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Laya Healthcare x Mastercard Workplace Wellbeing, 2025

Corporate Wellness Demo: Laya x Mastercard

Brought food and wellbeing to life for Mastercard employees through an engaging keynote and live cookery experience, translating complex nutrition science into delicious, practical and achievable strategies for everyday life.
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Day

Hour

Priceless Experience

Understanding not only what we eat, but how we eat, why we eat and the behaviours that shape our everyday choices. Aisling changes the way people think about food — and gives them the knowlege, skill and confidence to act on it.

Commissioned by
Laya Healthcare
Deployed at
Mastercard Ireland
Launched
January 2025
Impact
Lifelong

The Work

For organisations looking to create meaningful wellbeing experiences for their people, food represents one of the greatest opportunities to influence energy, focus, satisfaction and everyday quality of life.

With over a decade of experience as a Laya Healthcare keynote food and wellness speaker, food broadcaster and culinary expert, Aisling brings a unique ability to translate complex food and wellbeing concepts into messages that resonate with real people and real lives. Her sessions combine scientific credibility with the warmth, realism and accessibility of someone who understands not only the food, but the people eating it.

This is not another presentation telling employees what they should or should not eat. It is an opportunity to fundamentally rethink our relationship with food, understanding not only what we eat, but how we eat, why we eat and the behaviours that shape our everyday choices.

Delivered as a one-hour interactive keynote and live cookery demonstration, the session combines the science of satiety, behavioural insight and practical food strategies in a way that feels accessible, enjoyable and achievable.

Aisling’s approach is built on a simple belief: to change behaviour, we first need to change the way we think. When people understand the why behind their choices, they are empowered to make changes that feel realistic, sustainable and personally meaningful.

Through engaging storytelling, evidence-based insight and beautiful, practical food demonstrations, employees leave with a new mindset around food, a deeper understanding of satisfaction and nourishment, and tangible ideas they can bring into everyday life.

Delivered for Mastercard and built on eight consecutive years as a keynote speaker with Laya Healthcare, this session demonstrates the impact of combining expertise, communication and culinary experience to create wellbeing moments that people remember — and use.
The targets

Deliverables

A one-hour interactive workplace wellbeing keynote and live cookery experience designed to transform how employees think about food, combining the science of satiety, the psychology of food choices and practical, delicious solutions for everyday life.

Employees leave with a deeper understanding of their relationship with food, why they make the choices they make, and how small shifts in mindset can create meaningful changes in behaviour.
  • Food relationship reset
  • The science of satiety
  • Conscious choice framework
  • Live cookery demonstration
  • Everyday food strategies
  • Free recipe ebook
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The Results

The session demonstrated the power of food as an entry point into meaningful workplace wellbeing. By shifting the conversation from "what should I eat?" to "how and why do I make the choices I make?", employees gained a deeper understanding of their own behaviours and the practical steps that support better choices.

Aisling’s ability to combine scientific insight, culinary expertise and accessible storytelling created an experience that felt relevant to real life, giving employees the confidence, knowledge and inspiration to begin changing the way they approach food.
"Aisling’s wellness talk during our Mastercard Wellness Week was truly impactful. Her approach to wellness—focused on mindset, behaviour, and self-worth resonated deeply with our team. She emphasised how our food choices and behaviours are shaped by our beliefs, and how changing our mindset is key to lasting wellness.

Aisling’s ability to make complex concepts relatable and actionable left us feeling motivated and empowered. Her message of achieving balance and joy through conscious, mindful living was exactly what we needed and highly recommend her as a speaker."
Sabrina Staunton, Director of Workplace Experience, Mastercard, Dublin
Commission a programme

Mindset shift.
Practical nourishment.
Meaningful behaviour change.

Mastercard demonstrates what is possible when workplace wellbeing moves beyond information and creates genuine engagement. Through a powerful combination of food science, behavioural insight and culinary experience, the session helped employees rethink their relationship with food and gave them practical tools to make positive changes in everyday life.
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