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Karen Humphries is an Australian author, speaker and multi-modality practitioner bringing together lived experience, behavioural science and more than 20 years of therapeutic practice.
As a breast cancer conqueror and author of Holding the Helper and This Is My Roar, Karen speaks candidly about cancer trauma, caregiver burnout, nervous system regulation and what happens when the person who normally holds everyone else together suddenly needs support too.
She is available for media interviews, podcasts, expert commentary and speaking engagements.
Media topics include cancer caregiving, trauma and recovery, nervous system regulation, women’s wellbeing, menopause and behavioural change, grounded in Karen’s core message that even through life’s biggest challenges, you really can choose to change and bloom from within.
Media Interviews & Features
Karen Humphries brings a unique combination of lived experience and professional insight to conversations about the messy reality of being human. As an Australian author, speaker and multi-modality practitioner, Karen contributes to media conversations about cancer, caregiving, trauma, nervous system regulation, menopause, behavioural change and women’s wellbeing.
Her approach combines behavioural science, therapeutic experience and real-life perspective, translating complex concepts into practical conversations people can actually relate to and use.
Available for: television, radio, print and digital media interviews, podcasts, expert commentary and feature stories.
Featured Interviews
Karen joins the Ignite Talks Podcast for a conversation exploring neuroplasticity, our capacity to adapt and how understanding the brain can support meaningful change.
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Episode #178 Built to Adapt: A Conversation About Neuroplasticity
Speaking & Keynote Events
Karen is an engaging speaker who combines storytelling, humour, lived experience and more than 20 years of therapeutic practice to create conversations that feel both meaningful and practical.
Her speaking topics explore what happens when life changes unexpectedly and how we can better understand our stress responses, emotional patterns and nervous system. Whether speaking about cancer, caregiving, menopause, trauma or personal change, Karen’s message is grounded in possibility: you really can choose to change and bloom from within.
Karen is available for keynote presentations, conferences, community events, women’s events, wellbeing programs, professional development and panel discussions.
Karen presented at Sparkle Gippsland, held at Mewburn Park in Maffra. A day long retreat for women to Sparkle!
Karen discussed Queenagers: Saying Goodbye To Oestrogen But Not Yourself!
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Key Note Presentation at Sparkle Gippsland Women's Day Retreat
Cancer Caregiver Advocacy
Cancer doesn’t happen to one person. It ripples through partners, families, friends, colleagues and the people quietly holding everything together behind the scenes.
Having experienced breast cancer herself, Karen witnessed how profoundly a cancer experience affected the people around her. As someone others normally relied on, she also experienced what happens when her capacity was depleted; there was nothing left in the tank to keep meeting everyone else’s needs.
This experience became part of the inspiration for Holding the Helper, Karen’s work advocating for greater recognition of the emotional, physical and nervous system impact of cancer caregiving.
Karen speaks about caregiver burnout, cancer trauma, helper fatigue, nervous system regulation and the importance of supporting the support crew alongside the patient.
Books by Karen Humphries
Karen’s books bring together lived experience, therapeutic insight and practical tools designed to help people navigate significant life challenges.
This Is My Roar-Tame Your Trauma Tale draws on Karen’s lived experience of breast cancer. She explores how the nervous system responds when life suddenly feels unsafe. Through the relatable metaphors of the meerkat and the mountain lion, Karen translates complex trauma and survival responses into everyday language, helping readers recognise what happens within the body when our internal alarm system detects threat, and how greater awareness can support regulation, recovery and change.
Holding the Helper – Supporting The Cancer Caregiver turns the lens towards the often invisible people beside the patient: the partners, family members, friends and carers who become the support crew. It explores the impact of caregiving across diagnosis, treatment and recovery, with practical strategies to recognise stress, regulate the nervous system and support the person behind the helper role.
Together, the books reflect Karen’s broader philosophy that change is not about pretending difficult experiences haven’t happened. It is about developing the awareness, tools and support to navigate what comes next.
Media Enquiries
Karen Humphries is available for media interviews, podcast conversations, feature articles, expert commentary, keynote speaking, panel discussions and conversations about cancer caregiving, trauma, nervous system regulation, behavioural change, menopause and women’s wellbeing.
For journalists, producers, podcast hosts and event organisers, media resources can include author biographies, professional photographs, book information, interview topics and supporting imagery.
Media and speaking enquiries:
Karen Humphries
Blooming From Within
www.karenhumphries.net.au
support@karenhumphries.net.au
0427 741 691
You really can choose to change and bloom from within.
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