Resilience Speakers

Resilience is a huge topic in the speaking industry. It is the ability to ‘bounce back’, to recover and respond with commitment and optimism.

Our Resilience Speakers talk about difficult or challenging life experiences, and how they adapted and what steps they took to be the person they are today.

Below are just a few of our top Resilience Speakers who are skilled with delivering talks on dealing with trauma, fear, setbacks, overcoming obstacles, self awareness and adversity.

Martine Wright MBE , 7/7’s most injured survivor lost both legs in the Circle line bombing during the 2005 terrorist attacks on the London underground, yet she considers herself a lucky woman with a whole new life of opportunities. Martine Wright MBE has since rebuilt her life, skydived, learned to fly, become a wife, mother, captain of the British Paralympic Sitting volleyball team, Ambassador, Patron, an inspirational and motivational speaker and much more.

Norliza Pavlakos

Norliza’ journey to success has been anything but easy. As a teenager, she faced homelessness, abuse, and a near-fatal kidnapping by a deranged attacker—an ordeal that made headlines in the Australian press. Undeterred by these severe challenges, she reinvented her life after giving birth to her first child at the age of 21, embarking on an entrepreneurial journey. She launched Miss India International, attracting 4,000 attendees, and ran her own successful bar and café in Melbourne’ CBD called Minibar Picollo. She also established five successful tailoring stores known as Finest Alterations. Renowned for her leadership, team building, and performance expertise, Norliza has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Female Speakers in the World for 2020.

John Peters

John Peters is a former RAF Pilot and Gulf War POW, best-selling author, performance coach, writer, an experienced speaker of international repute to corporates, public sector and charities, with audiences ranging up to 5500!
John Peters came to the world’s attention in January 1991, when his bruised and battered face flashed onto television screens around the world as a prisoner of war. It was his disfigured image that became a potent symbol of Saddam Hussein’s ruthless aggression.

Enda O'Doherty

Enda O’Doherty, an inspirational speaker and endurance athlete who has taken on some of the worlds toughest challenges.

Enda’s endurance C.V. is astounding. He has pushed his physical and mental limits far beyond marathon running. He has completed Iron Man Sweden and Iron Man UK, one of the world’s toughest endurance races, with a 4 km swim, followed immediately by a 180 km bike ride, followed by a full marathon. Enda is driven by fierce energy and passion, to inspire people to achieve the best they can in a sporting, business, professional or educational field.

Darren Edwards

Experience the transformative power of Darren’s incredible story of overcoming adversity, adapting to change, and building a robust mindset. Darren is a living testament to the boundless capabilities of the human spirit. Surviving a devastating, life-changing climbing accident that very nearly claimed his life, and could so easily have destroyed his spirit, he instead used it as a catalyst for growth. Now, he is a record-breaking Disabled Adventurer who has redefined the limits of what is thought possible for an individual with a Spinal Cord Injury.

John Dabrowski

John is a published Author, International speaker, and Global expert on Mental Resilience. He has spent over 30 years in the business world, putting him in a unique position to deal with contemporary business challenges. John has played basketball both as a professional and for England in the Commonwealth Games and once scored an unprecedented 98 points in one match and this remains the current British record to his day.

Caspar Craven

Caspar Craven understands first hand, the importance of putting people first in order to achieve big bold goals. He understands because he has made every mistake in the book on the way to achieving a number of big bold goals. He has lived what he talks about.

His experience comes from building and selling a tech business for a 7 figure sum, working as a CFO and 5 years working at KPMG, and also from twice sailing round the world.