About Fluxx
We couldn't find it.
So we built it.
Fluxx makes the best of psychology practical — evidence-based tools for the turning points in work and life.
Founded by Berni Cooper & Nicole Border · Brisbane, Australia
Meet Berni and Nic
The approach
Practical psychology for navigating change.
The science of how humans adapt, build resilience and grow through transition is extraordinary — but most of it stays locked in textbooks, journals and clinics. Fluxx brings it into everyday life: your morning commute, your team meeting, your Tuesday afternoon.
We sit in the rigorous space between self-help and clinical therapy. Not platitudes. Not treatment. Practical, evidence-based tools you can actually use.
The story
Where Fluxx came from
We met working at the Queensland University of Technology, leading the co-development and implementation of its first mental health and wellbeing strategy – across all 10,000 staff and 50,000 students.
We bring different lenses: Nic works in systems, data and strategy – a Master of Health Science behind her, years at the Cancer Council and universities in Canada and Ireland. Berni works in ideas, people and design – a background in organisational psychology and adult learning, with 1:1 coaching, facilitation and program design.
Nic clarifies and builds; Berni generates and delivers.
Those different perspectives mean everything we make is stress-tested through more than one lens – individual, team and organisational. Our backgrounds are different, but complementary. We think across systems and people, strategy and implementation, evidence and experience. That combination shapes everything we create.Â
How we work
Why we work differently
Some companies help diagnose problems. Others facilitate conversations. Others deliver learning. We do all three.
One day we're helping shape strategy, design a framework or make sense of a complex challenge. The next we're creating the workshop, building the learning experience or writing the reflection questions that bring it to life. We enjoy the whole process, from big-picture thinking to the details that determine whether something is used.
Everything we create is grounded in psychology, informed by evidence and designed for real people. We don't produce resources to sit on a shelf or online courses to click through. We design experiences that help people understand, practise and apply new ways of thinking and behaving. Wherever possible, we measure whether that learning transfers into everyday work.
We're as interested in how something feels as how it functions. We believe quality isn't an extra. It's part of the intervention. Every workshop, framework, report and learning experience is designed with the same care, because how something is made influences what people do with it.Â
Who's behind it
Berni & Nic
Behaviour-change specialists and adult-learning designers — and midlifers ourselves. We are passionate about making psychology accessible and useable for everyone.
Published authors on midlife, wellbeing and the perimenopausal brain — in academic press (Routledge, 2025; Student Success, 2023) The Pineapple and Women's Network Magazine.
Nicole Border
Co-founder · Behaviour change & systems thinking
Nicole brings a public health and systems perspective to psychology, with a long-standing interest in how environments shape behaviour. She has worked across universities, government, and community organisations in Australia and internationally, designing wellbeing strategies that operate beyond the individual.
Trained in psychology and health promotion, Nic focuses on creating conditions that support sustainable health - socially, organisationally, and physically - without relying on individual optimisation or constant self-management. Her work is grounded in prevention and creating enabling environments for good heath.Â
Nic is known for her depth of perspective, quiet insight, and dry humour.Â
Master of Applied Positive Psychology
Master of Health Science (Health Promotion)
BA (Hons) Psychology
Berni Cooper
Co-founder · Behaviour change & learning design
Berni works with people and organisations navigating moments of change, when existing ways of thinking and working no longer quite fit.
With a background in psychology and applied positive psychology, and over two decades in leadership, adult education, and wellbeing strategy, Berni specialises in helping people make sense of complex inner and organisational shifts and translating insight into action.
Her work sits at the intersection of evidence, creativity, and practical implementation. Berni brings a questioning, optimistic lens, helping people connect the dots, clarify what matters, and build the confidence to act with intention. She is known for creating learning experiences that are thoughtful, engaging, and grounded in respect for people’s agency.
Master of Applied Positive PsychologyÂ
BSocSc (Hons) PsychologyÂ
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Professional Development Cert in Executive CoachingÂ
Cert IV Training & Assessment
Member, Association for Coaching
35 yrs
combined experience
50,000
students supported (prior work)
10,000
staff supported
Our psychology partner
When someone needs therapeutic support, we point people to Growth Psychology or another registered professional. That boundary keeps Fluxx firmly in its lane: practical psychology, not treatment.
Our belief
Fluxx doesn't treat people as broken.
We help people work with change, build on their strengths and design practical tools for what comes next.
Writing
Notes from Fluxx
Our writing on the psychology of change reaches tens of thousands of professionals each month. The latest pieces:
In the press
"It's a reset": new program reframes midlife for women — The Pineapple, July 2026.
The Perimenopausal Brain at Work: You're not losing your mind. — Women's Network Australia, Winter 2026 | Issue 23.
Worplace Wellbeing Literacy: a business imperative for enhanced workplace experiences — Routledge 2025.
Co-creating a health and wellbeing strategy for students and staff: a Practice report — Student Success 2023.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Speaking
Invite Berni or Nic to speak.
The psychology of change in work and life — conference sessions, panels, leadership offsites and team talks, delivered with the same warmth and evidence as everything else Fluxx makes.
Enquire about speaking
Recent engagements
- Jul 2026
The perimenopausal brain at work
Winter Webinar · Women's Network Australia - Jun 2026
The perimenopausal brain at work
PESA (Positive Education Schools Australia) Wellbeing Education · online session for school members and community - Jun 2025
5 Year Plan Podcast
With comedians Louisa Jones and Codie Grimsey. Watch on Youtube or listen on Apple / Spotify Podcasts. - Jun 2025
Workplace wellbeing literacy: the missing ingredient for promoting flourishing in organisations
IPPA World Congress · plus "Revitalising community: the wall of wellbeing experience" workshop with Activate Studios - May 2025
From knowing to doing: co-creating practical and impactful mental health and wellbeing solutions
ANZSSA Roundtable on International Student Mental Health · invited keynote - Sep 2024
Achieving purpose: operationalising a whole-of-university Health and Wellbeing Strategy
ATEM (Association of Tertiary Education Managers) Conference - Jul 2023
From strategy to practice: implementing an ambitious health promoting university strategy
STARS (Student Transition, Retention and Success) Conference
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