Travels From New South Wales
Speaker Topics
Conversations That Matter
Leadership, Connection & Communication in High-Pressure Environments
Great for:
- executives
- leadership teams
- councils
- corporate offsites
- construction
- healthcare
Themes:
- the 3 conversation types
- listening
- conflict navigation
- psychological safety
- difficult conversations
- leadership presence
High-Performance Humans
Building Resilient People in a High-Pressure World
- modern stress overload
- emotional capability
- resilience under pressure
- communication breakdown
- burnout culture
- human connection
- practical tools for thriving
The Modern Elder
Leadership, Legacy & The Responsibility to Guide Others
Great for:
- leadership conferences
- executive retreats
- men’s work
- intergenerational leadership
- purpose-driven organisations
Themes:
- wisdom
- mentorship
- masculinity
- community
- reflection
- legacy
- emotional maturity
The Resilience Gap
Why Modern Life Is Weakening Human Capability — And What We Can Do About It
Great for:
- government
- education
- leadership conferences
- HR
- construction
- health sectors
Themes:
- convenience vs resilience
- emotional regulation
- adversity avoidance
- social disconnection
- nervous system overload
- rebuilding stronger humans
Thriving Through Adversity
The Practical Skills That Help Humans Rebuild After Life Changes
Great for:
- wellbeing events
- community audiences
- health conferences
- carers
- Men’s Health Week
Themes:
- adversity
- identity shifts
- grief
- illness
- stress
- rebuilding self-belief
- practical regulation tools
Barry Du Bois
Australia’s Cherished TV Personality and Passionate Advocate for Mental and Physical Well-Being.
Barry Du Bois is a keynote speaker, resilience educator, leadership coach and creator of the High-Performance Humans (HPH) framework a growing body of work focused on strengthening resilience, emotional capability, communication, and human connection in modern life.
Drawing on a lifetime of lived experience through physical injury, grief, infertility, borrowed trauma, depression and an ongoing battle with cancer, Barry has become one of Australia’s most authentic and impactful voices on resilience, wellbeing and human performance.
With a background spanning construction, property development, media and advocacy, Barry brings a rare ability to connect with everyone from frontline workers and tradespeople through to executives, leadership teams and government organisations.
His work now extends well beyond keynote speaking, with programs, workshops and courses designed to help individuals, teams and communities better navigate adversity, stress, uncertainty and change. Through the HPH framework, Barry explores the growing challenges facing modern society, including disconnection, emotional fatigue, poor communication and declining resilience, while offering practical tools to help people become calmer, stronger and more capable humans.
Barry works with corporations, councils, schools, leadership groups and community organisations across Australia, particularly in areas connected to mental wellbeing, psychosocial safety, resilience, communication and cultural change. He is also actively involved in conversations surrounding suicide prevention, workplace mental health and the future of human resilience within high-pressure industries.
A proud Board Director of R U OK? and ambassador for the Leukaemia Foundation, Barry combines lived experience, practical wisdom and powerful storytelling to create presentations and programs that leave audiences deeply moved, more connected and better equipped to thrive through adversity and change.
Known for his honesty, warmth and down-to-earth delivery, Barry’s work is helping shape a new conversation around resilience, leadership and what it truly means to become high-performing humans.