Julia Grace presenting
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Sessions and Keynotes

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Keynote Speaker of the Year 2025 · Educator of the Year 2023 · VSA Int'l Breakthrough Speaker 2024
Be Kind to Your Mind

Mental health affects every workplace, every staffroom, and every team. Julia's flagship keynote gives audiences a new way to understand mental health and the practical language and tools to do something about it. No jargon. No heavy content. Science-backed insight delivered with warmth, wit, and a moment of live music that nobody sees coming.

Available for conferences, corporate events, and education sectors. Standing ovations not guaranteed but increasingly common.

  • A new language for mental health, simple and stigma-free
  • The RUM Principle: why mental wellness challenges make sense
  • SOBOB: 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 support before the wobbly day arrives
  • One action they can start before they get home
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One Degree of Change
Standalone session or follow-on to any Julia Grace keynote

The best keynote in the world is just a good day out unless something actually changes. One Degree of Change is the session that makes sure it does.

Using Julia's C.H.A.N.G.E. model, participants identify one sustainable habit, build it into their existing routine, and leave with an accountability plan they will actually follow. Small shift, lasting impact. Perfect for organisations who want measurable change, not just a memorable event.

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One Degree of Change

"Practical, real, and fun. Staff are still quoting Julia's tools weeks later."

PLD Working Well Session
Standalone sessions
High-Performance Leadership
Your VOICE for Impact

Great leadership is not just about good ideas. It is about how those ideas land. Julia helps leaders and high-performing teams communicate with clarity, confidence, and genuine impact using her memorable VOICE framework. Perfect for leadership offsites, senior teams, and governance groups.

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Mental Health First Response
Early Responders

Spot the signs. Start the conversation. Respond with confidence. Early Responders equips anyone who shows up for others with practical tools to recognise distress early and respond well, before things reach a crisis point. Ideal for leaders, teachers, parents, and community workers.

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Accredited Training
Mental Health First Aid

Julia is a certified Mental Health First Aid instructor, delivering internationally recognised two-day MHFA training to workplaces, schools, and organisations. Participants leave with a certificate, practical skills, and the confidence to act when it matters.

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Churches and Faith Communities
Mental Health for Churches

Practical, faith-friendly wellbeing for congregations, creative teams, and church leaders. Three great messages for your congregation, plus specialist sessions for pastors and senior leaders using the VOICE framework, and a tailored session for creative and worship teams.

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Heard from the room

"Julia Grace was fantastic. Warm, relatable, honest, vulnerable, and hilarious. Julia had us in fits of laughter and then tears, and gave incredibly helpful tools and language for navigating mental health challenges."

Sharon Ratnaraja, Wellington

"When I saw the speaker was on for 90 mins I thought, oh no. But when she finished I thought she could have gone for way longer. I loved every minute."

Sara J, Working Well Event

"Julia's session was proof that with work and attention to yourself, you can emerge stronger and happier."

Working Well Staff Session, Auckland

"A powerful mix of humour and strategy. One of the best wellbeing sessions we've had."

Ravi Naidoo, Principal, TOD
Looking for accredited training?

Julia is a certified Mental Health First Aid instructor. MHFA equips your people with the skills to recognise early signs of mental distress, have supportive conversations, and connect colleagues with the right help.

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Ready to bring Julia to your event?

Julia is available across New Zealand and internationally for conferences, corporate events, education days, and leadership summits.

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