SPEAKING
A speaker who's lived the resilience he talks about.
Steve Pointon is a keynote speaker on resilience, workplace wellbeing, and navigating loss, grief, and life's hardest moments. A person-centred counsellor and two-time cancer survivor, he pairs real clinical insight with a story people don't forget — and helps organisations build workplaces where people don't just survive adversity, they grow through it.
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WHAT STEVE BRINGS TO THE ROOM
Steve retrained as a counsellor in the middle of the hardest years of his life — two cancer diagnoses, a career upended, and a decision to build something meaningful out of it. He talks about resilience because he's had to live it, not because he read about it.
He's not a generic motivational speaker — he's a specialist in resilience, wellbeing, and leading through life's hardest moments. What makes him land is the mix: real clinical insight from years of practice, paired with a story people don't forget. He speaks plainly, without the polish that keeps most speakers at arm's length, and the conversations he starts tend to continue long after the event.
Whether it's a keynote, a panel, or a session with your managers, the brief is the same: people leave not just inspired but genuinely better equipped — more honest about the hard parts of work and life, and readier to support the people around them.
TALKS
What Steve speaks about.
Personal Resilience
The real story — two cancer diagnoses, retraining as an adult, and finding purpose through it. Perseverance and adaptation without the motivational-poster gloss.
Workplace Mental Health
Building teams that can carry pressure, cultures where people can be honest, and managers who know what to do when someone's struggling.
Leading Through Loss & Hard Conversations
How to show up for people facing grief, illness, and bad news — and why the instinct to say nothing is the one to unlearn.
The Future of Work & Wellbeing
Steve's perspective on where work, health, and support are heading — and what it will take for organisations to keep their people well.
Living With Long-Term Conditions
Acceptance, the emotional weight of chronic illness, and building a full life alongside it — for patients, families, and the professionals who support them.
Keynote & Motivational
An honest, moving talk for conferences and events — for audiences who want to leave challenged and genuinely lifted, not just entertained.
Every talk is shaped to your audience and your event on a call beforehand. If what you need isn't listed here, ask.
“I am a grown man, and what he has to say and how he says it can't fail to inspire and motivate you. I will never forget it.”
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FORMATS
However your event is built.
Keynote
An opening or closing address that sets the tone and gets people talking.
Panel & Moderation
Contributing to a panel, or chairing one and running the room and the Q&A.
Interactive session
A workshop with real participation — for teams and smaller groups.
Conference presentation
A traditional podium slot with slides and questions.
Online & virtual
Virtual keynotes and webinars for remote and hybrid audiences.
Half or full-day workshop
A deeper session on a specific theme, built with you in advance.
WHAT AUDIENCES TAKE AWAY
Audiences leave with more than notes.
Practical tools
Approaches they can put to use immediately — not theory they'll have forgotten by Monday.
A sharper understanding
Of resilience, wellbeing, and the realities of change — what they actually look like, and what helps.
The confidence
To have better conversations when someone around them is struggling, instead of saying nothing.
SELECTED ENGAGEMENTS
He's spoken where it counts.
- European Association of Urology (EAU)London, 2026 — panel discussion
- European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)Madrid, 2023 — keynote on patient experience and resilience
- International Kidney Cancer Coalition Global SummitSouth Korea, 2024 — presentation on acceptance and resilience
- International Kidney Cancer Coalition Global SummitMadrid, 2025 — session moderator
- WECAN AcademyBarcelona, 2024 — long-term survivorship: financial, mental, and social impacts
- European Oncology Nurses (EONS)Patient-perspective presentation
- Pharmaceutical organisationsPresentations to Ipsen, Eisai, MSD, and others
Steve is a BACP registered counsellor, a board member of the International Kidney Cancer Coalition, and a community development officer for Action Kidney Cancer. Available for events nationally and internationally.
WHAT AUDIENCES SAY
“Steve speaks with openness and a natural ease that helps people feel comfortable and understood. He has a thoughtful way of explaining the emotional impact of a diagnosis, which patients, families, and professionals really relate to. His calm, honest approach helps people feel less alone.”
“Delivered with deep insight, compassion, and authenticity, the session resonated powerfully with our community. Steve created a space that felt validating and reassuring — and his wider advocacy helped us mount a powerful, impactful campaign.”
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