Since being announced in remission in 2016, Jake has shared his work on resilience with over 85,000 people, across more than 40 cities, to audiences of 3 to 3,000, aged from 8 to 80.

Jake’s audiences have ranged from elite athletes to kids in outback towns, Fortune 500 CEOs to prison inmates, foreign governments to retirement homes. Some of the standout names along the way include the United States Forest Service, Lexus, RedBull, Kathmandu, NZ Rugby, Westpac, United States Department of Agriculture, Suncorp, Commonwealth Bank, Swiss Re, Saatchi & Saatchi, Alcidion & Baxter. Jake has a passion for working with youth, and has engaged with more than 100 schools across NZ, Australia, Japan, Myanmar & Portugal.

In 2015, sitting in a hospital ward facing his cancer, Jake became fixated on this intangible concept of mental fortitude. Once in remission, he set off in pursuit of more knowledge and understanding about the ability to overcome tremendous adversity: why some people naturally have it, how we can teach it & learn it, & what it takes to create people able to not only recover, but to grow, from immense setbacks.

As a presenter, Jake shares with others all which he has since learnt from a range of sources: his study in positive psychology and learnings from experts, his interviews with those who have overcome great adversity, & of course his lived experience. He shares this journey, what it has taught him, & how others can integrate these lessons into their own lives.

Although Jake draws on his experience with cancer to demonstrate the lessons he has learnt, these messages are about far more than cancer & are applicable to all people of all backgrounds & ages, who have faced all variety of adversity. Jake’s presentations are positively uplifting & inspiring, helping many to reconcile their own challenges and to prepare for the future.

Jake also speaks on topics such as medicine from a consumer perspective, leadership during hardship, mindset shift, survivorship, inspiration & motivation, & more.

If you would like to learn more about Jake’s speaking or talk with Jake about him presenting at your next event, please get in touch.