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.
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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.
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But over time, I came to understand something even more important.
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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.
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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.
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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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