WECOACH - Key Persons
Amanda comes to We Coach having trained extensively in a range of person-centred, evidence-based techniques and strategies over the past 25 years, including Coaching, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and as a Reiki Master Teacher and Trainer. She is also certified in Circle Facilitation, Feminist Coaching Theory and Workplace Wellbeing and is currently undertaking a Diploma in Counselling.
Amanda began her career in community Pharmacy, moving on to work as a Personal Care assistant and Care-coordinator in the Aged Care and Disability fields up until the birth of her 2 children. In 2010 she opened her own business working as a Coach, Mentor and Healing Practitioner combining self-care, self-awareness and energy awareness with practical strategies. She has supported hundreds of clients in Australia and worldwide in many different areas, including: clients living with disability, mental health, grief and loss, clarity and confidence building, burnout recovery, small business development and growth, professional development and personal development.
She is deeply passionate about the issues of inclusion and diversity as she lives with hidden disability herself and is raising two amazing queer and neurodiverse young adults. She loves educating herself on person centred therapies and strategies, anti-racism, ableism and social issues that impact marginalised communities and taking action to help build a better world.
When she's not holding space for her clients, you'll find Amanda at home with her family among the trees in Melbourne, walking in the forest, swimming, drinking herbal tea (with chocolate of course), reading, resting and most likely snuggling her Cavalier puppy Frankie.
It is hard to say that our Managing Director Cristina de Moraes Leme does one thing only. Because she doesn't. Cristina is a multi-tasker by nature.
A mother of 2, Lucas and Bianca, her highest personal achievements were on the birth of her children in 2005 and 2011, who she loves and lives for.
Cristina was born in 1971 in Sao Paulo, Brazil to Dina and Ernesto Leme and is a younger sister to a high achiever brother, Ernesto, who she is proud of and adores.
Cristina's experiences go beyond her education. She was an exchange student via the Rotary Club to the US twice, worked as a tour guide at Disney World Florida for 9 years during US summer holidays, won the highest Rotary Club Prize as a Paul Harris Fellow, lived and worked in the UK and speaks 5 languages.
Siobhan has a Certificate IV in Disability and went on to study Nursing after completing her Certificate IV. Through studying nursing, she discovered that her passion for working in the Disability and Mental Health sectors were much stronger than that of her passion for Nursing so decided to continue to just focus on Disability.
Siobhan has worked in the Disability Sector for the past 5 years having done numerous different roles from working as a Support Worker, working as a Client Relationship Coordinator, moving onto Support Coordination and Managing the Service Delivery Team.
Siobhan is very passionate about working with people and has spent many years volunteering in different areas within the disability sector, aged care, volunteering with people who are facing homelessness and with people who are struggling with mental health disorders and substance abuse.
Siobhan's aim at We Coach is to help people living with a disability as well as young adults find employment and find happiness in whatever they do.
Siobhan's has become a coach and was trained by the team at We Coach in order to ensure people become the best version of themselves.
Siobhan's passions outside of work are music, history, literature, and parkour.