Transform your mind, transform the world.
Emily Toner is an international expert in the fields of mindfulness, eco-psychology and mental health.
As a nationally registered clinical psychologist with a research background in positive psychology and behavioural neuroscience from The University of Melbourne,
Emily uses her knowledge of human behaviour to help people move through stress, fear and overwhelm into motivated states of compassion and action for themselves and the earth.
Emily specialises in delivering impactful keynotes and practical, tailored programs which give organisations the tools they need to care for people and planet. With over 13 years of experience in organisational wellbeing, Emily has worked extensively with organisations such as Deloitte, ANZ, Seek and Medibank and has given hundreds of talks to a wide range of audiences — from executive boards, athletes, accountants, lawyers and health professionals, to burnt-out teachers and environmental activists. Her work in ecological psychology aims to help people process climate grief and eco-anxiety, moving from inactivity and overwhelm into active hope and agency. Emily’s guided meditations and courses on workplace wellbeing and eco-psychology have been listened to by 200k+ people globally on Insight Timer.
Prior to starting her wellbeing consultancy, Emily worked as a clinical psychologist in various hospital settings and in private and group practice. She also taught at Monash University and The Australian College of Applied Psychology.
Talking Points
Becoming An Expansionist: How Your Mind Can Change The World
Many of the solutions to the world’s problems arise from people with calm, regulated nervous systems and expansive perspectives. These people thrive at work, make excellent managers and aspirational leaders. They are the ‘Expansionists’. On the flipside, many of the problems in our world are created by people with dysregulated and disconnected nervous systems. This contracted state keeps a person rigid, narrow-minded and resistant to change. These people are the ‘Contractives’.Becoming An Expansionist: How Your Mind Can Change The World
In this powerful keynote, Emily will share her ‘Expansionist’ theory, delivering practical, science-based tools to help you move from a contractive to expansive state.
Workshop: Climate Grief: Find Your Voice and Power
It is easy to feel overwhelmed, fearful and despondent when it comes to the environmental challenges facing us. This session has been carefully designed to help provide a space for you to process the myriad of emotions that arise in response to the closing gap of time affording us to take action on climate. Combining research from neuroscience, positive psychology and the psychology of emotions and behaviour, this workshop will help provide a safe space for you to explore your own grief and remind you that prioritising your own wellbeing is at the core of being an effective leader and changemaker on climate.
Workshop: Climate Grief: Find Your Voice and Power
Video
Emily Toner - Medibank School of Better - Lesson One, Your brain
This lesson is designed to give you an overview of your brain, with a particular focus on biases and feelings.Emily Toner - Medibank School of Better - Lesson Two, Mindfulness
Emily Toner - Medibank School of Better - Lesson Three, Happiness
Being mindful and having a growth mindset can have a huge impact on people's lives and business performance. If you want someone to cut through, create change, build engagement, facilitate g ... keep reading Medibank
Not only has Emily made a big difference to my team with her engaging and tailored programs, she has had a profound impact on me and my leadership capability. Her ability to ensure my team are better connected and all striving for a growth mindset has been a key reason for our substantial growth.
Emily has played a pivotal role in introducing the concept of mindfulness to our workplace. With her deep knowledge, passion and genuine care to create a more mindful culture, our people have adopted and continue to practice mindful techniques in their professional and personal lives. We have utilised and drawn on Emily's skills and expertise across a number of our teams and seen re-sults in the increase of awareness and general wellbeing. Emily has a genuine interest in under-standing every group she engages and approaches every opportunity with a real motivation to make a difference in people's lives.
It was a pleasure working with Emily on our wellbeing strategy and focus on Mindfulness. Emily partnered with us by taking the time to understand the needs of our business and delivered an engaging and impactful outcome. The feedback from the business has been very positive and this has resulted in many other parts of Deloitte engaging Emily's services as a result.
