Bring the conversation to your room
Author. Speaker. Senior Advocate. Founder of Houston Legacy Institute.
Shawn Houston brings more than 30 years across healthcare, senior advocacy, insurance, community engagement, and family caregiving into every room. Her talks make difficult subjects approachable, actionable, and human.
Choose the right format
Shawn’s work is designed to meet people where they are — with a clear next step they can carry into real life.
01 · The room opens
An engaging, story-led presentation for audiences who need a thoughtful voice on aging, caregiving, Medicare navigation, legacy planning, and living well beyond 50.
02 · The room participates
A guided, practical experience that helps participants organize essential information, communicate their wishes, understand available resources, prepare for caregiving, protect what matters, and begin important family conversations.
Who is in the room?
Click an audience to begin a more focused inquiry. Shawn’s message can be shaped for the people you serve and the moment they are in.
For people building a vibrant next chapter with intention.
Pairs with When Love Becomes Caregiving.
Start here ↗02For conversations about choice, confidence, and preparing well.
Grounded in Leave Nothing to Chance.
Start here ↗03For families who need language and a plan before a crisis.
Start with When Love Becomes Caregiving.
Start here ↗04For women carrying care, work, family, and their own future.
A practical conversation about what comes next.
Start here ↗05For congregations ready to make care and legacy part of the conversation.
Ask about a Legacy Readiness workshop.
Start here ↗06For leaders supporting people through the realities of aging and care.
Designed around your team and the room.
Start here ↗07For clear, candid conversations on aging, caregiving, and legacy.
Bring Shawn’s practical point of view to your audience.
Start here ↗Popular talks & workshops
Every session can be shaped around your audience, goals, and format.
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The conversations families cannot afford to postpone.
A candid, practical look at how caregiving changes a family — and how preparation can make the road steadier.
Featured resource: When Love Becomes Caregiving.
02
Turn scattered details into a plan people can use.
An approachable session on organizing medications, doctors, insurance, legal documents, and final wishes before someone else has to find them.
Featured resource: Leave Nothing to Chance.
03
Aging is not the end of the story.
For adults entering their 50s and 60s who want to build strength, clarity, purpose, and more choices into the years ahead.
A Baby Senior perspective from Shawn Houston.
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Start before the phone rings.
A guided conversation about wishes, roles, resources, and the small steps that help families move from panic to a plan.
Pairs naturally with both HLI books.
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Preparation is an act of love — and a way to keep living fully.
A whole-life message about health, purpose, financial preparedness, family, faith, and creating a vibrant life beyond 50.
A signature HLI message for community rooms and professional audiences.
Tell us what your audience is carrying. Shawn can customize the emphasis, examples, and practical next steps.
Books & resources
Shawn’s books turn a meaningful session into practical follow-through. One offers a memoir and planning guide for families. The other gives essential emergency information one dependable home.
A memoir and planning guide for families.
The Houston Legacy Emergency Family Planning Guide.
Also available: The Holiday Visit Kit, a $9.99 digital download for practical family-visit preparation.
Explore the books & resourcesSEE SHAWN IN ACTION
Shawn’s work is built for honest questions, useful tools, and the kind of conversation that stays with people after the event ends.
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Future testimonials
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Let’s talk about your audience
Share a few details and Rachel will follow up to talk through the right format, focus, and next step.
Customized for your event
Speaking fees are customized based on the format, audience, scope, and needs of your event. There is no one-size-fits-all fee because every room is different.
Travel expenses are discussed separately when travel is required. Share what you are planning, and Rachel will help you understand the next step.
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