living it.
And friend, here’s what I know now:
When we change our perspective to see the good,
when we choose love over fear,
when we decide that pain doesn’t get to be the biggest part of our story—
life itself changes into technicolor.
So, if this isn’t the life you imagined—don’t stop there.
Let’s look again, because your story’s not over.
Good still grows here.
Read the story behind the message.
Jessye’s bestselling memoir about heartbreak, rebuilding, and finding goodness in a story you never would have chosen.
Let’s Get Started
Tell me about your event
Share your event, your people, and what you’re hoping to create.
Choose your experience
Book the Good Still Grows Here keynote or add the Handlebars on Hope workshop.
I’ll take it from here
We’ll make the details easy so you can focus on your people and your event.
What People Are Saying
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“Jessye’s speaking and her work carry both depth and light, truth and compassion. Anyone who experiences her message will walk away stronger, more hopeful, and anchored in what matters most.”
Jen Collins--Co-Founder and President of Procure Impact
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“Jessye has this unspoken gift of making an audience feel known. She, along with many great speakers, has charisma, but her superpower is making people feel known.”
Carlos Whitaker—Author, Podcaster, and Speaker
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"Jessye is one of the most authentic and powerful speakers I’ve ever heard. As someone who works closely with trauma and healing, I can confidently say her voice carries both credibility and compassion leaving a lasting impact on every audience she stands before."
Amy Bogue—President and Founder of Allegro Family Clinic
Give your people something good to hold onto.
A Message That Meets People Where They Are
Jessye knows that you want to be the kind of leader who gives your people an experience that matters, not just another event to attend. To do that, you need a speaker who can meet people where they are, understand the weight they may be carrying, and give them something meaningful to take with them.
The problem is that when life doesn't go as planned, it's easy for pain, disappointment, or uncertainty to start feeling like the whole story. Your people may be navigating grief, transition, loss, or unexpected change, and you want to offer them hope without minimizing what hurts or handing them just a feel-good pep talk. Jessye believes the painful parts of our stories are real, but they aren't all there is. There can still be goodness, joy, and hope growing right in the middle of a story we never would have chosen. And sometimes, the way we see what happened can shape what we believe about God, ourselves, and what is still possible.
Jessye understands that inviting a speaker into your room is a big responsibility. You are trusting someone with your people, your platform, and the experience you've worked hard to create. That's why Jessye brings more than a message. As a bestselling author, speaker, storyteller, grief coach, and former counselor and youth ministry leader, she combines lived experience with practical tools, vulnerable storytelling, memorable metaphors, and a deep respect for the people sitting in the room.
For faith-based audiences, Jessye creates space to examine the beliefs we can carry out of difficult seasons, especially the stories we may have started believing about God, ourselves, and our future. Through honest storytelling and practical perspective shifts, she helps people consider what is true, recognize what is still good, and make room for hope without pretending everything is okay.
Here is how it works:
1. Tell me about your event.
Share your audience, your goals, and what you're hoping to create.
2. Choose your experience.
Book the Good Still Grows Here keynote or add the Putting Handlebars on Hope workshop.
3. I'll take it from here.
I'll make the details easy so you can focus on your people and your event.
Let's talk about your event.
And in the meantime, explore the keynote, watch Jessye in action, or get to know the story behind the message in her bestselling memoir, We Wrote Your Name in Color.
So you can stop worrying about whether your speaker will connect with your people and instead feel confident that you've given them a message that helps them recognize what's still good, make more room for joy, carry what is difficult with greater capacity, and find the courage to keep going.
A little more good… for your feed.
