SUE'S STORY
Have you ever had an 'Ah-ha!' Moment - one that quietly reshapes how you see your work??
Mine came in 2009, when I met Professor Martin Seligman at Geelong Grammar School during a residential course in Positive Psychology. At the time, I was studying counselling and working in education, searching for deeper ways to understand what helped people thrive.
That experience shifted something fundamental. It helped me see that wellbeing was not an optional extra, but something shaped by the culture, relationships, and systems surrounding both students and staff.
But over time, I came to understand something even more important.
Wellbeing cannot be sustained through programs alone. It emerges from the relational conditions of everyday school life - how leaders lead, how educators respond, and how systems support or constrain trust, clarity, and connection.
This understanding now sits at the heart of my work with schools.
Through Transformative Schools, I partner with leaders to design relational frameworks, strengthen educator capability, and support leadership in building cultures grounded in safety, care, and shared responsibility.
This work ultimately led to the writing of The Relational School, which brings together decades of experience working alongside educators to understand what sustains relational culture - and how it can be intentionally designed.
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