Max Strom

Breathwork Pioneer | International Speaker

Emotional Health, Human Connection and Transformational Leadership

TEDx Speaker • Bestselling Author • 30+ Years of Global Teaching Experience

Helping audiences worldwide navigate stress, anxiety, burnout, emotional resilience, and meaningful human connection.

In a world facing rising anxiety, burnout, disconnection, and emotional exhaustion, Max Strom’s talks offer something increasingly rare: practical tools, emotional insight, and genuine human connection.

For more than 30 years, Max has spoken around the world at TEDx events, leadership summits, medical conferences, wellness events, corporations, universities, and retreats — helping audiences move beyond stress and survival mode toward greater clarity, resilience, emotional health, and meaningful connection.

His work combines powerful storytelling, humor, breathwork, audience interaction, and practical take-home tools that create immediate impact both personally and professionally.

Why Event Organizers Book Max Strom

A speaker who creates real emotional impact

Max’s talks go beyond motivation. Audiences leave feeling calmer, more connected, inspired, and equipped with practical tools they can immediately apply in their professional and personal lives.

Practical tools for modern challenges

Max addresses topics that deeply affect today’s workplaces and communities:

  • anxiety and chronic stress
  • burnout and emotional exhaustion
  • sleep dysfunction
  • emotional resilience
  • leadership and communication
  • human connection in the digital age

An experience tailored to your audience

Unlike public workshops, Max customizes each keynote, seminar, or leadership session specifically for your organization, audience, industry, and event goals.

A trusted international voice

Max has spoken at TEDx events, leadership conferences, hospitals, wellness summits, corporations, universities, government events, and private gatherings around the world.

A rare combination of wisdom and humanity

Known for his calm presence, emotional intelligence, humor, and authenticity, Max has a unique ability to connect with audiences across cultures, generations, professions, and backgrounds.

International Talks & Conferences

Watch Max Strom’s TEDx Talk Breathe to Heal, viewed over 4 million times worldwide.

Keynote Examples

Keynotes and corporate sessions are customized specifically for the audience, organization, and event goals.

A Sustainable Life; Will You Survive Your Success?
A powerful keynote on stress, anxiety, sleeplessness, burnout, and creating a healthier, more sustainable way of living and leading.

 

The Stories of Your Life
An inspiring seminar on storytelling, human connection, self-reflection, and the power of sharing our personal experiences with authenticity.

 

Crisis is the Axis for Transformation
A transformative keynote on navigating crisis, anxiety, and major life transitions while discovering clarity, resilience, and personal growth.

 

How to Find Happiness in the Age of Anxiety
A thought-provoking talk on finding genuine happiness, emotional balance, and inner peace in today’s overstimulated digital world.

 

The Internal Technology of Happiness
An insightful keynote exploring self-awareness, emotional wellbeing, and the internal tools that shape a meaningful and fulfilling life.

 

Get Out of the Way and Lead
A leadership keynote on emotional intelligence, communication, stress management, and leading with authenticity and purpose.

 

Learn to Breathe, to Heal Yourself and Your Relationships
A practical and transformative keynote on breathwork for anxiety, grief, sleep, emotional healing, and healthier human connection.

 

The Healing Power of Forgiveness
A deeply moving seminar on forgiveness, emotional healing, letting go of resentment, and restoring peace within ourselves and our relationships.

Selected references:
  • TEDxCapeMay, USA – Removing the Armor Between Us
  • TEDxCapeMay, USA – Breathe To Heal (over 4 million views and counting)
  • TEDx Greenville, USA – There Is No App For Happiness
  • TEDxKansas City, USA – There Is No App For Happiness
  • The Singularity University, Silicon Valley, USA
  • Wisdom in Business Conference, Amsterdam
  • Inner Peace Conference, Amsterdam
  • OHV Hotelier Kongress, Vienna
  • The World Government Summit, Dubai, UAE
  • The Mindful Leadership Summit in Washington DC
  • The Happinez Festival, Netherlands
  • lululemon Athletica Management Summit, Canada
  • The Health and Wellbeing Symposium, King Faisal Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula Keynote, USA
  • The Inner Idea Conference, USA
  • Sea Island Resort, USA
  • Retirement and Healthcare HR Conference Keynote, Baltimore, USA
  • Keynote addresses at medical conferences, wellbeing conferences, and many corporate events.

Podcast & Media Requests

Max is available for podcasts, interviews, media appearances, and select conversations focused on emotional health, breathwork, anxiety, leadership, relationships, and human connection.

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