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Ella Dove
Resilience
Disability Awareness
Storytelling
Transform workplace resilience with Ella Dove, speaker and amputee advocate. Ella works with organisations to enhance disability inclusion, therapeutic writing, and trauma recovery, delivering powerful insights as a journalist, novelist, and qualified therapeutic writing practitioner.
International Day of Disability
Journalist
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Inspirational
Ella Rose Dove’s journey is a testament to hope and resilience. In 2015, a routine jog changed her life when a fall resulted in the amputation of her right leg below the knee. In one moment, her life changed entirely, but what initially felt like the end of her dreams instead became a catalyst for a renewed sense of purpose and resilience.
Today, Ella is not only walking again, she’s thriving. As the Features Editor at Woman & Home and Woman’s Weekly, Ella continues her work in journalism, but her personal journey extends beyond her editorial role. Through her writing and speaking engagements, she shines a light on resilience and the strength it takes to rebuild life after trauma.
Her debut novel, Five Steps to Happy, has reached readers across the globe, bringing comfort and positivity to those facing their own challenges. Her upcoming children’s book, How to Rollerskate on One Leg, celebrates friendship, family, and the courage to overcome adversity, a message she feels is vital for young people. Ella’s talks and workshops are driven by a desire to bring disability into the mainstream, showing that everyone, no matter their circumstances, is capable of amazing things. As a qualified therapeutic writing practitioner, she leads workshops on writing for wellbeing, encouraging people to discover healing through words. Whether speaking about resilience, inclusivity in the workplace, or writing as a tool for mindfulness, Ella encourages audiences to discover their own resilience and find new ways forward, whatever challenges they may face.
Topics, sessions and talks
When life changes in an instant, how do you bring yourself back from the brink after trauma? In this talk, Ella shares her personal story of losing her leg aged 25, and how she has since become stronger and more determined than ever. An inspirational keynote talk with a powerful message: we all have the power within us to overcome life’s challenges.
Ella Dove draws on her personal experiences as an amputee and her training as a therapeutic writing practitioner to show the healing power of words. Combining guided exercises with mindfulness techniques, she leads participants on a journey of self-discovery through writing. Attendees will learn how to use writing as a tool for emotional resilience, leaving with practical exercises for wellbeing in their daily lives.
How can workplaces better support individuals with disabilities? Informed by her own journey as an amputee, Ella Dove sheds light on creating inclusive environments in this eye-opening session. Ella explores how disability impacts professional life and highlights practical ways to foster inclusivity. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to make workplaces more accessible, empowering them to drive positive change in their organisations.
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Email ella.dove@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Ella's availability and fees. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and a bit about your audience.
Ella Dove structures her sessions around first-person narrative drawn from her experience of leg amputation at 25, using her own recovery as the through-line to illustrate broader points on resilience, workplace inclusivity, and wellbeing. In workshop formats, she layers guided therapeutic writing exercises with mindfulness techniques, a method grounded in her qualification as a therapeutic writing practitioner.
Ella Dove's sessions cover overcoming adversity and trauma, writing for wellbeing and emotional resilience, and disability inclusion in the workplace. She is a qualified therapeutic writing practitioner, Features Editor at Woman & Home and Woman's Weekly, and author of the novel Five Steps to Happy.
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