The Blog
Stories. Lessons.
Action over awareness.
Honest writing on mental health, mental performance, and what's actually working in workplaces, schools and sporting clubs across Australia. From the founder of The Good Human Factory.
Corporate
What Pro Surfing Taught Me About Burnout — And Why Your Best People Are Closer Than You Think
In 2015 I was ranked 23rd in the world. Then I lost my major sponsor. What happened next is exactly what I now see in your most-driven employees.
Corporate
Awareness Is Easy. Action Is Hard. Why Most Workplace Wellbeing Programs Fail.
There are 1,440 minutes in a day. One percent is 14 minutes. The story of how that calculation became a movement of 75,000 Australians.
Schools
On 11 August 2018, My Life Changed. So Did My Sister's. And It Started The Good Human Factory.
Chicken schnitzel. Mashed potato. A 17-year-old boy who never made it to dinner. The night that changed everything.
Schools
We Teach Year 12s the Treaty of Versailles. We Don't Teach Them How to Manage Their Emotions.
At 15, I stood in the Hall of Mirrors and learned why textbooks fall short. The same lesson applies to how Australian schools teach mental health.
Sporting Clubs
From the Boost Mobile Air Show to NRL Locker Rooms: What I Learned About Mental Performance
At 15, I beat Kelly Slater in a heat at Bondi. The lesson I took from sitting in the lineup with Mick Fanning is what I now teach every sporting club.