Sue Stevenson is a mother of five and grandmother of six. After enjoying a 32-year career working in schools, Sue is now the Founder of U-Turn Anxiety. She is on a mission to help kids break free from generational anxiety patterns. 

As an anxious child, a parent of two anxious children and a Teacher and Educational Leader in Student Health and Wellbeing, Sue has first-hand seen anxiety’s impact on young people and families. 

To reduce anxiety in the long term, parents, educators, and other support workers need to be empowered with the skills to support kids and build upon the work of therapists so children can thrive in a challenging and ever-changing world.

Sue shares her tried and tested system for breaking free from anxiety with parents throughout Australia and is now supporting families, educators and child support workers globally. 

Allison Bertoni is so passionate about personal and professional growth and development, that she is a self-proclaimed Lifelong Learner!

She is a female2female workplace bullying advocate and educator. She has over twenty years in the public and private sectors. Allison has worked across multiple industries including, Government, Aerospace, Event Management, and Manufacturing.

Allison holds a Graduate Certificate in Business (Philanthropy and Non-Profit Organisations), Diploma of Event Management, Certificate IV in Leadership & Management, and is a recognised Credentialled Professional Coach*.

As both a victim and survivor, she is on a mission to inspire women to speak out about female2female bullying.

She actively works with bullied females to transition from victim to victor; and more than that, is working extensively with executives, leaders, and teams with the vision to educate and eradicate this silent killer in their workplace.

Fun Fact: She is obsessed with FLAMINGOs.

Michelle Greenwood is the Founder/President of Invisible Illnesses Inc., a registered Not for Profit in-person support and social group for those suffering from invisible illnesses in Western Australia.

Michelle knows what it’s like living with an invisible illness and the challenges faced by the stigma attached. She frequently talks about living with an invisible illness and shares her story, hoping others can find inspiration.

Michelle has completed her Certificate IV in Community Services and is always looking at ways to upskill herself and her team. She is also on the Volunteer Australia Managers Working Group, works closely with local councils on their access inclusion plans and was involved with creating a networking group for Peer Support Groups.

Ann Brown is the CEO and Founder of Heal Thy Self Transformational Coaching and has been a Registered Nurse for 18 years. She started her coaching journey in 2020 after having health issues related to stress and burnout, including autoimmune and dysautonomia.

Ann has taken all her experience, insights, and knowledge and pivoted it all into her new role as a digital creator and co-founder of Zoo Kids Reading. This has led her back to her love of photography, animals and reading. She has a newly found love of storytelling through video and printed word.

Ann is helping educate parents and caregivers of children who struggle with traditional learning techniques to learn through proven systems that build a basic foundation for reading.

She is also having fun educating others about God’s unique animals and places.

Kate Taylor is the CEO and Founder of Kate Taylor Coaching.

Kate is a women’s empowerment coach who empowers disconnected women to transform their fear of judgement so that they can live and lead a life they love.

Self-development and self-leadership are some of her bespoke passions.

Her dreams, goals, and aspirations are to share her message with women who want to live their best lives, together with building a community of like-minded women who want to support and enable each other to do the same.

One of her proudest achievements is becoming a published author through her co-authorship in a self-love book – a beautiful alignment with her vision and mission in life!

She is also an avid dog lover and feels the same intuitive connection with her four-legged friends as she does with her coaching clients.

Natalie Karras is a passionate advocate for children on the Spectrum and their parents living their journey with autism.

Natalie has a diverse background spanning 24 years in the public and private sectors. Natalie has worked across several industries, including Travel, Recruitment, Consulting, Training, Facilities and Marketing and Advertising. She holds a Master of Practitioner of Coaching.

As the CEO and founder of You Are Seen, she possesses an undeniable dedication to ensuring all mums who walk the autism journey are fully supported and taken care of. Natalie’s son was diagnosed at age two and was nonverbal until he was four. At the age of eight, he is just beginning to use sentences.

Natalie is passionate about navigating mums through feeling helpless and hopeless and emerging through the autism vortex.

Fiona Dawson is a women’s empowerment speaker, healer and coach who inspires disempowered women to reclaim their personal power, rise again, and restore themselves to live a life of freedom. She delivers life-changing presentations to empower audiences to find their answers within themselves to enable them to grow.

Fiona encourages and enriches the lives of women she works with around the globe – empowering them to love their lives, look to the future where they can make a difference and become leaders in their communities.

Her past careers in teaching, disability and mental health have dove-tailed into her work and have contributed to her becoming the woman she is today – a woman of substance with wisdom who deeply cares for the people she works with.

Jude Lunny is an educator and survivor of drink-spiking rape and is passionate about empowering other survivors to own their own healing.

She is a mum of three young adults and grew up in a coastal country town. Drink-spiking and rape were not something she thought she’d ever need to protect herself against, especially not at 44.

Her lived experience has put her on a path of raising awareness of drink spiking and the many types of traumas it can involve. She understands the immediate impact and the ongoing suffering such an event can have on your physical and mental health.

Jude now educates others to understand what processes are available, how self-focus can support a less traumatic experience, and that learning to Own Your Own Healing can help to navigate the challenges your specific trauma can present.

Julie Wells is a Women’s Relationship and Wellbeing Coach helping women to breakthrough their fears and find forgiveness to create freedom. She has a futuristic mindset, love for life and believes it’s available to everyone. She is passionate about personal development, creativity, family, contributing to an inclusive society and creating experiences through choice.

Her background is in the printing and baking industries, where she demonstrated creativity, precision, dedication, and meeting expectations. Julie owned and worked in a chain of bakeries with her former husband for over twelve years while raising their two children.

Julie is an author in an anthology about forgiveness, holds a Certificate in Emotional Intimacy for relationship coaching and is a Practitioner in Extended DISC.

She has a “steadfast optimism” and “insatiable curiosity” devoted to inspiring well-being, empowerment, and transformation – guiding clients from where they are to where they desire to be in their relationships and life.