Wellbeing Event
In this event, Sophie Coulthard unpacks why so much wellbeing advice feels unrealistic, frustrating, or simply irrelevant to most of us. With her signature clarity and warmth, she explores how burnout actually builds, why stress isn’t a personal failure, and why wellbeing is far more vital - and has far less to do with ‘self-care trends’ than we’ve been led to believe.
A standout moment of the session is Sophie’s now-famous “wedding cake” exercise - a deceptively simple framework that reveals how most people are pouring energy into work and others while leaving themselves with an unstable foundation. For many in the room, it was a genuine lightbulb moment: not “I need to try harder”, but “this was never structurally sound to begin with”.
This is not a talk about yoga, green juice, or quick fixes. It’s an honest, grounding exploration of what wellbeing actually means - and how rebuilding it slowly can transform both performance and quality of life.
Suicide Prevention Day
Trigger Warning.
When we asked Dave to speak for Suicide Prevention Day for Cultural Calendar Club, he suggested an event all about how to talk to your mates about mental health - we loved the idea. So many people freeze in the moment; thinking they need to be a certain way…or say a certain thing, when as you’ll hear from Dave, that is far from the case.
In fact, there’s a very good reason they chose to open up to you about it.
We’ve heard Dave Scholes speak a few times, and every time we always take away something different to add to our toolkits on how to support those around us experiencing poor mental health.
World Storytelling Day
Have you ever stopped to think about the vital role that being able to tell our own stories holds, in bringing about a more inclusive world?
We thought the rarely marked World Storytelling Day was definitely a day celebrating, so we invited our friend, and Story Telling expert Hillary Rea to tell us a story of her own.
In this event Hillary Rea took us on a really immersive and thought provoking journey; we examined our feelings around talking about ourselves, what it feels like to have someone else tell our story for us - and how leaning into ‘that vulnerable feeling’ can lead to confidence, trust and, yes, a completely transformed outlook on life!
World Sight Day
If you ever get the opportunity to meet Jamie Shields you will know what we mean when we say that his energy is infectious. His sense of humour and relatable speaking style immediately put our Cultural Calendar Club audience in the perfect frame of mind to absorb all of the amazing tips he managed to pack into a single hour!
In fact, Jamie packed in so many tips that we wrote them up and made a crib sheet for Cultural Calendar Club members (and friends) to take away.
International Women’s Day
Most companies we speak to are focussed on innovation; how to be more competitive, how to do more with less, how to be more profitable, how to capture a larger audience…
We know a lot of female founders, so for International Women’s Day, we decided to get a few of them together to talk about why they didn’t pursue their innovative ideas inside the companies they were employed by. What made them leave and set up solo instead? What can companies do to keep key female talent and create environments where innovation can flourish?
World Religion Day
When we met Sarah Jones, the first person to be ordained as an Anglican priest, having previously made a gender change, we couldn’t wait to hear her talk to our audience about how religion and LGBT+ identities can coexist in harmony.
In this event Sarah told her story leading up to her gender transition through to being outed by a national newspaper and hitting the headlines. Sarah’s sense of humour was a particular highlight of this incredibly engaging event.
With a dose of humour, Sarah examines areas of the bible which are often used as a tool for the exclusion of LGBT+ identities - and puts forth some fascinating explanations about how those passages could be understood differently, when looked at through the eyes of inclusion.
World Autism Day
In this session, Lillie Jamieson sheds light on how autism often goes unnoticed in women due to societal conditioning and the pressure to conform.
Drawing on her personal experience with a late autism diagnosis, Lillie explores the reasons why many women are being diagnosed later in life, and the unique ways autism presents in women that make it harder to detect.
Whether you’re seeking clarity on your own neurodivergence, supporting someone who is, or simply want to understand autism from a fresh perspective, this talk will help break down stereotypes and offer tools for practicing inclusion.