Her 20 years experience as a rehabilitation specialist has given her deep insight and hands-on practical experience dealing with complex issues like addiction and recovery, child welfare and mental health .  Gráinne has worked on projects including the female offenders programme and the hospital liaison initiative. She has coordinated interdisciplinary teams including dual diagnosis, housing and homelessness, and worked in child welfare, under 18’s and mental health.

Gráinne specifically crafts educational technical speeches that engage and entertain her target audience.  She presents the simple solutions to complex issues threaded through stories and everyday examples that inspire her audience. She has the expertise to provide the education and tools to equip people to address common problem areas affecting their lives.  These issues include drugs, alcohol, video gaming, gambling, eating disorders, loss/grief, stress, bullying, anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicide, separation, divorce and communication skills. 

Gráinne also delivers programmes for the Healthcare and Education sectors enabling personnel to both look after those in their care, and to ensure that they also look after their own wellbeing and health. Within the healthcare sector, she also provides specific training that supports the “Make Every Contact Count” government campaign. 

 

 

Gráinne O'Kane

Motivational and Wellbeing Speaker

Gráinne O’Kane (BSoc Sc, Hdip CYW, HDip RDS, MA Equality) is a leading professional trainer and speaker in the area of Workplace Wellbeing and has worked with many of Ireland’s top companies.  Gráinne has in-depth experience delivering a wide range of talks to support staff within organisations. She covers broad selection of topics from Emotional Wellness, Resilience and Mental Fitness, Choice Theory, Be your Own Life Coach, Stress Management, Work-Life Balance and Positive Parenting. Gráinne works with companies to deliver training to both HR departments and directly to staff, in line with the IBEC “Keep Well Mark’.

Her 20 years experience as a rehabilitation specialist has given her deep insight and hands-on practical experience dealing with complex issues like addiction and recovery, child welfare and mental health .  Gráinne has worked on projects including the female offenders programme and the hospital liaison initiative. She has coordinated interdisciplinary teams including dual diagnosis, housing and homelessness, and worked in child welfare, under 18’s and mental health.

Gráinne specifically crafts educational technical speeches that engage and entertain her target audience.  She presents the simple solutions to complex issues threaded through stories and everyday examples that inspire her audience. She has the expertise to provide the education and tools to equip people to address common problem areas affecting their lives.  These issues include drugs, alcohol, video gaming, gambling, eating disorders, loss/grief, stress, bullying, anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicide, separation, divorce and communication skills. 

Gráinne also delivers programmes for the Healthcare and Education sectors enabling personnel to both look after those in their care, and to ensure that they also look after their own wellbeing and health. Within the healthcare sector, she also provides specific training that supports the “Make Every Contact Count” government campaign. 

 

 

Speech Topics Include:

  • ·      What is mental health?
  • ·      Be your own life coach
  • ·      Relationships & Communications
  • ·      What is emotional wellbeing
  • ·      Making and managing goals
  • ·      Understanding drugs & alcohol and adolescence
  • ·      Understanding adolescences and anger; Responding to crisis
  • ·      The keys to recovery
  • ·      Building your resilience
  • ·      Building resilience in children

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