FEATURED SPEAKER
Sonia Bestulic
4x Award Winning Author, Global Speaker & Leading Voice in Self-Leadership and Generational Flourishing
4x Award Winning and #1 Bestselling Children's and Adult Author
2025 Global Thought Leader of the Year – Women Changing the World Awards, Bronze
2025 Gold Stevie Award Winner
Creator of The 5 Golden Keys Framework
Speaking Topics
Explore the core themes Sonia speaks on across self-leadership, communication, and human flourishing.
Book Sonia to Speak For
C-Suite Leaders
Organisational Managers & Leaders
Business Founders
Entrepreneurs
Leadership Conferences
Executive Retreats
Leadership Teams
HR & People and Culture
Organisational Development
Signature Keynotes
Select from these signature keynote presentations, each tailored to deliver actionable insights and immediate impact for your audience.
The Leadership Legacy — Self-Leadership & Generational Flourishing
Although most organisations are genuinely committed to their people, they invest in systems and strategy, yet something still doesn't feel quite right.
Teams are stretched. Communication breaks down.
Leaders are doing their best, but often running on the fuel of depletion rather than fulfilment and authentic passion.
People don't need more process, they need the human foundation underneath it all strengthened. This means being able to regulate under pressure, communicate with clarity, build real trust, and lead with both strength and presence.
This is the self-leadership gap Sonia fills in this flagship keynote, The Leadership Legacy.
This keynote offers a powerful reset, evolving your own self-leadership from the inside out.
Outcomes:
Self-Leadership — Lead yourself with awareness, emotional regulation and clarity, so you can lead others with confidence.
Communication — Build stronger conversations and relationships that create trust, influence and collaboration.
Culture — Strengthen psychological safety, accountability, and the everyday behaviours that shape thriving cultures.
Lasting Impact — Leave with practical strategies that drive sustainable performance and a legacy that extends beyond the workplace.
Planet of Parenthood: Raising Empowered Humans in a Fragmented World
Working parents often carry an invisible mental load that doesn't end when the workday begins. School anxiety. Screen-time battles. Neurodiversity concerns. Sleep deprivation. Constant decisions. These realities quietly shape focus, energy, communication and performance at work.
In this deeply human keynote, Sonia explores how strengthening self-leadership helps people navigate competing demands with greater resilience, emotional regulation and clarity. Drawing on nearly 30 years in communication science and human development and flourishing, she offers practical strategies that help organisations better support working parents, strengthening wellbeing, connection, retention and sustainable performance.
Through a powerful blend of science, intuition, and practical insight, Sonia guides individuals and organisations to greater:
Human Understanding — See the realities impacting today's working parents and carers.
Self-Leadership — Practise practical tools to regulate emotions, reduce overwhelm and navigate competing demands.
Connection — Build stronger communication, trust and empathy at home and at work.
Flourishing — Create sustainable ways of working that support wellbeing, retention and performance.
Building Flourishing Cultures
Strengthening belonging, accountability and human connection to create workplaces where people and performance grow together.
Returning to Work with Confidence
Supporting employees returning from parental leave to rebuild confidence, reconnect with purpose and thrive in their next chapter.
Wellbeing without Burnout
Moving beyond resilience alone to create sustainable ways of working that support performance and people.
Emotional & Energetic Regulation for the Caring Professional
Insightful and super practical, this helps educational and health professionals build personal skillsets that set them up for sustainable and successful practice — fuelled from true fulfilment, not depletion.
Her Story
Sonia Bestulic is an award-winning global speaker, bestselling author, speech pathologist and creative changemaker with nearly 30 years' experience at the intersection of human development, communication and human flourishing.
Early in her career, Sonia founded and led a pioneering Sydney-based speech pathology clinic for more than 18 years, supporting thousands of individuals and families while working alongside educators and professionals across Australia and internationally. This depth of clinical and leadership experience has shaped her practical, human-centred approach to developing the capabilities that help people communicate, connect and flourish.
Today, as Founder of Raising Empowered Humans™, Sonia partners with organisations, schools and communities to strengthen confident self-leadership, meaningful communication, healthy relationships and thriving cultures. Her work brings together decades of clinical expertise with evidence-informed insights into human behaviour, development and wellbeing, translating complex ideas into practical strategies people can use in everyday life, leadership and relationships.
