Keynotes · Workshops · CE Training · Panels
TEDx Speaker. Award-Winning Social Justice Advocate. Trauma-Informed Educator. Movement Specialist & Strength Coach. Author. Performer.
TEDx
NYU
Boston Trauma Conference
Woodhull Foundation for Freedom
Facing Race
African American Policy Forum
Black Women's Blueprint
Center for Trauma & Embodiment
International Association of Women Professionals
The New York Times
CBS
FOX News
For Harriet
Decolonizing Fitness Podcast — Co-host
Move to End Violence
Sex Down South
Black Love Convergence
Vinos and Vulvas
Langston University
About me
Candace "Coach Felyne" Liger is a trauma informed educator, somatic coach, consent framework developer, and TEDx speaker based in Houston, Texas. She is the creator of TICK — Trauma Informed Consensual Kink and Director of Trauma Informed Weight Lifting (TIWL).
Her work spans nonprofit education, leadership development, spoken word, health & wellness, pleasure, and intersectionality. She has spoken at NYU, AASECT, Woodhull Foundation for Freedom, Boston Trauma Conference, Facing Race, and beyond.
Overview
Body Autonomy & Proactive Self Care Exploring the body as a site of political, spiritual, and personal sovereignty — across wellness, movement, and justice work.
Pleasure as Framework How centering pleasure — not just the absence of harm — changes the way we approach healing, consent, and community care.
TICK: Trauma Informed Consensual Kink A consent framework inclusive of the Black experience in BDSM and kink spaces — built at the intersection of pleasure, safety, consent, and trauma.
Strength Training as a Healing Modality The case for trauma informed weight lifting — why the weight room can be a site of healing, decolonial approaches to fitness, and what practitioners need to know to hold that space.
Black Feminism, Embodiment & Erotic Knowledge Drawing on Black feminist theory and somatic practice to examine how Black women and femmes navigate body, desire, and power.
Community Accountability in Erotic Spaces using SPACE What accountability actually looks like in kink, BDSM, and sexual communities — beyond callout culture and toward restorative practice.
Available for keynotes, CE trainings, panels, and workshop facilitation. Inquire about availability, talk fit, and fees.