- Neurodiversity, inclusion, and mental health advocate
- Five-time TEDx speaker on psychological safety
- Corporate consultant for workplace wellbeing programs
Shaun Flores is a mental health advocate and public speaker who transforms personal struggles into powerful tools for organisational change. His mission crystallised after being diagnosed with OCD and ADHD following a breakdown in 2022 and is embodied in his motto: "OCD was the worst thing to happen to me; I will be the worst thing to happen to OCD."
A five-time TEDx speaker, Shaun has delivered impactful talks including "The Urgency of Early Intervention" and "The Straitjacket of Masculinity." His client portfolio spans corporate giants like Vodafone and Panasonic, healthcare institutions including the NHS, and educational establishments such as Imperial College and Goldsmiths University. His insights have featured by the BBC and Men's Health UK.
Shaun works with organisations to create psychologically safe environments where difficult conversations about mental health, neurodiversity, and inclusion can flourish. Through his signature programs like Rejection Rehab™ and The Flores Effect™, he helps teams dismantle stigma, build resilience, and develop practical tools for supporting mental wellbeing. His approach combines lived experience with evidence-based strategies to address today's workplace challenges.
Audiences leave Shaun's sessions with concrete takeaways: practical frameworks for creating psychological safety, tools to recognise and support neurodivergent colleagues, and strategies to foster authentic communication that breaks down barriers to inclusion.
Book Shaun when you need a catalyst to transform understanding into action and challenges into opportunities for meaningful organisational growth.
Shaun's showreel and videos
Topics, sessions and talks
Rethinking OCD And Mental Health
Shaun Flores dismantles myths about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and explores the hidden realities behind intrusive thoughts, compulsions, and recovery. Drawing on his personal journey and clinical insight, he exposes the stigma that silences men and limits true understanding. This talk helps workplaces and schools move beyond awareness toward genuine literacy and support, fostering a culture that recognises and responds to mental health with empathy and accuracy.
The Straitjacket Of Masculinity
Shaun Flores unpacks how societal expectations of masculinity restrict emotional expression and connection. Through a candid, often humorous lens, he challenges cultural narratives that prize control over vulnerability. By reframing strength as self-awareness and empathy, he shows how men, and the communities around them, can break free from outdated scripts to build healthier, more authentic relationships both personally and professionally.
How To Call People In, Not Out
In a world fuelled by outrage and polarisation, Shaun Flores offers an alternative rooted in empathy and accountability. He explores the human psychology behind shame and defensiveness, and how dialogue can replace division. Audiences learn how to create inclusive environments that prioritise growth, understanding, and redemption - values that strengthen teams, classrooms, and communities alike.
Critical Thinking For A World On Autopilot
Shaun Flores explores the growing challenge of misinformation and mental overload in the digital age. Using psychology and lived experience, he reveals how biases, algorithms, and cognitive shortcuts shape beliefs and behaviour. The session equips participants with practical tools to question assumptions, strengthen media literacy, and make better-informed decisions in a world that rewards speed over thought.
Rejection Rehab™: Confidence In The Face Of Fear
Blending personal story and behavioural science, Shaun Flores teaches audiences to embrace failure as a catalyst for growth. Through insights from exposure therapy and psychology, he shares strategies to reduce fear of rejection and build self-trust. This energising and relatable talk helps participants cultivate courage, persistence, and emotional resilience - skills that transform the way they approach both personal and professional challenges.
Why we recommend booking Shaun
Shaun Flores, a five-time TEDx speaker and mental health advocate, transforms organisational cultures through powerful storytelling and evidence-based strategies that create psychologically safe environments where conversations about mental health and neurodiversity can flourish. Book Shaun today to give your team practical frameworks for supporting wellbeing, recognising neurodiversity, and fostering authentic communication that turns challenges into opportunities for meaningful growth.
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Trusted by Orchard OCD, HSBC, National Association of Disability Practitioners, Vodafone, NHS, Imperial College
Shaun Flores is a changemaker. He bridges lived experience with deep insight, sparking conversations that last far beyond the event. You don’t just listen to Shaun you feel him.
Alex Holmes
Anti-Bullying Campaigner
Shaun is a talented communicator, speaker and writer. He is not frightened of sharing his own experience of some of the lesser-known yet equally devastating forms of OCD. Indeed, we urgently need more people like Shaun who are ok with raising awareness for these forms of OCD. Shaun is one of those rare calibre of speakers who, through authentic vulnerability, courage, and wisdom, can connect with audiences of all generations and backgrounds. He creates spaces where people feel safe enough to think, feel, and grow.
Dr. Nick Sireau
CEO, Orchard OCD
Shaun has a voracious intellect and it's always fascinating to hear him speak. He is a passionate advocate for the causes that he champions and believe in and amplifies stories and narratives with strong statistics, data, personal experience, and a wealth of understanding and various angles. He will leave you thinking and questioning the thoughts and values that you perhaps held previously. Shaun’s workshop was one of the highlights of our wellbeing week. His honesty and humour disarmed everyone in the best way possible. The impact was immediate staff were still talking about it days later.
Jasmine Dotiwala
Broadcaster & Diversity Advocate
