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 has spent her career helping people find their way through stress, change, and the everyday pressures of working life. As a coach and mentor, she has a natural ability to meet people where they are — and help them build the mindset, habits, and resilience to genuinely thrive. At Iswara, she's the reason our solutions feel human. She makes sure what we deliver works for the people inside an organisation, not just the people making decisions about it — and that lasting change actually sticks.

Specialisms

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

Jamie Levitt

Risk, Data & Business Strategy

Jamie's background as a financial services actuary and business owner gives Iswara something rare in the wellbeing space: genuine commercial rigour. He understands how boards think about risk, how to turn data into decisions, and how to position mental fitness not as a cost but as a business strategy. He leads Iswara's data infrastructure and employer portal — ensuring every engagement produces reporting that is defensible, actionable, and board-ready.

Specialisms

Actuarial risk assessment Business analytics WHS compliance Strategic advisory
Sonia Lancaster

Sonia Lancaster

Psychology & Behavioural Research

Sonia is Iswara's research anchor. Her expertise in positive psychology and behavioural science — developed through her work alongside CQUniversity — ensures that everything we deliver is grounded in evidence that holds up under scrutiny. Her peer-reviewed research has demonstrated that just 5–10 minutes of daily mental fitness practice over 10 days produces statistically significant improvements in stress, wellbeing, and mindfulness. She translates that rigour into programs practical enough for real workplaces to actually use.

Specialisms

Positive psychology Behavioural research CQUniversity partnership 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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