Mats Kolbjornsen

I’ve spent over 20 years working across mental health, personal development and creative environments, supporting individuals who are capable, motivated and thoughtful, but often held back by overthinking, pressure or self-doubt. Again and again, I noticed the same pattern: people weren’t lacking talent or ambition — their mind and body simply weren’t working together when it mattered most.

The Mind Body Team was co-created to address exactly that. It’s a clear, psychology-informed framework that looks at how thoughts, physical responses and behaviour influence one another, especially under stress or expectation. Rather than trying to “get rid of fear”, the work focuses on building awareness, steadiness and choice — so confidence becomes something you can rely on, not something you chase.

In practice, I work through talks, workshops, group programmes and one-to-one coaching with creatives, entrepreneurs and organisations. My role is to help people slow things down just enough to notice patterns, understand their responses and experiment with new ways of showing up — whether that’s on stage, in meetings, in leadership or in everyday decision-making.

My style is structured but relaxed, thoughtful without being heavy, and always grounded in real life. I don’t believe confidence comes from pretending to be fearless. I believe it comes from learning how to respond with intention when uncertainty shows up — and from trusting yourself to handle what comes next.

If that sounds like something you’re curious about, you’re very welcome here.