Karl Considine
SPEAKER | FACILITATOR | CREATOR
Talks that stay with you
Karl Considine creates spaces where people feel seen, safe and inspired — bringing raw honesty, humour and real hope to conversations about sobriety, mental health, identity and belonging.
Karl Considine has spent the last decade turning lived experience into impact. After a career rising to HR Director level in corporate organisations, he left it all behind in 2023 - and hasn't looked back.
Sober since 2021, Karl is an Ambassador for Alcohol Change UK, a Board Member for Rainbow Mind, and the founder of multiple community-focused projects including Manchester's first alcohol-free pop-up bar. He was diagnosed with ADHD after getting sober - something he now speaks about openly as part of a broader conversation about addictoin, identity, neurodivergence and what it means to truly know yourself.
His talks don't feel like presentations. They feel like conversations - honest, warm, occasionally uncomfortable, and genuinely hard to forget. Whether he's on a panel, delivering a keynote, or running a workshop, Karl brings the same quality: the ability to make a room feel like it's okay to be human.
He's spoken on BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 4, Sky News, and in The Times and The Guardian.
Clients include - Amazon, Pretty Little Thing, Latitude Festival, BooHoo Group and more…
A life lived out loud
ABOUT KARL
FEATURED BY:
BBC BREAKFAST TV
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BBC RADIO
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THE TIMES
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THE GUARDIAN
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STYLIST MAGAZINE
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ATTITUDE MAGAZINE
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BBC BREAKFAST TV 〰️ BBC RADIO 〰️ THE TIMES 〰️ THE GUARDIAN 〰️ STYLIST MAGAZINE 〰️ ATTITUDE MAGAZINE 〰️
SIGNATURE TOPICS
What Karl speaks about
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Creating genuine connection in a world built around alcohol. What inclusion really looks like when you take drinking out of the equation — and how to build cultures where everyone belongs.
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Addiction, identity, and the long road to thriving. Karl's most personal talk — the one that tends to make rooms go quiet, then open up.
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Lived experience lessons for inclusive workplaces and communities. Practical, personal, and designed to shift how organisations think about neurodivergence and LGBTQ+ wellbeing.
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Rebuilding self-worth after change, adversity, or simply years of running on empty. An honest look at what it takes to back yourself — and why most of us find it so hard.
How Karl works with you
FORMATS
20–45 minutes. Ideal for wellbeing days, mental health campaigns, events and company away days. Sets a tone the rest of the day builds on.
Keynote
Relaxed, honest, and engaging. Karl brings warmth and directness to D&I programmes, leadership events, and awareness sessions.
Panel & Fireside
60–120 minutes of real work. Built for employee engagement, connection-building, and teams who want more than a talk.
Workshop
Event facilitation for offsites and retreats. Campaign partnerships for Sober October, Dry January, and Mental Health Awareness.
Facilitation & Partnerships
“Karl combines authenticity with a real ability to connect and inspire — his talk was the one that got everyone talking.”
Beyond the stage, online every day
THE COMMUNITY
Karl has spent years building a genuine community around sobriety, mental health and living well — not just talking about it on stage. On Instagram he shares the honest, unfiltered version of what this life actually looks like.
That reach makes Karl a natural fit for brand partnerships, campaign activations, and long-term collaborations with lifestyle, wellness and purpose-led brands. Past brand work includes sponsored content, event partnerships, and alcohol-free product campaigns.
Brand & campaign work
Karl works with purpose-led brands on sponsored content, event partnerships and alcohol-free activations — with a preference for working with brands on meaningful and purpose led missions. Enquire below.
BOOK KARL
Whether you're planning a wellbeing day, a D&I event, a leadership session, or a campaign partnership — get in touch and let's talk about what would actually serve your audience.