Speakers

Katie Matthews-Furphy

Katie Matthews-Furphy

Founder

Mind Tribe UK

BIOGRAPHY

Katie is a multi-award-winning, Disabled Entrepreneur, Trauma-Informed Educator, Mental Health & Wellbeing Trainer, (Adult) Mental Health First Aid NI Trainer, Speaker & Mentor with 15 years lived/living experience with mental illness and 7 years lived experience with disability.

Katie is passionate about Mental Health, Trauma-Informed Practice, Inclusive Entrepreneurship, Education, Youth Entrepreneurship, Multipotentiality, Ikigai, Leadership, Growth Mindset Development, Kindness & Post Traumatic Growth.

TALKS BY Katie Matthews-Furphy

A Growth Mindset Approach to Entrepreneurship

This session explores how a growth mindset can be a powerful catalyst in navigating the unpredictable journey of entrepreneurship. Using Growth Mindset theory as a foundation, this talk delves into the power of viewing challenges as opportunities for growth. Katie will share her lived experience as a female entrepreneur with a disability who has weathered the storms of bankruptcy, mental illness, and managing an invisible physical disability. Each of these hurdles became, in its own way, a lesson in resilience, adaptability, and the courage to keep moving forward.