Matthew Zakreski, PsyD

The Neurodiversity Collective

Using Emotional Intelligence to Empower Your Relationships

At the end of this session you will understand:

  * What Emotional Intelligence (EI) is
  * How you can use EI to bond with your students

  * How when your students feel comfortable they share their interests
  * About how students perform better, feel better, and learn better when they learn from their interests.

  * How to move from the "sage on the stage" to the "guide on the side."

Matthew Zakreski, PsyD is a high energy, creative clinical psychologist who utilises an eclectic approach to meet the needs of his neurodiverse clients. He is proud to serve as a consultant, a professor, a speaker at national and international conferences, and a researcher on Giftedness. Dr. Zakreski is the co-founder and lead clinician at The Neurodiversity Collective. 

Find out more at www.drmattzakreski.com

Toni Powell

Speaker, Trainer at Toni Powell

How to Reduce Worry, Fear and Stress Instantly

At the end of this session you will know:

  * How to reduce worry, fear and stress instantly

  * How to examine your worries
  * How to sort worries and know what is actually worth worrying about
  * How important it is to stay in big picture thinking
  * A simple way to let things go

Toni Powell is one of the most recognised & enjoyed wellbeing communicators in the Australian education sector. She’s an award-winning filmmaker, TEDx speaker, author and is wizard at helping people to stop driving themselves crazy with worry and stress.

Find out more at www.tonipowell.me

Bridget Watson

Celebration Coach

Bringing Vulnerability to Celebrating Others and Yourself

At the end of this session you will...

  * Be clear on about where you sit with your behaviour pattern crossover between the congruency between who they are at home vs at school

  * Be empowered to use Accountable Vulnerability to shift your state of division between your home self and work self

  * Be excited about what you value of your personality to school to contribute more unique value, and vice versa to home.

  * Understand the distinction between work/life balance and work/life congruency

  * Be prepared to celebrate your students/team members, and communicating with them in a way that leaves the listener feeling valued and seen

  * Have a clear action plan to foster a culture of bringing accountability to authentic self expression through Accountable Vulnerability 

Bridge is a vulnerability coach who works with teams led by people-centred leaders who struggle with a busy schedule. These leaders want to offer their team communication tools that support and celebrate each other. When working with Bridge, communication structures emerge that allow more creativity, warm fuzzies, and contribution everywhere. 

Find out more at www.trustingvulnerability.co.nz

Kari Sutton

Consultant, Speaker and Educator

How to maintain a positive attitude and state of mind

Check out this session to find out...

  * How creating the classroom climate is emotional labour
  * What self-care is and what it isn't
  * The fundamentals of self-care

  * Practical self-care strategies that really work

  * The most important self care strategy of all

Kari Sutton is an educator, speaker and author who has helped over 25,000 children, parents, and educators with evidence- based strategies, tools and approaches to foster children's positive mental health and plant the seeds of resilience, emotional wellbeing and mental fitness in our children. 

Find out more at www.karisutton.com

Rowie Szeszeran-McEvoy

The MAX International Business Colleges

How to LOVE every day - especially the crappy days!!

Here's what you will learn...

  * 5 simple, safe, free ways to be healthy, fit, lean and strong - mentally and physically - especially in the toughest times!!

About Rowie:

Healthy, fit, strong and happy - mentally and physically ... What if all the people who want to be, choose to be and are? As an Exercise Professional, a business women and an educator - International College Director - Rowie is committed to sharing the most simple, effective, safe health message so our kids can grow up in a healthy world and be healthy!!  

Find out more at www.maxfitnesscollege.com

Jo Hassan

The Vitality Expert

Why vitality matters: PEPP® UP and look after your mental as well as physical health.

Here's what you will learn...

  * Why looking after your own vitality is the most important starting point for being a terrific teacher
  * The connection between vitality and mental health   * How to use PEPP® (Purpose, Energy, Pleasure and Profit) as a framework for improving vitality every day

  * Why PEPP® Pleasure isn’t just for holidays
  * How to get back on track when your vitality is waning

Jo Hassan is a resilience expert with an obsession for vitality or PEPP®. PEPP® means living with balance through a lens of Purpose, Energy, Pleasure and Profit. She is an Amazon bestselling author (“Full Circle – Building Resilience in Business and Life from the Jagged Edges of PTSD”), speaker and coach.  

