Stacey Copas is a keynote speaker, author, coach, and consultant specialising in crisis resilience for high performers. As the founder of Academy of Resilience, she has delivered programmes for global organisations including Viacom, GM Holden, and Flight Centre.

World champion surfer Layne Beachley calls her “the Queen of Resilience.” David Goggins calls her “a badass.” Author Bob Burg calls her “his real-life action hero.” Three people who have never taken the easy road and recognise someone who hasn’t either.

She is the author of How to Be Resilient and has been featured in the Australian Financial Review, on ABC Radio, and in The Australian. Her expertise sits at the intersection of high performance and human crisis, working with leaders not in the lead-up to breakdown, but inside it, when the pressure is real and the margin for anything complicated is zero. 

Stacey’s methodology is built on a founding principle: resilience tools must take only minutes and work under pressure. Everything she delivers is filtered through that standard, making her approach distinctively practical in a space that often trades in inspiration without infrastructure. 

What sets Stacey apart is not just what she teaches, but what she has lived. At twelve years old, she became quadriplegic. In the years that followed, she built a career, a body of work, and a reputation grounded in something that cannot be manufactured – the lived experience of rebuilding from the ground up, more than once.

 Stacey is based in Sydney, Australia, and works with clients globally.