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Emma Campbell
Resilience
Adversity
Happiness
Empower your team to navigate uncertainty and build resilience with Emma Campbell, inspirational speaker on identity, hope, and living with breast cancer. Emma brings a rare and deeply human perspective to conversations around rediscovering joy in the present moment, particularly during times of uncertainty and transition. A SXSW speaker and podcast host, Emma has delivered keynotes for organisations such as Lloyds, Interflora, and Ralph Lauren.
Inspirational Female
Podcast
Author
Influencer
Cancer Survivor
Inspirational
Interactive Keynote
Perimenopause
World Menopause Day
Emma Campbell delivers authentic, impactful conversations and keynotes around resilience, connection, and long-term breast cancer survival, bringing an honest perspective on navigating uncertainty while still fully participating in life.
Emma has spoken at SXSW in Austin, Texas and delivered keynotes for organisations including Lloyds, Interflora, Standard Life, and Ralph Lauren. She hosts the podcast Open with Emma Campbell, has built a loyal following on Instagram, and her second book will be published by Bloomsbury in 2027.
Drawing on her experience as a runner, solo parent, and midlife woman, Emma helps audiences understand what it means to stop striving for external validation and start living with intention. Her talks explore identity, long-term survival, and finding joy during times of transition. She creates environments where people feel safe to soften without losing their strength.
Audiences leave Emma's presentations with practical insights on building genuine connection, permission to stop proving themselves, and tools for staying present, even during life's toughest moments. Her blend of warmth, humour, and emotional honesty helps people feel seen and understood rather than pressured to do more.
Book Emma to create a space where your audience can reflect, connect, and recognise their own strength without pretence.
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Topics, sessions and talks
Emma Campbell offers an honest perspective on life beyond a cancer diagnosis, exploring the complexities of long-term survival, including fear, uncertainty, and resilience. She reframes survival as a privilege while recognising its emotional weight and challenges. Attendees will learn ways to navigate their identity, work, and relationships alongside ongoing treatment, and discover ways to find joy, meaning, and presence amidst uncertainty. This talk provides a grounded and hopeful outlook on what it truly means to live fully.
Emma Campbell challenges the myth that vulnerability signals weakness, reframing it as a genuine source of strength. She explores how openness and honesty deepen connection, trust, and leadership, and the courage it takes to be truly seen, especially in adversity. Emma moves audiences beyond perfectionism and performance towards authenticity and self-acceptance, offering practical ways to embrace vulnerability at work, in relationships, and in everyday life. It is a reminder that our most human moments are often our most impactful.
Emma Campbell explores the vital role connection plays in resilience, wellbeing, and growth, and how community can support people through challenge, change, and uncertainty. She speaks to the impact of feeling seen, supported, and understood, and what it takes to build meaningful relationships across both personal and professional life. Emma moves audiences from isolation towards connection through openness and shared experience, leaving them with a grounded reminder that we are not meant to navigate life, or work, alone.
Emma Campbell traces her own shift from a fear of death towards a deeper love for life, and what facing mortality can teach about time, priorities, and what truly matters. She moves audiences from fear and avoidance towards presence, courage, and intention, and encourages letting go of someday thinking in favour of deciding how to live now. Emma leaves audiences with a perspective shift towards meaning, joy, and gratitude in the everyday, inspiring lasting personal and professional change.
Menopause can affect far more than physical health, reshaping confidence, concentration and identity at work. Emma Campbell speaks candidly about her medically induced menopause in her early forties, following cancer treatment, and the challenge of navigating that transition while continuing to work and parent. With warmth and honesty, she encourages leaders to listen without judgement and build workplaces where people feel able to ask for support, leaving audiences with a reminder that a thoughtful conversation can help someone feel understood.
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Email emma.campbell@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 Emma'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.
Emma Campbell structures her talks around personal narrative drawn from her lived experience as a long-term breast cancer survivor, solo parent, and runner, using her own story to ground broader themes of identity, resilience, and intentional living.
Emma Campbell structures her talks around personal narrative drawn from her lived experience as a long-term breast cancer survivor, solo parent, and runner, using her own story to ground broader themes of identity, resilience, and intentional living.
Emma Campbell structures her talks around personal narrative drawn from her lived experience as a long-term breast cancer survivor, solo parent, and runner, using her own story to ground broader themes of identity, resilience, and intentional living.
Emma Campbell speaks on long-term cancer survival, vulnerability as a source of strength, and the role of community and connection in resilience and wellbeing. She has delivered keynotes for organisations including Lloyds, Standard Life, and Ralph Lauren, and spoken at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Emma Campbell speaks on long-term cancer survival, vulnerability as a source of strength, and the role of community and connection in resilience and wellbeing. She has delivered keynotes for organisations including Lloyds, Standard Life, and Ralph Lauren, and spoken at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
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