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“Mitch is like if Brené Brown and Simon Sinek had a baby that looked like Justin Bieber but spoke with an Australian accent.”
Mitch Wallis is a psychology thought leader and global expert in ‘connection as a capability’ through his work in Real Conversations®. His speciality is moving the audience beyond awareness, and into hyper-practical behaviour change, so they leave as different people than they walked in.
Most speakers have either the story or the framework. Mitch has the rare capacity to bring both at a world-class level. He is also a highly experienced business professional, as much as he is an expert in the mind. An even rarer intersection that’s near impossible to find.
As a keynote speaker, author, and founder, his mission is to change the way the world feels. His ambition is to positively impact one billion people by helping them build life’s most important asset: nervous system regulation.
He has been trusted to deliver talks to more than 200 companies by the likes of American Express, Amazon, Google, Allianz, and many more.
From a psychology standpoint:
Mitch holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Columbia University (one of the world’s most prestigious universities).
He has more than two decades of lived experience with severe anxiety, depression, and OCD – diagnosed at age seven with one of the worst cases doctors had seen.
He is the founder of Heart On My Sleeve®, a charity that has saved lives by helping people drop the brave face and be honest about how they feel.
From a corporate standpoint:
Mitch is the primary leadership learning & development provider to numerous Fortune 500 companies – from KPMG to Coca-Cola – empowered to shape their culture by setting the standard for healthy high-performing communication.
He worked at Microsoft for seven years – in Australia and the USA, holding global positions running an eight-figure business unit end-to-end.
Mitch holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Sydney, winning multiple awards for his academic achievements.
Mitch’s work is centred on his core proprietary framework ELSA.B™ – the heartbeat of Real Conversations® – an interpersonal relationship framework delivered to 10,000+ people across four continents. In 2025, his book Real Conversations was named a finalist in the Australian Business Book Awards.
He has advised the United Nations on youth mental health, serves as an expert adviser to the Corporate Mental Health Alliance, and was appointed the first-ever Ambassador for the Australia and New Zealand Mental Health Association. He has been named GQ Man of Impact, Westfield Local Hero, and one of B&T’s Top 10 Social Changemakers in Australia. His work has been featured across Sky News, The Project, Huffington Post, and global campaigns with Allianz and LinkedIn.
From people managers to parents, Mitch’s teachings have been described as the most helpful framework for moving through emotional pain. At the core of his work is a simple but uncomfortable belief: real healing, real leadership, and real connection begin when we are willing to go toward the pain, not around it.
You won’t find someone more thought-provoking, inspiring, and educational about the topic of connection than Mitch.
In this book, Mitch Wallis delivers a powerful solution to one of life’s most difficult challenges: how to stop fumbling through awkward, yet crucial conversations about mental health.
