Wellness Wings for Women in Business: Mindset for Business Fit for Purpose – Day Workshop

Welcome to the Wellness Wings for Women in Business: Mindset for Business Day Workshop. This program, adapted from the Wellness Wings Mental Fitness Program for healthcare professionals, accredited by the RACGP (Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners), has been tailored specifically for women business owners and leaders. Originally designed to support healthcare professionals in maintaining high standards of care while prioritising personal well-being, this workshop is now focused on empowering you in your business journey.

This workshop provides you with evidence-based tools and strategies to take charge of mental health, enhancing your personal well-being and resilience.

You will explore practical solutions for managing stress, improving emotional regulation, cultivating self-compassion, and addressing the unique challenges you face in business. With these tools, you’ll be equipped to handle the pressures of your role while maintaining balance in your personal and professional life. The skills you'll develop will not only to boost your own mental fitness but also have a positive ripple effect with colleagues, staff, family, and community.

What you'll get out of the workshop:

By the end of this workshop, you will have gained essential skills to enhance your mental well-being and positively influence those around you. These tools will support collaboration, peer connections, and shared learning in your business environment. You’ll learn to:

Demonstrate greater psychological flexibility
Develop self-awareness
Apply resilience-building strategies
Use effective coping techniques
Cultivate self-compassion and integrate self-care practices
Implement evidence-based wellness strategies

This workshop is your opportunity to invest in yourself and lead with purpose, resilience, and well-being.

It is also an opportunity to connect and share with other like minded woemn in a safe space.

You're in good and experienced hands.

About Your Facilitators

Marie Bernardo, founder of Co-Active Life Design, is an accredited ICF coach and certified trauma-informed meditation teacher, committed to helping individuals navigate life’s complexities with resilience and clarity. She focuses on equipping her clients with practical tools to manage stress, anxiety, and overwhelming emotions, while offering compassionate support to help them uncover their inner strengths and access valuable resources they may not yet realise they have.

Drawing from a range of evidence-based modalities, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), Somatic and Schema Therapy, and Strength/Neuro Coaching, Marie tailors her approach to each individual’s needs, rejecting the one-size-fits-all model and recognising that everyone’s journey is unique. This personalised strategy fosters emotional resilience, self-awareness, and psychological flexibility, creating an approach that is both grounding and empowering.

With a background in Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness and training in Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma Disorders, Marie offers a comprehensive toolkit designed to support lasting personal growth and emotional well-being. She creates a safe, non-judgmental space where clients can process their experiences, identify unhelpful patterns, and develop the skills to manage life’s complexities.

Having personally navigated and continues to navigate a chronic health condition, Marie understands the transformative power of these tools and practices. Her experiences fuel her commitment to helping others overcome stress, anxiety, and overwhelm, and build a balanced, fulfilling life.

Whether through one-on-one sessions, group programs, or workshops, Marie is dedicated to walking alongside her clients, empowering them to thrive and move forward with confidence and clarity.

Jennifer Cook

With over a decade of experience in the healthcare industry, Jennifer is driven by a passion for improving healthcare, demonstrated through various key roles. As Director of a medical clinic for six years and an allied health practitioner for another six, she has developed and implemented effective strategies to tackle complex community health challenges. Her roles as senior policy advisor to the DOH Vic, strategic consultant to private medical businesses and innovative technologies further highlight her comprehensive expertise in healthcare. She excels in identifying opportunities for enhancing healthcare delivery systems, implementing best practices to improve patient outcomes. Jennifer's ability to conduct in-depth analyses of healthcare policies and regulations has allowed her to assess their implications accurately and recommend effective policy solutions. I am skilled in creating solutions for large-scale issues using smaller, key strategies.

As the Managing Director and Creator of the Western Health Collective,she established a unique multi-modality health clinic aimed at helping individuals with chronic mental and physical health conditions. her inclusive and collaborative approach, strong analytical skills, and effective communication abilities enable her to convey complex health concepts to diverse audiences, driving meaningful change through evidence-based interventions. Her commitment lies in making a positive impact on population health by improving patient awareness and empowerment, leading to long-term life changes rather than short-term symptom management. With decades of stakeholder engagement and relationship management experience and skills plus strong communication expertise and team management and a clear understanding of the GP experience and patient, the partnership with Co-Active Life Design is a welcome opportunity to work further on the health and wellbeing, of our medical workforce.