What’s your name and where is home?

My name is Dr. Kristy Goodwin and I live on the beautiful Northern Beaches of Sydney. 

What are you known for?

I'm known as one of Australia's digital wellbeing and performance experts, recognised for promoting employee wellbeing and bolstering workplace productivity in an always-on digital world.

What do you do?

I'm an award-winning researcher and speaker, author of "Dear Digital, We need to talk," and “Raising Your Child in a Digital World”. I share practical brain-based hacks to tame tech habits and evidence-based strategies to decode the neurobiology of peak performance in the digitally-demanding world we now live and work in. I help people optimise their performance using biometric data and science-backed solutions.

Tell us about the experience your clients should expect?

Clients can expect to learn realistic, research-based micro-habits that they can apply to tame their digital habits and thrive in the digital world. I help people ensure that their digital behaviours are congruent with their Human Operating System (hOS), which is how their brains and bodies are neurobiologically designed to operate. I decode the neurobiology of sustainable peak-performance, so employees and leaders don’t have to pay the ‘success tax’.

Who do you work with?

I work with senior business leaders and HR executives from top organisations across various industries including technology, banking, professional, financial, legal and employment services as well as public education, fast food and commercial real estate.

What’s your super power?

My superpower is my ability to translate complex research and science into practical, actionable strategies that help people navigate the challenges of our always-on digital culture. A client once introduced me as a ‘pracademic’- meaning I was both practical and an academic. 

Finish this sentence - I’m a coach because…

I'm a Coach because I'm on a mission to promote employee wellbeing and bolster workplace productivity in an always-on digital world. Having personally experienced how our digital culture can compromise wellbeing and performance, I'm passionate about helping others find balance and thrive in the digital age.

What values would people call out when describing you?

I value family, relationships and health. I’m a self-confessed ‘nerd’ and genuinely get excited by research, data and statistics. I genuinely have a love of learning, and have ever since I was a little girl who used to line up her Cabbage Patch Dolls on the bed to teach them! I value determination and beauty, so I will spend hours finessing a presentation deck, or learning new make-up tricks, or scouring Pinterest for house inspiration or dream holiday destinations.

Tell us a bit about the personal side of you.

I’m a wife and mother of three boys (the auto-text feature on my phone always changes the word ‘boys’’ as ‘joys’)  and have yet another man in my life, our Great Dane, Tommy.  I spend a lot of my weekday evenings and weekends on the sidelines at football fields, watching my sons train or play. I love nothing more than soaking in a bath or sitting in the sauna with a book. I love getting a daily dose of ‘Vitamin Sea’ at the beach or an ice-bath (yes, I’m one of ‘those’ people). I swim in the ocean all year round and have an unhealthy obsession with wrapping gifts. I’m a woeful cook, despite having hundreds of Instagram food posts saved! I’m also obsessed with fashion and have a particular weakness for high heels, so I often flirt with the idea of a second career in fashion.