Speaking
Clinically grounded sessions on energy, capacity and health for Australian organisations. In person nationwide, or online for distributed teams.
Most workplace health programs treat fatigue as a mindset problem. It rarely is. Persistent tiredness across a team has physiological drivers that can be measured: iron status, thyroid function, blood sugar regulation, sleep architecture, and the cumulative load people are carrying outside work. Naming those drivers changes what an organisation can do about them.
I am a clinical nutritionist, not a motivational speaker. Sessions are built from case work and current research, and your team leaves with specifics rather than encouragement.
We had the opportunity to bring Serena into a Leadership Workshop, where she presented to our senior Directors. At the end of a long day, Serena was a breath of fresh air. Her practical and holistic approach resonated with every individual in the room as she demonstrated the value of investing in your health. Not just educating on diet and nutrition, Serena empowered everyone to make small changes to generate big shifts in wellbeing. I would highly recommend Serena to individuals looking to improve their health and vitality, or to any organisation that wants to bring a personal focus in their L&D programs and improve productivity.
What I speak on
The energy gap
Why teams are tired, and the clinical causes most wellbeing programs never look at. Iron, thyroid function, blood sugar and sleep architecture, and what leaders can reasonably do about each.
Stress physiology and capacity
What chronic stress does to the nervous system, how it differs from short-term pressure, and why capacity is a physiological state rather than a character trait.
The invisible load
Postnatal depletion, the mental load and the biology of returning to work. The clinical context HR and leadership teams need to understand why working parents struggle after parental leave ends.
Capacity, not just capability
Organisations invest heavily in skills and almost nothing in the biology that lets people use them. Capability is what someone can do. Capacity is whether their body can sustain it, and capacity is physiological. It rests on iron stores, thyroid function, blood sugar regulation, sleep quality and the cumulative load a person is carrying. When those are depleted, performance drops well before anyone would call it illness, and the person affected usually assumes it is a personal failing.
It shows up in your data before it shows up in a conversation. Presenteeism, sick leave, avoidable errors, and the quiet exit of good people who cannot work out why they can no longer keep going. It shows up most sharply in mothers returning after parental leave, who come back to a full workload while still depleted from pregnancy, birth and broken sleep, and who are then measured on output rather than supported through a recovery that has a clear clinical timeline.
What your team gets is the science, in plain language, on why people get sick and what genuinely restores them. Organisations that understand capacity keep their good people longer.
Sessions run as a 45 to 60 minute keynote or a 90 minute workshop, in person anywhere in Australia or online for remote and hybrid teams. Content is tailored in advance to your team's context. Bookings begin with a short call to discuss format and scheduling, followed by a written proposal.