June ‘Live Panel’ – Breaking into Corporate: HWC in Organisations

The Synergy Space Founder Fiona Cosgrove will be interviewing a panel of coaches who have worked in and with various organisations. Coaches Ruth Kent, Celeste Cleary and Karina Morris will share their experiences on working in this space and their tips on how they “broke in.”

About our panel guests:

Ruth Kent is a workplace wellbeing consultant, trainer, and executive wellbeing and performance coach. She founded Sunrise Well in 2014 to help organisations support the wellbeing of their employees and leaders through evidence-based health and wellbeing consultation, education and behavioural change coaching.

She has worked with people from over 25 countries and facilitated over 15000 hours of workshops throughout her 25 year career, working with companies across APAC, such as ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Adelaide University, and Australian Venue Co. She has coached private clients, students of wellness coaching, and people in leadership teams, and loves to help people find motivation and purpose in their lives. She was a finalist in the Health Coaches Australia and New Zealand Association Awards in 2024, and is a trusted training provider to Medibank corporate clients.

She has completed evidence-based health and wellbeing studies including Psychology, International Public Health, Yoga Teacher training, a Master’s in Biomedical Meditation Therapy and Allied Health, and Professional-level Health Coaching. She lives in Brisbane and loves escaping to the coast on the weekends with her husband and two loud and fun-loving kids.

Celeste Cleary helps leaders create workplaces where people feel safe, valued and ready to lead – even through challenge and change.

She combines 30 years of nursing and leadership with a deep understanding of emotional intelligence to manage stress-related risks and build healthier, more connected teams.

Celeste is the founder of Flourishing Wellness and the creator of Mastering Tough Conversations, a workshop that helps leaders navigate high-stakes communication with confidence – because a healthy culture starts with a brave one. Celeste helps leaders create high performing resilient teams through the health and wellbeing of their people.

Karina Morris passion for improving Health and Wellness outcomes in all people, with an interest in assisting vulnerable people. She has over 20 years experience working in Health, Mental Health, Aged Care and Disability around the Northern Territory, living and working across urban and remote areas across the Northern Territory and in communities in East Arnhem and the Tiwi Islands. Karina also has experience working in the NDIS space.