Pettina
Co- Founder & Program Director
Pettina Stanghon — Founder & Behavioural Change Specialist
Pettina Stanghon is the founder of Noosa Confidential and her own private consultancy, known for her bold, science-led approach to shifting human behaviour. With a background in psychology and over a decade leading integrated therapeutic programs, she specialises in helping individuals, teams and leaders break unhelpful patterns and create sustainable change.
She built Noosa Confidential as Australia’s first gut-health-focused, psychology-driven residential program, and now brings that same evidence-based, results-focused lens into corporate environments. Pettina challenges mindsets, clarifies real problems, and equips people with practical behavioural strategies that improve performance, communication and resilience.
Drawing on her own lived experience, she blends empathy with straight-talking pragmatism. As an entrepreneur, educator and mental health advocate, Pettina is committed to helping people and organisations live, lead and work with purpose.
Get to know Pettina
What does peak performance look like for you?
Peak performance, for me, isn’t about doing more — it’s about doing what matters. It’s when your behaviour, biology and values line up, and you’re operating from intention rather than reactivity. It looks like clarity, consistency and the capacity to course-correct instead of spiralling. It’s practical, measurable and sustainable — not burnout dressed up as ambition.
What’s one small ritual or practice that keeps you centred?
I move my body every single day, in some small or large way.
What that looks like depends on my energy and circumstances. Sometimes it's heavy lifting and dynamic movement; other times it's gentle stretching or a walk in nature. But the movement itself is non-negotiable.
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