Lurata Lyon
Author, Inspirational Speaker, Physical/Mental Health Coach
Lurata Lyon is an international motivational speaker, survivor, leader, and physical and mental health coach whose work empowers individuals and organisations to overcome adversity and communicate with confidence.
At 17, Lurata was kidnapped by a human trafficking and organ harvesting gang and held in solitary confinement, enduring abuse and life-threatening conditions for six months. After her rescue, she arrived in the UK as a political refugee and rebuilt her life from the ground up.
Lurata launched her professional journey in the fitness and wellbeing sector, founding a successful personal training business that operated from 2005 to 2013, focusing on bespoke training, injury rehabilitation, and nutritional guidance. She later expanded her impact internationally, bringing her expertise in movement, mindset, and performance to corporate and community audiences in Singapore from 2014 to 2018.
Today, Lurata blends her lived experience with formal coaching to help others elevate their communication skills, strengthen resilience, and adopt positive mindsets. Her speaking and coaching practice covers human resilience, overcoming obstacles, wellbeing, effective communication, and performance mindset.
Lurata has also served on the advisory board of the charity Help Children Now, supporting refugees and displaced families, and is currently in the process of publishing her memoir that details her survival and transformation.
Lurata Lyon
Author, Inspirational Speaker, Physical/Mental Health Coach
Lurata Lyon is an international motivational speaker, survivor, leader, and physical and mental health coach whose work empowers individuals and organisations to overcome adversity and communicate with confidence.
At 17, Lurata was kidnapped by a human trafficking and organ harvesting gang and held in solitary confinement, enduring abuse and life-threatening conditions for six months. After her rescue, she arrived in the UK as a political refugee and rebuilt her life from the ground up.
Lurata launched her professional journey in the fitness and wellbeing sector, founding a successful personal training business that operated from 2005 to 2013, focusing on bespoke training, injury rehabilitation, and nutritional guidance. She later expanded her impact internationally, bringing her expertise in movement, mindset, and performance to corporate and community audiences in Singapore from 2014 to 2018.
Today, Lurata blends her lived experience with formal coaching to help others elevate their communication skills, strengthen resilience, and adopt positive mindsets. Her speaking and coaching practice covers human resilience, overcoming obstacles, wellbeing, effective communication, and performance mindset.
Lurata has also served on the advisory board of the charity Help Children Now, supporting refugees and displaced families, and is currently in the process of publishing her memoir that details her survival and transformation.
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