Thriving Wellbeing

Equip your students for success - Empower them with the resilience skills for thriving wellbeing!

AUDIENCE: Year 5 – 12, Tertiary
TIME: Empower Hour, with the option to expand into a Dynamic Day
DELIVERY MODE: Onsite or virtually via zoom
KEY FOCUS: Mental health, COVID-19, emotional intelligence, wellbeing, resilience, coping strategies, inspiration, empowerment

OVERVIEW

Research shows many young people are struggling to cope with school and life challenges. With added pressures of COVID-19, mental health issues, such as anxiety and eating disorders, addiction, and depression, have increased, and the incidents of bullying, self-harm, and suicide have increased. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Engaging, interactive, and impactful, students discover:

• The “5 monkeys” shaping poor mental health in young people
• Healthy and practical ways to cope with stress, anxiety, and depression, and build their emotional muscle.
• The power of reaching out and breaking the ‘fear’ barrier.

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Hear What People Are Saying

Wesley College – Melbourne | THRIVING WELLBEING | Testimonials for Daniel Merza

Year 6 students | THRIVING WELLBEING | Scone Grammar School | Daniel Merza

Head of Middle School | THRIVING WELLBEING | St Luke’s Anglican School QLD

Primary Student Testimonials | THRIVING WELLBEING | St Luke’s Anglican School QLD

Year 9 Adviser & HT Welfare | THRIVING WELLBEING | Sydney Girls High School

Deputy Principal @ Patrician Brothers College, Blacktown | WELLBEING | Testimonials for Daniel Merza

Freeman College | BEAT BULLYING & THRIVING WELLBEING | Testimonials for Daniel Merza

Year 7-10 | THRIVING WELLBEING | Georges River College (Peakhurst Campus) | Daniel Merza

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“You came to my school today and I just wanted to say thank you. I had a really stressful and overall bad year last year. I really needed to hear what you said. My brain hasn’t been able to keep up with everything and I need to get those damn monkeys off my back so bad. Because of your speech, I can finally figure out a way to breathe. Thank you so much.”

Narooma High School, NSW

Student

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“I just want to say a huge thank you for doing what you do. I’m going through some bullying at the moment and your talk really helped give me another perspective. I also hope that the bullies were touched by your words just as much as I was.”

Year 8 Student

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“I was at your presentation today at Wesley College. I just wanted to say that it was an amazing presentation and I loved it so much, and I will always remember the amazing advice you gave us. Thank you.”

Wesley College, VIC

Year 8 Student

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“Just want to say thank you so much for coming today. You have really inspired me to reach my dreams.”

Georges River College (Peakhurst Campus)

Year 8 Student

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“It was an honour to have you share your story with our students. All of the points you presented today resonated with each of them – no matter the major, study year or demographic. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Thank you.”

Western Sydney University

Dean of Students

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“It was an honour to be one of the students who got to listen to you speak. One of the most engaging and inspiring presentations I have ever had the privilege of hearing.”

Western Sydney University

University Student

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“Loved your seminar at Scone Grammar School. I want to let you know that you have inspired me to be the best person I can be and to not let those monkeys get in the way.”

Scone Grammar School, NSW

Year 6 student

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“Thank you for your lovely seminar. It was inspiring and helpful in engaging me to think about how I will embody the developed traits of a leader for the school and within my future life…and your strategies for positive self talk was really inspiring to me as I have had past problems with negative self talk.”

Tangara School for Girls, NSW

Year 11 student

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“Thank you for your day with us yesterday with our students and staff. Such a great message and I have already had some great experiences with students since with talking about which monkeys they need to get off their back”

Prescott College Southern College, SA

Deputy Principal

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“I loved it, especially how the ‘baggage’ has now become ‘the monkeys’ and relatable on every level. I’d definitely recommend this to other schools”

Jericho State School, QLD

Principal

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“Thank you once again for today. Your fantastic wisdom and inspiration was wonderful for the year group. I know they would have found today really valuable. I know I did.”

Magdalene Catholic College

Year 9 coordinator

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“Highly recommend. Great common language that’s relevant to kids. Excellent.”

Orange Anglican Grammar School, NSW

School Psychologist

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“The tools provided were excellent. I’d thoroughly recommend Daniel’s work to other schools”

One School Global, QLD

Principal

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“The monkey characters give the students a concrete image to apply to real world issues. Other schools would benefit immensely from this”

Orange Anglican Grammar School, NSW

Director of Primary

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“Tools to educate students on what bullying, banter and unkind behavior looks like and the importance of specific common language around the causes of bullying. Highly recommend it.”

Orange Anglican Grammar School, NSW

Head of Pastoral Care - Secondary School

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“Lately, I’ve been feeling very depressed. I have questioned my abilities to be school captain. Your talk lifted my spirits. You’ve impacted my life heaps.”

Year 11 Student Leader, NSW

“Absolutely amazing. We found the whole day very valuable.”

Tangara School for Girls, NSW

Principal

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“Incredible. I really hope other schools can witness it.”

Redfield College, NSW

Year 5 Student

“Students were really engaged throughout the whole day and found his content and personal story very easy to relate to and adapted his content to our context. Highly recommend.”

Brindabella Christian College, ACT

Senior School Coordinator

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“You have no idea how much your presentation spoke to me and changed my outlook. You changed my life for the better.”

St Michael’s College, SA

Year 8 student

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“Wow. Enlightening on so many levels. Loved the way he spoke. He meets the audience where they’re at and provides wonderful tools to manage anxiety. A must for all companies.”

Organizational Development

Psychotherapist

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“Students were really really engaged. Tailored delivery. Highly recommend – both in person and virtually.”

Newington College, NSW

Senior Years Advisor

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“Thank you for a very inspiring talk. It was one of the reasons I still came to camp after coming out of a very dark time.”

Brindabella Christian College, ACT

Year 12 student

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“I wanted to thank you for helping get the monkeys off my back. I got rid of one already and times have been better already.”

Magdalene Catholic College, NSW

Year 9 student

“Every school should have this.”

Marsden High School, NSW

Year 11 student

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“Energetic and entertaining. So much fun. There was never a dull moment across the day. Highly recommend it.”

Oakhill College, NSW

Year 10 student

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“Matthew came home absolutely wrapped – very inspired. His mate committed suicide recently…was so pertinent. Excellent.”

Grace

Parent of Year 10 student, NSW

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“Strong knowledge, great presentation skills and genuine in helping our next generation. Highly recommended.”

NSW Dept of Education

Curriculum Advisor

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“Two really fantastic days with Daniel, working with our students, staff and parents. Highly engaging, relevant and relatable. Thoroughly recommend.”

Prince Alfred College, SA

Dean of Students

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“Youthful, dynamic and engaging from start to finish. Our boys took away a great deal from Daniel’s presentation on resilience and achieving their personal best. He took the boys on a journey of discovery as they make the important transition to manhood, and in doing so, helped them find out more about themselves, and more importantly who they can be and what’s possible for them in Senior School and thereafter. Daniel’s passion was evident as he instilled in the boys the importance of making the most of their short block of time remaining at school by adopting a strong work…

Saint Ignatius College, Riverview, NSW

Year 10 Coordinator

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“Resilience, how to stand up to bullying and the 5 monkeys, all of which I learned a lot from. Highly recommend him.”

Freeman Catholic College

Year 7 student

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“Our students got a huge amount out of it. Highly recommend”

Head of Middle School, Wesley College