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Strengthen workplace mental fitness with Mark Freeman, speaker and mental health trainer. Mark works with organisations to build resilience, manage change, and improve wellbeing, delivering evidence-based strategies as Stanford Medicine X Scholar and international bestselling author.
Mark Freeman is a mental fitness trainer and human-centred design facilitator who has dedicated his career to helping people develop the skills to manage change and strengthen their mental health. Drawing from his own experience of recovering from mental illness, Mark has built a practice that combines evidence-based tools with accessible, practical guidance.
Mark is the author of The Mind Workout, published internationally and known in the United States as You Are Not a Rock. His work has reached audiences in more than ten countries, and he continues to share practical methods for mental fitness through writing, coaching and workshops. He co-founded the online community Everybody Has a Brain, and has served as a Stanford Medicine X ePatient Scholar. His career has also included contributions to mental health policy and practice, such as helping to develop clinical care guidelines in Ontario.
Mark's work focuses on enabling others to make and sustain meaningful changes in their lives. Mark’s approach is not about therapy but about equipping people with the skills to navigate life’s challenges, emphasising that mental health, like physical health, requires proactive training rather than reactive treatment. His perspective combines personal insight, design thinking and lived experience, making his work both relatable and impactful for individuals and organisations alike.
Audiences leave Mark's presentations with concrete tools to identify and modify unhelpful mental patterns, practical strategies to maintain mental fitness during high-stress periods, and frameworks for creating supportive environments that normalize mental health conversations.
Book Mark to give your team actionable mental fitness skills they can implement immediately to improve both well-being and performance.
Mark Freeman transforms complex psychological concepts into practical mental fitness skills, equipping your team with actionable strategies to navigate workplace challenges, reduce burnout, and build lasting resilience. Book Mark today to give your organization the sustainable mental health tools that improve both well-being and performance.
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Email mark.freeman@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 Mark'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.
Mark Freeman draws on his own recovery from mental illness to ground evidence-based mental fitness tools in lived experience, translating concepts from human-centred design and psychology into practical frameworks that audiences can apply immediately.
Mark Freeman speaks on mental fitness, stress management and building supportive environments for mental health conversations. He is the author of The Mind Workout (published internationally as You Are Not a Rock) and has served as a Stanford Medicine X ePatient Scholar, with his work reaching audiences in more than ten countries.
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