Schools · Melbourne & Victoria
Resilience speaker for Melbourne schools
Mike Rolls is a Melbourne-based keynote speaker, author and qualified counsellor who helps students build resilience, back themselves and move forward when life doesn't go to plan. After losing both legs at eighteen, Mike discovered that the greatest challenge wasn't the amputations themselves, it was learning how to let go of what was holding him back and focus on what came next.
Sessions are built for year-level assemblies, whole-school wellbeing days, staff professional development and parent evenings across Melbourne and regional Victoria. Warm, funny, honest, and safe-messaging aware.
Growth stops
when pressure takes over
Pressure narrows thinking, limits options, and triggers reactive responses that feel right in the moment but rarely serve us well. This can lead to burnout, poor communication, stalled growth, and a sense of being stuck even when effort is high.
I help individuals and teams recognise this pattern and build the ability to pause, regain perspective, and respond more intentionally under pressure. The result is clearer thinking, better decisions, and more consistent performance when it matters most.
When the pressure is on, our first response is rarely our best one.
Masterclasses & Workshops
Practical, engaging resilience workshops that help people understand how stress and uncertainty affect the way we think, feel, and behave under pressure. You’ll learn how to slow things down, communicate more clearly, and make more intentional decisions in the moments that matter.
Beyond individual skills, these workshops plant the seeds of a resilient culture. Giving teams a shared way to name pressure, talk about it, and respond to it together.
Outcomes
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People learn to spot what happens when pressure takes over, from overthinking and avoidance, to rushed decisions or shutting down. That awareness gives them a better chance of changing the response before it causes bigger issues.
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Stress often changes how people listen, speak, and interpret others. These sessions help teams slow the moment down, reduce unnecessary friction, and respond with more clarity.
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Get the simple tools you can use when meetings get tense, the deadlines move, or the plans fall apart.
PROGRAMS
Help your teams build healthier response habits, stronger resilience, and more proactive decision-making over time. These tailored, week-long programs move beyond short-term motivation and quick fixes to create real shifts in awareness, behaviour and communication that last long after the program is done.
The goal isn't just short-term performance. It's a resilient culture that holds up over time, where healthier habits and shared language become part of how your team naturally operates.
Outcomes
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Longer-term programs give people time to practise new ways of responding, instead of relying on a one-off burst of motivation that fades by next week.
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Teams learn how to pause, regain perspective, and make clearer decisions when stress, uncertainty, or change would normally push them into reactive thinking.
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When people understand the same ideas and tools, they can support each other more effectively. That shared language helps create a more resilient, and growth-focused culture.
COACHING
Work 1:1 to navigate challenges with more clarity, awareness, and confidence. Drawing from my background in counseling and lived experience, coaching creates space for honest conversation, practical reflection, and meaningful growth so you can respond more effectively when life, work, or pressure gets complicated.
Outcomes
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Create space to slow down, process what’s happening, and make sense of challenges without defaulting to the first reaction.
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People often repeat the same responses because they feel familiar, even when they’re not working. Coaching helps identify those patterns and build healthier ways to respond.
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Build clarity, self-awareness, and confidence in how they handle pressure, change, and difficult situations in life and leadership.
How to work
with Mike
Coaching is available on a limited, expression-of-interest basis for individuals navigating significant change, pressure, uncertainty, or a major life transition. In coaching, I’ll help you:
Find the real challenge
Most people come to coaching thinking they have one problem to solve. More often than not, there's something deeper driving the pressure, frustration, or feeling of being stuck. Our first step is identifying what's really getting in the way.
Create space to think
We'll slow things down together, challenge assumptions, and create the space needed to think clearly and see new possibilities.
Build the best plan
Life doesn't always go to plan. Coaching focuses on developing a strategy that is the best fit, building confidence to find a way forward when the path ahead isn't immediately obvious.
Make meaningful progress
Insight is valuable, but action creates change. You'll leave with greater clarity, a renewed sense of direction, and practical next steps you can apply in life, work, or whatever challenge you're facing.
What People Say
What People Say
How you respond to challenges will determine your growth.
If you’re ready to build more proactive, adaptable, and resilient people across your organisation, let’s talk. Book a discovery call and see if this is the right fit for your team.
