Louise Green

Influencer, Global Fitness Coach & Author

Louise Green is the Founder of the fitness brand, Big Fit Girl. For over a decade she has forged a career as a plus-size Personal Trainer, Global Fitness Coach, Fitness Activist and Author changing the narrative and the idealistic standards of our fitness culture.

As an influential change-maker, Louise has helped thousands of women find their inner athlete and love their bodies, at every size.

Her unique approach to fitness sustainability is not just looking at the physical and aesthetic aspect but more-so helping women understand the social-cultural challenges and barriers they may face. Her mandate is a trifecta: to level the playing field by influencing more size-diverse imagery in fitness media and advertising, highlighting the importance of size inclusive education by the fitness industry educators and leading women to stop waiting on the weight and to step off the sidelines, in the body they have right now. Green believes that when we combine all three we create a climate of unlimited possibility for every “body”.

Through international speaking, writing and coaching, Green’s tenacity and voice is leading the charge in creating a more inclusive fitness culture across the globe.

Smashing the barriers of mainstream fitness, Louise is the first Plus-Size Athlete to be feature in elite magazines such as Triathlete, Bicycling, Impact, Canadian Running and Runner’s World UK.

Louise has leant her expertise to over 150 media interviews around the world, she has shared her voice at NBC at the Steve Harvey Show, London’s This Morning, Australia’s Good Morning, the BBC, The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal, to name a few.

Louise is the Author of Big Fit Girl and a leading Columnist at SELF Magazine.

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Shelley Laslett

Shelley Laslett is the CEO and Co-Founder of Vitae. Coach (Vitae) – a coaching company that combines neuroscience with technology. Vitae uses the principles of neuroscience, neuroplasticity and brainwave technology to help people unlock their brain and accelerate personal and organisational growth. Vitae works with individuals, startups and high growth businesses. Shelley has a background in social science and is currently completing her MSc in Applied Neuroscience at King’s College in London.

Shelley is also a startup advisor, startup mentor at Techstars, startup board member, brain-based coach and international speaker. Previously, Shelley was the General Manager of YBF Ventures – a startup incubator and has also been part of corporate venturing teams. Prior to entering the startup world, Shelley was an international strategy and innovation consultant with Accenture throughout EMEA.

She has helped a number of companies evolve, change and bring their new ideas to life. Some of the companies Shelley has worked with include; The Walt Disney Company, Salesforce, NASDAQ, AgriDigital, Airtasker, Deloitte, Diageo Futures, WeWork Labs, Founders Factory, Founders Intelligence, Cover Genius, SKY Plc, Optus, Lloyds Banking Group, Huckletree, Commonwealth Bank, Tank Stream Labs, Springboard Enterprises, ANZ Bank, Sunculture, Bupa, Qantas, Dentsu Aegis Network, Innovation Bay, Fonterra, IBM, Royal Dutch Shell, Tech Ready Women and EY.

Poppy Renegade describes Shelley as, “…unlike anyone you’ve ever met before. She has an infectious, yet calming energy, a brilliant mind and a powerful presence. Shelley is blazing her own trail and lifting others to new heights along the way.”

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Glenn Mackintosh

Glenn Mackintosh is a psychologist specialising in eating, movement, weight and body image, and is the founder of Weight Management Psychology.

His public work has seen him create a YouTube Channel and Podcast, accept the challenging position as consultant psychologist for Ten’s The Biggest Loser: Transformed and contributing regularly in the media.

He is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and the Queensland representative for the APS Psychology of Eating, Weight, and Body-image Interest Group.  Before venturing into private practice, he was the Director of Psychology at the Wesley Lifeshape Clinic and he also supports Qld Bariatrics patients pre- and post-surgery.

Glenn’s research investigated psychological and social factors and weight management, and he has lectured in health psychology, the psychology of eating, and sport and exercise psychology at the University of Queensland and several other universities.

He has also developed the self-help resources The Complete Reprogramming Series, co-created Weight Management Psychology – Emotional Freedom Techniques for Weight Management Online Program with Professor Peta Stapleton, and developed The Twelve Month Transformation, a group and online program helping people free themselves from yo-yo dieting and develop naturally healthy habits with a non-dieting approach.

Glenn’s passion is in helping people manage their eating, physical activity, weight, and body-image and training other professionals in applying psychological principals to help their clients who are grappling with weight management issues through his sold-out professional workshops with the APS, Filex, and the DAA, online courses for Personal Trainers through the Australian Fitness Network, and online courses for dietitians in conjunction with Dietitian Connection.  He is enjoying spreading evidence-based, weight-inclusive, innovative messages in his practice, the media and public life.

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