Petra Velzeboer
Cult Survivor turned Digital Wellbeing Expert. TEDx Speaker, Author and Culture Advisor for High-Performing Teams
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About Petra Velzeboer
Raised in a notorious extremist cult and later recovering from addiction, Petra rebuilt her life from rock bottom to become a globally recognised thought leader. This lived experience underpins her work with organisations operating in high-pressure, high-risk environments, exposing how fear and silence impact burnout make your talent walk. Even in healthy teams where groupthink is low risk, performance in changing environments evolves and must be highlighted to give organisations edge.
Petra equips leaders with tools to tackle technostress, hybrid working strain, AI anxiety and the growing mental health challenges of modern work. Her uplifting work focuses on clarity under pressure, healthy authority and honest conversations, helping people perform at their best without burning out.
Author of Begin with You and Digital Wellbeing: Recharge Your Focus and Reboot Your Life, Petra has been featured in Newsweek, Harvard Business Review and The Huffington Post. She delivers keynotes and advisory work for global organisations including Deloitte, PwC, Microsoft, KPMG, Channel 4, Novartis, US Bank, Monzo and Warner Media, and is increasingly sought after at cyber security conferences for her expertise on human risk, psychological safety and trust in high-stakes environments.
Whether on stage, in conversation with leaders or advising organisations through change, Petra leaves audiences energised, challenged and clear on how to lead and perform differently in a world of work evolving faster than ever before.
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Digital Wellbeing: Recharge Focus in a Distracted AI World
A practical and uplifting keynote that helps people take back control of attention, energy and technology, reducing burnout while improving focus, creativity and performance in an always on world.
Leadership Under Pressure: Building Impact Through Change
This session equips leaders to stay clear, grounded and effective during rapid change, showing how to lead with confidence, protect performance and support teams without absorbing toxic pressure.
From Burnout to Elite Performance: Helping Teams Thrive Through Change
A powerful reset on burnout prevention that reframes wellbeing as a performance strategy, giving teams the tools to recover faster, work smarter and sustain high performance over time.
High Performance in Uncertainty: Clarity, Resilience and Momentum
This keynote shows how individuals and teams can maintain momentum when priorities shift, roles change and uncertainty rises, building resilience without losing pace or purpose.
How to Build Resilience Through Adversity: From Cult Survivor to Growth Mindset
Petra’s personal story of surviving an extremist cult and addiction delivers a compelling message about responsibility, courage and growth, leaving audiences inspired and equipped to navigate adversity with strength and clarity.
Here you can find links to books by Petra Velzeboer. For bulk book orders for your event please speak with a member of the team.
Digital Wellbeing: Recharge Focus in a Distracted AI World
A practical and uplifting keynote that helps people take back control of attention, energy and technology, reducing burnout while improving focus, creativity and performance in an always on world.
Leading Under Pressure: Resilience through Change
This session equips leaders to stay clear, grounded and effective during rapid change, showing how to lead with confidence, protect performance and support teams without absorbing toxic pressure.
From Burnout to Performance: Helping Teams Thrive Through Change
A powerful reset on burnout prevention that reframes wellbeing as a performance strategy, giving teams the tools to recover faster, work smarter and sustain high performance over time.
Adversity to Resilience: Cult Survivor to Thought Leader
Petra’s personal story of surviving an extremist cult and addiction delivers a compelling message about responsibility, courage and growth, leaving audiences inspired and equipped to navigate adversity with strength and clarity.
Client Feedback
"I would highly recommend Petra as a knowledgeable and credible speaker! Petra’s authentic and engaging style, delivering at our National Conferences, has been key to the success of our Wellbeing Programme."
Amey
"Petra was an absolute delight to work with! Feedback from all delegates was that Petra's session was honest, informative and inspiring. I would have Petra speak at any of our events in a heartbeat- I believe she really gave our audience of 120+ HR leaders a lot to think about following her session. If you get the chance to hear her story- take it! Thanks Petra!"
Pleo
"Petra is the rarest of keynotes; someone who knows the science but who also has lived experience on such an important topic. She is brave in her approach and this is perhaps the key lesson in opening up and addressing mental health at work."
Business Analysts Annual Conference
"Petra captures the most important issues of our times, debunking myths and offering practical ways we can focus thereby boosting mental health."
Bhakta-Jones
"We invited Petra to speak at our event and were blown away by her incredible unique story! She is an accomplished keynote speaker who provided so much practical advice on how to look after our people in the new world of work!"
Monzo
"Petra delivered a deeply authentic, vulnerable, real, insightful, actionable and funny journey into what it is to be mentally well in the mad world that is startup and corporate innovation. We all left knowing more about ourselves and knowing more about how to look after ourselves and each other. Thank you Petra! You are a master at what you do and you offer a deeply needed service to the world. Shine On!"
AirBus
