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Key Points for Julia Grace

  • Julia Grace is an international keynote speaker who makes mental health practical, accessible and memorable.
  • She is an award winning speaker, author, accredited Mental Health First Aid Instructor and Tui Award winning recording artist.
  • Her clients include Coca Cola, ASB, Les Mills, Te Whatu Ora and NZEI Te Riu Roa across corporate, conference and education sectors.
  • Her sessions combine evidence based frameworks, lived experience and a signature live performance to create lasting behavioural impact.

Topics for Julia Grace

  • Be kind to your mind
    Julia's most requested keynote on mental health and resilience
    Mental health affects every workplace, every staffroom, and every team. Most people want to help but don't know what to say or where to start. Julia changes that.
    Using neuroscience, authentic storytelling, and well-crafted humour, this keynote gives audiences a new way to understand mental health and the practical language and tools to act on it. Science-based, immediately applicable, and delivered with warmth and wit, it closes with a live music moment that audiences consistently describe as the highlight of their event.
    Key takeaways:
    • The RUM principle: why mental wellness challenges are reasonable, universal, and manageable.
    • SOBOB: understanding what happens to a stressed-out brain and how to support it.
    • The wobbly point: recognising the tipping point before it becomes a crisis.
    • Jelly Buddy: building a support network that works before the wobbly day arrives.
    • Grab-able words: simple, memorable language for everyday mental health conversations.
    • One degree of change: The first small step towards lasting improvement.
  • Working well
    Resilience and wellbeing for teams and educators under pressure
    Burnout is not inevitable. But preventing it requires more than good intentions. Working Well gives teams and educators the science-based strategies to sustain their own wellbeing while continuing to perform at their best.
    Tailored for corporate teams or education settings, this session is practical, interactive, and immediately applicable. It is professional development your people will actually want to attend.
    Key takeaways:
    • Burnout busters: Six evidence-based strategies to protect energy and restore capacity.
    • The wobbly point: Recognising early warning signs in yourself and your colleagues.
    • Jelly buddy system: Building proactive peer support that works in any organisation.
    • Grab-able words: Language that makes mental health conversations easier and more effective.
    • One degree of change: A simple framework for building sustainable wellbeing habits.
  • One degree of change
    The follow-up activation session to Be Kind to Your Mind or Working Well
    Insight without action is just a good day out. One Degree of Change turns the frameworks and language from Julia's keynotes into a concrete personal action plan, using the C.H.A.N.G.E. model to build sustainable habits that stick.
    Perfect for organisations seeking measurable behaviour change, not just a memorable event.
    Key takeaways:
    • The C.H.A.N.G.E. model: A six-step framework for building habits that last.
    • High bucket habits: Identifying the one change that will have the biggest impact.
    • Habit stacking: Attaching new behaviours to existing routines for maximum success.
    • Accountability planning: Building the support structures that make change sustainable.
    • The 30 day challenge: A guided post-session programme to lock in new habits.
  • Your VOICE for impact
    Communication and leadership presence for high-performing leaders and teams
    The most effective leaders are not just strategic thinkers. They are skilled communicators who can read a room, tell a story that lands, and move people to action. Your VOICE for Impact gives leaders the practical frameworks to communicate with clarity, authenticity, and genuine influence.
    The VOICE framework:
    • V - View the table from both sides: Understanding your audience before you speak.
    • O - Own the elephant: Addressing what everyone is thinking but no one is saying.
    • I - Insert a story: Using narrative to make ideas memorable and persuasive.
    • C - Calibrate yourself: Managing your own state for maximum presence and impact.
    • E - Enough already: The discipline of knowing when to stop.
  • Brave boots
    Growing resilience one step at a time. For students and young people.
    Young people are navigating unprecedented pressure and need more than a poster on a wall. Brave Boots gives students the language, tools, and confidence to understand their own mental health, ask for help, and look out for each other.
    Julia brings her signature warmth, humour, and lived experience to this highly interactive session, making even the hardest topics feel safe and accessible. Students leave with practical strategies they can apply immediately, and the kind of memorable language that makes it easier to have the conversations that matter.
    Key takeaways:
    • Understanding the brain under stress: Accessible neuroscience that makes sense to young people.
    • Recognising your wobbly point: Naming the tipping point before it becomes a crisis.
    • Finding your jelly buddy: How to build and use a support network.
    • Grab-able words: Language young people can actually use to talk about how they feel.
    • One degree of change: Small steps that build real resilience over time.

Testimonials for Julia Grace

I loved Julia's sense of humour and authentic approach while speaking. The practical handout and simple solutions in Session 2 were brilliant. Both sessions went really quickly as we were all entertained while listening with bated breath for every piece of advice. Beautiful voice- which gives change in pace while delivering content.
Kingsway College

I personally, cannot speak more highly of Julia. Her flexibility to accommodate COVID restrictions and still deliver something personal, fun and informative was outstanding. Her flexibility in understanding what we were looking for her to present and then presenting on Zoom was exceptional. She was able to engage and hold peoples focus and participation despite the zoom limitations.
Citylife New Plymouth

What an amazing, relatable speaker. Julia’s keynote made us laugh, made us cry and made us think. Her approach to the topic of Mental Wellness was heart-warming and provided tools we can now implement with our team. I can’t recommend her enough.
Head of Fitness
Les Mills

Julia Grace was incredible - brought insight and clarity for everyone to the area of mindhealth and good practices in this space. She brings such warmth and down to earth humour which then opens the way for people to hear the gold - the truth about the spectrum of mental wellbeing, practical tips and strategies to help everyone cope, and stories that show she comes from a place of experience, empathy and wanting to empower others. Julia was a breeze to work with - happy to fit in with what we wanted, totally adaptable and I believe would be relatable to any audience (no matter the age, stage, culture or beliefs). Her talk is extremely relevant and important to everyone!
Lifeswitch, Wellington

She's the type of communicator who relates to a wide audience and personally I believe more people would benefit from hearing her speak.
Broadcaster
Days Star

It is a privilege to recommend Julia Grace as a speaker of the highest calibre. I first heard Julia Grace speak at an Association of Integrated Schools conference. I was amazed at her ability to relate to the audience on the often complex topic of well-being. I approached her and invited her to address KingsWay staff at the upcoming annual staff retreat. Staff were glowing in her praise, with many indicating afterwards that Julia made the staff retreat the best ever. Julia is engaging, practical and encouraging. I cannot speak highly enough of her sessions and have committed to engaging her to speak to our students and parents.
Executive Principal
Kingsway College