Sam Sciacca - Resilience & Purpose Storyteller

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  • Arts & Entertainment Speaker in Brisbane, QLD

  • Travels up to 50 km
  • From $1,050 to $1,550

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My life began in uncertainty. I was born 16 weeks early, weighing just 580 grams. Doctors told my parents I wouldn't survive, and if I somehow managed to, I'd be spending my life in a wheelchair.

I not only survived, but grew up with no lasting complications. For years, I carried a quiet sense that I’d been given extra time, without knowing how to use it.

Now in my thirties, with perspective shaped by survival and lived experience, I share honest, grounded stories about resilience, purpose, and the strength required to keep going when outcomes aren’t guaranteed.

My talks cut through noise and leave audiences with a lasting shift in how they view adversity and purpose.

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Sam Sciacca doesn’t deliver a motivational talk in the traditional sense. His work is rooted in lived experience, reflection, and emotional honesty rather than performance or platitudes.

Drawing from his own survival story of being born 16 weeks early at just 580 grams and growing up against medical expectations, Sam explores what it means to carry forward when life doesn’t come with certainty, guarantees or clear direction. Rather than positioning himself as an expert with answers, he speaks as someone who has spent years learning how resilience is built quietly, over time.

When life got hard, rather than rushing toward external success or borrowed definitions of meaning, Sam began deliberately shaping the man he wanted to become. He spent years clarifying his values, crafting a long-term personal vision, and setting intentional goals that aligned not with status or validation, but with character, consistency and contribution. This quiet, ongoing work, largely unseen, became the foundation of his resilience.

His talks focus on perspective: how adversity reshapes identity, how purpose often emerges after confusion rather than clarity, and how strength is developed through consistency rather than intensity. Audiences are not asked to participate, perform or relive their own experiences. Instead, they are invited to sit with the story, reflect, and leave with a calmer, more grounded understanding of their own capacity to endure and adapt.

Sam’s delivery is laid-back, thoughtful, and human. There are no slides, frameworks, or formulas; just a carefully held story designed to cut through noise and remain with people long after the room empties. His talks resonate strongly with audiences who are tired of surface-level motivation and are seeking something more honest, reflective, and lasting.

You can request him for a 15 minute talk, a 20 minute talk or a 30 minute talk.


Sam’s presentation is deliberately minimal and designed to prioritise presence and connection.
Quiet, seated room with clear sightlines
Chair or stool on stage (optional but preferred)
Small side table for water (optional)

Audio
Handheld or lapel microphone (preferred for rooms over 40 people)
Happy to project voice if needed.

No screen, slides, or visual aids required

Phones silenced where possible to maintain atmosphere


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