School Speaker

Building long term resilience for students across Australia

I’m dedicated to building an understanding of neurodiversity and inspiring students of all ages to overcome adversity and build resilience skills for a higher-performing future.

Increasing Engagement

Addressing issues such as neurodiverse students struggling to fit in or students disengaging in class activities.

Clearing confusion

Breaking through the confusion of identity and growing confidence in the classroom and playground.

Dealing with stress

Ways of dealing with pressure to maintain grades and what to direction to take with life ‘after school’.

Get in touch with Seamus today

motivating speaker

igniting Spirit and Pride

Through the use of keynote talks and workshops, Seamus will take your students through engaging and entertaining ways to open their minds to the endless possibilities for life during and after school. 

Being neurodivergent, Seamus has first-hand experience on building mental strength from a young age. He has a range of methods to get your students activated and considering ways they can overcome Adversity, build Resilience and gain Confidence.

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A little about Seamus

Living with non-swearing Tourette Syndrome and ADHD caused Seamus difficulties at school. He didn’t perform as well as expected and he was well on the path to failing.

With few options ahead of him, Seamus turned a corner and decided to never let ‘setbacks’ stand in the way of his dreams. He went on to become a breakfast radio personality and sort-after TV show presenter with amazing career highlights. 

ways to inspire your students

Turn your flaw into a ‘SUPERPOWER’

Be inspired to conquer the world as Seamus share his triumphant journey overcoming the challenges associated with Tourette Syndrome to work on TV and pursue a career in the public eye.

Building an ARC Workshop

A workshop designed to build student skills in Attitude, Resilience and Confidence. Grounded in research, powerful story-telling and group activities, the session is broken into three engaging modules.

Overcome the fear of public speaking

Seamus will share his techniques to turn those nerves into excitable energy and help you conquer the stage, boardroom, executives office and shine bright like a diamond.

Naughty or Neurodiverse?

How do you work with someone who is neurodiverse? Seamus is here to help guide you on the correct way to work with Tourette Syndrome, ADHD and other neurological conditions for a more inclusive society.

Here’s how it works

 Seamus has run successful sessions at universities, high schools and other educational institutions across Australia. 

  • 1. Schedule a chat today

    Share the outcome you’re looking for and let Seamus present you with ideas for talks or workshops for your students.

  • 2. Run the event

    On the day, Seamus will run the presentation or workshop. You just sit back and join in. There will also be time to answer questions.

  • 3. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the event

    On the day...

What other people are saying

  • Seamus' passion and energy was amazing. He engaged well with the students, many of whom later spoke about feeling a real connection with his story and experiences. His gentle yet powerful approach to addressing the challenges we all will face was something the students could walk away with feeling empowered. He's a great speaker and one we truly want to have come back!

    Brent - Emmanuel College

  • “What an amazing human! The gift he has given my son is invaluable."

    Kellie - Parent

  • "Seamus authentically presents his story of resilience and naturally captures the attention of young people."

    Emily - Child Psychotherapist

  • Seamus was a highly engaging presenter and knew just how to read the audience and get them laughing and listening at the same time. His message of acceptance, passion and determination was well received and inspiring to the young men of St Laurence’s College.

    Lachlan - St Laurences College

  • Seamus not only created a safe space to talk about these challenges and normalised ‘flaws’, but used humour to extend this conversation into being proud of difference. The University of Newcastle looks forward to having you back

    Rachel - University of Newcastle

  • "...Seamus was brilliant at communicating with us in the lead up and post event as well."

    Olivia - Barker College

  • Seamus is thoroughly engaging speaker whose message of motivation, overcoming adversity and aspiration left our young men captivated. His message is powerful and thought provoking as he relays his life journey and the lessons he has learnt. Seamus left our students with clear messages of hope and tangible ways of being true to what they desire in life.

    Peter - Padua College

  • I have no doubt that many students walked away feeling buoyed by Seamus' words and inspired to make their perceived flaws or weaknesses, their very own "superpower".

    Matt - Baringa State High School

  • What an amazing human! The gift he has given my son is invaluable. Seamus went above and beyond, gave such an inspirational talk and spent time talking with my son about his journey with Tourette’s.
 His talk was so well received that I had many “Thankyous” from the children afterwards and multiple messages from parents that evening saying their children came home talking about Seamus and the points he discussed. Thank you Seamus, my son has a new hero!

    Kellie

  • Seamus champions the importance of making all in our community aware of neurodiversity. He delivers his personal story that embraces the need for inclusion, acceptance and support for all members of our school community. Seamus delivers this through his own lens that navigates his journey of triumph, despair and struggle – a truly inspiring and motivating session that has allowed our school further conversation in this space.

    Deputy Headmaster - Southport