Speaker

Speaker on the brain, stress & recovery

Maria

Speaker | Coach | Neuroscience-based mental trainer

A well-liked and committed speaker and neuroscience-based mental trainer who brings easily understood knowledge about how the brain works and how it shapes stress. Maria offers smart tools and advice on how we can use the brain — our most important working tool — to best effect in everyday life and at work.

Why book

Maria as a speaker

Inclusive & personal
Evidence-based
A sustainable working life
Knowledge-intensive businesses
Yoga

Background & experience

About Maria

Maria is a committed speaker who, with humour, warmth and long experience, gets people thinking and changing their habits. As a neuroscience-based mental trainer, yoga instructor and coach, Maria has broad experience of holistic health and a rare ability to combine knowledge, research and presence.

Her lectures give new insights and show ways forward for sustainable mental health — both at work and in life more broadly.

Maria trained as a neuroscience-based mental trainer at the TMB Institute and as a yoga instructor. Her lectures can be combined with practical exercises for focus and calm, or with an energising yoga session at work.

Maria in a professional portrait setting

Lectures & workshops

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A brain-smart working dayLecture50 min

How do we create the best conditions for the brain — our most important working tool — to work at its best?

This lecture is about how we can shape the working day around how the brain actually works. You get an insight into the brain's connection to the body and to our mental state, and into how stress affects the ability to focus and perform. We go through practical, brain-smart strategies and tools that help you reach the brain's full capacity.

You take away knowledge and tools that make it easier to create a balance between performance and recovery during the working day, so that you can function at your best even at a high tempo.

What you take away

The brain — how it works, and its connection to the body and our mental state
Stress — when it is positive and when it harms
Regulation — how you reach your own ability and capacity
Brain-smart strategies for a sustainable everyday life

Mental training in practiceWorkshop120 min

Train the brain for sharper focus, greater wellbeing and performance that lasts.

How can we create working days where we both perform and feel well? This interactive workshop alternates knowledge, practical exercises and reflection to give participants concrete tools for strengthening focus, handling stress and developing their mental capacity.

We explore how the brain works, how our thoughts and behaviour affect performance, and how mental training can be used in practice to create a more sustainable working day.

Part 1 — Knowledge about the brain and its effect on our work. We go deeper into how the brain interacts with the rest of the body and how stress affects our ability to think clearly, make decisions and solve problems. Participants gain insight into how mindset and thought patterns shape behaviour, and how small adjustments can make a large difference to both performance and wellbeing.

Part 2 — Practical exercises for mental clarity and focus. With simple, effective tools we practise handling stress, gathering our thoughts and strengthening concentration. Participants try exercises they can use directly in the working day to create the right mental state for the moment and to build mental resilience over time.

Part 3 — Reflection, to carry it into the working day. We close with reflection, individually and in groups, to turn new insights into concrete action. How can we shape working days and ways of working that support both performance and wellbeing — for the individual, the team and the organisation as a whole?

Get to know the speaker

Three quick questions for Maria

Why do you lecture on stress, the brain and recovery?

I am passionate about supporting others in building habits that last, finding the balance between activity and rest, and gaining access to their own resources.

What is the message in your lectures and workshops for companies?

We have a brain, a nervous system and a body. Every part needs to be in balance for us to function and to perform in everyday life.

What is your background and training as a speaker?

I trained as a neuroscience-based mental trainer at the TMB Institute and have many years of experience in the field. I am also a certified menopause coach through SGK.

What customers say

What do others say about Maria?

“Har varit på många föreläsningar om stress och återhämtning, men aldrig någon som kopplar ihop stress med hjärnan som verktyg på det här sättet. Det var riktigt intressant att höra om hur hjärnan fungerar och hänger ihop med kroppen och vår mentala förmåga.”

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