Our Story

What is Mindspo?

A global mental wellness brand built from lived experience. We teach meditation, nervous system regulation, and transformation because we've lived it ourselves, and we've spent the last decade helping thousands of others do the same.

How It All Started

The Worst Night of Our Lives

I want to tell you about the night that changed everything.

I was 22, lying in bed next to Chris, and I couldn't breathe. Not because anything was physically wrong, but because my mind had become a prison I couldn't escape from.

Constant anxiety. Night terrors. Panic attacks that came from nowhere. Suicidal thoughts that terrified me because I didn't actually want to die, I just wanted the noise in my head to stop.

My nervous system was in complete chaos. Every relationship in my life was suffering. I was suffering. And I had no idea why, or how to make it stop.

The Year and a Half We Lost

Chris and I tried everything.

Doctors. Therapists. Every remedy Google could offer. We read blogs at 3am. Tried supplements, medications, different diets, different routines. We were desperate.

Over a year and a half of searching. Of hoping each new thing would be the answer. Of the crushing disappointment when it wasn't.

I remember Chris holding me during panic attacks, feeling helpless. Neither of us understood what was happening or how to fix it.

Then, almost by accident, meditation appeared on our list.

Three Weeks That Rewrote Everything

I'll never forget the first session.

Twenty minutes of sitting still, learning to observe my thoughts instead of being consumed by them. And for the first time since I could remember, I felt my nervous system settle.

Not healed. Not fixed. But... quieter.

Within three weeks, the night terrors started fading. The panic attacks became less frequent. I could breathe again.

It wasn't magic. It was finally giving my nervous system what it had been screaming for: a way to regulate itself.

"Chris here: Watching Rochelle come back to herself was profound. But more than that, we'd stumbled onto something that felt too important to keep to ourselves. If one simple practice could pull someone back from that edge, how many other people were out there suffering without knowing this existed?"

The Question That Became a Mission

We were living in a tiny studio apartment in Sydney. Rochelle was working on her fashion blog. I was doing freelance graphic design. And we kept noticing something.

Everyone around us was struggling with something.

A breakup that destroyed them. Anxiety that ruined their days. Depression that made getting out of bed feel impossible. Grief they couldn't process.

Whenever someone opened up to us, we'd sit down with them. Share our story. Teach them what we'd learned. And we'd watch the same transformation happen.

2016

If Not Us, Then Who?

By 2016, we'd taught meditation to dozens of people one-on-one. The results were undeniable. But we were reaching so few people.

Meanwhile, millions were suffering.

So we made a decision: we'd create a meditation course specifically for modern people. No mysticism. No spiritual bypassing. Just practical, secular, proven techniques that anyone could use, regardless of their beliefs or background.

We called it The Mindspo Method.

The name came from a realization: everyone on social media was obsessed with "fitspo", getting abs, building muscle, looking good. Which is great. But what good is a perfect body if your mind is a war zone?

You can have the best physical health in the world, but if your mental health is suffering, you won't enjoy a single day of it.

We launched our first online course. 40 people signed up in the first month. Then 100. Then 500. Then 2,000.

People were experiencing the same transformation Rochelle had. Better sleep. Less anxiety. A sense of inner peace they'd been searching for.

But something was still missing.

The Power of In-Person Transformation

Our First Retreat: The Universe Says Yes

In 2018, we were on holiday in Mykonos, sitting by a pool bar at this beautiful hillside resort. I mentioned to the owner that I wanted to host a meditation retreat somewhere, maybe a small villa in Bali with 10 people.

He looked at me and said: "You must do it here."

I laughed. This was a 40+ person boutique resort overlooking the Mediterranean. Way bigger than what we'd imagined for our first retreat.

But he insisted. He gave us a special rate. The universe was literally handing us the next step.

So we took it.

The Week That Changed Everything

We had no idea what we were doing.

We'd never hosted a retreat before. We were just two people with a vision and a belief that gathering meditators in person would create something special.

That first week in Mykonos... fourteen strangers from different countries (Australia, the US, the UK, Germany) all coming together because they wanted something more from life.

We meditated together every morning. Did workshops on self-awareness and manifestation. Swam in the pool. Had long dinners overlooking the sunset. Shared our stories.

By the end of the week, every single person said the same thing:

"This was the best week of my life."

Not a vacation. Not a break. But a genuine turning point. Strangers had become family. Everyone left with tools they'd use for the rest of their lives.

And we felt more fulfilled than we'd ever felt running our online business.

Building Our Sanctuary

In 2019, we went all in and leased a massive villa in the Balinese jungle, the Mindspo Mansion, our own dedicated retreat center.

We had 30 days to transform it. We painted walls, installed yoga mirrors, welded an 18-seat dining table the night before guests arrived. We filled an infinity pool with a garden hose. It took seven days.

Were we insane? Probably.

But we were building something that mattered.

Over 14 retreats at the Mansion, hundreds of people walked through those doors. Each one arrived carrying something heavy. Each one left lighter.

Then 2020 hit. Pandemic. Lockdowns. Our doors closed.

But we didn't stop believing in this work.

In 2022, we reopened at The Oasis in Canggu, a retreat center with everything we'd dreamed of. We've now welcomed over 1,000 people from around the world through 40+ weeks of transformation since 2018.

This work has grown beyond just us. And honestly? That's exactly as it should be.

Where We Are Today

A Decade of Growth

What started as a desperate search for relief has become:

We're not consultants teaching from theory. We're practitioners teaching from the trenches. Our revenue comes from wellness services, retreats, app subscriptions, private clients, courses, not just selling information.

What began as a deeply personal journey has grown into something organisations, teachers, and practitioners around the world are now investing in.

We practice what we preach. Every single day.

Meet the Founders

Our Mission

To empower individuals to master their minds, transform their lives, and share that transformation with the world.

What We Offer

Why This Work Matters Now

Workplace stress, burnout, and anxiety are now the leading causes of lost productivity worldwide. Depression and anxiety alone cost the global economy over $1 trillion per year. And the systems meant to support people aren't keeping up.

At the same time, the demand for people who can actually facilitate mental wellness in professional and personal settings is growing faster than the supply. Over 100,000 organisations worldwide have adopted some form of structured mental wellness programme. The corporate wellness market is projected to reach $85 billion by 2030. And yet most organisations still don't have anyone internally trained to deliver this work.

In an increasingly AI-driven world, human-to-human connection is becoming the most valuable commodity. Technology can deliver information, but it can't replace the presence, intuition, and embodied wisdom of a trained facilitator. Mental wellness, nervous system regulation, and transformational guidance require what AI cannot offer: authentic human presence.

This is why meditation teachers, coaches, and wellness professionals are becoming some of the most sought-after practitioners of our time.

If you're reading this, there's a chance you're being called to step into this work.

Not just for yourself. But for others.

And if that's true, we'd be honoured to guide you.

A global mental wellness brand helping people transform their lives from the inside out.