Fascinating,
Transformative

TOPIC 1.

Managing stress with science-backed mindfulness tools

There is an epidemic of mental illness in the world right now. Stress is one of the dominant factors contributing to mental illness.

In this keynote Elise will explain the science of stress in a completely accessible way, how it impacts your brain and body, and inspire the audience to immediately implement simple, science-backed, time-efficient mindfulness practices to reduce stress and support flourishing.

TOPIC 2.

How to be a Mindful Leader

We are living through unprecedented technological change. Over the next decade alone we are set to experience as many technological innovations as occurred over the past 100 years.

Leaders require more capacity than ever to manage the incoming uncertainty and changes. We need to hone our self-leadership skills, and the ability to uplevel our inner capacities to manage the increasing challenges and opportunities of our time. 

In this keynote, Elise shares how mindful leadership leads to greater self-leadership, and describes her 5 step science-backed process to develop yourself as a Mindful Leader and experience powerful transformation in your organisation through improved communication, amplified emotional intelligence and greater resilience.

TOPIC 3.

Mindfulness and entrepreneurship: An inspirational personal story of reinvention from psychiatrist to social entrepreneur

Elise spent 15 years training in psychiatry and working with society's most unwell patients. However along the way she had a deeper calling and realised that she wasn't truly living her purpose.

After a powerful experience on a 7-day silent meditation retreat (which she had dreaded going on), her life transformed. 

She left her career in psychiatry to follow her passion for supporting people to thrive and flourish and she created what was to become the world's largest online mindfulness fundraising campaign Mindful in May, (before mindfulness apps existed), which attracted Google participants and celebrities including Magda Szubanski and raised over $1 million to bring clean water to thousands across Africa in urgent need.

In this keynote Elise shares her personal story of reinvention. She will inspire the audience to tap into their passions and take the risks necessary to live a life of deep purpose and meaning. Whether that is taking more risks within the workplace to increase purpose and engagement or taking a leap and stepping into entrepreneurship, you will leave this talk with a new sense of possibility in your life and with tools to recognise some of the obstacles holding you back.  

TOPIC 4.

How Mindfulness Can Unlock Your Full Potential

Just like physical exercise the brain can be trained to help you reach your fullest potential experiencing improved performance with amplified states of focus, clarity and calm.

In this keynote, Elise draws on her decades of experience in the world of mental wellbeing, mindfulness and entrepreneurship to offer you 6 science backed practices to help you reach your fullest potential and overcome both internal and external obstacles on the way to your most fulfilled life. 

TOPIC 5.

Mindful parenting

As a mother of two, a doctor specialised in psychiatry and founder of the world's largest online mindfulness fundraising campaign, Mindful in May, Elise understands the very real challenge of balancing parenting with work.

Having collaborated with some of the world's leading parenting experts, in this keynote, she brings together the most essential science-backed practices to bring more emotional intelligence, presence, and resilience to your parenting. 

TOPIC 6.

Stress-resilient minds: thriving amidst exponential A.I change

We are living through a revolution greater than the industrial revolution. Every domain of work and life is being disrupted by the convergence of exponential change across multiple domains. The integration of artificial intelligence into our lives is bringing about significant societal shifts.

The rate of change in our lives is rapidly accelerating and our need to uplevel our capacity to manage uncertainty has never been more important. Developing inner resilience to manage the rapid changes of our time is key to future-proofing oneself in these exciting times. 

In this keynote, Elise will paint a picture of our emerging future and the potential challenges we will face and then offer some practices to develop a stress-resilient mind including some science-backed mindfulness practices to help develop greater emotional balance, make better decisions under pressure and be able to stay more present and focussed amidst the turbulence

TOPIC 7.

Developing a high-performance mind 

There is one shared feature of high performers, their ability to access flow states more of the time. The flow state is a particular state of consciousness where absolute focus is attained, work feels more effortless and there is greater pleasure in one's work. 

In this keynote, Elise draws on the cutting-edge neuroscience of Flow and Mindfulness, to explain how you can tap into this high-performance mind state and see your productivity and sense of purpose soar.