Bea’s speaking resume includes a TEDx talk, her own talk show podcast, speaking engagements at tech giants like Slack, Facebook, and LinkedIn; plus keynote talks at major conferences across the country and abroad.
Speaker Testimonials
“Her insights shared on that day lead the audience to find beauty in a traditionally uncomfortable topic, and uncover a story about themselves that perhaps they had not yet realized. She’s well-rounded, talented, and sincere, with much to contribute to any audience, as the nature of her work is self-reflective and inspirational.”
John Marbach - Executive Director - TEDX Wake Forest
“Run, don't walk to book Bea Arthur for your next conference. She is hilarious, gusty, smart, and has NO filter.”
Rachel Sklar - The List
Articles by Bea
Wouldn’t You Run?
When I was deciding how to specialize my psychotherapy practice, one of my advisors suggested her own area of expertise — working with police men and women. When I asked why, she replied, “because they have a lot of issues and great insurance.”
Can “The Culture” Make Mental Health Cool?
It’s beautiful to see #BlackExcellence celebrated; but as a therapist, I feel we should acknowledge the many challenges endured, and acknowledge #BlackExhaustion as well.
Failing Forward: Lessons from the End of a Startup
This isn’t going to be your typical startup post-mortem about how it took the founders seven months to figure out the app didn’t have product-market fit only to spend the last of the VC money on an ayahuasca sabbatical…
The Devil is in the Dev Shop
Picture this: The founder of a startup is on a call with the founder of a development shop tasked with rebuilding the front end of her platform. The call is not going well. After a lot of back and forth about poor quality…