Our Team
We are mental resilience nerds with sharp minds and ninja facilitation skills.
Michael
Michael is the founder of Tough Cookie. His background is in mental health where he designed and delivered various frontline programmes for the national mental health charity Mind. Specialising in prevention and mental resilience, Michael co-created the UK’s biggest peer-led mental resilience programme, established the Employer Champions professional network for the ‘Time to Change’ national mental health campaign and was a co-designer of Mind’s ‘Whole School Approach’ (WSA) National Mental Health Strategy for England & Wales.
Our Trainers
Handpicked by Michael for their unusual backgrounds and novel training styles, our Mixed Mental Arts trainers are trailblazers in personal & group transformation.
They each have lived experience of recovering from mental health problems and are able to speak from this experience.