Bio
Sarah Wilson is a multi-New and Amazon best-selling author, social philosopher, international keynote speaker, minimalist and philanthropist. She edited Cosmopolitan magazine Australia at 29, founded the global I Quit Sugar movement, hosted the most-watched TV series in the nation’s history – Masterchef Australia – and wrote the bestseller First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, which Mark Manson described as “the best book on living with anxiety that I’ve ever read.”
Her most recent book, This One Wild and Precious Life, won the US Gold Nautilus Prize, and she has ranked in the top 200 most influential authors in the world (two years in a row).
Sarah drives a dynamic, global conversation on philosophy, creativity, existential risk and climate change via her keynote addresses, Wild with Sarah Wilson podcast, and over at her Substack and social sites with her 550,000 subscribers.
She lives out of two bags between Paris and Sydney, is a compulsive hiker and adventurer.
Sarah Wilson is a force of nature – quite literally. She’s a great teacher and a great leader, and I admire her with all my soul.”
Speaking & Consulting
Sarah is an experienced keynote speaker, MC and broadcaster. Clients include the New York Times, Microsoft USA, Blackrock, Woolworths, Facebook, Google, the Australian National Press Club, Cannes Lion, National Australia Bank, IKEA, WeAre8 and the Climate Council.
She has a suite of keynotes covering climate education, wellness, anxiety and how to live a life of value – tips drawn from more than 1000 interviews with global thinkers, from His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Oprah’s life coach! Sarah also has extensive experience working with brands, universities and corporates to develop values-led communications and facilitate events. She’s guest lectured for the University of Cambridge’s Sustainability and Leadership masters course and partnered with the Climate Council on national campaigns.
Sarah is full of expert advice while remaining grounded and incredibly human. Her vulnerability is her strength.
The WILD with Sarah Wilson Podcast
Wild is a global conversation with the world’s leading philosophers, creatives, poets, scientists (and at lea nun!) that goes to the heart of how to live fully on this one wild and precious planet. Her guests and topics are era-defining and always “wild”.
Margaret Atwood gets fired up about creating a utopia; Pop singer Sia riffs on the gifts of living with bipolar; Peter Singer talks about effective altruism; the nun from Dead Man Walking discusses what a prisoner on death row can teach us about love.
Join Sarah as she wrestles a path to the beautiful answer.
My favourite podcast to engage in the topics that matter, and be reminded there are great minds out there working together to find answers for the complexity of today’s world. Each episode motivates me to take that next step to support the important issues.
Sarah on Substack
Sarah’s popular newsletter is where she engages with her community of 50,000 subscribers and leads a community conversation about philosophy, art, pop culture, science, neoliberalism and politics.
Books
Sarah wrote the New York Times bestsellers First, We Make the Beast Beautiful and I Quit Sugar and is the author of another 11 cookbooks. Sarah’s latest book This One Wild and Precious Life is a soul’s journey through the complexities of climate change, coronavirus, racial inequalities and our disconnection from what matters…back to life.
I’ve encountered no other book that articulates with so much passion or clarity the unique feeling of this moment in history.