Human performance trainer

I train thewhole humanbehind highperformance.

Mental skills train the mind. I train the whole system: state, energy and connection. It's how frazzled, depleted teams become energised, connected and ready to perform.

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Co-founder & CEO, Awake · Positive psychology practitioner · Yale, Science of Wellbeing · Bestselling author, Penguin · 20 years senior corporate · 10,000+ trained

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The difference

I don't coach performance. I train it.

The field coaches the mind: mindset, visualisation, meditation. I train the whole human, because I had to rebuild my own.

Teams walk in frazzled and disconnected. They walk out energised and connected.

Tess Brouwer wearing a You Are Worthy tee

My story

Twenty years of performing. One injury. A complete rebuild.

I did not study high performance from the sideline. I lived it at the top of corporate. Virgin Australia, Coca-Cola, senior commercial roles, front row and executive lounge. On paper I was thriving. Underneath, I was running on empty, certain I just needed to push harder.

In 2018 a spinal injury made the decision for me. Three months in hospital, two surgeries, and a long rebuild of my career, my identity and my independence.

Putting myself back together, mind, body and self, became the work I now do with leaders and teams. Then I went and got the science to explain why it holds. I do not coach this from a clipboard. I lived the cost of high performance, and I rebuilt from it.

Co-founder & CEO, Awake
Positive psychology practitioner
Yale, Science of Wellbeing
Bestselling author, Penguin
Personal trainer · Yoga teacher · Meditation teacher
20 years senior corporate
Host, Mood Boosters, Channel 7
Co-host, A Wake Up Call, top 5% podcast

A full room on its feet, arms raised, after a session

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Three ways to bring this to your people.

01 · Keynotes

Keynotes & speaking

For conferences, summits and brand events. A keynote that moves a room from frazzled to fired up, felt in the body, backed by science.

Fit for Growth · Performance Under Pressure · The Cost of Holding It All

02 · Teams

Team workshops

For leadership teams, culture days and offsites. Hands-on training in state, energy and connection. Your team leaves with tools they use on Monday.

Half day · Full day · Multi-session programs

03 · Brands

Brand partnerships

For performance and lifestyle brands. Ambassador roles, campaigns and activations that make human performance real for your audience.

Ambassador · Campaign · Activation · Content

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Tell me who's in the room and what you want them to walk out with. We'll build it from there.

Enquire to speak

Tess Brouwer on stage in front of a full room

On stage · In the room · In the worldShe moves people, and she changes behaviour.

In the room

She moves people, and she changes behaviour.

Embedded into how we work, even our KPIs.

“In my 20 years at Coles, I have never been to a more impactful workshop. We have embedded all the tools into our day to day, even into our KPIs.”

Coles

Grounding and transformation, both.

“An exceptional gift for helping leaders understand their impact in a genuine, human and sustainable way.”

Alinta Energy

Immeasurable impact on my growth.

“A perfect blend of deep reflection and lightheartedness. I gained practical strategies to improve my life. Her impact on my growth is immeasurable.”

KPMG

Inspired, recharged, sharper on accountability.

“As moving as it is humorous. The team walked away inspired and recharged, with a sharpened focus on accountability. A breath of fresh air.”

ITVSA

The academy

Awake. The Human Performance Academy.

Where my own work puts the tools in the room, Awake builds human performance across the whole organisation. Keynotes, year-long leadership partnerships and team transformation, built on the 4Ds and measured before and after.

D. DeterminationD. DisciplineD. DriveD. Desire

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Co-founded by Tess Brouwer & Layne Beachley AO · elite corporate meets elite sport

Tess Brouwer on stage with Layne Beachley at Abundium Women in Media

Tess Brouwer in a studio chair beside a red lips telephone

The podcast · Top 5% globally

A Wake Up Call

The conversations behind the work. I co-host A Wake Up Call, unpacking how people at the top really perform, recover and lead. In the top five percent of podcasts worldwide.

Recent guests: Kieren Perkins OAM · Melissa Doyle · Harry Garside · Kemi Nekvapil

Listen on Spotify Apple Podcasts

Tess Brouwer with the Awake Academy book

Bestselling author · Penguin Random House · 2024

Know yourself, grow yourself.

The bestselling book behind the method. Lived experience and science, turned into practical tools for centred, connected, confident performance.

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A trusted voice

The voice editors and producers call on human performance.

ForbesChannel 7PreventionThe PaigePenguinThe CEO MagazineA Wake Up Call

About Tess

The person behind the performance.

When I'm not on a stage or in a boardroom, I'm a mum of four and a stepmum, living on Sydney's northern beaches.

Everything I train, I practise. The morning routine, the boundaries, the recovery, the connection. Not because I have it all figured out, but because real life, four kids, a business and a full calendar, is exactly where these tools have to hold up.

I teach what I have had to learn. That is the whole of it.

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The newsletter

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Energy, mental fitness and the science of performing without burning out. A short read, worth the inbox space.

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Bring the whole human into the room.

Speaking

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Partnerships

Brand & campaign enquiries

Ambassador roles, media, content and hosting.

Corporate

Explore the full programs

The 4Ds and team transformation at Awake.

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