GET TO KNOW ME
I am an Australian currently residing in the USA and an ex-ballet dancer embracing a lifelong love affair with the arts and storytelling. A zeal for mindfulness, social justice, nature, travel, and a stellar cup of coffee inspire my work.
I strive to encounter a sense of wonder each day.
My mission as a coach is to rekindle the light inside creators, leaders, and carers who feel disconnected and burnt-out by utilising mindfulness, somatics, and other evidence-informed practices. I want to see you thrive.
Irrepressible curiosity has yielded me a varied professional background. I've worked in software design and business consulting, taught acting and dancing, lead retail teams in business process change, and I regularly dog sit.
(Don't tell my cats).
Read more about my education and employment history here.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I currently reside on land stolen from the Gabrieliño-Tongva tribe and Chumash tribe of Northern America. I acknowledge the devastating loss of peoples and cultures through colonialism past and present.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Over 2000 hours of 1-on-1 client coaching as of July 2023
2018-2023
BSc Psychological Science
Swinburne University
Subjects included: Psychology of Wellbeing; Human Development; Psychology of Trauma; Social Psychology; Applied Social Psychology; Cognition, Brain, and Behaviour; Counselling Theories; Mental Health in Older Adults; Drugs in Society
2023
ICF-Accredited
Continuing Education
Developing Psychological Flexibility; Working with Shame; Affirming Care for Ethically Non-Monogamous Clients; Behaviour Change Fundamentals
2022
ICF-Accredited
Continuing Education
Positive Psychology; Motivational Interviewing; Affirming Care for LQBTQIA+ Clients; Understanding the Needs of Asian Clients; Ethics in Social Media; Socratic Dialogue; Relationships and Attachment; Goal Setting; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) skills; Person-Centered Problem Solving; Recognising Abuse in Relationships
2021
ICF-Accredited
Continuing Education
Working with Grief; Culturally-Responsive Care; Data-Informed Coaching; Suspected Abuse Training; Experiential Coaching
2020
ICF-Accredited
Continuing Education
Career Coaching; Cognitive-Behavioural Coaching; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Coaching
2018-2020
ICF-Accredited
Mindfulness Coaching School
The Art of Engaged Mindfulness; Somatics and Qi Gong; Co-Active Coaching; ICF Coaching Principles
“Your treasure--your perfection--is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the busy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart.”
Liz Gilbert
Things that are important to me as a coach and human:
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Self-care and self-compassion. Healing ourselves so that we may know our value and our power to affect change in our lives and the lives of those around us.
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Striving for equality, access, and justice - especially in mental health.
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Living in integrity. Knowing our values and living in alignment with those values.
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Always being open. Open to change, open to our own growth and the growth of those around us.
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Living from love. Understanding that living from love means standing up for anti-racist systems, equality and human rights. Seeing the humanity in every being.
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Weird is wonderful.
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Leaning into the difficult aspects of human nature. When we can learn to sit with our own discomfort and that of others, we allow healing to happen.
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Play. Creativity. Awe.
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Non-judgement.
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Owning our interconnectedness. What we do to others, we do to ourselves. How we treat the environment affects every one of us. When we begin to acknowledge this, we begin to make choices that benefit all living beings.