Martina Witter

Biography

Martina Witter is a Director of Award Winning Rapha Therapy & Training Services, BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, Keynote Speaker, Confidence Coach, Health and Wellbeing Consultant, Author, Podcast Host (Rivers to Resilience), Blogger, Resilience Expert, Founder of Black Mental Wealth and Cofounder of Black Women in Business and Professionals Network. Martina is Vice Chair of Greater Manchester Combined Authority Race Equality Panel, CIPD Manchester Committee Member (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead), Chair of the Pro-Manchester Wellbeing Champions Committee, and TedxTrafford Curator.

Martina has over 20 years of experience working within the wellbeing and mental health field, empowering diverse individuals and organizations to leverage resilience, develop sustainable strong mindsets that allow them to turn bottlenecks into breakthroughs, and increase performance and productivity in organizations. Due to her contributions to the field, she has been featured in HuffPost, Thrive Global, Metro, The Voice, Financial Times, and BBC Radio Manchester, and has worked with global brands including AMEX, JD Group, and Oliver Wyman.

Martina delivers transformational, dynamic, and experiential training while also having a passion to see individuals thrive holistically in life through being revived, restored, and refocused. She delivers coaching and psychological therapy in innovative and accessible ways. Martina draws upon her life experiences, including bereavements (such as the traumatic and unexpected loss of her mother while in her final year of university), divorce, rejection, depression, and stress, to connect with, empathize with, and empower her audience and clients while sharing how she has successfully navigated adversity and used it for transformation and growth.

Martina has a passion for business, inclusivity, and collaboration, which is evident through Black Mental Wealth—a platform for Black and mixed-heritage individuals that challenges mental health stigma and raises awareness of culturally appropriate solutions. Black Women in Business and Professionals Network (BWIBP) improves opportunities for career and business growth through expanding networks and creating access to Black female role models. BWIBP runs quarterly networking events in Manchester, hosting stellar business leaders and professionals as speakers, while also creating a community for Black women to grow and raise awareness of local and national resources and events that can facilitate this.