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Anna Hemmings

Anna Hemmings is a six-time World Champion canoeist from the United Kingdom who transitioned into a motivational speaker, performance coach, and resilience expert. After achieving extraordinary athletic success, she faced a debilitating illness that forced her to rebuild her health and career, giving her deep insight into resilience and recovery. She now works with individuals and organizations to help them perform under pressure and navigate adversity.

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Six World Championship titles in kayaking her journey overcoming chronic fatigue syndrome and her work as a resilience and high-performance coach and speaker
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About Anna Hemmings

Anna Hemmings is a six-time World Champion canoeist from the United Kingdom who transitioned into a motivational speaker, performance coach, and resilience expert. After achieving extraordinary athletic success, she faced a debilitating illness that forced her to rebuild her health and career, giving her deep insight into resilience and recovery. She now works with individuals and organizations to help them perform under pressure and navigate adversity.

Sustainable high performance comes from building resilience from the inside out — managing energy, mindset, and recovery as deliberately as you manage goals and ambition.

Chat with Anna when you're...

  • Working on six world championship titles in kayaking or her journey overcoming chronic fatigue syndrome
  • Making a hard decision and need a direct, honest perspective
  • Setting a bold long-term vision and pressure-testing whether it holds up
  • Figuring out what to cut and what to double down on
  • Preparing for a high-stakes pitch, presentation, or conversation

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Sample questions

  • "How do you get unstuck when you're overthinking everything?"
  • "What do you do when your own head is the obstacle?"
  • "What would you tell me if I were about to give up on this?"
  • "What's a mistake you made early on that you'd want me to avoid?"