Standing ovation for Julia Grace
Science-based. Heart-led. Lived experience.

Be Kind to Your Mind

Julia's most-requested keynote. Science, story, and song.


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Keynote Speaker of the Year 2025 · Educator of the Year 2023 · VSA Int'l Breakthru Speaker 2024
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

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, turning complex psychological ideas into concepts people can remember, repeat, and use.

Audiences leave feeling hopeful, understood, and equipped.

Julia Grace with audience
Mental wellness challenges are RUM
R
Reasonable

A normal response to life's pressures.

U
Universal

We are all on the wellness spectrum.

M
Manageable

There are many tools in the toolbox.

Your audience will leave with
A new language for mental health, simple and stigma-free
In-the-moment tools to regulate stress and anxiety
How the brain works 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

Julia's Audiences
Corporate and Workplace

Corporate teams and leaders · HR and People and Culture · Leadership conferences · Women's leadership events · Health sector staff

Education

Primary and secondary school students · Teachers and school staff · Principals' conferences · Kahui Ako clusters · Education leadership events

Community and Health

Community organisations · Carers and volunteers · Health and wellbeing professionals · Not-for-profit teams

International

Conferences across NZ, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, India, UK and Fiji · Global speakers summits · International leadership events

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

Looking to build deeper capability? Ask about certified Mental Health First Aid training for your team. Find out more about MHFA.

Ready to bring Be Kind to Your Mind to your event?

Available across New Zealand and internationally for conferences, corporate events, education days, and leadership summits.

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