Mitch Wallis

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About

Mitch Wallis is one of the world's leading voices in applied psychology, a keynote speaker, author, and founder on a lifelong mission to change the way the world feels. His work sits at the intersection of clinical training, lived experience, and cultural relevance. His ambition is to positively impact the emotional wellbeing of one billion people by helping people build connection and resilience as a core capability.

In 2016, after nearly seven years at Microsoft in senior global roles, Mitch had a mental breakdown in Seattle that nearly ended his life. By every external measure, he had made it. One inch beneath the surface, he wanted to die. That collision became the work.

He left Microsoft to devote his life to helping people overcome suffering and reimagine the healing potential of the human mind. He completed a Master's in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University in New York. He brings more than twenty years of lived experience with anxiety, depression, and OCD, having been diagnosed with one of the most severe cases doctors had seen at the age of seven. That combination of clinical training and personal insight allows him to translate complex psychological science into practical tools that change how individuals, families, and organizations behave.

Mitch is the founder of Heart On My Sleeve, a global mental health movement that has reached millions of people by helping them drop the brave face and speak honestly about how they feel. He is also the creator of Real Conversations, an interpersonal communication framework now delivered to more than 10,000 people across four continents and trusted by Fortune 500 leaders at American Express, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, KPMG, Allianz, and hundreds more. In 2025, his book Real Conversations was named a finalist in the Australian Business Book Awards in the HR and Management category.

He has advised the United Nations on youth mental health, serves as an expert advisor 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 wellbeing campaigns with Allianz and LinkedIn.

Mitch holds a Bachelor's in Commerce from the University of Sydney, is accredited in Mental Health First Aid, trained as a Lifeline crisis supporter, and hosts a popular podcast featuring leading psychologists, cultural leaders, Olympians, and global changemakers. He is also involved in multiple social impact ventures, including Heaps Normal, Australia's leading non-alcoholic craft beer brand.

From people managers to parents, Mitch's teachings have been described as the most helpful framework for helping people 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.

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Real Conversations

From Individual Contributor to Contributing to the Individual

My Customer’s (Accidental) Therapist

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Testimonials

“Real Conversations challenged me in the best way. I walked away genuinely better equipped to handle life’s real conversations, both personally and professionally. I am simply a better person because of this day."

Jodie James, President
Primary Principals’ Council‍

“Real Conversations is a really important step forward for us as it relates to the culture.”

Kurt Stocks, President
LEGOLAND California

“Mitch Wallis is the real deal”

Lainie Cassidy, Head of Wellbeing
KPMG

“Mitch has helped to break down walls and open minds and hearts. There is such wisdom in his words.”

Kylie Scott, Head of Inclusion, Diversity & Wellbeing
Allens

“Mitch is real. Raw. And incredibly powerful. His content is well grounded, technically sharp and simultaneously accessible, a rare combination.”

Gaye Morris, People & Culture Leader
Pacific – Mercer

"Mitch spoke with such openness about his journey with mental health that our colleagues were inspired to share their own stories and experiences”

Corrina Davison, Managing Director
Aus – American Express

“I think he just inspired 14,000 people to wear their heart on their sleeve”

Pip Marlow, CEO Customer Success
Suncorp

“His authenticity and openness in talking about such sensitive topics, has been refreshing and completely inspiring.”

Carli Philips, Wellbeing Lead
Australia - Johnson & Johnson

“Mitch resonated in a way we hadn’t been able to get through in the past”

Steven Worrall, CEO
Aus – Microsoft

“Thank you Mitch, for bringing mental health to the forefront of workplace dialogue – it literally has the ability to save lives.”

Emmanuel Vavoulas, CEO
Blooms The Chemist

“Mitch’s presentation was so very well received you quite literally could hear a pin drop”

Sanda, Senior Events Officer
Australian Government