Chelsea Pottenger

Chelsea Pottenger is highly regarded as one of Australia’s most preeminent authorities on corporate wellbeing, currently acclaimed as the Founder and Managing Director of EQ Minds. Determined to change the future of work by helping employees to prioritise their mental health and wellbeing, Chelsea is forging a reputation for resetting the corporate agenda. Combining her unique perspective of science and personal stories, Chelsea empowers her clients to put their mental health first, energising teams to perform optimally whilst maintaining personal wellbeing. When looking for a distinguished mental health speaker to hire for your next event, book Chelsea Pottenger today.

Having graduated with a B. Com in Marketing from the University of Wollongong, Chelsea’s decorated career began working as a Hospital Product Specialist on Gastroenterology for Janssen. Having spent two years with Janssen, Chelsea moved on to become a Product Specialist on Ethicon Endo-Surgery for Johnson & Johnson, before being promoted to Senior Product Specialist and Ethicon Mentor in 2014. Leaving Johnson & Johnson in 2014, Chelsea became the General Manager of The Breast Clinic, before experiencing a life adversity. On the road to recovery, Chelsea was inspired to retrain, prioritising her mental health and founding EQ Minds in 2016. In 2019, Chelsea returned to education, set to graduate in 2024 with a degree in Psychology from the University of Adelaide.

Committed to her work with EQ Minds, Chelsea has most recently become the author of the bestselling book The Mindful High Performer. Also an accredited mindfulness and meditation coach, Chelsea works with large corporate clients to help them implement practical approaches to resetting wellbeing and maximising potential in their professional and personal life. In addition to her commitments to EQ Minds, Chelsea also shares her time with being an Ambassador for R U OK? and the Gidget Foundation Australia, two leading mental health awareness charities. In recognition of her dedication to improving mental wellbeing and advocacy for mental health, Chelsea was honoured with the 2022 Mental Health Advocate of the Year Award from the Mental Health Foundation Australia.

Now hired as a world-class mental health speaker, Chelsea is commended for her abilities to energise teams and ignite passions for mental health and wellbeing. Asking businesses to prioritise the mental and physical wellbeing of their employees, Chelsea delivers her toolkit for maintaining wellbeing – which includes topics such as reframing thoughts and emotions, reducing stress, embracing change, ability to adapt, optimal performance and emotional flexibility. Thousands of people have already implemented Chelsea’s revolutionary mental health and wellbeing toolkit, with previous clients including the likes of eBay, Estee Lauder, Atlassian and Google to name but a few. If you are looking to empower mental wellbeing in your workplace or encourage open and honest conversations surrounding wellbeing, Chelsea Pottenger is a fantastic mental health and wellbeing speaker on a mission to change the corporate mental health agenda. Book her today!