Find out more at www.johassan.com.au

Jo McIntyre-Brown

Wildfit Consultant

WildFit Yourself - small yet powerful adjustments that will change your life!

Here's what Jo will cover...

  * Begin to understand the agenda of the food Industry

  * Understand the six human hungers
  * Understand the role of emotional eating, how to identify it and what to do about it

  * Understand the importance of seasonal eating

  * Understand why traditional 'diets' do not work and what they actually do to our brains and bodies

  * Understand the impacts of stress on the body and what you can do about it

  * Some practical takeaways to add in to what we currently consume to improve energy levels, health and wellbeing

Jo has long been fascinated by human behaviour, knowing that no-one does anything for no reason. A certified WildFit coach, she is excited by supporting others to make breakthroughs in understanding how they work so they can live their best lives. Jo has a warm, humorous, open and non-judgemental way of being. Her experience as a coach, mentor and teacher of all ages, means she has a huge depth of knowledge and practical tools that can be applied immediately. 

Jacqlin Richards

Your Parent Journey

Living Your Greatness

Here's what you will find out...

  * What greatness means

  * The biggest spanner in the works of what keeps us humans from living our passion/purpose/vision

  * Four of the ingredients to the alchemic recipe of creating the life you love by living your purpose

  * Where our purpose comes from

  * How to access your greatness

Aka The FREEDOM Finder for Parents, Jacqlin is a Mother, Parent Empowerment Mentor, Speaker, Facilitator and Author who is deeply passionate about bringing greater awareness to the way we raise our children. Jacqlin loves to walk alongside Men and Women as they empower themselves through her work into Parenting from Greatness.

Find out more at www.yourparentjourney.com

Clare Edwards

BrainSmart People Development

Serve Yourself First! Self-care for those who serve Others

Here's what you will find out...

  * Why self-care is a critical element of resilience

  * Explore the 3-legged stool of self-care and the difference it can make to physical, mental and emotional health
  * The importance of creating boundaries, keeping commitments and setting priorities

  * How to create self-care habits, rituals and routines

  * About self-care strategies that don’t cost the earth yet can work wonders

As Principal of BrainSmart People Development, Clare is passionate about helping people to ‘unpain’ change and build radical resilience. Often described as a ‘Pocket Rocket’, Clare combines energy and enthusiasm with knowledge and experience to offer people unique insights into why they do what they do, and what to change for good. 

Find out more at www.brain-smart.com

Lauren Parsons

Lauren Parsons Wellbeing

A Transformative New Way to Define Your Values

During this session you will...

  * Discover a fresh way to define your personal values based on how you want to feel

  * Understand your motivations, drivers and fears and why they’re important

  * Come away with clarity on the top 5 ways you want to feel to perform at your best

  * Be introduced to an incredible, free tool that can help you personally and professionally

  * Understand the number one key to being able to regulate your emotions (and put it into action)

  * Increase your emotional intelligence & self-awareness

  * Boost your overall happiness and satisfaction

Lauren is a New Zealand based, award-winning Wellbeing Specialist who believes that everyone deserves to thrive. TEDx speaker, Author of real food less fuss, host of the Thrive TV Show, and founder of the Snack on Exercise movement. With 20 years’ experience she is a sought after speaker and consultant who helps schools and organisations create a high-energy, peak-performance team culture, where people to thrive.

Find out more at www.LaurenParsonsWellbeing.com

Hana Zawodny

Transformation Coach

ANXIETY - so simple even the kids can do it!

Here's what Hana will cover...

  * Understand "What Anxiety is" and the role we as adults play

  * What causes Anxiety
  * Identify how anxiety manifests in you and children

  * Recognise the impact anxiety has now and long term

  * Key tips to reduce anxiety

Hana is a qualified Transformation Coach, Co-Author, NLP Practitioner, Clinical Hypnotherapist and the Director of Transform Inside Out Limited. Hana specialises in Busting through Burnout, Stress, Overwhelm and Anxiety. Hana love to empower and inspire women to build and live their best life!

