Speaker
Mushrooms offer a lesson in patience and quiet strength. They often grow slowly and steadily beneath the surface before suddenly emerging into the world.
Spreading the Mushroom Love
My talks dive deeper into the incredible health and environmental benefits of mushrooms. Few people realize mushrooms can clean up oil spills, absorb heavy metals, enrich soil, support bee populations and much more. We explore cutting-edge mushroom applications in sustainable textiles, packaging, building materials and other fields. I share fascinating research on medicinal mushrooms and their immune-boosting, anti-inflammatory and cancer-fighting powers.
The more I learn about mushrooms, the more fascinating they become. I work with people to help bring awareness to this fascinating and important realm of nature. I believe fungi have the power to teach us deep lessons in ecology and life and can also help guide us as individuals, communities and a collective humanity into the heart of the twenty-first century.
Topics I like talk about
Underground fungal networks
The big underground network that we call mycelium is the main part of the fungus. The mushrooms are like the apples on an apple tree, but imagine that the trunk, branches and leaves of the tree are underground
Magical mushroom Queendom
The world of mushrooms far and wide! It’s not just about appreciating these fabulous fungi it’s about inspiring others to embrace sustainable living, community bonding and straight-up well-being through the magical mushroom queendom.
My favourite mushrooms
There’s the flowery and gorgeous chanterelle, which has both summer and winter varieties – they have a wonderful buttery quality on the palette. There’s the pied blue, or blue-foot mushroom
Growing a mushroom network
My journey into the world of mushrooms began with my own health journey, igniting a passion that led me to establish Elysian Roots, an organisation that works to share the wonders of mushrooms.
Who enjoys listening to me
Learning Institutes
Schools and Universities. The Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership, The Scientific and Medical Network, The Marianne Fry Lecture, Bradford University Alumni, Peace One Day, the Shift Network, TEDx, One Young World, Inner Peace conference.
Shift the Energy in your Organisation
You and your team will learn how to shift energy; from anger and anxiety to action; from fatigue to service, developing an overall safer and thriving atmosphere at work.
Corporate Executives
I’ve spoken at companies including Price Waterhouse Coopers, Intel, Eden Project, Linklaters London, Linklaters Brussels, Management Centre Europe, BAE Systems.
