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Guy Pilch, M.A., R.C.C., Canada’s first mental fitness consultant, helps people optimize their mental fitness throughout their lives. His work has helped hundreds of people achieve remarkable results. As an inspiring, amusing and informative speaker, Guy draws on his knowledge of current brain research and his own diverse range of experiences to deliver talks to standing room audiences, talks that help people transform their lives.

Guy describes himself as a “connoisseur of human behaviour,” having spent a lifetime observing the wonderful ingenuity and diversity of how people think and behave. “My clients and colleagues have been great teachers,” he says. His experiences working with professional actors, comedians, musicians, producers, directors, writers, executives and other entertainment industry folks in his years in national network television in Britain sparked a desire to learn more about what motivates human behaviour. This desire led to a career change to psychology after emigrating to Canada. His own experience as a new immigrant to Canada and the adjustment to this profound change has provided first-hand subject material for Guy. He took degrees in Psychology (B.A., University of British Columbia) and Counselling Psychology (M.A., University of Victoria).

Since then, Guy has had professional opportunities to witness and to help people’s approach to life through counselling in mental health, addictions, suicide prevention and psycho-geriatrics. He has also worked as a life coach. Guy combines this varied store of personal experience with an avid study of the research literature in psychology, health, and behaviour change.

“I’ve been privileged to learn from many people’s experience, as well as my own, which choices best promote brain fitness, well-being and productivity, and which choices can be counter-productive or harmful. I have a passion for sharing this knowledge with my clients to help them optimize their own life choices.”

Guy’s combination of theoretical and practical knowledge and his genuine interest in, and empathy with, his audiences lend his presentations a warm and inspiring tone, which is enhanced by his vibrant sense of humour.

As president of Train the Brain Consulting Inc., Guy has created very effective brain training workshops that have been presented at academic centres, workplaces and in communities throughout western Canada.

Guy is currently working on a book on mental fitness.

What clients have to say about Guy’s presentations

“I had the pleasure of working with Guy Pilch as a presenter at the Sea of Wellness health and wellness conference, held in Sidney, BC in June, 2005. Guy has a unique gift to inspire one’s greatest capacity. His dynamic presentation style is a fusion of science with everyday strategies for accessing more of our mental potential. I truly believe that, for those who have the opportunity to hear him speak, Guy’s teachings will encourage increased productivity, awareness and most importantly – happiness. I wholeheartedly recommend Guy Pilch as a presenter to any organization who wishes to improve productivity, creativity and morale.”

Reba Chaplin,
Regional Liaison, Centre on Aging, University of Victoria
Director, Sea of Wellness Conference
June 2005

“From the outset of contact with Guy, he worked very hard with us to understand our needs and accommodate them. The presentation was very well received and appreciated. Guy is a very positive and uplifting presenter. His talk was well organized and he was able to integrate audience questions into the proceedings and stay on course.”

Koleal Scott, Coordinator, Health Programs
Special Projects and Continuing Education, NorQuest College, Edmonton, Alberta

“Guy is terrific at providing examples to make his points stick. I enjoyed the workshop and appreciated his obvious diligence and scholarship in collecting material to present.”

Lon Rosen, Ph.D, Vancouver, BC

“I found your workshop very interesting and illuminating in that I had never thought of how our brains really work. I had never thought of the brain being like a muscle which has to be trained, and I also realized how much I had been living on autopilot, as you call it, without really having to exercise or challenge my thinking power. In this regard the workshop gave me food for thought and also encouraged me to set myself some goals for increasing my neuron interconnections – a really novel idea for me, however, very logical indeed.”

Barbara Ebelt, Vancouver, BC

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