Award-winning entrepreneur. Registered trauma therapist. A voice your audience will trust with the things they don’t usually say out loud.
We entrepreneurs are conditioned to believe that breaking down means something has gone wrong.
Shula invites audiences to consider the opposite: that a breakdown might be a signal something is finally going right.
The real problem is what we’ve been taught: For entrepreneurs, stress, burnout, depression, and anxiety are exceptions rather than the rule. If we feel them, we should keep it under our hats. Experiencing them means we’ve somehow failed.
That thinking is flawed, and it’s costing founders their health and their businesses.
Mental health risks are inherent to entrepreneurship. Like every other risk a business faces, they can be named, planned for, and controlled. That reframe is the heart of every talk Shula gives.
Shulamit Ber Levtov, MA, RSW, CCTP is an award-winning business owner, speaker, therapist for entrepreneurs, and creator of The Entrepreneur Mental Health Business Plan.
She brings something most speakers on this topic can’t: she has run her own businesses since 1989 and worked as a mental health professional since 2000, including building, leading, and ultimately walking away from a thriving practice in service of her own wellbeing. She speaks about the entrepreneurial mental health crisis not from theory, but from the inside, with the clinical authority of a Masters-level, trauma-trained therapist behind every word.
In an era of relentless stressors, Shula is on a mission to transform the entrepreneurial ecosystem so that founder mental health is treated as a business priority, not an afterthought.
that reshape how a room understands the link between mental health and business success.
that give entrepreneurs practical strategies to build mental health into their business plans and processes.
for incubators, accelerators, and entrepreneurship programs that want to embed this work into how they support founders.
Audiences leave feeling seen, steadier, and equipped with something they can actually use.
A thought-provoking keynote exploring the under-examined intersection of entrepreneurship and mental health.
Together, the room looks at the mental health risks founders carry, and at what it takes to nurture founders, and the businesses they build, so they can go on to drive meaningful change. Audiences walk away with a fundamentally different understanding of mental health, business planning, and the ecosystem they operate in.
Founder mental health is directly tied to business success, yet entrepreneurs are routinely put through the emotional wringer.
In this talk, Shula unpacks the seven reasons entrepreneurs experience more stress than the general population, and gives the room concrete ways to prepare for the pressure before it hits.
Both talks can be delivered as keynotes or expanded into interactive workshops, and tailored to your audience.
Watch Shula deliver Mental Health: The Overlooked Factor in Business Success from start to finish, and see what your audience would walk away with.
Her ability to bring entrepreneurs with her through the sensitive topic of mental health in a way that makes them feel safe and supported is incredible.
Shulamit knows her subject matter very well and had many insights to share that could help everyone present in the workshop.
Her background in entrepreneurship, her education and life experience make this her true area of expertise.
Her ability to bring people with her through the sensitive topic of mental health in a way that makes them feel safe and supported is incredible. Participants learned so much.
As a speaker, Shulamit is engaging and supportive while providing expert advice. She is easy, flexible, professional and supportive to work with.
I needed to connect with other entrepreneurs as part of my self care plan. I needed to spend time developing a plan for me, as I often spend most of my time serving others. I was noticing some irritability and difficulty balancing work and personal life.
As a result of the workshop, I have developed a mental health care plan that I incorporate in my daily and and weekly plans, just like the rest of my business plan. I'm making my mental well-being as important as my business.
The workshop experience was supportive and empowering and Shulamit is a well-informed, open and warm facilitator.
I'm making my mental well-being as important as my business.
Shulamit’s workshop on Mental Health for Entrepreneurs provided us with reassuring truths we all needed to hear!
With a calm and comforting demeanor, she gave everyone space and allowed for open communication to make everyone feel seen, heard, and validated.
She shared her valuable wisdom, gave us vital resources, and a plan we can action for ourselves to be able to maintain and protect our own mental health.
I'm far more mindful of my own and others' mental health in the context of my work.
I'm committed to healing, growing and being aligned wholistically to live wholeheartedly in all realms, family, career and personally. Shulamit's workshop was a powerfully attuned way to kick off my experience with 5th Wave.
Learning about the 7 factors of mental health risk for entrepreneurs was vital! If I can name it, I'll be able to tame it!
I'm now far more mindful of my own--and other entrepreneurs'--mental health in the context of my work.
Entrepreneurs need to be extra mindful of their mental health and how important it is to build a mental health plan into their work and lives.
Engaging, informative and very supportive.
In my capacity as the Managing Director of Polka Dot Powerhouse, a Canada-based, national networking group, I had the pleasure of having Shulamit speak at several meetings on the very important topic of mental health.
Shulamit came to the meetings very prepared, having given thought to who was going to be in the audience, what their needs might be and how to address those needs. She provided though provoking questions for each of us to consider and a safe space for us to openly discuss our own challenges with mental health in today’s world.
In her presentations, Shulamit is engaging, informative and very supportive.
I highly encourage others to have Shulamit speak for them.
The more we can dispel the myths and stigma around mental health, the better we as individuals and workplaces will be.
To discuss booking Shula to speak or teach for your event, conference, agency, organization, incubator, or coaching program:
Email shulamit@shula.ca or call 613-868-9642.
You’re also welcome to book a free call using the form on this page.
