Mitch is one of the top global thought leads in psychology, with a lifelong mission to ‘change the way the world feels’.
After working at Microsoft for almost 7 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”.
Mitch is a mental health expert – holding a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University in New York, and he has over 2 decades of lived experience with mental ill health including anxiety, depression and OCD.
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. As an accomplished keynote speaker having delivered talks to tens of thousands of people, including some of the most recognised 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 is accredited in Mental Health First Aid and a trained Lifeline crisis supporter. Mitch runs a popular podcast that has featured guests from Harvard Psychologists, media personalities, and world-class Olympians.
Mitch 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. He shares with us what it means to be human.