Muddy LotusPress · Vol. I · 2026Aotearoa, New Zealand

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We answer thoughtful press and speaking inquiries within five business days. Include the audience, format, timing, and the question you’d like Sarah to actually answer.

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Sarah Walker

Founder · wellbeing strategist · executive coach · spiritual practitioner

  • Response timeFive business days · info@muddylotus.guru
  • LocationAotearoa New Zealand · remote by conversation
  • FormatsInterview · podcast · keynote · workshop · panel
  • Best fitWellbeing · leadership · spirituality · self-trust
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Speaking topics

Five questions Sarah actually wants to answer.

Talks are written, not pulled off a shelf. The framing below is a starting point; the final shape is built around your audience and the question that needs the air.

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No Mud, No Lotus

Turning suffering into meaning without bypassing the hard bit.

Why spiritual polish can get in the way, and what an honest practice looks like in a working life, drawing from Sarah's approved founder story, executive rooms, and quiet rooms.

FormatKeynote · longform interviewAudienceGeneral · leadership · wellbeing
II

Full Bloom Leadership

High performance, wellbeing, strengths, and leading with soul.

What strengths-based leadership actually does for a senior team, why wellbeing is a strategic question rather than a perk, and how to lead from depth without losing your edge.

FormatKeynote · panel · workshopAudienceExecutives · founders · boards
III

Making Peace With Anxiety

What anxiety teaches us when we stop pretending it is only a problem.

Nervous-system literacy in plain English, what most anxiety advice gets wrong, and a working framework for living alongside fear instead of warring with it.

FormatWorkshop · keynote · podcastAudienceGeneral · workplace wellbeing · educators
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Women, Power & Self-Trust

Boundaries, intuition, courage, and choosing yourself.

On reclaiming intuition as data, the small no that protects every yes, and a frank account of doing well in rooms that weren’t built for the way women lead.

FormatKeynote · interviewAudienceWomen’s leadership · industry events
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Spirituality For Real Life

Guides, loved ones, the universe, and staying practical about it all.

How a lifelong spiritual practice meets neuroscience and positive psychology without bypassing real life, and why the most useful version is also the most ordinary.

FormatInterview · longform featureAudienceCulture · spirituality · wellbeing
Press inquiry

Send the brief.

Share the topic, audience, format, and the angle you would like Sarah to meet directly. The studio reads for fit, timing, and the kind of room the work deserves.

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Start with a live question
Short bio · 50 words

Sarah Walker is the founder of Muddy Lotus, a New Zealand-based practice in wellbeing, positive psychology, executive coaching, and spiritual work. With twenty years of senior corporate and government experience and a lifelong contemplative practice, Sarah works with leaders, teams, and individuals on the slow art of turning mud into meaning.

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No mud, no lotus,
and no shortcuts.”

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Quietly asked

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Does Sarah do podcasts?

Yes, by conversation. Long-form is preferred. Please send a brief, an audience description, timing, and the question you’d most like answered.

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Will Sarah speak about her own story?

Sometimes. Memoir-adjacent material is offered carefully and only inside containers where it can be held well. We will discuss content notes and consent before agreeing.

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Are there speaking fees?

For corporate, government, and conference engagements: yes. Community, charitable, and education events: by conversation. Please share your budget so we can answer simply.

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Can we use the Muddy Lotus mark in our materials?

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Tell us the question.

We read carefully and answer in five business days. The more specific you are about audience, format, and what you’d like Sarah to address, the better the work tends to be.