Built From
the Front Line
Lobe Gym was built from the ground up in some of Australia's most demanding educational environments, working across alternative schools and youth detention centres in Alice Springs and Brisbane. Over those years, one thing became consistently clear: behaviour isn't random—it's driven by the brain. Gaining a genuine understanding of how the brain works, combined with practical tools to work with it, can transform everything for the better.
Our Mission
To make brain training practical and accessible equipping individuals with the self-knowledge and tools to understand their brain, regulate their behaviour, and strengthen their executive functions for lasting, positive change.
Founder Nick Shehadie, a qualified teacher, spent years delivering brain-based curriculum programs to at-risk and justice-involved young people. In some of Australia's most demanding environments, he witnessed individuals—often labelled "adult time for adult crime"—begin to transform once they understood why they react the way they do and were equipped with practical tools to change it.
That experience revealed a powerful truth: when people understand their brain, meaningful change becomes possible anywhere. It also sparked a clear mission—to make this knowledge accessible to everyone. This realisation became the driving force behind Lobe Gym.
Along the way, Nick became a certified brain coach and earned a Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Trauma and Recovery Practice, shaping a methodology grounded in neuroscience, trauma-informed practice, and real-world results.
Nick's coaching targets the key drivers of the brain's control centre the executive functions which shape our attention, working memory, self-control, flexibility, and planning delivered through a trauma-informed, individualised approach.