About Me

Hi there, I’m Bradley Smith AKA risen.

My name’s Brad Smith — founder of Risen On Fire, a personal brand built at the intersection of struggle, strategy, and self-mastery. I’m also the founder of @risen.agency.au and I’ll be documenting the growth of that digital marketing agency over there separately. There will be crossover between posts on all of my social media handles. Scroll down to the bottom to find all of my socials and follow me. Best way to contact is to DM @risen or if you have business related proposals, send me an email to risen @ protonmail dot com.

I’m not here to pretend I’ve had it all figured out. I dropped out of high school. I’ve battled bipolar disorder, addiction, cycles of burnout, and the kind of self-doubt that can choke the life out of ambition. I’ve spent years trapped in a loop — working jobs that drained me, numbing myself with distractions, and feeling like I was capable of more, but never quite able to break free.

But something in me never died.

I’m what you might call a “gifted kid gone rogue” — someone who always knew how to think deeply, speak clearly, and see patterns others miss. For years, I used those skills to survive — in call centres, customer service, and outbound sales roles where I regularly outperformed targets, generated $50-60k/month in revenue, and learned how to handle people under pressure.

Now, I’m using them to build something of my own.

Risen On Fire is my declaration that I’m done living on autopilot. It’s a chronicle of my mission to achieve financial freedom, reclaim my physical health, break the chains of addiction, and help others do the same. I’m documenting the process — the wins, the setbacks, the strategy behind building a real online business, and the philosophy behind becoming someone worthy of success.

I’m currently focused on:

• ⚙️ Building a digital lead generation agency for service-based businesses (starting with local operators I believe in)
• 🧠 Mastering digital marketing (Google Ads, landing pages, systems like Systeme.io and GoHighLevel)
• 💸 Creating low-ticket educational products to teach what I learn along the way
• 🧘‍♂️ Practicing what I preach — mindfulness, movement, sobriety, and self-discipline

I’m not interested in selling some overnight success fantasy. This is a long game. I believe suffering has meaning — not because it feels good, but because it forces us to evolve. My pain pushed me to wake up. My failures taught me more than my wins ever did. And now, everything I do is aimed at transmuting that struggle into something useful — for myself, and for anyone who resonates with this path.

If you’re someone who’s trying to claw your way out of mediocrity, if you’ve been knocked down but refuse to stay there — you’re in the right place.

I’m not perfect, but I’m rising.

Welcome to the fire.

I’m available for contact on my main social media account on instagram @risen. Let me know how I can assist you with pretty much anything that you need that falls within the realms of content covered on this website.