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Supporting you to thrive in life and leadership. Founder: Shelley Parkin, Social Worker & Coach.

We offer: Communities (The Spark Centre & Human Services Leadership Academy) | 1:1 Counselling & Coaching | Training Programs | Digital Resources.

Photos from Territory Stingers's post 03/05/2026

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From Peer to Leader: Training for New and Emerging Leaders 16/02/2026

New to leadership? This peer to leader workshop helps you manage former peers, build credibility, and lead with confidence and authenticity.

Where: Online
When: Wednesday 25th Feb 9 - 12:30
Cost: $27
Register:

From Peer to Leader: Training for New and Emerging Leaders New to leadership? This peer to leader workshop helps you manage former peers, build credibility, and lead with confidence and authenticity.

13/02/2026

What's one thing you wish your inner voice said to you more often?
Maybe: "You're doing enough." "It's okay to rest." "You're allowed to change your mind." "You don't have to have it all figured out."

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ?

๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด helps you develop a steadier, kinder relationship with yourself โ€” not through forced positivity, but through understanding patterns and practising repair.

10/02/2026

Doors Now Open. ๐Ÿšชโœจ

The Human Services Leadership Academy is live.

A space for counsellors, social workers, psychologists, youth workers, community workers who are brilliant at the work, got promoted into leadership, and realised pretty quickly that nobody actually prepared you for this part.

What we are creating:
๐Ÿค A community of people who get it. Who understand the weight of leading in human services. Who are figuring it out in real time.
๐Ÿ“š Practical training and resources - not just leadership theory, but frameworks for the decisions you're making right now. How to have the hard conversations. How to manage performance without losing your humanity. How to lead without burning out.
๐Ÿ’ฌ live sessions and masterclasses where we connect and work through real challenges together.
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Templates, scripts, and guides for the stuff that makes Monday morning feel less overwhelming.

This isn't about becoming some polished corporate leader. It's about leading in a way that actually works - for you, your team, and the people you're here to serve.

If you're tired of winging it, if you want to lead well without losing yourself in the process, come join us. ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://www.skool.com/the-leadership-lounge-6377/about

10/02/2026

Achievement unlocked. ๐ŸŽฏ

This might not sound like much, but responding to stress with compassion instead of spiralling into self-criticism or numbing out? ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ!

That's what changes everything.
It doesn't happen overnight. It's built through:
โœ… Understanding why you respond the way you do,
โœ… Learning to catch yourself mid-spiral,
โœ… Practising staying present instead of abandoning yourself,
โœ… Repairing when you slip back into old patterns.

09/02/2026

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07/02/2026

Complete the sentence: "If I trusted myself more, I would..."

โœ… Make decisions more easily,
โœ… Set boundaries without guilt,
โœ… Try new things without fear of failing,
โœ… Stop needing constant reassurance.

What if you could actually build that trust?

๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด helps you develop the inner steadiness to trust yourself โ€” not through force or positive thinking, but through understanding patterns and practising repair.

06/02/2026

๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ-๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜.
It's the most generous thing you can do for your future self.

When you learn to stay with yourself โ€” when you can trust that you'll show up for you even when things are hard โ€” everything shifts.

Not because life gets easier, but because you're no longer fighting yourself while navigating it.

๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด is designed to help you build that trust โ€” slowly, steadily, without pressure or pretending you're fine.

05/02/2026

When someone has been hurt once, the world no longer feels neutral.

A rope on the floor is no longer just a rope.
It becomes a warning. A memory. A threat in disguise.

Thatโ€™s what this proverb is pointing to:

โ€œHe who has been bitten by a snake fears a rope.โ€

Itโ€™s not saying the person is weak.
Itโ€™s saying the nervous system learns fast.

After a painful experience, the mind starts scanning for anything that resembles it:
a tone that sounds like the last argument,
a silence that feels like the last abandonment,
a small mistake that looks like the beginning of the same disaster

And even when the present is safeโ€ฆ the body can still react like it isnโ€™t.

This is why healing is not only about โ€œmoving on.โ€
Itโ€™s about teaching the mind and body to separate now from then.

Because many fears arenโ€™t born from imagination.
Theyโ€™re born from experience.

And compassion begins when we realise:
sometimes people arenโ€™t afraid of whatโ€™s in front of themโ€ฆ
Theyโ€™re afraid of what it reminds them of.

03/02/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ-๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜?
Maybe it's:
๐Ÿ‘‰ Making decisions without spiralling,
๐Ÿ‘‰ Setting boundaries without guilt,
๐Ÿ‘‰ Trusting your body's signals,
๐Ÿ‘‰ Honouring your needs without over-explaining.

Self-trust isn't built through willpower or positive thinking.
It's built through practice โ€”
โœ… learning to stay with yourself,
โœ… repair when you don't,
โœ… and trust the pattern over time.

That's what ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด is designed to help you do.

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