Meet the team

Being mindful of those living with a mind full.

PASSION

DEDICATION

COMPASSION

Mindfull Aus is extremely proud of the incredibly inspiring and compassionate people who have come together to spread the most important message, that of Acceptance & Hope.

Mindfull Aus understands the task at hand in reducing statistics lost to Suicide & the stigma associated with Mind health is far greater than just one individual or group of people, as we seek out opportunities to work with collectively as many people as we can to inflict a much bigger more powerful and beneficial social change and voice.

Matt Runnalls

CEO & Founder

Over the past seven years, Matt Runnalls has worked tirelessly as a mental health advocate to create awareness, acceptance, and education. Having lived with a mental illness, surviving suicide attempts, and losing several friends to suicide, Matt utilizes his knowledge of lived experience to encourage others to feel comfortable to speak up and manage their well-being just as he continues to do.

Since devoting himself to advocacy full-time, Matt has delivered over 1000+ speeches & keynotes, workshops, and events across Australia, Canada, and America. His story and journey have been featured in books, documentaries, songs, podcasts, films and throughout most big Australian media outlets. Matt’s work has been recognised in numerous awards- -2018 Australia Day Medallion. -2019 Finalist of Regional Innovation & Leadership Award - 2020 Finalist of Saward Dawson Social Impact award - 2020 AMHF Best Mens Speaker Finalist - 2020 Victorian Mens Health Award Top 3 placement a 2021 Australian of The Year Nominee and a 2022 Westfield Community Hero.

Matt’s passion and drive is propelled by the loss of ten friends to suicide.

I know personally my life would of been a lot different and now I have that opportunity to ensure the next generation doesn't walk into the unknown like I did".

"It's important that people recognise and take away from my journey that the internal feeling of guilt, shame & being a burden was just that, it wasn't real , it was an unbearable emotional pain, a fog that disabled me in seeing things any differently.
I am very fortunate, that I have ALWAYS had the support, love and care that every kid wishes of his family."

His rediscovery of the hope visible in others’ kindness enabled Matt to find strength within himself, which has thus enabled him to find his passion and purpose and pursue them wholeheartedly at the age of 24 when he created Mindfull Aus.

Matt has done training in NLP, Meditation, Sciences of Wellbeing, Emotional Intelligence, MHFA , YMHFA, Asist, Safe Talk, Intro to Psychology & Counselling, Mindset Coaching , A certified Breathwork & Meditation Practitioner and 300+ hours of Quantum Learning at California State University.