Welcome to the place where compassionate leadership
meets the great outdoors
HIGH-IMPACT KEYNOTES & IMMERSIVE WORKSHOPS
BY Joel Pilgrim
SHIFT YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
SHIFT YOUR MINDSET.
KEYNOTES
Joel Pilgrim is an award-winning leader in social innovation, adventure therapy, and mental health, who delivers keynote experiences that break the mould and create lasting impact. These are not just talks—they are multi-sensory experiences designed to challenge perspectives and equip audiences with practical mental fitness tools for real-world change.
WORKSHOPS
Supercharge your next team offsite with an immersive outdoor experience that nurtures compassionate leadership and transforms workplace culture. Joel’s fresh approach flips traditional leadership development on its head, using the proven methodology that nature and changed environments build wellbeing, inspire teams, and ignite lasting change.
Keynote tOPICS
“As leaders, if we don’t genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing, we can’t expect them to invest in our company’s success.”
– Joel Pilgrim
Clients
joel HAS WORKED WITH
Testimonials
“Our team left this keynote feeling inspired and motivated – the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. I highly recommended Joel for any company looking to create a bulletproof culture of wellbeing!“
“Joel’s keynote at our national off-site was the standout on our agenda. He engaged with our team in a highly relatable and authentic way ensuring we all walked away with some practical to ways to do better. Couldn’t recommend Joel more highly.”
“Joel delivered an exceptional keynote to our National People Forum, the feedback was incredible.“
IMMERSive WORKSHOPS
FLIP Wellbeing is a company founded by Joel Pilgrim, dedicated to the wellbeing of leaders. FLIP delivers immersive nature-focused workshops crafted to inspire compassionate leadership, empower teams and supercharge performance.
It’s the culmination of Joel’s years of executive leadership, clinical expertise, and first-hand experience—bottled up into ground-breaking immersions dedicated to the very thing he’s spent his career nurturing: empowering leaders to thrive through compassionate leadership.
FLIP takes everything Joel has learned and delivers it in a fresh, bold, and engaging format, flipping traditional leadership workshops on their head. Want an unforgettable experience to develop your team of change makers? Check out FLIP’s range of customisable workshops.
MEET
Joel Pilgrim
Joel is a Mental Health Occupational Therapist turned entrepreneur, with a deep passion for health innovation. From working within high secure forensic prisons to running leadership workshops on tropical islands, Joel has been at the forefront of revolutionising outdoor mental health treatment for over 15 years.
In 2016 Joel co-founded Australian surf therapy charity Waves of Wellness Foundation (WOW), where he and his team pioneered surfing as a therapeutic intervention for mental health. WOW has impacted over 5,000 people across Australia and is credited with saving countless lives. Having served as the CEO of WOW until April 2025, Joel now plays an active Co-Founder role and serves as an Executive Director on the Board in WOW’s next chapter.
In 2018 Joel was a Westpac Social Change Fellow, and was awarded Young Australian of the Year NSW finalist the same year, recognised for his dedication to mental health innovation. Now, Joel is inspiring change-makers worldwide with his refreshing approach to compassionate leadership.
CULTIVATING CHANGE
From sharing his work with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Bondi Beach, to surfing alongside the GOAT – Kelly Slater – Joel’s personal journey and powerful storytelling inspires audiences with unforgettable insights, sparking a deep connection to mental fitness and self-discovery.
Passionate about intentional vulnerability, Joel openly shares his own mental health journey, highlighting the transformative impact of nature on wellbeing. Joel showcases that companies who lead with heart, put their people first, and foster genuine connection don’t just thrive—they outperform.
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