Book IWD Speaker: Martina Witter

Give To Gain: Psychological Safety as the Fastest Route to Wellbeing and Performance

Martina Witter is a Director of Award Winning Rapha Therapy & Training Services, BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, Keynote Speaker, Confidence coach ,Health and Wellbeing Consultant, Author , Podcast Host ( Rivers to Resilience), Blogger ,Resilience Expert , Founder of Black Mental Wealth and Cofounder of Black Women in Business and Professionals Network. Martina is a Vice Chair of Greater Manchester Combined Authority Race Equality Panel, CIPD Manchester Committee Member (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead ) , Chair Pro-Manchester Wellbeing Champions Committee and TedxTrafford Curator & Lead Speaker Coach.

Martina has over 20 years experience working within the wellbeing and mental health field empowering diverse individuals and organizations to leverage resilience, develop sustainable strong mindsets that allows them to turn bottlenecks into breakthroughs, increase performance and productivity in organizations. Due to her contributions to the field, she has been featured in HuffPost, Thrive Global ,Metro, The Voice, Financial Times and BBC Radio Manchester and worked with Global Brands including AMEX, JD Group and Oliver Wyman.

Martina delivers transformational, dynamic and experiential training whilst also having a passion to see Individuals thrive holistically in life through being revived, restored and refocused . Martina delivers Coaching and psychological therapy in innovative and accessible ways. Martina draws upon her life experiences including bereavements (traumatic unexpected loss of her mother whilst in the final year of University) , divorce , rejection, depression and stress to connect with, empathize and empower her audience and clients whilst sharing how she has successfully navigated adversity and utilized this for transformation and growth . Martina has a passion for business, inclusivity and collaboration which is evident through Black Mental Wealth and Black Women in Business and Professionals Network (BWIBP)


Keynote Topics:


💥Stress Busters for Success
💥Health Is Wealth: Rivers to Resilience for Black Women Navigating High-Pressure Work and Life
💥Borrowed Belief: How Great Leaders Build Confidence and Capability in Women Who’ve Been Carrying Too Much
💥Rivers to Resilience in times of uncertainty
💥Finding Advantage in Adversity
💥Leveraging your Difference
💥Levelling the playing field :Mental health through a diverse lens


Testimonial :

"I had met Martina at numerous events, and she always spoke very passionately and on the topic of emotional resilience. When I was looking for a speaker on the topic of emotional resilience she immediately came to mind. The audience was a variety of SME business owners, and Martina discussed her own personal journey, and techniques that can aid in times of stress and anxiety for business owners (Llloyds Bank)."

"Martina was a pleasure to work with, and I look forward to having the opportunity to work with her on projects/workshops/events in the future."

- Lloyds Bank


Thank you for coming down to London and delivering the insightful session on Resilience in times of uncertainty. We loved the stress balls, it was an honour to meet you.  

Culture and Communities Manager I American Express Global Business Travel Express

Hearing Martina speak to us about stress management was an absolute pleasure. Her presentation was insightful, knowledgeable and extremely useful. Despite only having a limited amount of time to present it was pack full of great information! The audience of the presentation was graduates and apprentices and she ensured to mention exam related stress which was really helpful and relevant. Participants were able to ask questions throughout which made the whole experience engaging. There were also interactive activities which further added to the presentation. Overall, I highly recommend Martina!

Leanne Richards  - Operational Policy Officer ( Transport for London)

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