Workplace Wellbeing

Your workforce is carrying more than materials.

What happens at home comes to site. What happens on site goes home. The pressure builds quietly - until it doesn't.

Hardwired is a practical, no-nonsense program that gives your people real tools to manage stress, regulate their nervous system and stay well — on site and off it.

Why this matters

Construction has a mental health crisis. Most programs miss the mark.

The statistics are confronting. Construction workers in Australia are significantly more likely to die by suicide than in a workplace accident. But the bigger problem is that most wellbeing programs aren't designed for this industry - they're delivered by people who've never set foot on a site, using language that doesn't land, in formats that feel like a box-ticking exercise.

Hardwired is different. It's built from the ground up for construction workers - in a format the industry already knows and trusts, delivered by someone who has actually been there.

What we know:

  • Construction workers are disproportionately affected by suicide in Australia

  • Since 2023, Victorian employers are legally required to manage psychosocial hazards under the OHS Act - stress, burnout and emotional dysregulation are psychosocial hazards

  • 97% of construction workers are male - a demographic far less likely to seek help without the right entry point

The program - Hardwired

Practical nervous system regulation for construction teams.

Simple. Practical. Built for site.

No long workshops. No sitting in a circle. No one asked to share their feelings. Just practical science, real tools, and a format that fits how your site already runs.

Tier 1 -Toolbox Talk

25 minutes · On site · Any team size

A single, focused session delivered in the toolbox talk format your team already knows and respects.

We cover what stress actually does to the body and why it shows up the way it does - the 3am wake-up, the inability to switch off on the drive home, the argument you didn't mean to have. Then we put one practical breathing tool in their hands that they can use anywhere, any time.

No prep needed. No homework. Just something useful they'll actually remember.

This is the entry point - low barrier, high impact, and a natural starting point for any company wanting to see what this work looks like before committing to more.

Tier 2 - The Hardwired Six-Week Series

25 minutes per session · Toolbox format · Six consecutive weeks

Six sessions, each building on the last - but designed so it doesn't matter if someone misses a week.

The six sessions:

  1. Why you're wired this way - stress is stress, wherever it comes from

  2. The full load - what you carry to site and what you carry home

  3. Running hot - reactivity, anger and what's underneath it

  4. The switch that won't turn off - decompression, sleep and recovery

  5. The people around you - relationships at home and on site

  6. Staying hardwired - building a personal toolkit for the whole life, not just work

Each session ends with a simple takeaway card - one concept, a few tools, nothing to wade through if they don't want to.

Tier 3 - Hardwired Private

Six-week series + optional individual sessions

Designed for individuals to book private sessions if they want to go deeper.

This is where more targeted, confidential support becomes available - for people carrying something specific that the group format can't address. Individual sessions draw on 9D Breathwork, EMDR, and Hypnotherapy grounded in Strategic Psychotherapy - powerful, evidence-informed approaches that work at a level group sessions simply can't reach.

These sessions are completely private, completely separate from the workplace program, and can be held online outside of work hours - so there's no need for anyone at work to know. Completely voluntary. Completely confidential.

These sessions can also be offered as part of a company's employee support or EAP arrangement - speak to Rachel about setting this up for your organisation.

Who delivers this

Not another wellness person who's never been on site.

I'm Rachel Perry — and before I became a clinical hypnotherapist, I spent five years working in construction. I know what a Monday morning on site feels like. I know the culture, the language, and the unspoken rules around showing weakness.

That's why this program is built the way it is. No fluff. No jargon. No pressure. Just practical tools, grounded in science, from someone who genuinely gets it.

Qualifications and memberships:

  • Strategic Psychotherapist

  • EMDR Practitioner

  • Nervous System Regulation Facilitator

  • Clinical Hypnotherapist

  • Bachelor of Psychological Science (currently completing)

  • 9D Breathwork Facilitator

  • Member, Hypnotherapy Council of Australia

  • Member, International Strategic Psychotherapists Association

  • Member, Guild of Australian Hypnotherapists

  • Student Member, Australian Psychological Society

Already trusted in high-pressure environments

Ambulance Victoria / Fortem Australia Delivered nervous system regulation and guided breathwork to Ambulance Victoria staff through Fortem Australia — an organisation dedicated to supporting emergency services personnel and their families.

Fortem Australia exists specifically to support those who work in high-stress, high-stakes environments. Being trusted to deliver wellbeing work for their people is something I'm proud of, and it shapes everything about how I approach this work.

The compliance angle

This isn't just good for your people. It's good for your obligations.

Since 2023, Victorian employers have a legal obligation to identify and manage psychosocial hazards in the workplace under the OHS Act. Stress, burnout and emotional dysregulation are psychosocial hazards.

Hardwired directly addresses these — and gives you something tangible to point to when it comes to your duty of care to your workforce.

Let's talk about what your site needs.

Every site is different. Get in touch for a no-obligation conversation about what would work for your team - whether that's a single toolbox talk or the full six-week program.

I work with companies in Melbourne, Ballarat and regional Victoria, and can travel to site or work online.

Contact Rachel  |  info@soulshifthypnotherapy.com | 1300 794 261