About Dr Ashleigh Moreland - The Good Bloke Coach

About Dr Ashleigh Moreland

PhD Neuro-specialist | Psychotherapist | Founder of Re-MIND Institute

My Journey to This Work

I grew up as a tomboy with only brothers. BMX racing, bush bashing in paddocks, driving V8s, and a world dominated by blokes. I've always found it easier to understand and get along with men than anyone else. My best friends were boys. My culture was their culture.

But somewhere along the way, I started noticing something that broke my heart: the good men around me were suffering in silence. The ones with big hearts, the ones who loved their families fiercely, the ones who worked themselves to the bone - they were drowning. And nobody was teaching them how to survive.

I've buried more male friends than anyone should have to. Friends who took their own lives. Friends whose potential was squandered by unprocessed trauma, toxic masculinity they inherited, and a complete absence of emotional education. They were good men. They just never learned how to be emotionally safe men.

That's when I knew: this is the work I'm meant to do.

My Qualifications & Expertise

PhD in Neuroplasticity

My doctoral research focused on how the brain can and does change. This is the scientific foundation of everything I teach.

Honours in Sport Science & High-Performance Psychology

I coached elite BMX racers and athletes. I understand performance, pressure, and how to optimise the human system under stress.

Clinical Training in Multiple Modalities

Clinical Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive & Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (CBT/DBT), and trauma-informed coaching.

12 Years as a University Lecturer

I've taught complex neuroscience and psychology to hundreds of students across 3 different Australian Universities. I've supervised multiple PhD candidates, including research on burnout in Victoria Police - an almost exclusively male cohort.

Founder of Re-MIND Institute

I built an institution that delivers evidence-based programmes in parenting and mental health globally. This is not a side hustle; this is my life's work.

20+ Years of Clinical & Coaching Experience

I've worked with everyday families, elite athletes, CEOs of multimillion-dollar companies, and corporate leaders. I've seen the full spectrum of human struggle and transformation.

My Personal Transformation

My First Marriage

I was married to a good man (my childhood sweetheart) with an enormous heart. But he grew up in a majorly dysfunctional home with an absent father and a mentally unpredictable mother. He carried complex mental health challenges, exacerbated by time in the army. I so desperately wanted a healthy marriage, but eventually my need for psychological safety exceeded his capacity to do the deep inner work to co-create it.

I lived the divorce. I lived the EXPENSIVE financial settlement. I lived the pain of protecting my children from their own father, wondering if we were harming them. I lived the exhaustion of trying to do damage control. I understand, painfully intimately, what it's like to love a man and feel completely alone in the relationship.

My Second Marriage

I'm now married to an extraordinary man who has been willing to heal, grow, and learn alongside me. Being thrown into co-parenting, and also previously divorced, 'emotional intelligence' wasn't high up in his CV, but he was humble and open. Over the years, We've done this work together - each becoming the versions of ourselves that a healthy relationship requires - and it has completely redefined what love and partnership can be.

He's my living proof that good men can change. That they can learn emotional skills. That they can become the partners their wives desperately want them to be, and the fathers that can raise kids who grow up feeling seen, heard and understood. That transformation 100% IS possible.

My Core Philosophy

Good men are not broken, piss-weak or assholes, they were just never taught how to be emotionally safe (because it wasn't modelled to them!!).

The men I work with are loyal, hardworking, and deeply committed to their families. They grew up with toxic masculinity modelled to them. They were taught to suppress emotion, to "toughen up," to solve problems alone. They were never given the tools to regulate their nervous system, to process trauma, or to build genuine emotional intimacy (sorry to break the news, guys, but sex does not equal intimacy!).

This is far from a character flaw, it's just a skills deficit.

My job is to teach them the skills they were never given. To help them process the trauma they've been carrying. To show them how to regulate their nervous system so they can show up as the husbands, fathers, and leaders they want to be.

And when they do this work... when they finally understand how their brain works and learn the practical tools... everything changes. Their marriages transform. Their children feel safer. Their businesses thrive. Their sense of purpose and confidence skyrockets.

This is the work I'm called to do.

Why Work With Me?

I Speak Your Language

I grew up with brothers. I understand the culture, the values, and the unspoken code. I'm not an outsider trying to "fix" you. I'm an insider who gets it.

I'm Science-Based, Not Fluffy

Everything I teach is grounded in neuroscience, psychology, and evidence-based practice. No psychobabble. No "healing journeys." Just practical, logical systems that work.

I've Been in the Trenches

I've lived the pain of a failing marriage. I've buried my mates. I've worked with men at the highest levels of success and men at rock bottom. I know the full spectrum.

I Have Skin in the Game

This isn't just a business for me. This is my mission. I've lost too many good men to silence and suffering. I'm here to change that.

I Deliver Results

My clients quit drinking, save their marriages, transform their leadership, and build the lives they actually want. The results speak for themselves.

I'm Your Ally

I'm not here to blame you or shame you, and it's never about "taking sides". I'm here to train you. I see the good in you, even if you can't see it in yourself, yet. I'm on your side.

Ready to Start Your Transformation?

The first step is a free 15-minute strategy call. Let's talk about what's going on and whether the Good Bloke Kickstart is the right fit for you.

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