My practice
OLI Wellbeing is a systems-aware public health practice
Working alongside individuals, communities, organisations, and governments, I support the co-creation of healthier models of care that:
honour diverse ways of knowing, being, doing, healing, and caring;
reconnect people with themselves, their ancestral approaches to health, one another, and the living systems they are part of;
navigate transition, complexity, and uncertainty with intention and resilience
co-create systems that are better equipped for the challenges and opportunities of our time;
cultivate courageous stewardship, collective leadership, and community agency with community health; and
strengthen the conditions for healthier, more equitable, connected, resilient, and culturally responsive communities to thrive and be well.
My work is grounded in the understanding that health is shaped not only by our inner world, but by the social, cultural, ecological and ancestral systems we live and work within.
I bring together a evidence informed public health lens, therapeutic / creative practices, community-led approaches, traditional healing modalities and systems change to support meaningful, grounded transformation.
VISION
To co-create accessible community health centres that integrate evidence-informed public health, traditional healing modalities, and diverse cultural approaches to health, creating inclusive models of care that reflect the communities they serve.
mission
To cultivate systems of care where people and communities can flourish by integrating traditional healing modalities into accessible, evidence-informed, and culturally responsive public health.
My Work moves Through these Three Interconnected Threads
Reconnect & remember
I support people to reconnect with the living systems they are part of, their innate wisdom, creativity, and sense of purpose beyond the individual self.
This includes reconnecting with self (mind, body, and spirit), ecological systems, more-than-human beings, ancestry and lineage, community, and traditional healing practices.
Navigate & Transform
I support individuals, communities, and organisations to reimagine and transform models of care, co-creating more equitable and culturally responsive approaches that honour both evidence-informed public health and traditional healing modalities.
This includes supporting people and groups to move through the desire for change and to embrace transition, uncertainty, liminal spaces, emergence, complexity, and the unknown.
I hold space for sense-making, reflective practice, and grounded, values-aligned decision-making as new pathways and possibilities take shape.
Steward & Design
I work alongside communities and organisations to design and deliver models of care and initiatives that centre the health of people, place, and planet.
This includes nurturing relationships with land and sea, walking respectfully with Traditional Owners, supporting processes of truth-telling, repair, and reconciliation, and cultivating long-term collective stewardship.
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These threads are inseparable
reconnection enables stewardship, and stewardship deepens reconnection and both are essential for navigating change and transformation with integrity.
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Coherence
This work supports individuals and communities to move through periods of perceived chaos, transition, uncertainty, and emergence by cultivating greater coherence within themselves and in the systems they are part of.
Grounded in evidence-informed public health, therapeutic practice, and systems thinking, I recognises that change whether personal, relational, organisational, or collective can significantly impact our health, connection, and a sense of orientation in the world.
Through a relational and systems-aware approach, this work creates space for people to move through liminal phases with care, clarity, and support. It draws on public health principles, embodied and therapeutic practice, and culturally grounded ways of knowing to strengthen resilience, reduce harm, and deepen connection during times of disruption and transformation.
At its core, this work is about coherence: the alignment of thoughts, emotions, values, and actions within ourselves, and the alignment of relationships, roles, communication, and decision-making within the systems we are part of.
It supports sense-making in complexity, grounded and values-aligned decision-making, and a deepening connection to self, community, culture, and place.
Rather than seeing uncertainty as something to be resolved or controlled, this work understands it as a space to be navigated carefully, intuitively, collectively, and with the right conditions, relationships, and supports in place.
Ultimately, it supports people, communities, and organisations not only to move through change, but to do so in ways that increase coherence, strengthen agency, and cultivate greater wellbeing, integrity, and right relationship.
Living System
I support organisations to design and deliver strategies, programs, policies, and partnerships that create meaningful, measurable impact.
My work sits at the intersection of public health, Indigenous knowledge systems, ecological thinking and systems thinking, and traditional healing modalities, with a focus on community health and systems change.
I am particularly drawn to supporting organisations during periods of transition, growth, and uncertainty, when clarity, coherence, and adaptive capacity are most needed to sustain meaningful, culturally and equity responsive impact.
With 16+ years’ experience across strategic operations, systems change, public health, Indigenous relations, climate strategy, and community development, I bring a systems-aware, equity-focused, and culturally grounded approach to every project.
My work supports organisations to move from fragmentation to coherence strengthening internal alignment, team health, adaptive capacity, and decision-making so they can navigate complexity with clarity and care, and design for both immediate outcomes and long-term transformation.
I work alongside leaders and teams to build regenerative, culturally responsive, and values-aligned systems that support people, communities, and the living systems they are part of to thrive.
The Oli Creative Studio
Through the power of storytelling and art, we awaken collective memory and inspire systemic transformation for community health and care, and thriving cultures. While supporting individuals and communities to navigate change, transition, and the uncertainty of emerging futures with love and connection.
Weave, Vessel and Voice (Book, podcast and exhibition) are under development. Explore more.
Education
My educational programs foster deep remembering and transformation. Designed for individuals and communities dedicated to community health and systems change, they cultivate essential skills in community care, creativity, ancestral healing, reciprocal relations, and cultural humility.
These programs also support participants to navigate change, transition, and uncertainty with greater resilience and awareness, building the capacity to move through liminal spaces with care, clarity, and connection.
In doing so, they empower participants to ignite meaningful ripples of change throughout their interconnected networks and beyond
“We are Medicine” Program Launching Soon.