The way forward starts with asking better questions.
Sarah Wilson is a multi-New York Times bestselling author, journalist, speaker and social philosopher whose work explores how we live with greater courage, connection and meaning in an increasingly uncertain world.
She is the author of 11 books, published in 52 countries, including the New York Times bestsellers I Quit Sugar and First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, which Mark Manson described as “the best book on living with anxiety that I’ve ever read”. Her book This One Wild and Precious Life won the US Gold Nautilus Award, and she was ranked among the 200 most influential authors in the world.
Previously, Sarah was editor of Cosmopolitan Australia, host of MasterChef Australia and founder of the global I Quit Sugar movement and wellness business. In 2018, she closed the business and donated the proceeds to charity.
She has since focused on building and supporting philanthropic projects that “engage humans with each other”, while campaigning on mental health, climate and the issues shaping how we live today.
Sarah’s latest book, I Eat the Stars, was published globally with Penguin US and has already become an international bestseller. The book takes on some of the defining challenges of our times — uncertainty, disconnection and our search for meaning and asks how we might find a way forward when the old answers no longer serve us. Her recent TED talk, How to Respond to Societal Collapse, was an editor's pick on the global site.
Today, Sarah hosts the popular Wild podcast and writes This Is Precious, one of Australia’s largest Substacks, where she continues the conversations at the heart of her books and public work. She lives minimally, with two bags of possessions, between Paris and Sydney.
Talking Points
How to Thrive
Sarah has studied the best resilience, wellness and simple living advice for more than 25 years and in this presentation she draws on lessons learned from meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Oprah’s life coach, Brene Brown, philosophers from AC Grayling to Peter Singer... and at least two nuns... to guide corporates and entrepreneurs wishing to foster an impactful and meaningful career and workplace. Sarah shares the hacks, tips and responsibilities that she has researched and experimented with that are vital for flourishing in a fragmented, uncertain world and for navigating staff, peers and loved ones to a more connected and hopeful future. She shares the latest science on dopamine fasting, resilience, decision theory, “soul nerding”, forest therapy and more.How to Thrive
She also draws on her experience running Australia’s largest digital wellness business…and then closing it and donating all profits to charity. This is a presentation suited to organisations going through a cultural or structural transformation.
How to live fully and beautifully in a collapsing world
This is a sobering yet very motivating presentation based on Sarah's globally recognised TED talk, How to Respond to Societal Collapse, an editor's pick on the global site. It explains what is going on in the world - AI singularity, nuclear threat, the manosphere, the broliargarchy etc - through a compassionate complex systems lens. Her thesis has been described as "loving and uplifting" by Liam Neeson and is based on more than 200 interviews with AI leaders, energy futurists, longtermists, grief specialists, transhumanists and two nuns.
How to live fully and beautifully in a collapsing world
How to turn anxiety into a superpower
A nuanced and deep “conversation” that recasts anxiety as a philosophical and creative experience. In this presentation, Sarah draws on her own experience living in the global media spotlight with an auto-immune based anxiety disorder and as a global spokesperson on mental health, as well as the research and experiences she encountered writing her New York Times bestseller First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, which Mark Manson described as, “The best book on living with anxiety that I’ve ever read.”
How to turn anxiety into a superpower
Anxiety and young people.
The above presentation can be tailored to young people drawing on Sarah’s National Press Club address research that looked at the anxiety epidemic among young Australians.
Anxiety and young people.
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How to respond to societal collapse | Sarah Wilson | TEDxSydney
Sarah is warm, refreshingly honest and authentic in her presentation and she took our audience on a journey. We have never received so much positive feedback from a presenter before Sarah! ... keep reading Facebook Australia
Sarah Wilson is a force of nature – quite literally. She has taken her pain and grief about our sick and troubled world and alchemised it into action, advocacy, adventure, poetry, and true love. She’s a great teacher and a great leader, and I admire her with all my soul.
Sarah is full of expert advice while remaining grounded and incredibly human. Her vulnerability is her strength.
One gets the feeling Sarah's mind has operated like a vacuum cleaner sucking up all these experiences, experiments and extensive and deep reading and reflection. Her narrative shows why the conventional diagnostic framework doesn’t really work. It’s a tour de force.
We hosted an event which focused on the future of the communication industry. Sarah was the moderator and masterfully managed a great event. Her natural style lends itself to this type of work. Sarah is a real pro and a delight to work with.
