Rae works at the intersection of men’s and boys’ health, workplace mental health, psychosocial safety, and gender-responsive systems – in every setting where the human condition shows up.

Her work spans global policy influence, organisational strategy, leadership development and crisis response, alongside the design and delivery of bespoke workplace programs and one-to-one counselling. Rae works across high-risk industries and complex environments where conversations are challenging, and the health needs of men and boys are often overlooked.

With a strong focus on gender-responsive systems, Rae brings a critical and often missing lens to workplace health and safety, recognising that biological, social and cultural determinants of health do not sit outside the workplace. Her work challenges traditional approaches by shifting the focus from compliance and hazard identification alone, to understanding the human behind the risk, and designing systems that genuinely protect and support them.

In 2025, Rae was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to mental health and to men’s and boys’ health. She sees this not as a personal accolade, but as recognition that these issues – long under-recognised and under-addressed, matter deeply.

Rae’s approach blends clinical expertise, lived experience, evidence, humour and practical tools. She is known for translating complex psychological, organisational and legislative frameworks into language people can actually use – helping individuals and organisations move from reactive to proactive, and from isolated and coping to connected, supported and thriving.

She speaks nationally and internationally on psychosocial safety, men’s health, suicide prevention, leadership and culture, and is known for asking one simple but powerful question:

“What does it feel like, being you, today?”

And for this not-so-subtle reminder: “If you want to create environments where people prosper, thrive and survive — don’t be an #%$#%. It can kill people.”