Georgie Dent is a journalist, editor, keynote speaker, advocate and author. The former lawyer is the author of Breaking Badly, her best-selling memoir recounting the nervous breakdown she suffered at age 25.
The Executive Director of The Parenthood, a not-for-profit advocacy organisation representing 72,000 parents and carers, and contributing editor of Women’s Agenda, is a leading voice in Australia for families, women and children.
Georgie is a regular guest on The Drum, ABC Weekend Breakfast, The Project and the Today Show. She has made appearances on RN Breakfast, Q&A, Weekend Sunrise, Studio 10, Lateline and Sky News.
A contributor to Marie Claire and former columnist in the Sydney Morning Herald, Georgie’s writing has been published in The Guardian, Harper's Bazaar, The Financial Review, The Age and Sunday Life.
Georgie is a sought-after and polished keynote speaker and facilitator on subjects ranging from gender equality, women in leadership, work, sexism, motherhood, anxiety, perfectionism, resilience and mental health. She presents with compassion, honesty and humour.
“Georgie Dent is a speaker and MC who effortless brings authentic life and energy to a room. She has an innate ability to connect the audience to the topic or cause through her gift of storytelling and her generosity of spirit. ”