Sonia is the author of four books, including the #1 bestselling 5 Golden Keys to Raising Empowered Humans, which equips parents, caregivers and professionals who work with children with practical tools to nurture self-leadership and lifelong flourishing in children. Across her speaking, writing and professional work, she is passionate about creating positive ripple effects that strengthen people, families, workplaces and communities across generations.
In 2025, Sonia was recognised as Global Thought Leader of the Year (Bronze) at the Women Changing the World Awards, and received a Gold Stevie Award. As creator of The 5 Golden Keys Framework, she continues to bring her unique blend of science, intuition and lived clinical experience to organisations, schools and communities looking to build stronger foundations for self-leadership and generational flourishing.
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ENDORSEMENTS
What They Say
"Both grounding and empowering"
"I had the absolute pleasure of working with Sonia over the course of 2024 and found the experience truly transformative. Aside from being a genuinely wonderful person, Sonia has a unique gift for knowing exactly what's going on for you, how you might be feeling and how to help you move through any blocks in order to – as she so aptly calls it – flourish.
At a time when I felt very stuck, Sonia's coaching and energy work helped me shift my mindset and reconnect with my values and purpose. The changes that began to happen once we started working together were, for me, rapid and noticeable. Areas that had previously felt challenging began to flow easily. I was honestly astounded.
Sonia has a very rare ability to see beyond surface-level challenges and guide you toward deeper clarity and alignment. What I loved most about working with her is that although there was a lot of inner 'work', there were so many tangible actions that I took away from our sessions to then implement in my day to day life. So it felt like a mix of very deep work and very practical action which I thought was brilliant.
Sonia's presence is both grounding and empowering, creating a space where real breakthroughs happen. I'm still using all of the tools and techniques she shared with me during our sessions. If you're feeling like you're not where you want to be, if you feel stuck or disconnected from yourself, or if you're looking for someone who can help you step into your full potential, I highly recommend working with Sonia. She is amazing!"
Maha Corbett
Co-Founder of SWIISH Wellness
"Sonia is an extraordinary speaker and coach"
"She is engaging and helps those she coaches/teaches/mentors to reach greater depth without over-complicating things. She connects quickly and using relatable examples to engage people of all levels of experience.
We had Sonia present at our annual retreat last year and she engages 25 of us with ease on a Sunday morning (no easy feat) and took professional (and personal) reflection to a whole new level.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Sonia to any individual or organisation in the allied health or business world."
Dave Jereb
Senior Occupational Therapist, Author, Co-Founder of Moveabout Therapy Services & The Allied Health Sanctuary
"Valuable insights that empower"
"Sonia shines a light for us all to know that the power lies within us to 'flourish' at any time we choose. She gives valuable insights that empower us to become the best version of ourselves and for this I am grateful."
Tory Archbold,
Founder and Director of Powerful Steps and Torstar
""A tailored, interactive session"
"How lucky were we to host Sonia Bestulic in our Speaker Series within ANZ Women's Network for Boston Scientific. Sonia tailored an interactive session focusing on Confidence and Wellbeing, addressing 'The Confidence Gap' when returning from parental leave."
Amy Voss,
Lead ANZ Women's Network, Boston Scientific
Media & Publications
PUBLISHED 2026
5 Golden Keys to Raising Empowered Humans
In this deeply personal guide, Sonia distils nearly three decades of speech pathology and human development expertise into five practical keys for nurturing children's self-leadership and lifelong flourishing, while inviting parents to reconnect with their own inner clarity along the way.
PUBLISHED 2021
Flourish for Mums
In this award-winning collection of 21 reflections, Sonia offers mothers practical, heart-led strategies for releasing unrealistic expectations and reclaiming space for genuine self-care amid the everyday demands of motherhood.
PUBLISHED 2019
Kisses in Your Heart
In this bestselling picture book, Sonia turns a simple bedtime ritual into a lasting symbol of courage and self-belief, gently teaching children that a parent's love travels with them wherever they go, through every challenge and every day.
HOSTS
Chatabout Children
Sonia's own podcast exploring child development, conscious communication, and positive parenting through conversations with authors, educators, and health professionals.
FEATURED IN: THE CEO MAGAZINE (2023)
Five Ways to Start Flourishing in All Areas of Life
Sonia shares simple, science-backed practices, from mindful movement to "golden silence" morning rituals, that she uses with clients to help them reconnect with themselves and realign their energy.
FEATURED IN: OFFICE HOURS WITH DAVID MELTZER
Episode #507
Sonia joined entrepreneur and investor David Meltzer's podcast to discuss self-leadership, communication, and human flourishing.