MEDIA | Topics + Speaking, Podcast & Press Appearances Featuring Maya Frost
Maya Frost is an interdisciplinary thinker, researcher, and practitioner exploring that how humans remain imaginative and engaged in an age of uncertainty. A futurist with a focus on human and humane flourishing, she examines the cultivation of habits and habitats that expand adaptive capacity.
Her work explores why growing awareness of climate change, ecological decline, social disruption, and political upheaval does not always lead to meaningful action.
Since early 2020, she has worked with hundreds of collapse-aware individuals in more than 20 countries, helping them navigate grief, fear, identity shifts, and major life transitions. Her Collapse Companioning™process has helped people move beyond despairalysis and engage more fully and creatively with life.
Previously, Maya's writings and talks on mindfulness, creativity, and breakthrough thinking reached audiences in more than 100 countries and were featured in over 150 media outlets worldwide. Her book, The New Global Student, was published by Crown (Random House) in 2009.
An American who has lived abroad for more than two decades, Maya now speaks internationally on
Website: MayaFrost.com
About: https://MayaFrost.com/about
Media: https://MayaFrost.com/media
Email: maya@mayafrost.com
Publication: Collapse Companion on Substack
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mayafrost
WHY NOW?
We are experiencing escalating climate anxiety, anticipatory grief, and existential dread as we recognize that the future presents unprecedented losses and challenges.
Maya offers a unique perspective on how individuals can respond to these challenges without denial, doom, or disengagement.
TRENDING TOPICS
- Despairalysis: When Awareness Limits Action
- Staying Hopeful (Rather Than Optimistic) In Uncertainty
- Rewilding Imagination As a Tool For Adaptation
- Adaptive Engagement Through Crafted Habits and Habitats
KEY QUESTIONS
- How can we move from awareness to thoughtful action?
- How can people remain engaged as things get more challenging?
- What does adaptive capacity look like in everyday life?
RECENT APPEARANCES (SPRING/SUMMER 2026)
SPEAKING
April 2026: Keynote speaker at the World Adaptation Forum in Budapest, Hungary. The conference theme was ¨Facing Polycrisis¨ and the speakers included academics, researchers, and decision-makers from around the world who are addressing the challenges presented by our colliding crises.
Topic: From Despair To Action: Turning Loss Into Adaptation
May 2026: Keynote speaker at INTEGRA, an event in Amsterdam that brought international leaders supporting awareness of the metacrisis with creativity and connection in the liminal space.
Topic: Reducing Anxiety & Reclaiming Agency
PODCASTS
March 2026: Featured guest on The Poetry of Predicament podcast with Dean Spillane-Walker, founder of Living Resilience.
Topic: Women Facing Collapse: Less Doom, More Bloom
Clip: The Origin of Collapse Companioning™
April 2026: Featured guest on the StoryMoss Magazine podcast with Emmanuelle Chiche.
Topic: Doom to Bloom: Disrupting Despairalysis By Rewilding Imagination
Clip: Tapping Into Longing & Rewilding Our Imagination
May 2026: Featured guest on The Eddy Network podcast with leadership consultant, Dr. Ed Brenegar.
Topic: Facing Grief, Anxiety, and Outrage
Clip: The Power of Grief + Outrage To Inspire Protection
June 2026: Featured guest on ThriveMind: Self-Care Companion podcast, a mental wellness and self-care series designed for reflection, personal growth, and intentional daily living.
Topic: Finding a Way Forward
Clip: Anxiety As A Habit We Are Reinforcing
April 2026: Interviewed for Grist, a magazine dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future, in a thoughtful and thorough piece about Prof. Jem Bendell, author of a viral paper in 2018 and a book, Breaking Together, that sparked the global Deep Adaptation movement.
What To Expect When You´re Expecting the End of the World by Kate Yoder, Senior Staff Writer
May/June 2026: Article published in COMPASS, the magazine for the Association of Professional Futurists, which is dedicated to the advancement of futurists and futures thinking in these particularly uncertain times. This article was featured in a special edition devoted to the topic of ¨Wild Cards, Black Swans, and Dragon Kings.¨
Seven Essential Swaps For Collapse-Aware Futurists
Access the full article here:
https://MayaFrost.com/compass-article-by-Maya-Frost
Artwork for article and COMPASS magazine cover, May/June 2026
July 2026: Interview by business storyteller Peter de Kuster for Passion Never Retires, one of his sites profiling those who are doing good work beyond traditional retirement age.
COMING SOON
August 2026: I will be featured in an editorial series for Elanoura via Instagram and LinkedIn.
September 2026: I will be speaking at the International Conference on Environmental Mindfulness in Rome, Italy.
