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I keynote speak, MC and host major events including ANZMH and Australia's National Loneliness conferences, with features on ABC Radio National and Australian Financial Review.

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I recently completed training with Nic to support my Mental Fitness and Executive Coaching work. The content itself can be heavy, but Nic delivers expertly with a great mix of lived experience, vulnerability and exceptional knowledge gained through a tonne of industry sectors. For anyone coaching, parenting or running a business; Nic is an outstanding person to deliver it.
— Mark Luckey (TEDx Speaker, Mental Fitness & Executive Coach, Offshore Tech Specialist, 4th Dan Sensei, Spartan Racer)

1) Authentic Leadership, Effective Mediation, United Teams

Leaders learn how to create high-performing and psychologically safe teams by addressing tension and conflict with clarity, empathy, and courage. We will reframe conflict not as a failure of leadership, but as a natural and valuable signal when handled well.

Participants will learn practical mediation tools that balance compassion with accountability, helping people feel heard without losing focus on outcomes. The result is stronger relationships, reduced tension, and teams that stay motivated even through difficult times.

Key learnings

1. Psychological safety is built in moments of tension: How leaders respond to disagreement and emotion determines whether people shut down or stay engaged and honest.

2. Compassionate mediation drives performance: Addressing conflict with empathy and clear boundaries reduces friction, restores trust, and keeps teams focused on shared goals.

3. Conflict handled well creates clarity and connection: When issues are named and navigated skilfully, teams leave conversations aligned, motivated, and stronger than before.

2) The Resilient Helper: Care, Capacity, and Boundaries

This session is designed to help people who care deeply to continue to do so without burning out. We will explore how chronic exposure to others’ needs, stress, and trauma gradually erodes energy, empathy, and wellbeing when boundaries are unclear or absent.

Participants learn practical, realistic boundary-setting strategies and self-care practices that support sustainability rather than self-sacrifice. The aim is to protect both personal wellbeing and long-term effectiveness in caring, leadership, and helping roles.

Key learnings

1. Compassion without boundaries leads to burnout: Continually giving without limits drains emotional capacity, increases the risk of exhaustion and reduces our effectiveness.

2. Boundaries are a learnable skill: Clear, respectful boundaries can be set without guilt or conflict and allow us to stay caring while protecting our own wellbeing.

3. Sustainable self-care preserves long-term impact: Ongoing, practical self-care routines help maintain empathy and energy—so we can keep showing up without losing ourselves.

3) Real Conversations, Real Change: The Check-In Framework

A practical, repeatable way to start the work week with meaningful human connection is introduced in this session. Participants are guided through a structured check-in process that creates psychological safety, encourages authentic sharing, and strengthens team relationships without turning the moment into therapy or problem-solving.

The framework is grounded in seven clear principles that make participation safe, optional, and respectful across all roles and personalities. The process is role-modelled live so teams can confidently implement it in their own workplaces straight away.

Key learnings

1. Small shift, big return: A brief weekly check-in can transform culture, connection, and resilience with minimal time or cost.

2. The cost of inaction is real: Understanding the $20B impact of mental-ill health and the 3:1 ROI of initiatives like these makes mental health a leadership priority, not a “nice to have.”

3. A repeatable framework for real conversations: Learn 7 clear principles that enable safe, authentic dialogue and stronger team performance.

4) Standing Together: A Physical Journey Through Our Shared Human Experience

Participants physically place themselves along invisible continuums that explore how we cope with life’s challenges. Rather than sitting and listening, people engage with prompts that span the full range of human coping strategies—from work and scrolling to exercise, food, substances, and relationships. As individuals from all roles and levels often find themselves standing side by side, hierarchy fades and shared humanity come into focus.

The experience isn’t about fixing or confession, but about recognising that everyone has a “something” and that we’re all navigating our own place on the spectrum of being human.

Key learnings

1. Everyone is coping with something: We all use strategies to manage pressure, and the line between helpful and harmful is shaped by circumstances, resources, and supports.

2. Embodied experience breaks barriers: Physically standing in our truth dissolves hierarchy, revealing shared humanity across roles and titles.

3. Courage is contagious: Witnessing others’ honesty gives permission for self-reflection, turning workplaces from performance into genuine connection.

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With genuine passion and deep compassion, I'll engage your group with practical skills they can implement straight away.

Delivery (priced per session)

  • Online Group: 0.5hr: $1499.99 | 1hr: $1999.99 | 2hr: $2999.99 | 4hr: $3999.99 | 8hr: $4999.99 | + GST

  • F2F Group: 0.5hr: $1999.99 | 1hr: $2499.99 | 2hr: $3499.99 | 4hr: $4999.99 | 8hr: $5999.99 | + GST


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