Florence K

Keynote Speaker | Montreal, Quebec

Musician & Mental Health Advocate
Leadership, Resilience & Workplace Wellbeing Expert

Florence K Expertise: Personal Leadership, Personal Growth, Resilience & Adversity, Stress Management, Mental Health, Mindset & Goal Accomplishment, Emotional Intelligence, Burnout Prevention, Psychological Safety, Health & Wellness, Communication and Mindset & Attitude.

Florence K

About Speaker Florence K

Florence K is a Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and multilingual recording artist recognized for her work in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. She has sold over 250,000 albums and received multiple Félix Awards and Juno Award nominations. She hosted Ici Florence on Ici Musique from 2011 to 2018 and currently hosts C’est formidable on CBC Radio One and CBC Music. Florence K is the author of Buena Vida, which explores her lived experience with depression and bipolar disorder alongside her music career. She continues to perform, record, and speak publicly on mental health, drawing on her academic studies in psychology and yoga training.

Florence K Biography

Free-spirited, open-minded, singer-songwriter and pianist Florence K has a wide-ranging musical approach and performs in French, Spanish, English, and Portuguese with the same natural ease. Since her beginnings in 2005, she has had three Gold records, sold over 250,000 albums and received multiple accolades, including many Felix awards and Juno nominations. From 2011 to 2018, Florence K hosted the radio show Ici Florence on Ici Musique, introducing and performing songs from all over the world.

Seven years ago, as she was seeing her career blossom on the international scene, Florence K was in the process of separating from her daughter’s father and was working numerous hours with a hectic schedule. Nothing had prepared her for what was about to come. Anxiety, insomnia, panick attacks, paranoia… Without even realizing it or having the knowledge to pinpoint exactly what was happening to her mind, she gradually slipped into depression. Within a few weeks, the illness had spiraled down to a major depressive episode which lead to auto-mutilation, two episodes of psychosis and a suicide attempt.

After a hospitalization and a long-term medical and psychological treatment, Florence K is more alive than ever and what she once thought was going to be an ending took her on the greatest journey of her life: understanding and studying mental illness, and most of all sharing her testimony with others.

In her first book, Buena Vida, released in French in 2015, she told her story with her heart wide-open and an honesty that moved thousands and thousands of people. Her memoirs became a national bestseller in a few months only. Despite having recently been diagnosed with bipolarity, Florence is still pursuing a great musical career as an acclaimed artist. She has also completed a yoga teacher training, a minor in psychology at university and written a fictional novel, “Lili Blues”.

Since then, Florence K has recorded three new albums including “Estrellas”, where she sings her love of Cuban music and “We Love Belafonte”, a tribute to one of her idols, while touring all over Canada. While relentlessly advocating to de-stigmatize mental illness and completing a university degree in psychology, Florence hosts her weekly radio show “C’est formidable” on CBC radio One and CBC Music.

Florence K was honored in 2017 by CAMH (Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto) as one of the 150 difference makers in the field of mental health and has given conferences to members of the Canadian Armed Forces, health practitioners, music industry executives, business women and men, call-center volunteers and college students, amongst many others. Florence is the living proof that it is possible to live beyond a diagnosis of mental illness.  Her testimony became a true example of hope and light through the darkest times for many.

Florence K Topic Presentations

Florence K From Montreal, Quebec, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Finding Your Own Balance and Honouring Your Rhythm

Building Self-compassion

A Journey Towards Recovery

Prevention

The Teachings of Falling Apart

Podcasts
Florence K
  • Épisode 1: Troubles Anxieux Chez Les Ados
  • Épisode 2: Troubles Psychotiques
Articles
Florence K
  • I Am Not Ashamed”: How Montreal Musician Florence K is Encouraging Open Dialogue About Mental
  • Florence K on Living with Bipolar Disorder
  • C’est La Vraie Croisée Des Chemins

Florence K Speaking Testimonials

"On May 29th, by your presence and your testimony, [Florence K] actively contributed to the Regional Suicide Prevention Day, during which almost 200 people took part. I speak for the entire organizing committee in giving [Florence K] our sincerest thanks for [her] presence, considering [her] busy schedule. There is no doubt that [her] intervention captured favourably the attention of the audience and made a success of this day, beyond our expectations. [Her] implication and professionalism have undoubtedly contributed to the success of this event."

Josée Trudel

CIUSSS MCQ

"Florence is an exceptional person and we appreciated each moment spent with her."

Vice President

Quebec and Atlantic, Morneau Sheppel

"Florence gave an inspiring testimony. She was very generous, sharing her story in honesty and humility, all the while giving concrete examples of what others may go through while facing mental health issues."

ALPABEM

"Florence K’s contribution to the 2018 edition of Bell’s Let’s Talk day contributed to the immense success which we have known this year."

Bell’s Let’s Talk Campaign

"I would like to thank [Florence K] once more for her visit last April 10th. The feedback is very positive. My students (in the context of their mental health class) were touched, appreciated [her] authenticity, generosity and [her] mastery of the language linked to mental health."

Frédéric Talbot

CÉGEP de Ste-Foy

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