Award-Winning Author Joins TEDxTruro Line-Up This June

What does it take to find your way when everything around you feels like it’s falling apart? That’s the question award-winning Indian author and speaker Nikita Thakrar will put to audiences at TEDxTruro this summer.

Nikita has been confirmed as a speaker at the event, taking place on Sunday 15th June at Hall for Cornwall in Truro.

A Theme Built Around Creative Thinking

The 2026 edition of TEDxTruro is built around the theme “The Power of Creativity,” gathering thought leaders and change makers to look at how creative thinking shapes resilience, innovation and transformation in individuals and communities.

Nikita’s talk will examine how creative choices can act as a bridge from chaos to clarity, offering a motivational perspective on navigating moments when life feels uncertain or misaligned. Drawing on her own lived experiences, she invites audiences to reconnect with creativity not as performance, but as an inner compass for change.

“Creativity isn’t just about expression, it’s about survival, truth and choice,” Nikita said. “When life falls apart, what we choose to create next can shape everything.”

The talk is designed to encourage bold action, challenging audiences to rethink inherited definitions of success and consciously create lives that align with who they really are.

From Dance Studio to Global Wellbeing Platform

Nikita is the founder of Journey from Karma to Dharma™, a global wellbeing and leadership platform, and is recognised for translating ancient wisdom into practical tools for clarity, resilience and purpose.

Her early career spanned more than two decades in movement, creativity and teaching, including founding and leading an award-winning dance studio. A significant health diagnosis in her mid-twenties became a turning point, prompting a deeper exploration of mindfulness, meditation, energy healing and embodied leadership.

She is the author of Meditation Through Poetry, which received an International Impact Award for its contribution to poetry and personal development. She is also the creator of Reiki Ritual™ and the Dharma Diploma, programmes that blend science, spirituality and lived experience.

What to Expect on the Day

TEDxTruro is an independently organised TEDx event, part of the global TED programme devoted to sharing ideas worth spreading. The Hall for Cornwall line-up will feature a curated mix of speakers covering creativity, wellbeing, leadership and culture, with talks delivered in the familiar TED format.

More information is available at tedxtruro.com.