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Elsa Punset
One of the Leading Emotional-Intelligence Figures in the Spanish-Speaking World | Bestselling Author (2.5M+ Readers) | Oxford-Educated | Director of Content, LASE
Elsa Punset is one of the leading voices in the Spanish-speaking world on emotional intelligence as a tool for positive change. Oxford-educated and a familiar face on Spanish television, she is a bestselling author with more than 2.5 million readers, including 'A Backpack for the Universe,' published in fourteen countries. She gives audiences practical, science-based tools to manage their emotions and live better.
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Elsa Punset biography
Psychology speaker Elsa Punset is one of the leading figures in the entire Spanish-speaking world in popularizing emotional intelligence as a tool for positive change. A writer and science communicator educated in Philosophy and the Arts, with a Master’s in Humanities from the University of Oxford, she has spent her career taking emotions out of the academic world and placing them in people’s hands, translating advances in science and psychology into simple, practical language anyone can apply to everyday life.
Punset is a well-known face in Spain thanks to a long career in television and public education. She appeared on the hit show “El Hormiguero,” directed and presented “La Mirada de Elsa” on RTVE’s landmark science program “Redes,” and ran a weekly segment, “El mundo en tus manos,” on Spanish public television. As director of content at the Laboratory of Social and Emotional Learning (LASE), she has also driven emotional-education programs in schools, bringing tools for social and emotional skills to children, families, and educators.
An Author with More Than 2.5 Million Readers
A bestselling author with more than 2.5 million readers and translated into over fifteen languages, Punset released “A Backpack for the Universe” in 2012, a hit published in fourteen countries, followed by titles including “The World in Your Hands,” “The Book of Small Revolutions,” and “Happy,” along with children’s collections through which hundreds of thousands of families learn to understand and manage their emotions. The daughter of the celebrated science communicator Eduard Punset, she has turned emotional education into a mass phenomenon across the Spanish-speaking world.
As a speaker, Elsa Punset is warm, luminous, and deeply practical, pairing the rigor of science with tools anyone can use starting the very next day. She speaks on emotional intelligence in life and at work, intelligent optimism, managing emotions and change, resilience and empathy, and how small daily revolutions transform the wellbeing of people and teams. Audiences leave not just inspired but with a concrete map for understanding themselves better and living more fully.
Elsa Punset Speaking Videos
"We need an epidemic of optimists" | Elsa Punset, writer and philosopher
How to Reconnect with What Matters | Elsa Punset, writer and philosopher
Elsa Punset Keynote Topics
In her most requested keynote, Elsa Punset shows why emotional intelligence is not a luxury but a necessity for wellbeing and for personal and professional success. In simple, science-based language, she explains how our emotions and our brains actually work, and hands audiences concrete tools for managing stress, relationships, and difficult moments. A warm, uplifting, and immediately useful talk that leaves audiences with a practical map for understanding themselves and living more fully.
The best teams aren’t built on technical talent alone, but on trust, motivation, and the ability to manage emotions well. Elsa Punset brings the keys of emotional intelligence into the world of work: how to strengthen teamwork, motivation, and creativity, how to lead with empathy, and how to care for people’s emotional wellbeing as an engine of performance. A practical, rigorous keynote for organizations that understand emotions are an essential part of results.
Drawing on her bestseller “The Book of Small Revolutions,” Elsa Punset champions a powerful idea: transforming your life doesn’t take grand gestures, but small daily changes sustained over time. She shares simple, science-backed strategies to improve emotional wellbeing, face change with intelligent optimism, and build habits that bring us closer to who we want to be. An inspiring, actionable talk on how small revolutions change the big things.
We live in times of uncertainty and constant change, and how we manage our emotions determines how we get through them. Elsa Punset explores “intelligent optimism”, neither denial nor naivety, but a realistic, trainable way to cultivate resilience, empathy, and hope. She gives audiences practical tools to care for their emotional health, adapt to adversity, and better support those around them. A timely, reassuring keynote for people, families, and organizations in transformation.
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FAQs on Booking Elsa Punset
Why Elsa Punset?
Booking Elsa Punset brings audiences one of the most loved and respected voices in the Spanish-speaking world on emotional intelligence and wellbeing. Oxford-educated, a familiar face on Spanish television, and a bestselling author with more than 2.5 million readers, she has the rare gift of translating the science of emotions into simple, warm, immediately usable language. Her keynotes blend rigor and relatability, and send audiences home with concrete tools to manage their emotions, face change, and live better. She is an ideal choice for events on wellbeing, leadership, education, health, and personal development, and a top-priority speaker for audiences across Spain and Latin America. To bring Elsa Punset to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Elsa Punset?
Elsa Punset is a writer, science communicator, and speaker, and one of the leading figures in the Spanish-speaking world in popularizing emotional intelligence. Born in London in 1964 and the daughter of the celebrated science communicator Eduard Punset, she holds a degree in Philosophy and the Arts and a Master’s in Humanities from the University of Oxford, with further master’s degrees in journalism and education. She is director of content at the Laboratory of Social and Emotional Learning (LASE), has appeared on major Spanish television programs including “El Hormiguero,” “Redes,” and “Para todos la 2,” and is a bestselling author with more than 2.5 million readers, translated into over fifteen languages. Her books include “A Backpack for the Universe,” “The Book of Small Revolutions,” “The World in Your Hands,” and “Happy,” along with several emotional-education collections for children.
What is “A Backpack for the Universe” about, and what is Elsa Punset’s message?
“A Backpack for the Universe” (in Spanish, “Una mochila para el universo”) is the bestseller that brought Elsa Punset to a mass audience in 2012, published in fourteen countries and subtitled “21 routes for living with our emotions.” In it, Punset gathers practical, science-backed tools for understanding why we are the way we are and why we act as we do, and for better organizing our “emotional universe”, from how to manage fear and stress to how to build healthier relationships, or even how long a hug should last. It captures the heart of her message: that emotions are not abstract or reserved for experts, but a skill all of us can learn and train. Through her books, keynotes, and educational programs, Punset champions “intelligent optimism”, a realistic, practical way of using emotional intelligence as a tool for positive change, in our personal lives, in families, in schools, and at work.
What topics does psychology speaker Elsa Punset cover?
Elsa Punset speaks on the power of emotional intelligence in everyday life, emotional intelligence in the workplace, “small revolutions” for life and work, and intelligent optimism, resilience, and wellbeing in times of change. Her keynotes suit events on wellbeing, personal development, leadership, education, and health, for general, educational, and corporate audiences, always interactive and practical. To book Elsa Punset as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
How to book Elsa Punset as a keynote speaker?
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How much is Elsa Punset speaking fee?
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How can I contact Elsa Punset?
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Can I book Elsa Punset for a virtual keynote?
Yes, Elsa Punset is available for virtual keynotes and webinars. To book Elsa Punset for a virtual event, please complete the contact form or send us an email to inquire about the special fees for virtual engagements.
