Bringing clinical credibility to the stage
Clara Doran is a former GP, Alzheimer's researcher, TEDx speaker, and author with twenty years of frontline medical experience — and a decade of living with MS. She speaks with the authority of someone who has practised medicine at the highest level, and the honesty of someone who has been the patient too.
Her talks are warm, evidence-based, and deliberately free of jargon. She makes complex science feel relevant, personal, and immediately actionable — whether the audience is a boardroom, a conference hall, or a wellbeing event.
Speaking topics
1. The most important organ you're ignoring Brain health as the foundation of everything
We spend billions on heart health, fitness, and nutrition. And yet the brain — the organ that governs how we feel, function, sleep, decide, and recover — is the one we invest in least. Drawing on twenty years of clinical practice and two years in Alzheimer's disease research, this talk makes the case for brain health as the single most important investment you can make.
Ideal for: corporate wellness programmes, leadership teams, healthcare conferences
2. When life doesn't go to plan Navigating change, uncertainty and midlife with your brain intact
Most of us have a plan. And most of us, at some point, find ourselves living a very different one.
A diagnosis. A career pivot. A relationship that ends. A body that stops cooperating. The relentless pressure of midlife — when the demands on us are at their highest and our reserves can feel at their lowest.
Drawing on twenty years in medicine, her own MS diagnosis, and the neuroscience of resilience, Clara explores what actually happens in the brain when life changes without permission — and what we can do about it.
This talk is honest, evidence-based, and deeply personal. It won't tell you to be grateful or to find the silver lining. It will give you a framework for understanding what you're experiencing — and practical tools for navigating it.
Ideal for: corporate wellbeing programmes, women's leadership events, healthcare organisations, anyone going through significant change, HR and people teams
3. The other side of the consultationWhat healthcare looks like as a patient — and why it matters
Clara has worked across NHS and private practice and has also been the patient — diagnosed with MS at 33, navigating a system she knew intimately from the inside.
Ideal for: healthcare organisations, patient experience conferences
4. Sleep — the most underrated performance tool you haveThe science of sleep and how to use it
Sleep is not a luxury. It is the foundation on which every other health behaviour rests. Practical, evidence-based, and immediately actionable.
Ideal for: corporate wellness programmes, leadership teams, wellbeing events
Don't see what you're looking for? Every audience is different and Clara is open to bespoke briefs. If none of these topics is quite right for your event, she'd love to work with you on something tailored. The starting point is always the same — what does your audience most need to hear? Get in touch and let's talk.
What people say
"It was a pleasure meeting you, Clara. You provided my colleagues and I with invaluable tips for cultivating a healthy relationship with sleep. I've heard nothing but positive feedback from everyone, all of whom found your session as useful as I did." — AG Barr
"Your sessions were really insightful. I look forward to exploring other opportunities that can promote healthy sleep." — AG Barr
"You are a font of knowledge and so enjoyable to listen to." — AG Barr
“Thoroughly enjoyable and so refreshing to hear a doctor speak like this” - Borders Book Festival
"Clara, you were fantastic! Thank you so much for coming along. Lots of great advice — now I just need to implement it!" — Ocean Winds
Book Clara to speak
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