Book IWD Speaker: Faye Evans

Faye Evans is a Melbourne-based psychologist, author and speaker with more than 30 years’ experience supporting women through trauma, identity change, relationship challenges and major life transitions. She brings together psychological science, practical tools and personal storytelling to explore how women can reclaim their voice, strengthen their boundaries and live with greater intention.

Her book, Soulful Simplicity: A Neuro-Spiritual Path to Living with Intention, published by Hardie Grant, connects psychology and neuroscience with questions of identity, meaning and connection. Her approach makes complex ideas accessible, helping audiences understand why they can appear capable and successful while feeling exhausted, overwhelmed or disconnected from themselves.

Faye’s perspective is both professional and deeply personal. Originally from Peru, she experienced a coercive marriage before migrating to Australia and rebuilding her life and career. This experience informs her understanding of women’s agency, cultural belonging and the courage involved in creating change. She shares her story thoughtfully, connecting individual experiences with the wider expectations and pressures women navigate.

Alongside her clinical practice at Liminal Space Psychology, Faye is a Board-Approved Supervisor and external supervisor for Victoria University psychology students. Her training includes EMDR, positive psychology, mindfulness and expressive therapies. Her work draws on psychological flexibility, attachment, trauma-informed practice and approaches that support emotional regulation.

For International Women’s Day, Faye offers a compelling perspective on empowerment: having a voice also requires the space, support and opportunity to use it. Her presentations explore how expectations around caregiving, achievement and relationships can shape women’s choices—and how greater self-understanding can support meaningful action.

Speaking topics include:

• Reclaiming Yourself: Identity, Voice and Meaning in Midlife
• Beyond Coping: The Invisible Mental and Emotional Load Women Carry
• Success Without Self-Abandonment: Boundaries and Sustainable Leadership
• From Survival to Agency: Rebuilding After Coercive Control
• Between Cultures and Selves: Migration, Identity and Belonging
• Making Space: Neuroscience, Wellbeing and Intentional Living

Audiences leave with fresh perspectives, reflective questions and practical strategies they can bring into their relationships, workplaces and everyday decisions. Faye combines warmth and honesty with professional depth, creating space for conversations that are personal, relevant and grounded in psychological knowledge.

Available for keynote presentations, panel discussions, author conversations and workplace talks, Faye is particularly suited to events focused on women’s empowerment, women’s mental health, midlife, wellbeing, leadership, cultural diversity and life transitions. Based in Melbourne, she welcomes enquiries for in-person and online events.

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