Most people know Lucy for her TED talk that went viral during Covid.
But there’s so much more...
Research meets real life.
Clips from global stages, corporate leadership events, and membership meet ups—showing what it looks like when insight meets action.
Whether I’m delivering a keynote, hosting a panel, or running a full day masterclass, my approach is honest, human, and grounded in science.
I’ve spent over fifteen years immersed in the research—working across sectors, cultures, and contexts. That experience has shown me how vital it is to tailor every message to the audience in front of me, and my extensive research gives me the tools to do just that. There is no one size fits all!
Some speakers bring inspiration. Others bring evidence. I aim to bring both—translating science into stories and strategies that feel real, useful, and do-able. It’s important to meet people where they’re at and work with them.
I’m on a mission to help people flourish, come what may—helping them find their way through the hard times towards better days ahead.
What you can expect
Three Secrets of Resilient People (extended version of the TED talk)
Based on Lucy’s TED Talk with over 9 million views, this keynote unpacks the three evidence-based strategies used by the world’s most resilient people—those who manage to face the worst and somehow keep going. It’s warm, moving, and deeply practical.
Themes: Resilience · Coping with loss · Inspirational leadership · Navigating change
Perfect for: Teams faced with disruption · Educators · Health and emergency responders · Community leaders · Associations
The Hard Truths That Make Better Leaders
Loss, grief and personal struggle are often avoided at work. But leaders who own their hard truths, don’t lose credibility, they build it. This talk challenges outdated leadership ideals and reframes adversity as a source of strength, trust and connection. Perfect for leaders/exec teams ready to rethink leadership and understand post-traumatic growth.
Themes: Emotional intelligence · Team trust · Post-traumatic growth · Thought leadership
Perfect for: Senior leaders · People managers · HR professionals · Exec teams & boards
Modern Loss: Tools for a New Era of Care (Grief 101)
Grief is universal, but our approaches to it are often outdated or missing altogether. This keynote introduces Resilient Grieving™—a science-backed, practical framework that helps health and care professionals feel more confident supporting people through loss. No jargon. No five stages. Just tools that work.
Themes: Resilient Grieving™ · Post-traumatic growth · Grief Literacy · Human connection
Perfect for: Health care & coaches · Palliative care · Counsellors · Funeral industry · Mental Health Awareness Week/Month · HR
Resilient Mindsets: Thriving Through Uncertainty & Change
In a world of constant disruption, this keynote equips teams with practical, science-backed strategies to navigate uncertainty and challenge by adopting a Resilient Mindset.
Dr Lucy Hone draws on three decades of robust research to rethink what it means to cope well—and shows how mental agility equips teams to approach change constructively, and support each other through the unknown with confidence and strength.
Themes: Collective resilience · Psychological safety · Hope & optimism · Attention management · Psych Flex & mental agility
Perfect for: Workplace teams · Educators · First responders · Corporate groups · Exec teams & boards
Post-Traumatic Growth: The Surprising Science of Human Recovery
We’ve all heard of PTSD. But far fewer people know about its more hopeful counterpart—Post-Traumatic Growth. In this keynote, Dr Lucy Hone introduces a research-backed approach to understanding how hardship can become a catalyst for insight, strength and renewed purpose.
Perfect for audiences navigating disruption, or those who support others through it, this talk extends one-sided trauma narratives with science, story, and the possibility of growth.
Themes: Recovery science · Human potential · Growth after trauma · Hopeful leadership
Perfect for: Health professionals · Coaches · Educators · Community leaders · Change agents · Disaster recovery & First responders
What’s Your Why? A Panel on Meaning, Purpose and Belonging
What makes work meaningful—and how can we help others find it? This dynamic session opens with insights from the new science of meaning—unpacking coherence, significance and purpose—followed by a panel conversation exploring how people from diverse backgrounds find meaning in their work.
Designed especially for Associations and Membership organisations, it invites you to reframe work as something deeper than a job title or pay cheque.
Themes: Meaning at work · Personal values · Intergenerational understanding · Belonging in the workplace
Perfect for: Membership associations · Industry conferences · Values-led organisations · Gen Z
When people all over the world went searching for practical tools to help them cope with the global pandemic, one talk came to their rescue.
Originally delivered at TEDxChristchurch, Three Secrets of Resilient People is one of just 1% of TEDx talks ever selected to be featured on the main TED platform. From there, it went viral—viewed over 9 million times, translated into 23 languages, and used to train everyone from corporate leaders and first responders to armed forces and disaster recovery teams. Clear, research-informed, and deeply human, the talk breaks down resilience into practical tools that continue to help people around the world navigate life’s hardest moments.
Contact us about booking Lucy as a keynote speaker
Interested in one of the keynotes described above? Contact us to find out more, or discuss bespoke presentations to fit your event’s specific needs. The keynotes outlined above are her most popular themes, but her extensive and varied experience in this field means she has heaps more ideas and insights than can be covered here, and is always willing to talk.