The Brain Health Education Institute

Early intervention for the mind, built from both sides of the breaking point.

We produce and provide early intervention resources to aid in the prevention of mental illness, translating neuroscience and lived experience into practical tools ordinary people can use.

Evidence-informed, holistic and designed to reach people well before a crisis develops.

35+years in mental health education
500,000+people reached
150countries
37podcast episodes
Trevor and Annie Boulton, founders of the Brain Health Education Institute
Trevor & Annie BoultonFounders · Lifeline-trained counsellors · Circle of Security accredited
Featured · New from BHEI

The Co-Parenting Children Course

Separation can bring out the worst in good people. This course helps you keep your children out of the middle, with short video lessons and one-to-one digital coaching.

  • 1No sign-up, no email, no obligation to start.
  • 2Five short modules you can do at your own pace.
  • 3A printable Action Plan to keep you on track.
  • 4A registered Certificate of Completion.
Who we are

Not from academic theory. From experience.

BHEI was founded by Trevor and Annie Boulton out of direct personal experience of mental health crisis and recovery.

Our Story

Trevor was hospitalised in his twenties following a complete breakdown. His recovery came not through medication alone, but through the deliberate rebuilding of foundational health: sleep discipline, proper nutrition, hydration and a renewed sense of purpose.

Annie's own experience of burnout-induced breakdown led her along the same path.

What We Do

For over 35 years we have worked at the intersection of neuroscience, lived experience and community education, translating complex research into practical tools that ordinary people can use.

Our focus is not treatment. It is the upstream factors that determine whether a person's mental health holds or breaks.

That shared experience became a framework. Both have since worked as Lifeline-trained counsellors and Circle of Security accredited practitioners, spending decades alongside individuals in acute crisis. BHEI is built on what they learned, from both sides of the breaking point.
SleepNutritionHydrationSocial connectionPurposeShameUnresolved trauma
What we've been doing

Three decades of community mental health education

Delivered across schools, workplaces, faith communities and community organisations, reaching more than 500,000 people in 150 countries.

How To Stay Sane In A Crazy World book
Book & podcast

How To Stay Sane In A Crazy World

The handbook Trevor and Annie developed from three decades of frontline experience. It covers brain chemistry, sleep, nutrition, hydration, shame, trauma, purpose and connection, in plain language and grounded in personal account. Distributed in partnership with local councils and Rotary Clubs.

How To Stay Sane In A Crazy World podcast on Spotify
Podcast · 37 episodes

Listen on Spotify

The full How To Stay Sane In A Crazy World series, one practical topic per episode, for the car, the gym or the walk home.

Parenting resources on a tablet
Parenting

Circle of Security parenting programs

We deliver Circle of Security parenting programs for families building secure, connected relationships with their children.

MASLOW
Life Coaching
Courses & Coaching

Maslow-based life coaching

One-to-one coaching built on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, alongside a nationally recognised holistic mental health certificate course.

How To Help The Homeless toolkit
Community

Street Lockers for the Homeless

Trevor and Annie also founded Street Lockers for the Homeless, a practical response to the intersection of homelessness and mental health. Download a free copy of our How To Help The Homeless toolkit.

Our Advisory Board

Clinical rigour, community heart

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Dr Gerry Meijer OAM

Patron

A respected community leader with a long record of advocacy in preventative health.

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Liz Blight

Psychologist

Provides clinical rigour to BHEI's education frameworks and programme design.

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Liz Gow

Occupational Therapist & Healing Coach

Bridges formal therapeutic practice with accessible everyday wellbeing.