About

Rural Masterminds was created by Leon Christiansen to help people strengthen their mental performance, leadership and relationships. Our work is built on one simple belief: when you grow as a person, it positively ripples into your daily life and the people around you.  

About Rural Masterminds

We combine in-person training, community and practical frameworks to help individuals and teams perform at their best.

Learn more about our trainings below.

Master Trainer Leon Christiansen

Leon Christiansen is a trainer, speaker and mentor who helps people move beyond their own limitations. He has rebuilt his life in the face of adversity; from growing up in the bush and being a helicopter pilot in the Northern Territory to running a motel business that sent him on a journey of life-threatening aviation crashes leading to identity & financial loss. He discovered the tools to get the best out of life and create a brighter future even when it seemed most impossible. 

Leon's background includes NLP Master Trainer, hypnotherapy, metaphysics, personality types, breathwork and more that each has contributed to the toolbox and quality of everyday life.

Over more than 10 years Leon has developed a unique framework to help you create the future you desire. Throughout his diverse life experience & trainings and embracing change, he has gained immense understanding of neurolinguistics and fully lives what he teaches.

Co-Trainer Matilde Olsen

Matilde is a co-trainer at Pinnacle Intensive Trainings who brings a rare combination of life experience, international background and practical expertise.

She grew up on a dairy farm, learning hard work and problem-solving from an early age. Her career has taken her across industries and continents from working as a machinery operator in Denmark and Australia to an international bunker trader travelling the world gaining negotiation skills, adaptability and strategic thinking.

Matilde is a NLP Practitioner and Holistic Hormone therapist, and has done several studies around Enneagram personality types and metaphysics equipping her to guide people to satisfaction & fulfilment in life.

Her personal journey through the loss of their family farm & significant depression both within herself and in her family eventually gave her a new perspective and the accountability to start living life at its fullest. Matilde now helps people take the lead in their life & career by seeing new possibilities and overcoming challenges.

Guest Speaking

Leon is an experienced keynote speaker who has contributed to various different events, podcasts and radio channels over the past decade across Australia.

Through heartfelt stories of hardship and growth, Leon connects with the audience in a way that makes them feel seen, heard and inspired to take a leap of faith.

Success Stories

"Sometimes the things you are looking for might end up being in the last place you'll think to look"

"I have taken a lot away from this, I was pretty skeptical about a lot of it"

"I got a lot out of it. Just do it. Highly recommend"

"I felt a pressure valve relief to come here. Found it very rewarding"

"For me, its like a circuit breaker that just works until it overheats and it fuses up and sparks start flying, so just learning to understand and control that"

"I have had a lot of profound realizations walking through the Modules and worksheets.

Leon's message is strong and gets to the bone. I came stressed and frustrated with work and disconnected to my wife.

It is like a big rock has relieved from my chest, and now I know how to get back on the right track."

- Jack

"Everyone should go through this process! I was hesitant at first, feeling overwhelmed and alone in my struggles with work overload and difficult co-parenting. FQ changed all that.

It has a lot of gold, and the way Leon presents and delivers the message blew my mind away. They say life should be lived without regrets - but I wish I knew this earlier in life..."

- Peter

"It starts with Module 1 DENIAL. I have been there for way too long.

If only I had done this YEARS ago, my life could have run much more smooth.

I am grateful for the tools and knowledge I have gained through Freedom Quest."

- Michael

“Leader, inspirator, coach. A guide we all should meet.”

– Josh A.

“Thanks for all your doing mate, you have definitely helped me with my life journey.”

– Josh B.


“Mate you are blazing a trail and breaking new ground for rural Australia. Thanks.”

– Dave W.

“Inspiration, selfless and love. I wish to harness even a small amount of your power and I will be right.”

– Scott M.

“Don’t know where to start mate… just keep in touch. I admire what you do and keep breaking the barriers.”

– Tom

"Mate, I can’t thank you enough. Stay in touch."

– Darcy