About Iswara

The expertise behind a different kind of
workplace mental fitness.

"We built Iswara because we believed employers deserved something better — grounded in data, backed by science, and built for how organisations actually operate."

Our Mission

Make mental fitness the norm,
not the exception.

Pairing science and evidence-based practice with tools that create lasting change — in real workplaces, with real people, at every level of the organisation.

Our Story

Different paths. One shared purpose.

Iswara came together because three people — each working in a different field — kept arriving at the same conclusion: the way organisations approached workplace mental health simply wasn't working. Not because people didn't care, but because the tools available didn't match the reality of how workplaces actually operate.

Anita had spent years coaching leaders and teams, watching people struggle with stress using approaches that were too abstract for the pace of working life. Jamie, coming from financial services, could see in the data how the cost of poor mental health was quietly accumulating in organisations long before anyone talked about it — and how few businesses had a structured, defensible response. Sonia had worked in behavioural research, frustrated that the evidence on what actually works rarely made it into the programs employers were being sold.

When they came together, the opportunity was clear: Australian workplaces needed something structured, measurable, and genuinely practical — a model that starts with compliance, builds real care for people, and develops the kind of culture where mental fitness becomes a lasting competitive advantage. That's Iswara.

Iswara.

A name that reflects balance, growth, and resilience — the three qualities at the foundation of everything we build with our clients.

Our Ethos

How we approach everything we do

These aren't values on a wall. They're the principles that shape every engagement, every solution, and every conversation we have with the organisations we work with.

Relevance

Data-driven insights specific to your organisation — not generic benchmarks. We measure what's actually happening in your workplace, then build from there.

Growth

We invest in building capability, not creating dependency. Our goal is to leave every organisation stronger, more adaptable, and better equipped to sustain mental fitness long after our engagement ends.

Practicality

Everything we build is designed for the real world — for busy leaders, stretched teams, and organisations navigating competing priorities. If it doesn't work in practice, it doesn't belong in our toolkit.

Innovation

We bring together science, lived experience, and commercial thinking in a way that's genuinely uncommon in this space — and we keep evolving, because the needs of the modern workplace never stand still.

The Directors

The expertise behind the approach

Three disciplines working as one — because the challenge of workplace mental fitness is too complex, and too important, for any single perspective to solve.

Anita Levitt

Anita Levitt

Coaching & Mentoring

Anita is the human centre of Iswara's work. As a clinical hypnotherapist, coach, and mentor, she has spent her career helping people understand and shift how they think, feel, and respond to the pressures of life and work — and building practices that travel with people into every part of life.

Her approach forms the foundation of Iswara's mental fitness work, academically tested and validated through Sonia's Masters research at CQUniversity. At Iswara, she works alongside Sonia to design and deliver solutions that are evidence-based and genuinely practical for real workplaces and real people.

Specialisms

Coaching & mentoring Stress management Resilience building Mental fitness practice
Jamie Levitt

Jamie Levitt

Risk, Data & Business Strategy

Jamie brings something rare to the wellbeing space — the commercial instincts of a founder who built and ran a highly successful consulting practice, underpinned by a strong foundation as a consulting actuary specialising in employee benefits and risk management. This real-world experience means he understands how boards think and navigate risk and what it takes for SMEs to achieve success.

Jamie's commitment to mental fitness extends beyond business — as an experienced martial arts instructor, he understands firsthand the discipline and consistency that underpins genuine mental conditioning. At Iswara, he brings a commercial discipline to workplace mental fitness — translating data, patterns, and psychosocial risk into evidence that informs strategy, and helps drive success. Formally trained in psychosocial hazard management through Bond University, he leads Iswara's data-driven infrastructure and employer solutions.

Specialisms

Workplace psychosocial risk Business analytics Evidence-based reporting Strategic advisory
Sonia Lancaster

Sonia Lancaster

Positive Psychology & Behavioural Research

Sonia is Iswara's research anchor. With a Masters in positive psychology and formal training in psychosocial hazard management through UNSW, her work is grounded in evidence and shaped by what the research actually shows about workplace wellbeing.

Sonia's background in behavioural science gives her an understanding of how people respond to pressure and change. Her Masters research, conducted alongside CQUniversity, found that short daily mental fitness practice produced measurable improvements in stress, wellbeing, and mindfulness. At Iswara, she works alongside Anita to design and deliver programs built for how people actually operate.

Specialisms

Positive psychology Workplace psychosocial factors Applied research Evidence-based program design

What Our Clients Say

Trusted by the leaders we work with

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We have worked with Iswara for the past 12 months and have had fantastic feedback and results across our organisation. Iswara's practices are simple and effective for anyone to learn — and the impact on our people has been clear.

Darren

Chief Executive Officer

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Working with Iswara gave us some really valuable insights around our internal alignment and gave us clear direction on how to best support our employees. The process was professional and the results gave us the confidence to act.

Adam

Financial Services Business Owner

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