Our Story
Our vision is to
Empower people with wellbeing skills – for life
When we started the Wellbeing Science institute we wanted to democratise wellbeing, so everyone who was interested, could have access to positive and protective wellbeing knowledge and skills.
While many people were focused on a pathogenic (disease) approach to wellbeing, we chose a different path.
We believe in the benefits of a solutogenic (positive and protective) approach to wellbeing. This has been a consistent theme of the work we do.
We help individuals, organisations and communities make sense of their wellbeing through an evidence-based approach and develop knowledge and skills that will be useful to them.
Our belief is that a self-determined (intrinsic) approach to wellbeing is the best source of motivation, engagement and commitment.
We approach wellbeing from a whole-person perspective but are ever mindful about the importance of context and anchoring our work in peoples’ real worlds. Our work is grounded in self-determination, supported by positive psychology and solution focused coaching. These evidence based approaches help the people we work with maximise their personal growth initiative.
Put simply, our story is about providing the opportunity for more people to grow and flourish.
We hope it’s a story that appeals to you, too.
Some of our other work:
- Providing performance psychology services for elite athletes and teams including tennis, rugby league & super rugby, international level swimming (Europe), football, cricket, and a wide variety of other sports.
- Former Faculty at Harvard Medical School’s Post Graduate Leadership Program (Boston USA).
- 7 years Sport Psychology & Sport Coaching Lecturer & Tutor at Sydney University, Western Sydney, University of Wollongong.
- Travelling Sport Science Coach (2 years) on the (ATP) Professional Tennis tour.
- Successfully worked with NRL Clubs and Coaches including during a Grand Final-winning year.
- Wellbeing Consultant/Advisor to major national/international sporting codes and clubs in Rugby League, Super Rugby, Cricket and Swimming.
- NSW State of Origin Origin Pathways performance psychology and coach development consultant.
- Front office consulting to Elite Sport Franchises/Clubs in Rugby League, Super Rugby, Swimming, Cricket.
- Program Manager ING Global Leadership School, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Australian & USA Registered Psychologist (B.A. M.Sc. Psychology) & M.A. Management.