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TEDx
THE INDEPENDENT
RACHAEL CARTER
Motivational Speaker & Wellbeing Workshop Facilitator
Rachael is a Wellbeing Coach, end of life Soul Doula, educator, and speaker who helps individuals and organisations have courageous, compassionate conversations about life, death, and everything in between. Drawing on her experience supporting the dying for over 12 years and also training end-of-life doulas, Rachael brings a unique, deeply human lens to topics like grief, legacy, resilience, and values-led living. Her warm, down-to-earth style invites people to reflect, connect, and lead with heart. Whether speaking on the TEDx stage, in boardrooms or on Retreats, Rachael’s work is rooted in one essential truth: the art of living is to die without regrets.
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SIGNATURE TALKS
1. The Art of Living is to Die Without Regrets: A guide to living with courage, clarity, and connection, at work and in life.
❌ Problem:
In fast-paced workplaces, it’s easy to lose touch with what truly matters. Hustle culture rewards productivity over presence, urgency over depth, and burnout over boundaries. Many people only stop to reflect when crisis or grief forces a reckoning. By then, it’s often too late to make the changes they wish they’d made sooner. Teams feel disconnected. Leaders feel stretched. And people quietly wonder, Is this really it?
✅ Solution:
What if we didn’t wait until the end to reflect on what matters most?
In this moving and practical talk, Soul Doula Rachael brings the wisdom of the dying to the world of the living. Offering a radical and refreshing lens on purpose, resilience, leadership and legacy. Through real-life stories, gentle reflection, and powerful questions, Rachael helps professionals reconnect to their inner compass before burnout, regret, or grief demands it.
Attendees leave with a renewed sense of clarity, emotional courage, and the tools to lead and live in alignment with themselves and with the people they serve.
2. From Deadlines to Deathbeds: The Secrets Death Taught Me About Resilience, Wellbeing & Leadership
❌ Problem:
Corporate culture glorifies hustle, urgency, and achievement, often at the expense of wellbeing, purpose, and sustainable success. Many professionals only re-evaluate their priorities when burnout or crisis hits, leading to stress, disengagement, and lack of fulfilment in their careers.
✅ Solution:
Drawing on real lessons from the death bed, this talk offers a radical perspective shift on resilience, wellbeing, and leadership. By applying insights from those facing mortality, professionals can redefine success, prioritise what truly matters, and create a career and workplace culture that fosters long-term resilience and fulfilment without waiting for burnout to force a change.
3. Beyond Mindset: A Radical Somatic Approach to Emotional Resilience in Business
❌ Problem:
Traditional corporate resilience training focuses only on mindset, ignoring the body’s role in handling stress, burnout, and high-pressure environments. As a result, leaders and teams struggle with chronic stress, emotional fatigue, and reactive decision-making that impact performance.
✅ Solution:
This talk introduces a radical, body-based approach to resilience, showing professionals how to regulate their nervous system, use somatic intelligence to manage stress in real-time, and develop true emotional resilience that lasts. By integrating breathwork, movement, and body awareness, leaders can make clearer decisions, prevent burnout, and cultivate a thriving, high-performing workplace.
