“Decide Your Own Destiny” – Keynote Presentation

Audience: Year 7 – 12
Focus: Motivation, Self Esteem, Empowerment, Real Success, Responsibility
Content: Nathan’s own story of being born with a disability, facing bullying and overcoming adversity to live the life of his dreams
Length: 60 minutes

Imagine an audience of hundreds of teenagers, in fits of laughter, being drawn in, opening their hearts and minds. Then the raw truth of life comes into full view. The story of a boy born with a disability, the first known case in Australia, facing the future of being different, but desperately wanting just to fit in. Facing teasing, bullying and being labelled. Going through the grief of losing his mum at a young age, but rising above the ‘stuff’ to choose his own adventure, to create his own future – to decide his own destiny.

Nathan understands what it feels like to try to form and discover your own identity and purpose. He has learned that life’s battles can be won, armed with a sense of humor and an optimistic attitude. Sharing his struggles, Nathan encourages young people to view their lives through a new lens. This empowering story of triumph encourages teens to understand that our destiny is not determined by the ‘stuff’ that happens to us, the ‘stuff’ which is out of our control. But our destiny is determined by the decisions we make in response to those things.

Topics Covered in DECIDE YOUR OWN DESTINY Include:

• Stuff happens – It’s How You Deal With It!
• Decisions Create Destiny
• You Cant Change The Past – You Can Create The Future
• The Curse of Comparison
• The Blame Game
• Write Your Own Story
• The Superhero In You
• Seeds of Greatness

The “BOUNCE” Program – Student Resilience Program

Audience: Year 9 or 10
Focus: Resilience, Social + Emotional Learning, Positive Ed, Realistic Optimism
Length: 2.5 Hours
Additional Classroom Resources: Video Based Classroom Program and Worksheets with Activities (19 short videos and 18 Printable PDF worksheets)

The World Health Organisation defines wellbeing as “the state in which an individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to his or her own community”. Wellbeing involves having positive self image and esteem.

The Year 9 and 10 High School Resilience Program “BOUNCE” takes has two components:

1. “Decide Your Own Destiny” – 60 minute keynote presentation
2. “Bounce” – 90 minute interactive resilience workshop

The two presentations have been developed based on research from the likes of Carol Dweck (Growth Mindset), Martin Seligman the father of Positive Psychology and Positive Education (PERMA / Thrive) and Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi the author of Flow and the science of happiness.

Across the half day engaging and interactive program the students will learn about the following:

• Realistic Optimism
• Grit and the ability to BOUNCE
• Locus of Control
• Taking Responsibility and Taking Ownership
• The triad of Personal Power – Focus, Language and Physiology
• Positive Goal Setting
• Overcoming Fear
• The Power and Practice of Gratitude
• Positive Self Identity
• Character Strengths and The Talent Myth
• The 6 Ps Which Lead To Resilience

Many schools across Australia have embedded this program into their year 9 curriculum and have Nathan work with the year 9 cohort each year as they have found it has helped their students to:

• Develop a positive sense of self
• Overcome fear
• Increased ability to cope with stress and adversity
• Learn strategies and techniques to manage stressful situations
• Develop a “Growth Mindset”
• Confidence to approach new situations and new people
• The ability to set and pursue goals

Nathan also has tailored a number of teacher PD’s and parent workshops around well being, engagement and motivation to create a whole of community approach around enhancing and developing the resilience of the whole school community.

To make an enquiry about having Nathan work with your students to help develop their resilience and well being – contact his booking manager today via email (bookings@nathanhulls.com).

For more information about his workshops and presentations for students, teachers, youth workers and parents – check out the programs page

Personal Development Workshops (Year 10 – 12)

* Workshops are most effective if students have seen Nathan’s “Decide Your Own Destiny” Keynote Presentation first – So if you’re interested in a workshop, please also allow time for Nathan’s 60 Minute Keynote on the same day

“Personal Power” (Self Leadership)

Personal Power is a workshop for senior students which empowers them to step into their own personal power, teaching them strategies and techniques to take responsibility for the results which are showing up in their world.

Audience: Year 10-12
Focus: Positive Psychology, Power Of Focus, Mental State, Taking Responsibility
Length: 90 minutes
Additional Classroom Resources: Class Worksheet with Activities (Printable PDF)

Well Being and Emotional Learning Workshops

* Workshops are most effective if students have seen Nathan’s “Decide Your Own Destiny” Keynote Presentation first – So if you’re interested in a workshop, please also allow time for Nathan’s 60 Minute Keynote on the same day

A young persons Social + Emotional Intelligence has been found to set the scene for their capacity for learning, retention and relationships at school, as well as their success in later life.

In a recent evaluation of the Atlanta-based Resolving Conflict Creatively (RCCP), a multi-school project which has social-emotional learning techniques at the core of its pedagogy,”there was generally less school violence, and there was increased self-esteem, improved abilities to help others, and greater personal responsibility for resolving conflicts among participating youngsters. After only two years of implementation, there were substantial improvements in participating schools’ course failure, dropout, student attendance and suspension rates.” Dr. Stanley J. Schneider, Senior Vice President of Metis Associates.

The benefits of the development of a young persons Social + Emotional Intelligence is clear:

• Increased student engagement and attendance
• Lower suspension rates
• Greater personal responsibility
• Increased self-esteem
• Improved ability to help others
• Less school violence

“Student Leadership Empowerment Seminars”

Audience: Student Leaders
Length: Half Day or Full Day
Group Size: Up to 50 at a time
Setting: School Leadership Day

Leadership Empowerment Seminars are a way for Nathan to spend more time (Half or Full Day) with a smaller group (Up to 50) of your student leaders in a workshop and experiential learning environment.

A half day consists of 3 workshops (from the options below) and a Full Day can be up to 6 workshops.

The Student Leadership Empowerment Seminar can include (up to 5 workshops for a Full Day Seminar):

• 7 Keys To Awesomeness
• Personal Power
• Finding Your Groove
• Brain Max
• Leading Edge
• Mental Edge
• Wake Up And Dream (Vision + Goal Setting)

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