Caroline Cavanagh
Anxiety Specialist
Caroline Cavanagh believes we’ve got anxiety all wrong. We need to stop dreading anxiety and instead, release the untapped potential it has. She helps people channel anxiety into a catalyst for growth, motivation and deeper self-awareness. And she does it by helping people decode anxiety’s hidden messages and transform them into lasting mental resilience.
Anxiety holds untapped potential as a powerful force for positive change, and Caroline Cavanagh is on a mission to help people stop fearing it and start using it.
Through a pioneering and practical approach, Caroline reframes anxiety as a natural response that, when understood and channelled effectively, can become a catalyst for growth, motivation, and deeper self-awareness. In her keynote talks, she shows audiences how anxiety’s energy can sharpen focus, improve preparedness, and reveal what truly matters, both personally and professionally.
Caroline empowers individuals to decode anxiety’s hidden messages, transforming what is often perceived as a problem into a powerful tool for personal development and performance. Her work helps people build lasting mental resilience while learning how to harness anxiety in ways that elevate performance across all areas of life.
In workplace settings, Caroline supports organisations in creating healthier cultures where people can thrive under reduced stress. Her keynotes demonstrate how prioritising employee wellbeing leads naturally to increased productivity, stronger engagement, and improved business outcomes.
Alongside her corporate work, Caroline is deeply passionate about transforming how young people experience and manage anxiety. Through her work in schools, colleges, and one-to-one settings, she guides teenagers from feeling overwhelmed to becoming confident, resilient individuals, equipping them with practical tools to navigate life’s challenges and fulfil their potential.
Warm, engaging, and deeply knowledgeable, Caroline brings both expertise and compassion to every stage. Her keynote sessions leave audiences feeling empowered, equipped, and inspired, with a renewed understanding of how to redirect anxiety’s energy into resilience, clarity, and positive action.
Speaking
Workshops
Writing
Topics
Caroline Cavanagh speaks on anxiety, confidence, and mental resilience, helping people understand and lead their internal responses rather than be driven by them. Her talks reframe anxiety, imposter feelings, and panic as natural human experiences that can be transformed into clarity, confidence, and positive action. Blending psychological insight with practical tools, Caroline equips audiences across corporate, entrepreneurial, and educational settings to reduce overwhelm, improve performance, and build lasting resilience.
Reframing Anxiety for Performance and Growth
Caroline explores anxiety as a vital human response rather than a problem to eliminate, showing how it can be led and channelled to enhance performance, decision-making, relationships, and growth. Audiences leave with practical tools to reduce unhelpful thinking, avoid catastrophising, and step confidently beyond their comfort zones.
Imposter Syndrome: From Self-Doubt to Self-Leadership
This talk challenges common myths around imposter syndrome, helping people understand the feelings behind it and why they arise. Caroline shows how perceived inadequacy can be transformed into positive energy that supports confidence, resilience, and sustainable personal and business growth.
Understanding and Managing Panic Attacks
Focused on young people and those who support them, this session demystifies panic attacks and explains what is really happening in the body and mind. Caroline provides simple, effective techniques to manage panic when it occurs, alongside clear guidance on how to support someone else experiencing an attack.
Example Content
Publications
Caroline’s first book, Anxiety Alchemy, is a self-help book that helps you reduce anxiety. It takes you through a process that teaches you how your mind works: How the chemistry works and how that chemistry is currently creating the feelings of fear. But when you then mix the chemicals differently, you get a different reaction.
The book is like a series of lessons. Some you will learn easily and make swift progress. Others may take a bit more concentration and effort to understand. Sometimes you may even go back and do a bit of revision!
You can become your alchemist, and just like the original alchemy was changing lead into gold, this book can help change the heaviness of anxiety into the sparkle of confidence!
What do you get when you book Caroline to speak?
Caroline is an experienced speaker with an audience of her own who is happy to work with you to help you promote your event.
This can include:
Pre-event video
Co-operation in pre-event PR and media interviews
Contributed articles for event blogs or programmes
Promotion on social media
Feedback
“Caroline conducted a fantastic webinar for our staff wellbeing programme at London South Bank University, with good quality content, things to reflect on and tips to take away. Useful techniques to work on stress and anxiety, not only in the workplace but at home too! Thank you, Caroline, hope to work together again in the next academic year!”
Daniella Pantica, London South Bank University
“Caroline was invited to present a 45-minute keynote at an International Conference for Professional Speakers Association of India. Her talk was highly interactive, bringing relevant, active learning to the audience. 10 minutes prior to the end of her talk, the next speaker had not arrived, and Caroline was able to seamlessly keep delivering content for another 45 minutes. She demonstrated a high level of expertise and professionalism, and I would deem her a very safe pair of hands for any multi-speaker event.”
Commander Prabha Lall, Professional Speaking Association India
“Caroline recently completed two webinars for Imperial Brands to a global audience during Mental Health Awareness Week. For us, it was important to send an empowering message. I was originally drawn to her content as she frames anxiety in a positive way, and we wanted to move away from the doom and gloom that mental health is often positioned under. During our first introduction call, we knew that she had the right tonality for us, combined with a trustworthy professional background. Her content was just as we wanted, sharing three very practical skills that people can use to support an understanding of anxiety and how it can be used to enhance performance. Her delivery style was engaging, bringing in both practical and thought-provoking exercises to help the audience apply the knowledge to their personal situations. Not to forget to mention the right amount of humour to lighten up the webinar at the right moments. The feedback from our audience, which spanned over 300 people, continues to be positive. And the empowerment wave continues on our intranet, removing the stigma of anxiety. Caroline is professional, easy to work with, and we look forward to continuing our relationship with her.”
Malena Munch, Insights Manager - Imperial Brands
