Mitch Wallis

Mitch Wallis is one of the top global thought leaders in psychology, with a lifelong mission to ‘change the way the world feels’.

His goal is to transform the lives of one billion people to be more mentally healthy through his educational platforms, inspiring talks, and social impact organizations he’s involved with.

After working at Microsoft for almost seven years, he left his successful corporate career to devote himself full-time to helping people overcome suffering and reimagine the healing potential of the mind. His focus is on three core pillars: Human Connection, Emotional Fortitude, and Mindful High Performance, with the common through-line in all of his work being: “go toward the pain”.

Wallis is a mental health expert, holding a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University in New York, and he has over two decades of lived experience with mental illness, including anxiety, depression, and OCD. He has accrued countless hours of experience researching and delivering evidence-based emotional wellbeing practices. He is most well-known for being the founder of Heart On My Sleeve - a leading global mental health movement that helps people drop the brave face and be real about how they feel.

He is the creator of “Real Conversations” – an interpersonal relationship program that transforms workplace culture and family systems toward psychological safety through emotionally intelligent communication skills. He’s delivered workshops to Clevel executives on over four continents. As an accomplished keynote speaker having delivered talks to tens of thousands of people, including some of the most recognized companies in the world, such as American Express, Amazon, Google, KPMG, and dozens more.

He has been an advisor to the United Nations on the topic of youth mental health and won a Man of Impact award by GQ. He was appointed the first-ever ambassador for the Australia and New Zealand Mental Health Association and is currently an expert advisor to the Corporate Mental Health Alliance. He’s been named a Westfield Local Hero and was featured in B&T’s Top 10 Social Changemakers in Australia. He’s been featured in wellbeing campaigns by the likes of Allianz and LinkedIn, and featured in top news publications like Sky News, Huffington Post, and Channel 10’s The Project.

He is accredited in Mental Health First Aid and a trained Lifeline crisis supporter. Wallis runs a popular podcast that has featured guests from Harvard Psychologists, media personalities, and world-class Olympians. His social media videos have reached millions of people, and he received the award for “most inspiring mental health video of the year.”

Wallis also holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Sydney. He is involved with multiple social impact ventures, including Heaps Normal (Australia’s #1 non-alcoholic craft beer), Calm Water stress reduction supplement, and many others.

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