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Julia's core keynote is Be Kind to Your Mind, a science-backed, story-driven mental health and wellbeing session. While the foundation is the same, each version is meaningfully tailored for its audience. For corporate and workplace audiences it becomes Working Well, with language, examples, and tools specific to workplace culture, leadership, and team dynamics. For school staff and education professionals it becomes Be Kind to Your Mind for Educators, grounded in the realities of caring professions, classroom pressure, and supporting young people. Each session also includes the option to add One Degree of Change, a practical follow-on module that helps audiences turn insight into lasting habit. Julia also delivers VOICE for Leaders, a standalone high-performance leadership session, Early Responders, a mental health first response training, and is a certified Mental Health First Aid instructor.

Yes. Julia has presented on five continents and is available for events across Australia, Asia, the Pacific, the UK, and beyond. She is based in Auckland, New Zealand and travels regularly for international engagements.

Sessions range from 45 minutes through to a full day, depending on format and audience. The most common formats are a 60-minute keynote, a 90-minute interactive workshop, or a combined half-day or full-day programme. Julia will work with you to find the right fit for your event.

Julia's technical requirements are simple. She needs a lapel or handheld microphone, a screen, and a clicker. She provides her own slides in advance and brings her own guitar. Standard conference or event AV is all that's needed, no specialist setup required.

Yes, always. Julia takes time before every event to understand your audience, context, and goals. Sessions are tailored to reflect your industry, your people, and what you need them to leave with. She does not deliver a generic off-the-shelf keynote.

Julia presents comfortably to audiences from 20 to 2,000 or more. She has delivered to intimate leadership teams, large conference halls, school staff groups, and nationwide tours. Room setup can be theatre, classroom, or cabaret style.

Yes. Julia is available for fully online and hybrid event delivery. Get in touch to discuss format, platform, and how to make the session work well for a virtual audience.

As early as possible. Julia's calendar fills quickly, particularly for peak event seasons (Term 1 and Term 3 for education events, and conference season in the second half of the year). For international events, early booking is especially important to allow for travel planning. Enquire early to avoid missing out.

Both options are available. Julia is represented by Celebrity Speakers, Essential Talent, and ICMI, and can also be booked directly at julia@juliagrace.co.nz. Direct bookings are welcome and straightforward.

Julia combines neuroscience, lived experience with depression and anxiety, and original music to create sessions that feel different from the moment she walks on stage. She is the PSA NZ Keynote Speaker of the Year 2025, VSA International Breakthrough Speaker of the Year 2024, and author of Be Kind to Your Mind (2024). Audiences consistently report leaving with practical tools they actually use, and a session they remember long after the event.