Speaker

Speaker on suicide prevention & mental health

Marie

Speaker | HR specialist | Rehabilitation consultant

Marie has over 15 years of experience in HR, work environment and suicide prevention, with a background as an HR specialist, rehabilitation consultant and speaker. Having lost family members to suicide herself, her life's mission is to build knowledge about mental health and save lives.

Why book

Marie as a speaker

Suicide prevention / mental health first aid
Work environment and enjoyment at work
Rehabilitation in working life

Background & experience

About Marie

Marie has over 15 years of experience in HR, work environment and suicide prevention, with a background as an HR specialist, rehabilitation consultant and speaker. She has worked both at the Swedish Social Insurance Agency on sickness insurance and as an HR specialist in the public and private sectors, as well as on suicide prevention in the voluntary sector. Her life's mission is to build knowledge about mental health and save lives.

She is also the author of the book Hellre Arg än Död ("Better Angry than Dead"), written in a clear, personal and engaging voice that moves people and prompts action. She appears regularly on podcasts, lectures to leaders and employees, and works as a consultant.

Her strength is bringing together personal stories on the subject, research, and concrete methods participants can start using straight away.

Lectures & workshops

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Mental health first aid — dare to ask, dare to listen, dare to actLecture60 min

Every day, people are struggling in silence.

This lecture gives the knowledge and the courage to act when someone is struggling mentally.

It is built on research, experience and concrete tools — and shows how all of us can make a difference. Sometimes save a life.

What you take away

Recognising the warning signs
Asking the questions that matter
Listening properly
Helping someone on to support

Enjoyment at work — more than just a nice atmosphereLecture60 min

Enjoyment at work is not about fruit baskets or Friday cake. It is about meaning, security and feeling that you make a difference.

This lecture shows what actually creates enjoyment at work — and why it is decisive for health, performance and organisations that last.

When people feel better, organisations work better.

What you take away

What strengthens motivation and engagement
How culture and leadership affect wellbeing
How workplaces can create energy instead of draining it

First to the ball — rehabilitation in working lifeLecture60 min

When an employee starts to struggle, it matters that we act early. The sooner we catch the signals, the greater the chance that people can return to health and to work.

The focus is on the most important thing of all: acting in time, with respect and with clarity.

What you take away

Early signs of ill health
The employer's responsibility in the rehabilitation process
How to build working collaboration between manager and employee

Suitable for: Managers and organisations without an HR department of their own.

Get to know the speaker

Three quick questions for Marie

Why do you lecture on mental health first aid?

I have personal experience of losing family members to suicide. My life's mission is to build knowledge about mental health and to save lives. By lecturing, I can spread knowledge about the subject to more people and contribute to real change.

What is the message in your lectures for companies?

By learning to recognise the warning signs, daring to ask the questions that matter and listening properly, we can catch people who are struggling in time. It is also about knowing how to help someone safely on to the right support. Dare to ask. Dare to listen. Dare to act.

What is your background as a speaker?

I have experience in HR, work environment and suicide prevention, with a background as an HR specialist, rehabilitation consultant and speaker. I have worked both at the Swedish Social Insurance Agency on sickness insurance and as an HR specialist in the public and private sectors, as well as on suicide prevention in the voluntary sector.

What customers say

What do others say about Marie?

“Maries föreläsning rörande psykologiska olycksfall är otroligt gripande och lärande. Hon föreläser till en början med sitt eget hjärta i handen för att sedan väldigt pedagogiskt förklara hur alla kan hjälpa till. Hon förmedlar en stark känsla av att alla kan bidra, att alla kan spela en viktig roll och att alla kan rädda liv. Mycket stark föreläsning!”

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“En riktigt bra förmiddag som med Maries rättframhet, värme och humor landade in budskapet vad vi själva behöver välja att / och göra för att öka trivseln och ”gokänslan” när vi är på jobbet och gör arbetet vi är där för.”

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