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Lachie Samuel Mariu is the Creator of The Circuit Breaker Session™, a high-impact keynote used by teams navigating stress, change and pressure.
He blends cutting-edge neuroscience with lived experience to drive fast, lasting behavioural change.
Lachie has worked with executives, leadership teams, and organisations across sectors to build more responsive, resilient cultures.
Lachie is known for powerful presence, immediately usable strategies, and deeply human storytelling that sticks.

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The Circuit Breaker Session™
A neuroscience-based keynote designed to help people reset their nervous system, manage stress in real time, and take ownership of how they think, feel, and behave under pressure.
In high-stakes workplaces, personal baggage and chronic stress don’t just stay at home. They show up in the way your people communicate, treat others, and perform - especially when pressure hits. And when that happens, motivation alone isn’t enough.
Through lived experience and practical tools backed by neuroscience, Lachie Samuel guides your people through an eye-opening session that helps them understand what’s really going on beneath their behaviour - and how to change it - fast .
Attendees walk away with simple, effective tools to:
- Calm themselves under pressure.
- Regulate their nervous system on the spot.
- Build self-awareness and emotional control.
- Break patterns of shutdown, burnout, or lashing out.
- Take ownership of their behaviour - and shift it.
  Whether it's leaders, frontline staff, or the entire organisation - this is a mindset-meets-nervous-system keynote that makes an immediate impact.
  Not just a motivational story. A real-time reset.
Mastering the switch: Balancing work and life
Work-life balance isn’t just about switching off - it’s about knowing how to switch between roles, regulate pressure, and stay present where it matters most.
In this keynote, Lachie Samuel breaks down the real reason your people are exhausted, checked out, or overwhelmed: their nervous system is stuck in stress mode. And that stress follows them everywhere - into meetings, conversations, and their homes.
Through lived experience and neuroscience-based tools, Lachie gives your team practical strategies to:
- Shift from work-mode to home-mode (and back) without tension.
- Regulate their nervous system in real time - not after a burnout.
- Communicate more clearly - with colleagues and with their partners.
- Set and maintain boundaries without guilt or conflict.
- Build presence and control, even when emotions run high.
  This isn’t a wellness warm-and-fuzzy. It’s a session built for people who carry pressure from home to work - and want to handle it better.
  When your people feel safe, clear, and emotionally present, everything improves: performance, connection, leadership… and life.
New Starter Roadmap™
Embed culture from day one - starting with self-leadership.
New starters don’t just bring skills.
They bring nervous systems wired by pressure, habits shaped by past workplaces, and stress responses that show up when the pressure is on.
If we don’t teach them how to lead themselves, they won’t know how to contribute to your culture—or how to protect it when things get hard.
The New Starter Roadmap™ is a high-impact keynote (or workshop) that blends lived experience, neuroscience, and culture strategy to help new hires:
- Regulate stress and calm their nervous system.
- Understand and align with your culture, starting with their own values.
- Show up with self-leadership, resilience, and emotional intelligence.
- Communicate clearly, hold boundaries, and uphold shared expectations.
- Build strong habits for focus, behaviour, and contribution - early.
  This isn’t about soft skills.
  It’s about stability, culture, and consistency.
  Because when people feel safe and know who they are,
  they show up better - for the people they work with, lead, and love.

Testimonials for Lachie Samuel Mariu

Lachie’s advocacy for mental health is truly admirable. His unique ability to break down barriers instantly, in a way that resonates with his audience, is a craft in its own. To develop trust quickly, keep people engaged and inspire action, is a remarkable talent.
Marketing Director
Schlam

It was a clear winner. Get him into your teams and workplaces. He will not disappoint.
Superintendent
Rio Tinto

It was beyond our expectations. The response from the personnel within the room was profound with multiple attendees showing gratitude.
HS Advisor
Rio Tinto

Thank you for coming in to chat to the team across Australia, I’ve had really great feedback about the session.
Managing Director
Bankwest

His delivery was first class. The ability to not only bring people into the discussion, but provide tools to help with people’s own individual struggles was very unique.
Superintendent, Warehouse & Logistics
Rio Tinto

Setting all of our MC trainee drivers up for a successful career. Nothing but great feedback from all who had the opportunity to attend.
National Learning and Devlopment Advisor
Qube Bulk

Thank you so much Lachie for opening up and sharing your story with us at Baker Hughs. It was incredibly touching and even brought me to tears. The best R U OK day session I’ve ever attended for sure. Thank you so much.
Senior Sales Manager
Baker Hughes

Lachie delivered a highly relevant and engaging seminar on mental health. He was able to really communicate and engage with the audience on a personal level, leaving a lasting impact.
HS Advisor, Utilities & Facilities
Rio Tinto