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Elyssa Desai
Growth Mindset
Workplace Wellbeing
Transform workplace confidence and performance with Elyssa Desai, speaker and mindset coach. Elyssa works with organisations to overcome imposter syndrome, develop growth mindset, and unlock employee potential, delivering breakthrough results featured in Forbes and Stylist.


Inspirational Female
HR
Mindset
Women in Business
Elyssa Desai is a leading mindset coach and hypnotherapist based in London, renowned for her innovative approach to personal and professional transformation. As the creator of The Breakthrough Method™, Elyssa combines hypnotherapy, NLP, and deep reprogramming techniques to help individuals overcome limiting beliefs and achieve lasting change. Her work is featured in prominent publications like Forbes and Stylist, underscoring her influence in the field.
Elyssa's expertise is particularly relevant for teams and businesses seeking to enhance productivity and resilience. Her programs, such as "Path to Purpose" and "Permission to Thrive," are designed to empower individuals to overcome career paralysis and self-doubt, fostering a culture of confidence and assertiveness. By addressing the root causes of mental blocks, Elyssa equips her clients with practical tools to lead with confidence and achieve sustainable peak performance.
Book Elyssa Desai for your next event to inspire your team to break through their barriers and unlock their full potential. Elyssa advocates for the power of mindset support in transforming every aspect of an employee's life. She believes that with the right guidance, individuals can feel more content, take on new challenges at work, achieve their goals, foster strong team relationships, and advance in their careers. Elyssa is your go-to professional for boosting career confidence and unlocking employee potential. Her speaking engagements cover various topics, including Imposter Syndrome, Self-Worth, Confidence, Inner Critic vs. Inner Nurturer, Empowering Mindsets, the Unconscious Mind, Hypnotherapy, Fear of Success and Failure, and Growth Mindset.
Topics, sessions and talks
Many people experience imposter syndrome, negative thoughts and lack of confidence but this doesn’t need to be the norm. During this empowering session, Elyssa will help employees understand their mind more and learn actionable steps to manage their mindset. The session will cover 5 common mindset traps and how to overcome them, the inner critic and inner nurturer, how their thoughts become their actions and how we can create meanings from different situations.
The aim of this interactive session is for attendees to understand what is holding them back and take steps to build their confidence. Attendees will be given space to reflect on their perceived limitations, understand what limiting beliefs are and how they are created, learn how to challenge and reframe their limiting beliefs and be given advice on how to step out of their comfort zone.
Work can sometimes become stressful and overwhelming, whether it's being new in a role, managing multiple deadlines or dealing with challenging situations. This session provides attendees with tools they can utilise to calm their mind and body if they are feeling stressed or overwhelmed. Attendees will be taken through a relaxing meditation, learn about the fight or flight response, be guided through 4 techniques to activate the parasympathetic nervous system, learn 5 ways to calm their mind and create a toolbox of their favourite techniques.
Elyssa Desai offers your team transformative insights into overcoming self-doubt and imposter syndrome, fostering a culture of confidence and growth. Her expertise will empower your employees to unlock their full potential, enhance team dynamics, and drive your business towards greater success. Elevate your team's mindset and productivity with Elyssa's guidance.
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Email elyssa.desai@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 Elyssa'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.
Elyssa Desai structures her sessions around numbered frameworks, such as five mindset traps, four nervous system techniques, and five ways to calm the mind, paired with guided practical exercises including meditation and reframing activities that attendees apply during the session.
Elyssa Desai's sessions address mindset management and imposter syndrome, limiting beliefs and confidence building, and stress and overwhelm in the workplace. She is a mindset coach and hypnotherapist whose work has been featured in Forbes and Stylist, and she is the creator of The Breakthrough Method™, which combines hypnotherapy and NLP.
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