What we do

At the Vitalis Institute, our mission is to help people build the energy, clarity, resilience, and self-awareness required to navigate modern life well — and to perform sustainably in whatever context matters most to them.

We deliver holistic wellbeing and performance programs designed to equip individuals with practical tools across physical health, mental clarity, recovery, relationships, and personal agency. Our primary method of delivery is through small-group experiences (maximum 12 participants), creating an environment that allows for meaningful conversation, accountability, reflection, and genuine connection.

Our story

Across our combined backgrounds in elite sport and high-performance environments — including Formula 1, the NBA, Australian cricket, Olympic programs, clinical practice, nutrition, exercise physiology, and performance coaching for hedge fund professionals — we repeatedly observed the same pattern: when people were supported in an integrated and human way, they experienced significant improvements not only in performance, but also in wellbeing, relationships, and overall engagement with life.

At the same time, we recognised that these principles were often reserved for elite performers, despite the growing pressures faced by everyday professionals, leaders, business owners, parents, and teams. Vitalis was created to bring these evidence-informed, holistic concepts to the wider community in a practical and accessible way. We wanted a way to get these effective strategies to a much wider audience, hence the reason we started Vitalis.

Our offerings

Unlike purely transactional or fully self-directed online programs, we believe that meaningful and lasting change is built through human connection. The relationship between participants and practitioners — alongside the shared experience of learning within a small group — is a defining hallmark of how we deliver our programs.

Our corporate programs range from keynote presentations and workshops through to immersive wellbeing and performance programs designed to help leaders and teams build sustainable capacity, resilience and high performance in demanding environments.

Alongside our corporate offerings (keynote presentations and workshops), the Vitalis Lifecycle Programs support individuals through key stages of life — from adolescence and young adulthood through to adulthood and later life — with age-specific programs focused on wellbeing, self-leadership and sustainable performance.

Our Methodology

Vitalis takes a holistic and integrated approach to wellbeing and performance because physical health, mental clarity, emotional regulation, recovery, relationships, and agency are deeply interconnected.

Mental

Improve self-awareness, emotional regulation, and cognitive function with practical tools that build clarity, resilience, and focus.

Physical

Build lasting energy and longevity through strength, fitness, mobility, nutrition, and recovery — all measured with science-backed methods.

Relationships

Strengthen how you connect with yourself and others by uncovering unhelpful patterns, clarifying values, and building trust, authenticity, and resilience.

Agency

Take back control of your mind, environment, and decisions so you can live with purpose, confidence, and freedom.

Recovery

Improve sleep, restore energy, and regulate your nervous system with practical habits that recharge body and mind.

Services

Keynote Presentations

Our keynote presentations focus on helping individuals, leaders and teams better understand the relationship between wellbeing, resilience, self-leadership and sustainable performance in modern high-pressure environments.

Example Keynote Topics:

Maintaining Agency, Headspace and Resilience in Times of Uncertainty

  • How uncertainty impacts cognition, behaviour and leadership presence
  • Practical frameworks for staying clear-headed and effective under sustained pressure
  • Maintaining emotional regulation, decision quality and communication during challenging periods
  • Building sustainable resilience in fast-changing and demanding environments

How Holistic Wellbeing Is Foundational to Performance

  • Understanding the relationship between physical health, mental clarity, recovery and sustainable performance
  • Why stress, poor recovery and emotional overload directly impact focus, decision-making and leadership capacity
  • Practical strategies for improving energy, resilience and cognitive performance in modern life
  • Moving beyond short-term performance at the expense of long-term wellbeing and effectiveness

Why Leadership Starts with Self-Leadership

  • Understanding how self-awareness, emotional regulation and personal behaviour shape leadership effectiveness
  • Why leaders who cannot manage themselves struggle to lead others consistently under pressure
  • The relationship between personal standards, integrity and organisational culture
  • Practical strategies for improving leadership presence, communication and decision-making through stronger self-leadership

Workshops

Our workshops are designed for organisations and teams wanting to improve communication, leadership effectiveness, resilience and sustainable performance in demanding environments. Combining practical frameworks with evidence-informed wellbeing and performance principles, sessions provide participants with strategies they can immediately apply within their work and daily lives.

Example Workshop Topics:

  • Pressure, Presence & Performance Under Load: Practical strategies for maintaining clarity, communication and decision-making in high-pressure environments.
  • Psychological Safety, Feedback & Team Culture: Building high-trust environments that support accountability, communication and performance.
  • Wellbeing Foundations for High-Performing Teams: Exploring the practical links between physical wellbeing, mental clarity, relationships and workplace performance.

Vitalis Lifecycle Programs

At the Vitalis Institute, we recognise that the challenges people face — physically, mentally and emotionally — evolve across different stages of life.

The Vitalis Lifecycle Programs are age-specific group programs designed to help participants build the skills, awareness and habits required to navigate modern life with greater clarity, resilience, health and agency.

While each program is grounded in the core Vitalis methodology — integrating mental wellbeing, physical health, recovery, relationships and self-leadership — the content and conversations are tailored to the unique developmental challenges and opportunities of each life stage.

Vitalis Adolescent – Ages 15–17 | 6 Weeks

  • A foundational program designed to help adolescents better understand themselves, regulate emotion, build healthy habits and navigate the increasing pressures of modern teenage life.
  • The program focuses on areas such as identity, confidence, emotional regulation, technology and dopamine awareness, relationships, physical wellbeing and decision-making. Delivered in a supportive small-group environment, participants develop practical tools to improve resilience, self-awareness and personal responsibility during a critical stage of development.

Vitalis Young Adult – Ages 18–24 | 8 Weeks

  • A program designed for young adults navigating independence, identity, responsibility and the transition into adult life.
  • This stage of life often involves major decisions relating to career, study, relationships, health and lifestyle, while emotional regulation and executive function are still developing neurologically. The program focuses on improving self-awareness, decision-making, emotional control, physical wellbeing, recovery habits and personal agency — helping participants build a stronger foundation for adult life and long-term performance.

Vitalis Adult– Ages 25–50 | 12 Weeks

  • Our flagship adult program focused on sustainable performance, wellbeing and self-leadership in modern life.
  • Designed for professionals, business owners, leaders and individuals managing the demands of work, relationships, family and personal ambition, the program helps participants rebuild energy, clarity and capacity across all key domains of life.
  • Participants develop practical strategies relating to stress management, emotional regulation, recovery, physical wellbeing, relationships, mindset and agency — helping them perform more effectively without sacrificing long-term wellbeing.

Vitalis Masters – Ages 50+ | 12 Weeks

  • A program focused on optimising health, cognition, wellbeing and engagement during the second half of life.
  • Vitalis Masters is designed for individuals wanting to remain physically capable, mentally sharp, emotionally engaged and purposeful as they age. The program combines evidence-informed approaches to movement, recovery, cognitive health, emotional wellbeing, relationships and lifestyle optimisation.
  • Alongside improving day-to-day energy and wellbeing, the program places a strong emphasis on maintaining cognitive function, preserving independence and pushing back the onset of age-related decline — helping participants continue to live with vitality, purpose and agency.

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The Vitalis Team

David

Hobart

Performance coach and former hedge fund manager whose career spans more than 30 years.

Stuart

Smith

Performance consultant with over two decades of experience in the human performance field, spanning elite sport, Formula 1, and corporate leadership.

Dr Ben

Levi

Highly experienced chiropractor, nutritionist, and movement specialist based on the Gold Coast, with over 30 years in health and wellness.
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Testimonials

From our recent Brisbane Event:
- Candy
- Marty
- Dylan