Mental health and wellness is always top priority as we begin the new year, with Bell Let’s Talk day taking place on Wednesday, January 21. This year’s theme is “taking a moment for mental health” and with our incredible roster of top mental health speakers and workplace wellness experts, we can help you make that moment count.
We’ve rounded up some of our most requested speakers in January below. Whether drawing from their personal experience or professional expertise, their inspiring and informative presentations equip audiences with actionable tools to build supportive mental health routines, manage stress, overcome burnout, and build resilience.
Explore our featured speakers and contact us to book your January event today!
Top Mental Health Speakers
From award-winning singer-songwriters to Olympic champions and workplace mental health pioneers, these speakers share raw, powerful stories and proven strategies that inspire audiences to prioritize their mental wellness and support others on their healing journeys.
Jessica Holmes
Mental Health: The Good, the Bad, and the Funny
Higher rates of stress and burnout have left people grappling with how to be healthy, hopeful, and engaged. With heart and humour, comedian and Bell Let’s Talk ambassador Jessica Holmes brings understanding and hope to a serious subject.
Jessica weaves comedy, characters, and music together to share her journey with depression, drawing from her bestselling book, Depression The Comedy. She equips audiences with simple, achievable steps everyone can use to improve their mental health.
Stéphane Grenier
Unlocking the Potential of Your Greatest Mental Health Resource: Your People
With over 40 years of corporate and military leadership experience — and his own lived experience with mental health challenges — Stéphane Grenier reveals how leaders can unlock the greatest mental health resource: their people.
As CEO of Mental Health Innovations, Stéphane has transformed workplace mental health culture across the nation. He shows leaders how to foster workplaces where mental health thrives through trust and human-centered leadership.
Kellylee Evans
Unbreakable: Finding Strength in Adversity
After being struck by lightning in 2013, JUNO Award-winning singer-songwriter Kellylee Evans spent a decade battling chronic pain, fear, and anxiety before discovering the key to her healing.
Through inspirational storytelling and original songs, Kellylee shares her remarkable journey from needing a mobility scooter to walking 12,000 steps daily — all by rewiring her brain to overcome fear. Kellylee empowers audiences to understand the vital connection between mental and physical health, trust themselves, and unlock their true potential.
Clara Hughes
Open Heart, Open Mind
Canada’s most decorated Olympian, Clara Hughes, shares her powerful journey through depression. Behind her six Olympic medals and signature smile lies a raw story of struggle — how the relentless pursuit of excellence masked severe depression.
Clara reveals how she stepped away from competition to heal, then integrated that healing into her athletic success. Now a committed humanitarian, she inspires audiences with her honest account of finding connection, purpose, and hope, proving that vulnerability is strength and recovery is possible.
Anthony McLean
Fire Up Your Mental Health!
Anthony McLean delivers a dynamic, high-energy experience that reignites enthusiasm and recaptures joy in work and life. Blending humour, insight, and practical tools, he empowers audiences to recharge, refocus, and boost their mental wellness.
Attendees will gain strategies to create sustainable mental health routine that manage stress, build resilience, and help keep them energized and focused. Whether opening or closing an event, Anthony’s lively session leaves people feeling motivated, uplifted, and ready to take action.
Jessica Janzen
Mental Health: From Struggle to Strength
From burnout to breakthrough, Jessica Janzen shares powerful strategies to transform life’s hardest seasons into fuel for resilience and growth.
Drawing from her personal journey, Jessica shows audiences how to navigate pressure and stress by turning pain into fuel for growth, building supportive networks, and asking for help without shame. Audiences will discover “joy starters” — simple daily habits that create lasting energy and positivity in everyday moments and walk away with actionable tools to live and lead with clarity, resilience, and joy.
Our mental health speakers inspire meaningful change and equip audiences with practical tools for lasting wellness.
Workplace Wellness Experts
These leading health experts combine the latest research with real-world experience to help organizations address burnout, build resilient teams, and create workplace cultures where mental health and performance go hand in hand.
Dr. Lisa Bélanger
The Future of Performance: Why Mental Agility is Your Greatest Asset
When mental health suffers, so do productivity, innovation, and employee well-being. In this transformative keynote, Dr. Lisa Bélanger reveals the powerful connection between mental health and workplace performance.
Drawing on neuroscience, Lisa explores how burnout, stress, and cognitive overload undermine success and provides strategies to build mental agility and resilience. Attendees leave equipped to create supportive workplaces and prioritize mental wellness while driving sustainable performance.
Dr. Shimi Kang
“The Fire of Our Time”: How to Maximize the Benefits and Minimize the Risks of AI and Tech
Screen time is directly linked to anxiety, depression, addiction, and sleep disorders — yet technology is unavoidable in modern life. Psychiatrist Dr. Shimi Kang equips audiences with tools to harness AI and technology while protecting mental health.
Using neuroscience-based strategies, she reveals how to optimize connection and well-being while avoiding persuasive design, echo chambers, and toxic tech. Audiences will learn how to create a healthy “tech diet” that supports mental wellness in our digital world.
Dr. Susan Biali
Beyond Burnout: Renewing Ourselves, Our Work, and Our Lives
Physician and stress resilience expert Dr. Susan Biali offers a forward-looking approach to understanding and overcoming burnout.
Drawing on neuroscience and real-world experience, Susan shows audiences how to recognize early warning signs and restore well-being using science-based strategies. She explores the six areas of work life that influence burnout and provides practical tools to build resilience, create healthier workplaces, and sustain energy for what truly matters — fostering lasting mental health.
Our experts on burnout and workplace wellness provide science-backed strategies to transform how organizations approach mental health to boost performance and create environments where employees truly flourish.
Take a Moment for Mental Health
Whether you’re planning a Bell Let’s Talk Day event or building a year-round wellness strategy, our speakers deliver the insight and inspiration your organization needs. Contact us today to learn more.
