- Positive psychology practitioner and qualified coach
- Author of Choose Joy and The Hustle Cure
- Former commercial executive at Disney and Hallmark
Sophie Cliff is a positive psychology practitioner, author, and workplace wellbeing expert known as The Joyful Coach. She helps individuals and organisations cultivate joy, resilience, and sustainable success through practical tools grounded in behavioural science and coaching psychology.
With a Master's in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, Sophie combines academic insight with real-world corporate experience. Before retraining as a coach, she spent nearly a decade working in sales and marketing roles, including positions at The Walt Disney Company and Hallmark Cards, as well as within high-growth technology start-ups where she helped build and lead high-performing teams.
Today, Sophie is the founder of Joy Futures, a wellbeing agency that partners with organisations to support healthier, more engaged teams through coaching, workshops, and strategic wellbeing initiatives. She is the bestselling author of Choose Joy and The Hustle Cure, and hosts the chart-topping Practical Positivity podcast, where she shares practical tools, mindset strategies, and evidence-based insights from positive psychology.
Sophie draws on a decade of corporate experience and over 500 hours of coaching to create practical frameworks that help individuals navigate pressure, rediscover motivation, and build more fulfilling careers and lives. Her sessions explore themes such as positive mindset, sustainable productivity, burnout prevention, and aligning goals with personal values. Audiences gain practical tools for cultivating resilience, managing energy more effectively, and building a more intentional relationship with work, ambition, and wellbeing.
Book Sophie Cliff to help your team build a more positive, resilient, and sustainable approach to work and life.
Sophie's showreel and videos
Topics, sessions and talks
Developing A Success Mindset
Sophie Cliff explores the mindset patterns that shape how people approach ambition, setbacks, and opportunity. Drawing on coaching psychology and positive psychology research, she highlights the common mental barriers that hold individuals back and introduces practical techniques to build a more constructive and confident outlook. The session equips audiences with tools to strengthen belief, reframe challenges, and approach personal and professional goals with greater clarity and resilience.
Sophie Cliff challenges the idea that balance simply happens once life becomes less busy. Instead, she introduces a practical framework for consciously designing a more balanced and fulfilling life. Through interactive exercises and reflective tools, she encourages audiences to reassess priorities, energy levels, and boundaries. The session offers practical ways to create space for meaningful work, personal wellbeing, and the activities that bring genuine joy.
Finding Joy During A Period Of Uncertainty
In her inspiring talk, Sophie Cliff emphasises the importance of prioritising joy during challenging times. Drawing from her own experiences, she shares valuable insights and practical strategies for cultivating happiness, even in adversity. Attendees will learn how to embrace joy, navigate difficulties, and implement effective techniques to enhance their well-being, ultimately transforming their outlook on life.
Sophie Cliff helps teams rethink the way they approach ambition and goal setting. Instead of focusing solely on outcomes, she explores how values, purpose, and personal motivation shape meaningful progress. Through practical exercises and reflective frameworks, Sophie guides audiences to identify what truly matters and build the confidence to pursue it. The session encourages a more intentional approach to achievement that supports both performance and personal fulfilment.
Sophie Cliff explores how positive psychology research demonstrates the powerful role emotions play in resilience, creativity, and wellbeing. Drawing on insights from her work and her book Choose Joy, she examines the common barriers that prevent people from maintaining a positive mindset and shares practical exercises that make optimism a daily habit. Blending science with relatable storytelling, Sophie offers realistic strategies for cultivating positivity even when work and life feel demanding.
Why we recommend booking Sophie
Sophie Cliff blends real-world corporate experience with a Master's in positive psychology to deliver practical, science-backed strategies that boost team wellbeing and resilience. Book Sophie today to empower your audience with actionable tools for lasting motivation, productivity, and joy at work.
Our team had a really enjoyable session with Sophie that allowed us to break away from daily work activities and feel inspired. Sophie’s talk was really practical and there was something for each of us to take with us in the end. It was a great self-reflecting moment for us as a team and we’d happily recommend her to others!
Sophie provided a very thorough, informative and interactive session on 'setting meaningful goals' which was embraced by the whole team – from young apprentice through to the managing director. delivered with energy, passion and experience, it was enjoyable to see and of benefit to receive.
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