Elite Minds

Rachael is a business success mentor and is passionate about helping people create the results that they want in life. After 21 years of education and teaching, Rachael realised she was never taught how to use her mind the way it was designed. This drove her passion to study it in-depth and to teach it to Rachael knows what it feels like to doubt yourself. As a young girl she compared herself to everyone around her, convinced she wasn’t good enough. Chasing perfection and feeling frustrated she sought approval through grades and achievements and she wore herself out trying to prove her worth.

Her turning point came later in life. After years of study and hundreds of self-help books, it wasn’t until she discovered the work of Bob Proctor, a global leader in human potential that everything clicked. For the first time, she understood how the mind really works and how to use it to create personal change and impact.

As a business success mentor, key note speaker and author, Rachael helps leaders, business owners and young people find the potential inside themselves and those around them. She’s seen firsthand, whether mentoring a CEO or guiding a student that ‘you can’t outperform your self-image.’ That inner picture of who you believe you are drives your results at school, business, money, health and relationships. Shift it, and everything shifts. Her passion comes from her 7-year-old self. Rachael says she was the little girl who felt invisible, ugly and not enough. She doesn’t want anyone else to grow up carrying that same weight. That’s why she expertly blends mindset, self-leadership and practical strategies into every program she runs.

Outside of her professional roles, you’ll find Rachael you’ll find Rachael walking daily on the beach, taking her kids fishing, driving the caravan and she loves a good ‘reversing the trailer’ challenge and travelling overseas.

She lives what she teaches, resilience, courage and the joy of being real.

If you remember one thing about Rachael, let it be this: Rachael’s story proves change is possible for anyone. The starting point? Learn the tools on how to believe in the new and true version of yourself.

For Mark, resilience didn’t come naturally. As a young athlete, he often let disappointment shake his confidence. Each time he missed out on a team, instead of digging deeper, he felt deflated and sometimes gave up. Looking back, he knows what he really needed was a stronger mindset and someone to show him that setbacks were an important part of the journey.

At 22 years old Mark encountered mindset coaching while playing cricket in Canberra, then immersed himself in Tony Robbins’ teachings. Setting goals, creating habits and holding himself accountable transformed both his sport and his life. Years later, he’s quick to admit he still has to “reset” which is proof that growth is ongoing, not a one-time achievement.

Mark moved to Tasmania without any guarantees to chase a cricket career. Twelve months later, he had a professional contract with the Tasmanian Tigers. That leap taught him the value of surrounding himself with motivated, positive people and reinforced his belief in the power of mindset.

Mark channels that same drive into The Cricket Hub Tasmania, the state’s only full-service cricket centre, coowned with his wife Emily.

As a coach, mentor and entrepreneur, Mark is passionate about giving young people the mindset and support he wishes he’d had. Whether at school, on the pitch, in business or in life, he believes in building confidence, resilience and a “self-belief bucket” you can draw from daily.

You will often find Mark outside, whether playing golf, walking or running along the beach or creating something in the garden. He brings fun to everything he does! Currently his golf handicap is 15, with a goal of playing off 9.

If you remember one thing about Mark, let it be this: Mark’s own life is all about growth and taking chances. Surround yourself with good people, back yourself and never stop building belief in who you can become.

Emily holds a Bachelor of Sport Science/Psychology and a Graduate Diploma in Exercise Rehabilitation and also filled her childhood with sport. By age 16, she was selected in underage Australian representative teams in the sports of cricket and soccer. She competed at an open national level in three different sports, the Women’s National Soccer League with the Canberra Eclipse, cricket with the Tasmanian Roar (now Tigers) and hockey with the Tasmanian Van Demons (now Tigers).

Emily was the first female in Tasmania, and second nationally, to combine motherhood and semi-professional cricket. She went on to be a leading influencer of the ground-breaking parental leave policy created by Cricket Australia. She became acutely aware of the profound impact our beliefs, confidence and self-image have on our results, performance and enjoyment of sport; as well as the responsibility we have to ensure our children grow up with strong images of themselves, high confidence and unlimited beliefs about their potential.

Qualifications:
Bachelor Applied Science (Sports Science) 2004
Bachelor of Applied Psychology 2004
Graduate Diploma of Exercise Science 2011
Level 1 – Cricket Australia Coach