Find out more at www.hanazawodny.com

Tamara Jefferies

Grow & Thrive Wellness

Conquer Burnout By Reclaiming Your Joy

You will hear about...

  * The need for and identifying resources to support your well-being

  * The importance of boundaries, what it means to set boundaries as a teacher
  * How to use body-based exercises to determine when you need to set a boundary
  * What “Resourcing Joy” means and how doing this gives you more energy
  * How to Resource Joy as a daily practice
  * Why listening to your body is the foundation of Conquering Burnout
  * Body-based mindfulness practice that will help you explore and identify what your body is telling you moment to moment 

Tamara Jefferies, MA, owner of Grow & Thrive Wellness is a Holistic Counsellor, Transformational Coach, and Author who helps women heal trauma and emotional wounds so they can get unstuck, rediscover their passions, and live the lives they were meant to live

Find out more at  www.growandthrivewellness.com

David Meine

Eating To Live

Sugar and its connection to learning and gut health

You will hear more about...

  * Hidden sugar in processed foods

  * Some of the long term negative effects that sugar is having on the brain

  * Gut health and how it affects brain health

  * Why sugar creates negative consequences for children/adults who have ADD, ADHD, Autism and many other conditions

  * How correct nutrition can solve the sugar demise of brain health

  * Is Leaky Gut Syndrome real?

  * How the typical diet is killing us

A cancer survivor, competitive road bike cyclist, and dedicated pickleball athlete, David Meine is an experienced career entrepreneur with a long list of successful launches under his belt. When he’s not out winning athletic medals, holding motivational talks, or advising business boards, David dedicates his time to furthering the mission he and Carla are most passionate about: Eating To Live! Over the past two decades, David’s work, books, and remarkable journey have inspired thousands of people to transform their health in the same way.

Find out more at www.eatingtolive.com

Wendy Vigdor-Hess

Intuitive Empowerment Coach

Boundaries, Self-Care and Time Management  

In this session you will learn ways to...

  * Create a space for self-care
  * Know what and how you can schedule in time for yourselves

  * Establish rituals with understanding for boundaries between what you take on from you students' needs and high demands AND your own.

 * Bolster your energy naturally with food

 * Eat and routines that support adrenals and stress response to build immunity and vitality

Wendy Vigdor-Hess is a visionary, guide, coach specialising in helping people awaken, reconnect with themselves and a greater Source to lead their lives with love, freedom, ease, empowerment, and purpose. She supports people to listen more deeply to their inner voice and embrace the alchemy from chaos to calm.

Find out more at www.vigdorhess.com

Deanna Hansen

Block Therapy

Bringing Focus and Calm to Your Classroom with Posture and Breath

You will hear more about...

  * The Fascia System and how it relates to our systems, health and vitality

  * The importance of diaphragmatic breathing and how it affects every aspect of health
  * The value and the language of pain

  * How trauma is stored in the body and techniques we can release it

  * Ways to handle stress and manage anxiety

Deanna Hansen is a Certified Athletic Therapist and founder of Fluid Isometrics and Block Therapy, a bodywork practice that is therapy, exercise and meditation all in one. Focusing on the fascia system, her work teaches people to melt through adhesions and scar tissue, ultimately awakening cells previously blocked from blood and oxygen. 

Find out more at www.blocktherapy.com

Tessa Livingston

Voice Cares

Looking after your #1 Tool - your voice

A sore voice is not just part of the job. In this session Tessa will shed light on...

  * How your voice works

  * The multifaceted nature of your voice

  * The difficulties they are up against with their voice

  * Why voice teaching is important

  * What vocal difficulties actually means for long term use

  * Why a sore voice can lead to illness just as much as illness can lead to a sore voice

Tessa Livingston is a speech and language pathologist who specialises in voice. She has experience working with disordered and pathological voice, vocal health, transgender voice, public speaking as well as accent training for actors. Tessa is also an actress, voice over artist and professional public speaker. Speaking authentically is her goal for herself and everyone she works with.

Find out more at www.voicecares.net