I am Dr Lizzy Bernthal and the founder of Release Your Potential Ltd. I am a resilience specialist, leadership and confidence coach, international keynote speaker, and best-selling author. With 25 years’ service as an Army to Lieutenant Colonel as a Nursing Officer leading teams across 18 countries, including Afghanistan, and a PhD in Resilience, I combine lived experience with academic expertise to transform leadership. Through my evidence-based S.O.A.R. methodology, I equip executives and organisations to boost confidence, resilience, and impact while creating cultures free of toxicity.

I specialise in speaking about resilience, confidence, mindset, communication with emphasis on rising above the battle in the boardroom as part of my mission to ensure thriving cultures with no body armour needed.

Recognised as Global Wire Leadership Coach of the Year (2022/23) and Sustainable You Business Leader of the Year (2022), my insights have been featured in The Times, The Telegraph, and Psychologies Magazine. I authored a chapter in the Amazon best seller 2023 ‘10 Traits of Resilience’.

My book ‘The Courage To Be You’ is due be published 17 Feb 26.

I am a professional member of the UK&I Professional Speakers Association.