Chelsea Pottenger
- Bestselling Author of 'The Mindful High Performer'
- Founder of EQ Minds
- Mental Wellbeing Expert
Travels From
California
Chelsea Pottenger Speaker Biography
Chelsea Pottenger is a leading international keynote speaker, bestselling author of The Mindful High Performer, psychology postgraduate, and the dynamic founder of EQ Minds. Known for her inspiring, science-backed presentations on mental wellness, mindfulness, and high performance, Chelsea has worked with some of the world’s most recognized brands, including Google, Amazon, JP Morgan, Salesforce, and Mercedes-Benz.
Chelsea began her career as a high-achieving corporate executive, including a senior role at Johnson & Johnson, where she developed a deep understanding of the pressures and expectations that come with ambitious, fast-paced environments. Following a personal experience with postnatal depression in 2015, she transformed her journey into a mission to empower others and redefine what it means to truly thrive.
She now speaks globally to executive audiences, helping teams recalibrate for sustained success through neuroscience-based strategies. Chelsea has trained over 2 million people globally through her keynotes, workshops and digital programs, and is regarded as a trusted voice in high-performance wellbeing.
Her unique path—from corporate leader to mindfulness advocate—also includes her early foundation as a Division 1 basketball athlete in Oklahoma, where she honed the resilience, discipline, and mindset that now underpin her approach to peak performance and mental fitness.
A proud ambassador for The Gidget Foundation, Chelsea is also a regular contributor to Sunrise, ABC News, Channel 9, and Marie Claire. Based in Los Angeles, Chelsea delivers her talks in-person or virtually, drawing on over a decade of corporate experience and a deep understanding of mental resilience.
The Mindful High Performer
Master the Inner Game of Sustainable Performance
This keynote empowers high-achieving professionals to unlock elite performance—without burning out. Chelsea shares practical, neuroscience-backed strategies to build resilience, focus, and emotional agility in high-pressure environments.
From global boardrooms to frontline retail, this dynamic keynote blends storytelling with science to inspire sustainable wellbeing, energy, and clarity. It’s energising, deeply relatable, and instantly actionable.
Topics explored include:
Micro-transitions to reduce burnout and sharpen focus
The Morning Reset: an 8-minute daily ritual to boost mood and mindset
The 5-for-5 Challenge to embed self-leadership and daily wellbeing
Connections: the modern day loneliness and how to stay connected as teams
A growth mindset reframing technique to build psychological resilience
Emotional Contagion: how leaders shape team culture through energy
The Sleep Rescue Protocol: tools to return to deep REM sleep after a 3am wake-up or overstimulated mind
Fastest way to reduce stress on the go: NSDR (non-sleep deep rest), breath resets, and movement breaks
The ripple effect of high-performance mindset across teams
Ideal for: Executive leadership, high-growth teams, global workforces
Reframe Stress, Refocus Energy, and Reignite Momentum
This transformational keynote is designed for organisations navigating uncertainty, cultural reset, or high workloads. Chelsea equips teams with tools to pause, recalibrate, and mentally rewire—so they can perform with clarity and calm under pressure.
Using cutting-edge neuroscience and Chelsea’s own mental health journey, the session is both inspiring and tactical—perfect for building team resilience and momentum.
Key takeaways include:
Energy & rhythm reset to avoid fatigue and sustain focus
5 micro habits to win the morning
Ruthless Prioritization and the use of binaural beats
Dealing with Uncertainty: a “naming and reframing” technique to turn fear into focus
Journaling techniques to process emotion and improve sleep
Gut-brain strategies to boost mental clarity and mood stability
Fast-acting stress relief tools including breathwork, sensory resets, and reframing strategies
Building psychological safety and connection at work
Ideal for: Teams under pressure, transformation initiatives, wellbeing or leadership programs
