Top Women Speakers on Mental Health & Resilience

June 20, 2025

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Top Women Speakers on Mental Health & Resilience

Mental health isn’t a side conversation anymore. It’s a core part of how today’s organizations measure success, retention, and leadership.

Whether you’re navigating a culture reset, team burnout, or rapid change, one thing is clear: resilience is no longer optional—and neither is having the right voices to lead the conversation.

That’s where these top women speakers on mental health and resilience come in. They don’t just motivate. They equip. And they speak directly to the challenges modern teams face—personally, professionally, and emotionally.

Why Mental Health Is the New Performance Strategy

When teams don’t feel mentally well, everything suffers—focus, creativity, collaboration, and decision-making.

But when mental health is prioritized:

  • Productivity rises
  • Engagement increases
  • Burnout decreases
  • Teams recover faster from setbacks
  • People stay longer and show up better

The right speaker can help open the door to these outcomes by normalizing the conversation, offering tools, and inspiring change.

Meet the Women Leading the Resilience Revolution

 1. Natalie JohnsonMental Fitness Meets High Performance

Natalie Johnson is a performance coach and wellbeing strategist who helps organizations develop mental fitness as a foundation for success. With a background in human performance, she knows exactly how to help teams manage stress, avoid burnout, and build sustainable habits.

Natalie teaches audiences how to:

  • Build resilience before it’s needed
  • Lead with emotional agility
  • Recover faster after failure or overwhelm
  • Integrate wellbeing into daily routines

She’s a trusted voice for leaders, HR teams, and anyone responsible for culture—and her message sticks because it’s practical, actionable, and human.

2. Angela GarganoStrength Through Struggle

Angela Gargano is a 4x American Ninja Warrior and fitness coach who helps audiences reframe what strength really looks like—especially during adversity. After a devastating injury that took her off the course, Angela rebuilt not just her body, but her mindset.

Now she helps teams and individuals:

  • Build confidence through challenge
  • Push through fear and self-doubt
  • Develop mental toughness that outlasts pressure
  • See failure as a training ground, not a stop sign

Angela’s sessions are energetic, raw, and deeply personal. She doesn’t just speak to resilience—she models it, live and loud.

3. Anne BonneyCourage, Change, and Owning the Hard Stuff

Anne Bonney brings fire, humor, and heart to every stage. A former corporate leader who stepped away to chase purpose, Anne now empowers people to face fear, navigate change, and build courage-based resilience that lasts.

She teaches teams how to:

  • Get comfortable with discomfort
  • Lead change without burning out
  • Communicate with emotional awareness
  • Use courage as a daily tool for growth

Anne’s message hits home for teams in transition, organizations tackling burnout, and any group that needs to stop avoiding hard conversations and start owning them.

Why These Speakers Stand Out

What makes these speakers different?

  • They bring lived experience—not just data
  • They speak with clarity, vulnerability, and strength
  • They make the tough topics approachable
  • They give tools people actually want to use
  • They energize the room without ignoring the reality

These aren’t just keynotes. They’re cultural reset buttons.

Mental Health and Resilience: Your Team’s Secret Advantage

No matter the industry, every high-performing team needs resilience. And that starts with permission—to pause, to reset, and to talk about what’s really going on.

The right speaker can open that door. These women know how to do it with compassion, authority, and actionable frameworks that create lasting change.

Ready to Bring a Mental Health Speaker to Your Next Event?

At Journey Speakers Bureau, we specialize in connecting organizations with speakers who move the mission forward. Whether you want to strengthen workplace wellbeing, or build a culture of resilience, we’ve got the speaker to match.

Explore Natalie Johnson, Angela Gargano, and Anne Bonney—or contact us directly to find the right fit for your next event.

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