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Michael Maisey
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Transform lives through resilience with Michael Maisey, speaker on addiction recovery and trauma healing. Michael works with organisations to build authentic connection and personal growth, delivering award-winning insights from his bestselling memoir and community outreach programmes.
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Michael Maisey is an award-winning author, charity founder and speaker whose work focuses on transformation, resilience and connection. His journey from troubled youth to community leader offers a compelling perspective on the possibility of change, no matter the circumstances. Raised in Isleworth, Michael became deeply entangled in crime during his teenage years and was incarcerated at Feltham Young Offenders Institute following an armed robbery. The experience shaped his understanding of hardship, isolation and the destructive cycles that can trap young people.
Determined to break free, he rebuilt his life after release, committing to sobriety and self-development. Now more than 17 years sober, he has devoted his life to supporting others through recovery, healing and personal growth. Michael is the author of the bestselling memoir Young Offender, which traces his early life, imprisonment, and eventual transformation. He is also the founder of The CIP Project, a community organisation that helps people facing addiction, mental health struggles, childhood trauma, and post-traumatic stress.
Each year, the project reaches thousands of individuals through retreats, school programmes and prison workshops. His work has been formally recognised by the London Borough of Hounslow for its lasting impact on the community. Through his writing, speaking and outreach, Michael combines lived experience with a compassionate, trauma-informed approach. He demonstrates that lasting change is possible when people are given the tools, space and support to heal. Whether addressing issues of communication, empathy, or resilience in challenging times, his voice brings authenticity and hope to audiences of all backgrounds.
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Michael Maisey explores practical tools for finding calm when life feels overwhelming. Drawing on his own journey through addiction, imprisonment and recovery, he shows how stillness and presence can be cultivated even in moments of deep struggle. Blending lived experience with accessible techniques, he offers audiences strategies for resilience that can be applied in both personal and professional settings. Listeners will discover ways to navigate uncertainty with steadiness and clarity.
Michael Maisey addresses the silence and stigma that often surround conversations on mental health. Through powerful storytelling, he illustrates how opening dialogue can transform lives, reduce isolation and create supportive communities. With his characteristic honesty and warmth, he brings to light the importance of breaking down communication barriers in families, workplaces and wider society. Audiences gain new perspectives on fostering openness and understanding that lead to stronger connections and healthier environments.
Michael Maisey highlights why empathy and compassion are essential in building meaningful workplace cultures. Sharing insights from his work with communities, schools and prisons, he demonstrates how these qualities strengthen trust, improve collaboration and reduce conflict. Michael’s style blends authenticity with practical wisdom, showing how compassion is not a soft skill but a powerful tool for resilience and productivity. Attendees leave with a renewed sense of how empathy can inspire growth at every level.
Book Michael Maisey to inspire your team with his powerful story of transformation and resilience, showing how real change is possible even in the toughest circumstances. Give your audience the tools and motivation they need to overcome challenges and build stronger connections—secure your date with Michael today.
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Email michael.maisey@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 Michael'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.
Michael Maisey structures his sessions around first-person narrative drawn from his own trajectory through crime, incarceration and long-term recovery, using this arc to anchor practical techniques for resilience and mental health. He pairs the personal account with methods developed through his hands-on work in schools, prisons and community retreats via The CIP Project, giving audiences transferable tools rather than abstract principles.
Michael Maisey structures his sessions around first-person narrative drawn from his own trajectory through crime, incarceration and long-term recovery, using this arc to anchor practical techniques for resilience and mental health. He pairs the personal account with methods developed through his hands-on work in schools, prisons and community retreats via The CIP Project, giving audiences transferable tools rather than abstract principles.
Michael Maisey structures his sessions around first-person narrative drawn from his own trajectory through crime, incarceration and long-term recovery, using this arc to anchor practical techniques for resilience and mental health. He pairs the personal account with methods developed through his hands-on work in schools, prisons and community retreats via The CIP Project, giving audiences transferable tools rather than abstract principles.
Michael Maisey speaks on finding calm in adversity, breaking barriers in mental health communication, and building empathy and compassion in workplace cultures. He is the author of the bestselling memoir Young Offender and founder of The CIP Project, a charity that reaches thousands annually through retreats, school programmes and prison workshops, with his community work formally recognised by the London Borough of Hounslow.
Michael Maisey speaks on finding calm in adversity, breaking barriers in mental health communication, and building empathy and compassion in workplace cultures. He is the author of the bestselling memoir Young Offender and founder of The CIP Project, a charity that reaches thousands annually through retreats, school programmes and prison workshops, with his community work formally recognised by the London Borough of Hounslow.
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