About
Debbie Johnson is the founder of Realth: how you relate to yourself and the world around you. She created the Realth Assessment (myRealth.com) and wrote The Work You Hide (2026), a book for people who finish meaningful work and then hide it. Every Friday she writes The Veranda, a conversation with readers signed "Deb." Born in Jamaica, she lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
B.Sc. Management Studies, University of the West Indies. Robbins-Madanes coaching certifications (Core 100 and 200).
Talks
Formats: keynote or interactive workshop.
Hidden Is Not Humble
From The Work You Hide
"Hidden is not humble. It is vain. Vanity asks: Am I ready? Showing is not performance. It is service. Service asks: Who needs help?"
For creators, founders and anyone sitting on finished work.
The Next Industrial Revolution Is Human
Every industrial revolution solved a productivity bottleneck. AI moves the bottleneck to the human. The next revolution is relational and emotional.
The U.S. Surgeon General (2023) reports loneliness raises the risk of early death by about 26%, and that lacking social connection can be as harmful as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.
It still takes a village.
We blame the people when the village lets us down. Often the people are fine. We handed them the wrong job. The friend who makes you laugh isn't the one to hold you to your goals, and that's not a failure. The question shifts from "Why won't they show up?" to "What can I depend on each of them for?"
For teams, women's communities, families and anyone building their circle.
Audiences leave with
- A shared word for how they relate
- One honest question to take home
- One place to start that night
- A free Realth Assessment to see where they stand
- "Realth is not a relationship. It is what you bring into relationships."
- "The people changed. The setting changed. The pattern did not."
- "Not how you feel, but what you do with it."
- "Hidden is not humble. It is vain."
Good fit for
Conferences and retreats, workplaces and leadership teams, women's communities, faith communities, podcasts, schools and community groups. Across North Carolina and beyond.