Today, we continue the conversation with a woman steeped in Corporate Organizational Structure. 10 years ago, Michelle Black was a senior organizational development consultant in Brisbane but felt she could be making a bigger difference… when she came upon University level couseling and psychology.
Focussing initially on stress & anxiety among children and adults in care organisations, she has recently written a children’s book called “Ellie and the Sunflowers” aimed at soothing anxiety and worry in young people’s lives. Using evidence-based tools, the story keeps the learnings external which allows them to be more easily received by children of diverse abilities. The story of Emily and her new horse Ellie are ideal for these times of isolation where kids may be feeling lonely, confused, unsure or even anxious.
The stats say that more than 6% of children across our population experience anxiety – but I’m going to shift the focus today to a lighter word “angst” as I believe that includes many more kids – like myself growing up.
The Goods on Michelle:
Michelle Black, founder of Elegrow is an Organisational Development Consultant, Educator Counsellor and author with more than 20 years’ experience as a senior manager and executive; Leading, developing and transforming people and their experiences for positive outcomes. Michelle has a Master of Counselling – Behaviour specialisation, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Training and Development and has a Grad. Cert. Corporate Management.
Author of Ellie and the Sunflowers
Developed combined intervention program from the empirical evidence to risk manage and alleviate stress, trauma and secondary trauma among care professionals: The Care Professional’s Resilience Program. Pilot study of the program revealed statistically significant outcomes
Contact Michelle:
Facebook: @elegrowlearning
Website: www.elegrow.com.au
LinkedIn: @michelle-black
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The Podcast's 7th Season
Welcome to In the Game, a podcast where we aim to touch, move and inspire you to what's possible in life. My name is Sarah Maxwell and I am a self-proclaimed relationship engineer. Ever since I was a little girl, I was curious about how people work and how they interact with one another. With a degree in biopsychology representing my country of Canada in beach volleyball. With a degree in biopsychology representing my country of Canada in beach volleyball, retiring from sport into mindset and purpose coaching, I now spend my days running Chatta-box Media, where we aim to story-tell for brands through the medium of podcasting, all while raising an eight-year-old daughter with my partner of 24 years. We are now in season seven of this podcast, featuring a special series on women called who Knew that Was Work aimed at young women who want to broaden their horizon when it comes to career choosing.
Go deeper into the pod and discover incredible stories of changemakers who manifest their dream lives. Gain tangible tools to apply to your own life by scrolling back to that initial season where we were more workbook focused. Have a laugh when we initially were coined the Nat and Sarah show, when my five-time Olympian partner, natalie Cook, and I bantered and had loads of fun interviewing and discovering our common passion individuals who rise to the occasion in life. Okay, now it's time to dive on in to this episode.
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