Lucy Hone

Regarded as a global thought leader in the field of resilience psychology, tragedy tested everything Dr Lucy Hone thought she knew about resilience in deeply personal circumstances when her daughter and friends were killed in a tragic accident. Adjunct senior fellow at the University of Canterbury and at the University of Pittsburgh’s Medical School, Lucy is an internationally sought-after professional speaker, best-selling author, and award-winning academic. Covid-19 saw her TED talk go viral making it one of the Top 20 of 2020. With clients ranging from Apple and Amazon, to Hospice and the UN, she helps individuals, teams and communities navigate tough times. Her work is regularly featured in global media, including the Guardian, the Hidden Brain, the Washington Post, and the BBC, the Sydney Morning Herald, CBS and ABC. Author of best-seller, Resilient Grieving: how to find your way through devastating loss and other books furthering her mission to build wellbeing and resilience at the population level.

You can find Lucy’s book at UBS – University Bookshop Canterbury.