Bipolar with a stoma
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Life Coaches
Bipolar with a stoma
7 Burnham Ave, Bolton BL1 6BD
# Bipolar with a Stoma
Katerini Edgington-Spathis is an independent public speaker and mental health advocate based in Bolton who transforms personal experience into powerful educational content. Following a bipolar disorder diagnosis in 2003 that left her told she'd never work, and subsequent ileostomy surgery in 2017, Katerini has built a career challenging stigma and misconceptions around both mental and physical health conditions.
She delivers bespoke presentations to schools, colleges, universities, charities, conferences and corporate organisations across the UK. Her work focuses on three core areas: mental health awareness and self-acceptance, lived experience of neurodivergence, and the often-overlooked intersection of mental and physical illness. Katerini speaks with candour and humour, using her journey from despair to independence to help audiences—particularly young people—understand their own wellbeing and feel confident in their identity.
What sets her apart is her refusal to compartmentalise conditions. By openly discussing both bipolar disorder and her stoma, she normalises conversations that many find uncomfortable, demonstrating that physical and mental health require equal care and attention. Her message resonates because it's honest, relatable and hopeful: life doesn't end with diagnosis; it begins when you take control.
Katerini tailors every presentation to audience needs, making her equally effective with school pupils exploring difference and mental health, or organisations seeking to build mental health awareness and cultural change amongst staff.
Katerini Edgington-Spathis is an independent public speaker and mental health advocate based in Bolton who transforms personal experience into powerful educational content. Following a bipolar disorder diagnosis in 2003 that left her told she'd never work, and subsequent ileostomy surgery in 2017, Katerini has built a career challenging stigma and misconceptions around both mental and physical health conditions.
She delivers bespoke presentations to schools, colleges, universities, charities, conferences and corporate organisations across the UK. Her work focuses on three core areas: mental health awareness and self-acceptance, lived experience of neurodivergence, and the often-overlooked intersection of mental and physical illness. Katerini speaks with candour and humour, using her journey from despair to independence to help audiences—particularly young people—understand their own wellbeing and feel confident in their identity.
What sets her apart is her refusal to compartmentalise conditions. By openly discussing both bipolar disorder and her stoma, she normalises conversations that many find uncomfortable, demonstrating that physical and mental health require equal care and attention. Her message resonates because it's honest, relatable and hopeful: life doesn't end with diagnosis; it begins when you take control.
Katerini tailors every presentation to audience needs, making her equally effective with school pupils exploring difference and mental health, or organisations seeking to build mental health awareness and cultural change amongst staff.
Services offered
Public speaking presentationsMental health awareness trainingSchools and university talksCorporate mental health workshopsCharity event speakingConference presentationsMental health stigma reduction trainingBespoke tailored presentations