Kayla

Kayla doesn't work from a script or a slide deck, and the talk is meant to feel like a real conversation rather than a performance. The subject is turning pain into power. Kayla went through life-changing trauma growing up and lost touch with a sense of self for a while, then found it again, and the talk is about how that happened and how an audience can do the same. Heavy topics sit next to jokes, so the room doesn't stay dark for long. Themes include resilience, wellbeing, stress, mindfulness and bullying, so the talk sits well in front of high school students or at a staff wellbeing day. The only equipment needed is a whiteboard for group discussion. Kayla is based at Palm Beach in Queensland and travels nationwide.