Speaking topics

Four talks. One goal: give people the words, frameworks and permission to change.

Every session is tailored. Dave reads the brief, speaks with the organiser, and shapes the talk to the audience in the room. What follows is the repertoire, the frameworks that come with each one, and the kinds of audiences they suit best.

Flagship Keynote

From "Nothing Left to Give" to "I've Only Just Begun"

Dave's most powerful talk. A journey from rock bottom to purpose, tracing the behaviours that dismantled his mental health, the psychology of reaching a crisis point, and the unexpected moment that changed everything. Not a talk about surviving. A talk about what happens next.

Ideal audience

Whole-organisation wellbeing events, leadership off-sites, community evenings, school staff inset days

Frameworks

Crisis and recovery arc, Behavioural dismantling map, What happens next framing

Most Requested

Building Resilience in Yourself and Others

Resilience is a muscle. Too little challenge and it shrinks, too much and it snaps, just enough and it grows. Built for individuals, managers and parents alike, this session covers the inner critic, the inner coach, and closes with a framework for locking in new behaviours that is as funny as it is genuinely transformative.

Ideal audience

Line managers, L&D cohorts, pastoral leads, parent evenings, mixed community audiences

Frameworks

The inner critic vs the inner coach, Baby Steps and Happy Dances, Resilience as a trainable muscle

Slingshots & Boomerangs: An Unusual Approach to Stress Management

We all have habits that quietly work against us. Dave introduces a simple but powerful framework that makes the invisible logic of our habits suddenly visible, and shows how to replace the ones that harm us with ones that build lasting resilience.

Ideal audience

High-pressure professional teams, healthcare and emergency services, sales and account teams, wellbeing weeks

Frameworks

Slingshots and Boomerangs, The 3 As, The Takeout Menu

The Algorithm of Anxiety

Using the YouTube algorithm as a lens everyone instantly understands, Dave unpacks the reinforcing loop at the heart of anxiety and shows audiences exactly how to break it, and choose a different story. Closes with the truth that reframes everything, negativity comes naturally, but positivity takes practice.

Ideal audience

Younger corporate audiences, graduate and early-career cohorts, sixth forms, universities, community evenings

Frameworks

The algorithm loop, Pattern interruption, Practised positivity

Testimonials

What people say after the room quietens down.

“What struck me was how natural and confident Dave is on stage, and how openly he talks about his own struggles. He lets the emotion show, and that's what makes it hit. I left with genuine advice and insight, not just a good talk.”

Matthew Booth

Attendee, An Evening on Stress, Identity & Finding Yourself

“I didn't expect for it to resonate so deeply with my own thoughts and experiences. I left with plenty to ponder and very keen to learn more about myself, with Dave's guidance.”

Dave V

Attendee, An Evening on Stress, Identity & Finding Yourself

“Although working behind the camera I couldn't help but listen. I resonated with it and actually took a lot away from it.”

Madeline

Attendee, An Evening on Stress, Identity & Finding Yourself

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A talk that fits your brief, not a slide deck recycled.

Tell Dave about your audience, the format, and what you want people to leave with. He will shape the session around it.

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