Will Van Der Hart is an author, expert on mental/emotional health and a corporate and motivational coach who has spoken at some of London’s top organisations. Having suffered from PTSD and an acute anxiety breakdown following his involvement in the London bombings recovery at Edgeware Road Station, Will became passionate about helping others struggling with their mental health. In 2005 he Founded the charity Mind and Soul Foundation offering professional help to people struggling with their emotional and mental health. Furthermore, Will has travelled the world speaking to people on the topics of mental health, emotional health, and motivation.
Will attended two of the world’s most prestigious Universities, earning a Bachelor of Education in Theology/Theological Studies from Cambridge and a Bachelor of Theology in Theology/Theological Studies from Oxford.
With over 16 years of experience working in mental/emotional health, Will is known for coaching city workers facing burnout or anxiety. Furthermore, for two years he was involved in the Healing Minds support group helping Grenfell victims with their mental health recovery. In addition, he has clients all over the world including North America, Africa, and the UK. For his contribution to the London bombing recovery efforts, Will was awarded the MET Police Assistant Commissioner’s Commendations.
Having acquired extensive experience in the mental well-being field, Will is the proud author of eight books relating to the topic and has recently co-authored Mind Fuel with Bear Grylls. The book has done tremendously well and is consistently ranked in the top 100 books on Amazon. Will is a highly knowledgeable speaker on motivation and mental and emotional health. He is an excellent communicator who is able to engage with his audience in a heartfelt manner and has confidently delivered talks to audiences of up to 11,000 people. Book Will Van Der Hart now for a highly captivating session.
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Books
Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day
The Power of Belonging: Discovering the Confidence to Lead with Vulnerability
The End of Worry: Why We Worry and How to Stop
The Perfectionism Book: Walking the Path to Freedom
How to hire Will Van Der Hart
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Will Van der Hart's official speaking topics are listed below:
- Retreat to Advance- How to sustain effective growth over the long term
- The Power of Belonging - Why relational leadership always wins
- Mind Fuel - Building resilience without leaving the room
- Why Worry - Overcoming the powerful distraction of the unknown
- The Poison of Perfectionism - Finding excellence without the downside
- Befriending your Creative Mind - Unlocking your creative potential
- Finding your Edge - Keeping going in the face of disappointments and downturns
As a coach and consultant, Will is catalytic: he is hugely positive, adds much, offers his varied network as a resource, joins dots others don’t see and drives a result. - Paul, HSBC Bank London
Will really positively impacted our team of 100 staff. He gave examples of real life situations that he had been on working abroad. He spoke with understanding when dealing with the challenges. Will pointed out to everyone; season skills are not a stop gap, they are with us for life and are transferable in the real world. - Callum, Neilson Resort Manager, Messini Beach Club
We still discuss the key take-always from the talk and have had a very strong and highly positive response from the GS community. - Jens, Goldman Sachs
Sessions were hugely insightful; he revealed what really drives success and how we can best flourish, and did so with great candour and humour. - Jamie, The Refinery
Will’s teaching is fulfilling a much-in-demand need for leadership input on emotional well-being. He is always very well received. I commend him to every church leader and their teams. - Ric, Bishop, The Gregory Centre
