Speaking
Speaking
Emma speaks on resilience, entrepreneurship, innovation, reinvention and overcoming adversity.
Her talks blend raw storytelling, emotional intelligence, practical tools and a deep understanding of human reinvention. She speaks with warmth, power, compassion and humour – helping audiences feel seen, challenged and lifted.
Speaking Topics
RESILIENCE UNDER PRESSURE
Lessons from elite sport, business, litigation and illness.
INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Building new product categories, commercialising innovation and leading through uncertainty.
WOMEN BREAKING BARRIERS
Leadership in male-dominated industries, from boxing and professional kitchens to manufacturing, science and entrepreneurship.
RARE DISEASE & PATIENT ADVOCACY
Living through misdiagnosis, surviving pituitary brain tumour surgery and advocating for earlier diagnosis.
REINVENTION
Building a new life after setbacks, public scrutiny, illness and change.
Why Audiences Connect With Emma
Emma’s talks are not theoretical. They are drawn from lived experience: becoming one of Ireland’s pioneering female boxing champions, building award-winning businesses, challenging Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper group in the High Court, surviving a pituitary brain tumour and rebuilding after three brain surgeries in two years.
Audiences leave with practical tools, renewed confidence and a deeper understanding of what resilience really look like.
As a neurodivergent founder and survivor of Cushing’s disease, Emma brings a rare combination of experience across elite sport, entrepreneurship, public scrutiny, serious illness and recovery. Her talks combine lived experience with practical lessons on resilience, leadership and reinvention.
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