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Julia Grace

Mental Health Speaker  ·  Author  ·  Educator

Education, entertainment, and lived experience. Julia Grace gets it, can explain it, and you won't fall asleep while she does.

Keynote Speaker of the Year 2025 · Educator of the Year 2023 · VSA Int'l Breakthrough Speaker 2024
5 Continents
1,000+ Keynotes & Presentations
30+ Years' Experience
About Julia
Science-based. Heart-led. Genuinely memorable.

Julia Grace is an award-winning international keynote speaker and mental health communicator with over 30 years of experience in education and speaking. She has taken the stage across five continents for more than 1,000 audiences.

Her sessions bring together neuroscience, lived experience with depression and anxiety, and practical wellbeing tools - delivered with storytelling, humour, and music. People leave not just inspired but with tools they can use straight away.

Whether she's working with corporate teams, school staff, or conference audiences, the focus is always the same: helping people Live, Lead, and Work Well by being kind to their minds.

Meet Julia
Julia Grace - Mental Health Keynote Speaker

"An extraordinarily gifted speaker - hilarious, knowledgeable, instantly relatable."

Dr Neryl East CSP  ·  Australia Local Government Summit

Where Julia Can Help
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Workplace & Corporate
Working Well
Tools, language, and motivation for teams that want to thrive - not just survive. Science-based, practical, and genuinely memorable.
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Schools & Education
Working Well For the People Who Care
For teachers, principals, and support staff who pour everything into others. Practical wellbeing tools for the people who help everyone else.
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Conferences & Events
Session Topics
Keynotes and interactive sessions that connect emotionally and intellectually - moving people beyond inspiration into tangible action.
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Speaker Reel
What People Say
Heard from the room
"Julia tackles intimidating topics with warmth and clarity… and then she sings. And wow — what a moment!"
Meredith Kennett · Coca-Cola Europacific Partners NZ
"One of the most inspiring presentations I've heard this year."
Elias Kanaris · Past President, Global Speakers Federation
"Julia's ability to deliver a message in a courageous and vulnerable way left us informed and entertained."
Growth Culture Leadership Conference, Fiji
"Julia's words continue to echo through our staff long after the event."
Darren Milligan, Principal · Wyong College NSW
Latest Thinking
From the blog
One Degree of C.H.A.N.G.E.
2 March 2026
One Degree of C.H.A.N.G.E.

What if the secret to lasting change isn't a dramatic overhaul, but a single degree of difference? Julia explores why small shifts — applied consistently — create the biggest transformations.

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