Standing ovation for Julia Grace
Keynote Speaker

Be Kind to Your Mind

Julia's most-requested keynote. Adapted for every audience, unforgettable in every room, on every continent.


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New Zealand · Australia · United Kingdom · Singapore · India · Indonesia · Fiji

"Simultaneously laughing and crying, informed, entertained, and listening in deep reflection."

Growth Culture Conference  ·  Fiji Hilton

Science · Story · Song
The keynote with the standing ovations

Standing ovations don't usually follow conversations about mental health, but Julia Grace changes the way audiences experience the topic. Through her unique blend of science, story, and song, she turns complex ideas into practical tools people can use in both work and life.

Using her own story as the starting point, Julia takes audiences on a journey through the brain, helping people understand how thoughts, emotions, and experiences shape our wellbeing under pressure.

Through her signature Grabable Words, Julia introduces practical language that makes mental health easier to talk about across workplaces, schools, and communities, turning complex psychological ideas into concepts people can remember, repeat, and use.

Blending humour, honesty, insight, and music, Julia creates an experience that is both deeply moving and highly practical. Audiences leave feeling hopeful, understood, and equipped.

Julia Grace with audience
The Heart of the Keynote
Mental wellness challenges are RUM
R
Reasonable
They make sense as a response to life's pressures.
U
Universal
We are all somewhere on the wellbeing spectrum.
M
Manageable
There are many tools in the toolbox.
What You Get
Your audience will leave with
✓
A new language for mental health: simple, sticky, and stigma-free
✓
In-the-moment tools to regulate stress and anxiety
✓
A clear understanding of the brain under pressure, without the jargon
✓
A framework to support struggling colleagues and friends
✓
Permission to take their own wellbeing seriously
✓
One action they can start before they get home
Julia Grace performing on stage

"Julia, you are hereby crowned the queen of closers."

ImagineIt Conference Organiser

Who This Is For
Audiences Julia has spoken to
Corporate & Workplace
Corporate teams & leaders · HR & People & Culture · Leadership conferences · Women's leadership events · Health sector staff
Education
Primary & secondary school students · Teachers & school staff · Principals' conferences · Kāhui Ako clusters · Education leadership events
Community & Health
Community organisations · Carers & volunteers · Health & wellbeing professionals · Not-for-profit teams
International
Conferences across NZ, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, India, UK & Fiji · Global speakers summits · International leadership events
What audiences say
Heard from the room
"Julia delivers mental health messages in a courageous and vulnerable way. I was informed and entertained, simultaneously laughing and crying, while listening in deep reflection."
Growth Culture Conference, Fiji Hilton
"It was music to my ears to hear how popular Julia was with the audience and the positive impact she had."
Te Whatu Ora Admin Conference Lead
"A powerful mix of humour and strategy. One of the best wellbeing sessions we've had."
Ravi Naidoo, Principal · TOD
"Julia, you are hereby crowned the queen of closers!"
ImagineIt Conference Organiser

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