Joey Kolirin
Mental Health Coach & Key Note Speaker
Behind the Corporate Mask, Your People Are Fighting Silent Battles.
KPIs and targets don't drive performance—human beings do. Lower the barrier in your workplace, dismantle the corporate masquerade, and open the conversations that truly empowers lives
"They Don’t Know
What They Don’t Know."
Behind the Corporate Mask, Your People Are Fighting Silent Battles.
Most organisations look at a dip in sales, rising absenteeism, or sudden employee turnover and try to fix it with stricter targets and performance metrics. But people aren't numbers. Right now, members of your team are showing up to work putting on a brave face, while secretly navigating dark, isolating places.
Ultimately human beings matter more than anything.
Standard corporate wellness policies don't solve this.
Raw, human honesty does.
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Meet Joey Kolirin
Keynote Speaker & Expert by Experience
As a company director and investor, I understand the friction between corporate pressure and human capability. As a suicide prevention trustee, Master NLP Practitioner, and someone who survived the deepest depths of clinical depression, I bridge the gap.
Battling depression, navigating ADHD, coping with borderline personality disorder coupled with being an NLP master practitioner, trustee of a suicide prevention charity and doing over 300 hours of personal development & therapy, I know how to bridge the gap and help your team to perform with a smile.
100+
Talks delivered
300+
Hours completed of therapy / personal development
NLP
Master NLP practitioner
10
Years breaking the stigma
1K+
Thousands of people benefitted
"I hired Joey to speak at one of our flagship events in front of 700 people. Joey blew the audience away. He's compassionate and caring and speaks from the heart. If your looking for a speaker to move your audience into dealing with the most important areas of their lives, Joey is the one for you. Real truths and so needed today in a world where so many people suffer from mental health issues. I highly recommend hiring Joey to speak to you, your team, and your community because you never know who really needs the help but is too scared to get it."
Ed JC Smith
Psychologist & Business Coach
"Joey is one of the most open and honest public speakers that I have ever had the privilege of hearing. He talks with eloquence and frankness about the realities of living with mental health issues, whilst also offering insight, as well as inspiration, to anyone who may be suffering themselves. Joey offers the message that in spite of experiencing serious mental health challenges, it is always possible to overcome the most difficult and debilitating periods of mental illness."
Jonny Benjamin MBE
Founder of Youth Mental Health Charity Beyond
"It is always a pleasure to have Joey come to talk to our students. His honest, relatable story is one that is truly worth listening to. For young people to hear it is not only inspirational but is also crucial to them learning that there can be sunshine after the storm and that no one needs to suffer alone".
Nicki Cohen
Mental Health Lead JFS School
"I was fortunate enough to hear Joey Kolirin speak recently. He was informative and inspirational about his journey and his problems. He spoke without notes and held the attention of the 250+ people for the whole time. If you are able to hear him, I urge you to do so."
Paul Rubens
Director Defries & Associates LTD
"Hi Joey, I just wanted to say a huge thank you on behalf of our entire community, for taking the time to speak to us about your mental health journey. We are incredibly grateful for your willingness to share your knowledge and experience with us. Your words were inspiring and thought-provoking and we all left your talk feeling more informed and empowered to take better care of our mental health. We are so appreciative of the time and effort you put into preparing for your talk. Thank you again for sharing your story with us. Shabbat Shalom!"
Sophia Kaye
Events and Strategic Marketing Manager @ Stanmore & Canons Park Synagogue
"Hello Joey, I would like to thank you once again for this morning's session to schools. I very much appreciate the time you have given and the fact that you dialed in from Dubai to be available for us. We are very grateful to you for trusting us with your story, your experiences and the honesty and rawness in opening yourself up to us as strangers at the end of a screen.
I would very much welcome the opportunity of working with you again and am very interested in the talk about social media use you mentioned during the session too."
Linda Smith
Director of Well-being @ The Three Saints Academy North West Learning Partnership
"Joey, thank you for taking the time to speak to our Youth last night. Our Youth Leaders, Nechama and Dovi have expressed how impactful it was and relayed that the youth have requested you speak to them again in the future! Thank you for going above and beyond by staying later than the allocated time to answer the Youths' questions."
Daniella Neifield
Director of Youth & Young People's Programming Borehamwood Elstree
"Dear Joey, I just wanted to thank you again for your inspiring, eye opening, and informative session last night. The feedback has been wonderful from both parents and youngsters alike and we look forward to working together with you again in the near future. Best wishes and wishing you only continued success in your incredible work."
Rabbi MC Lister
Bushey United Synagogue
