ABOUT US
Creating healthier, resilient workplaces and communities.
Healthy Minds is dedicated to fostering healthier, more resilient workplaces and communities by promoting mental health, wellness, and meaningful connection. We partner with organisations and community groups to deliver impactful training programs, interactive workshops, and tailored wellness initiatives that empower individuals and teams to prioritise mental health and cultivate positive environments.
Our approach combines expert knowledge, engaging activities, and practical strategies to enhance awareness, build emotional intelligence, and create lasting change. Whether it’s through mental health first aid training, CARE workshops, team-building activities, or wellness programs, our mission is to equip people with the tools to thrive, both personally and professionally.
We believe that strong, connected teams and communities are the foundation of success. At Healthy Minds we’re not just shaping skills, we’re creating cultures of care, collaboration, and well-being.
Sarah McQuillan
founder of Healthy Minds
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Who is Sarah McQuillan?
Sarah is the founder of Healthy Minds and is no stranger to mental health challenges and understands the impact a mental illness can have on one's quality of life.
Sarah is a qualified trainer, coach, facilitator and mum to four children.
Initially completing a bachelor’s degree in Communications with a double major in Public Relations and Advertising. Sarah spent her early career in Marketing and Communications.
After having children Sarah’s career path changed trajectory and she made the decision to enter the mental health space. This decision was driven by a long-standing struggle with heightened anxiety. After Sarah committed to a journey of internal healing, she decided that giving back and helping fellow sufferers was to become her passion and purpose.
Sarah not only has significant lived experience around anxiety disorders, but she has also supported family and friends through depression, psychotic illness and substance use disorders.
Sarah prides herself on excellent presentation and communication skills. She ensures effective planning, guiding and group management is maintained to create a comfortable and safe learning environment.
Sarah shares many of her lived experience stories when training and during keynote presentations, in a hope to normalise the conversation of mental illness and to allow others to empathise and show compassion to not only themselves but others.
Go to Karaoke song?
The Best – Queen Tina
What’s your favourite quote or motto that you live by?
When you replace judgment with curiosity, you open yourself up to deeper understanding, empathy, and growth. Instead of making assumptions, you start asking questions. Instead of reacting, you start exploring.
If you could instantly master any skill, what would it be?
For my singing to sound as good as it does in the shower with my hairbrush microphone!
Rosie McQuillan
Rosie, our beloved office dog!
Often found lounging in the comfiest chair, Rosie makes it clear that she is only available for meetings on her terms, she makes the occasional appearance on an online Mental Health First Aid course.
Rosie does not ‘fetch’ – it’s beneath her. She doesn’t make friends easily either, don’t be offended – she is simply too sophisticated for small talk, she does eventually warm to hugs and belly rubs.
She may not be everyone’s best friend but she certainly runs the office with an iron paw!