Dr Jenny Brockis

Not having any idea of what she wanted to be when she grew up except, she definitely wasn’t going to be a doctor, because that’s what her parents wanted her to be, Jenny chose to follow her heart and study what she was interested in. Always fascinated by how things worked, she spent countless hours exploring her world, collecting plant specimens, insects and spiders and conducting various experiments at home, some of which didn’t quite produce the expected outcome like the time she set the kitchen on fire and the occasion she caused the living room ceiling to collapse by flooding a bathroom.

Her curiosity, love of learning and desire to be of service to others took her to first to nursing, qualifying as a Nightingale Nurse and then to medicine, after discovering that scrubbing bedpans and cleaning up vomit wasn’t her perfect career choice after all. Her goal was to enter general practice and she set up her own group medical practice in the northern suburbs of Perth, practising family health care as she believed it should be practised, with care, dedication and love.

But as her business grew ever more successful, Jenny was increasingly frustrated by what she saw as a medical system relying on Band-Aid solutions rather than a willingness to get to the nitty-gritty of what was really making people sick, and more importantly what would keep them well?

Which is why she left clinical practice for a voyage of discovery into the emerging neuroscience, behavioural science and positive psychology, translating the findings into simple practical tools to enhance thinking, healthy habits and smarter ways of working.

Today as a speaker, author and trainer Dr. Jenny works with business leaders, educators and those keen to develop a greater self-awareness of why we think and behave the way we do, to challenge unhelpful thinking patterns, and tap into what works to help us all to be better humans and achieve the success, fulfillment and happiness we desire.

Dr Jenny was the keynote speaker for our Human Resources team event, and her presentation was definitely a winner with our audience of “people” people. Her ability to deliver a refreshingly interesting and humorous keynote about a topic as complex as the human brain, just kept us wanting more. A great sign of this, was the number of questions asked and answered. Dr Jenny’s emphasis on the importance of self-awareness and working on bettering our brain health was a profound message that allowed our audience to reflect on and consider how they could be more effective and productive in the workplace – but also on how this could have a significantly positive impact on their personal lives as well. Dr Jenny, thank you so much again, for stretching our mental muscles, ‘disrupting’ our mindsets and shifting our thinking around what it really means to be healthy.
Jenny Meline, General Manager, Human Resources, RAC of WA

“Jenny had the audience in the palm of her hand. Her presentation was informative, inspiring and a call to action. All in attendance benefited from this very professional presentation.”
Corporate Membership Director, The Western Australian Club

“One of the best!”
TEC Chair

“Excellent, Clear, Postive, Practical”
University of WA

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