Services

Dr Ann Villiers, professional speaker, learning guide, coach and author, is Australia 's only Mental Nutritionist® specialising in mind and language practices that help people build flexible thinking, confident speaking and quality connections with people.

Ann guides people to achieve:

• a deeper level of  understanding of others so they can build connections, anticipate misunderstandings, influence and persuade:
• greater insight into personal thinking practices and its impact on performance.

Her work as a Mental Nutritionist® has a multi-disciplinary foundation, informed by communication theory and practice, linguistics, cognitive and social psychology, NLP, Positive Psychology, and semiotics.

Dr Villiers pioneered the concept Mental Nutrition® to focus on the sense-making process that underpins connecting with people. The Mental Nutrition® framework comprises three core ingredients: how we make sense of things; how to manage meaning; how to feed the mind for more fruitful results. Dr Villiers uses the framework to build capabilities in connecting, confidence-building, influencing, presenting, wellbeing and employability.

Dr Villiers delivers the skills and tools to achieve these tangible, bottom-line outcomes:

• More personally aware people with increased confidence, responsibility and flexibility for working with diverse people and leading with vision and influence.
• Greater personal wellbeing and resilience in demanding workplaces.
• Presentations delivered with professional polish.

Keynote speaker

Looking for a professional speaker who offers content-rich presentations with an Australian flavour, a dash of humour from props-based demonstrations and an educational twist? Want delegates to walk away with proven ideas to use straight away? These are the ingredients of Dr Villiers' presentations.

Examples of presentations:

• Grab your talents, speak up and be heard  - confidence building for women
• Making a difference - qualities for shaping the future
• Leaders as sense-makers
• Using our heads for greater wellbeing
• Harvesting our future with a daring dames mindset
• Boosting your business courage

Visit the Keynotes & Workshops section for more details. You can ask for more information by visiting the Book Ann section. There is no obligation attached to your request and you will receive a prompt response to assist with planning your meeting, seminar or conference.

Read about the qualities for making a difference.

Learning Guide: Workshop facilitator/conference breakouts/in-house programs

Customised, outcomes-focused professional development programs that distill current research and time-honoured wisdom, professional expertise and client experience guide participants to discover relevant learnings and applications that deliver results.

Topics include:

• Confidence-building for women
• Work/Life Wellbeing
• Influencing and Persuading
• Workplace People Skills
• Confident Communicating

Visit Keynotes & Workshops for more details. You can ask for more information by visiting the Book Ann section. There is no obligation attached to your request and you will receive a prompt response to assist with planning your professional development program.

Personal Coach/Mentor

One-on-one coaching with Ann Villiers is aimed at professionals, managers, business owners and individuals who seek independent, confidential guidance to:

• Build confidence to face challenging workplace situations.
• Build specific interpersonal communication skills.
• Build presentation skills that influence and persuade.
• Develop strategies that foster personal wellbeing.
• Build employability and manage one's career.

You can ask for more information by visiting the Book Ann section. There is no obligation attached to your request and you will receive a prompt response to assist with planning your personal professional development.