Cooper Chapman

Cooper Chapman's Biography

Cooper Chapman has trained thousands of Australian students, teachers, athletes, and corporates to increase their mental strength and resilience. A professional surfer for more than 10 years, Cooper grew up in Narrabeen in New South Wales, Australia.

Cooper’s interest in mental health was prompted by his father’s bout with depression and the suicide of two family friends. Meditating on a regular basis and practicing mindfulness helps Cooper manage his anxiety and perform at a high level, whether he’s competing in a contest or giving a speech.

With a low-key, caring manner that connects with all audiences, Cooper Chapman has trained thousands of Australian students, teachers, athletes, and corporates to increase their mental strength and resilience.

He aims to inspire his workshop participants to think about mental health a little differently. The message is simple, that mental health is not mental illness. And we all need to become aware of – and take care of – our mental health.

Cooper provides audience's with the tools to continually grow and improve their quality of life through science-backed skills such as mindfulness, gratitude, kindness, empathy, and taking responsibility.

His high school workshops have been well received by over 25,000 students at over 75 schools, and over 5000 corporate participants at companies such as Apple, Telstra, McDonalds, Amazon + many more since 2020.

Speaking Topics Include

“Feel Good” Workshop - mental health themed session with simple practical mental health skills we can all implement daily.

“Gratitude Experience” – Cooper takes groups through multiple exercises and share the science around gratitude and how we can integrate it into our daily lives.

Emptying your mental health bucket

Cooper engages his audience by filling a bucket with water. This acts as a metaphor to show that we all have different struggles in life that "fill our bucket". He then encourages participants to reflect on how they "empty their bucket". As the workshop progresses he shows how he empties his bucket on a daily basis.

Key Takeaways

Self-awareness on our capacity to handle challenges
Understanding of what improves our mental health

Workshop: Growing curiosity around our mental well-being

The mental health industry has a huge focus on anxiety and depression. Cooper Chapman has developed a different approach. One that focuses on developing and implementing very simple skills into our lives to improve our mental health. His unique approach around placing our self-worth on our ability to live by values and find happiness in every day has been greatly received by over 3500 participants over the last 18 months. Cooper shows participants the way to “empty their bucket”, and shares various techniques and skills that are easily adopted by the audience to have lasting impact on their wellbeing.

This is a workshop suited to all people, from students up to high-level corporate staff. A workshop is a soft approach that can be valuable to everyone.

Key Takeaways:

Growing self awareness around the skills we have in place for when we go through a difficult patch in life.
Understanding the responsibility we all have to make dedicated daily actions for our wellbeing
Techniques to implement into our daily life such as Habit Stacking, Gratitude, Kindness and Mindfulness.

(keynote/workshops are both 60 minutes in duration)