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Testimonials

Sarah was fantastic from the start! We laughed, we cried and most importantly we gained the skills and knowledge on how to administer mental health first aid. She was great at facilitating a diverse group. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and found Sarah to be a great communicator, knowledgeable, professional yet friendly and engaging.

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIS) - October 2022 Participant

Sarah was so engaging and easy to talk to, she has so much knowledge and time flew with this course. It was an absolute pleasure given the nature of the content. Sarah was a great presenter. She allowed us time to share our stories and kindly shared her own. Sarah always got back on track and we completed all the class content despite time taken on those personal stories and questions. I will be recommending this course. Excellent facilitation and engagement of the team. The effectiveness of this course is directly attributed to the excellent instructor.

Weatherford International - November 2022 Participant

Sarah balances a caring and practical approach in the facilitation of the Mental Health First Aid course, with real life experience Sarah quickly builds trust with the participants and creates a safe environment to explore and learn this very important skill set. The course taught me invaluable skills that I refer to every day in my role as a people leader and as a friend and family member.

Brooke Taylor Senior Business Partner – Global Procurement

I highly recommend this course for all frontline leaders, it delivered the base tools to identify mental health challenges and administer first response aid. Sarah delivered the course at a great pace using real life experience over training manual overkill. I now have the skills to identify the various mental health symptoms and comfort individuals and encourage them to seek the appropriate professional care.

Shaun Palmer Group Manager People Operations – Fortescue People Fortescue Metals Group Ltd

Sarah presents in a professional manner and has a kind, friendly and genuine energy about her. The two days were presented in an engaging and interactive manner. Sarah is knowledgeable and uses her personal experience with mental health to create a safe and relatable environment to engage in conversations around mental illness. The experience was fantastic and I would highly recommend Sarah as an instructor and suggest that everyone should complete their Mental Health First Aid Training.

Roz Smith Procurement Manager - Rio Tinto

Sarah is such an amazing and caring Mental Health coach. Not only has she has made those 2 days of Mental Health First Aid training an informative session, but the depth of her insights, her advice to keep the conversation going in difficult moments, are still resonating throughout our leadership team. Thank you Sarah for helping us and delivering such an impactful training to our team.

Guillaume Sensevy General Manager Procurement - Rio Tinto

Professionally speaking; Sarah was able to present the course content in a very clear and effective manner. Sarah was very capable in demonstrating a great balance in between stopping/slowing down the course to allow for discussion and thought, and being able to move us along to ensure we adhered to the two day program. Having seen/attended/presented many training sessions in my working life; this was great to see, much appreciated and reflects Sarah's experience and skills. On a personal note; I really appreciated Sarah's candidness and sincerity. Sarah shared a lot about her own struggles and experience and this I feel helped us be more willing to share our experiences and participate in the activities with a greater sense of honesty and willingness to act out/provide in depth responses to the scenarios provided.

FMG August 2022 Participant

My organization attended a two day Mental Health First Aid course where Sarah was the facilitator. Sarah was extremely engaging and presented the content in a factual yet personable fashion. Sarah exhibited personal experience in the delivery of her content and was able to connect the presentation to real life circumstances and assisted the cohort in further understanding their own personnel circumstances within our work place, friends and families. We invited Sarah to our organization to engage with our larger work force, Sarah was able to deliver a bespoke presentation covering a high level overview of work place mental health and the avenues available to employees who are experiencing issues. Sarah received a high level of praise and was instrumental in coaching our newly established group of Mental Health First Aiders. We look forward to working with Sarah in the future to continue our journey towards a healthier work place.

Lee Nott Operations Manager - Australasia Weatherford International

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