Mitch Wallis

Mitch Wallis is one of the most recognisable faces in mental health. He is a leader in the wellbeing space with a lifelong mission to change the way the world feels. After working for Microsoft in Australia and abroad for almost 7 years, he left his successful corporate career to devote himself fulltime to helping overcome suffering and reimagine the healing potential of the mind through the power of storytelling, connection & living with authenticity. Mitch has delivered keynote presentations to tens of thousands of people, including some of the most recognised companies in the world, such as Amazon, Google, Allianz, KPMG and dozens more. He is a serial well-being entrepreneur – most well known for being the founder of Heart On My Sleeve – a leading global mental health movement and services provider. He is the author of “Real Conversations” – a mental health training curriculum that’s been distributed to hundreds of thousands of people, and he’s the creator of “Real Mates” – an innovative peer support program of accredited mental health representatives in workplaces across Australia. He has co-founded an stress & anxiety supplement business called “Calm Water”. He is a workplace wellbeing consultant – helping companies transform culture and create thriving organisations. He has been an expert advisor to the United Nations on the topic of youth mental health, and been named a Man of Impact by GQ. Mitch has a Masters of Psychology degree from Columbia University in New York and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Sydney. Most importantly, Mitch has over 20 years lived experience with mental ill health, facing life threatening breakdowns at times, and he is here to talk about what it means to be human.