Nine Years of Purpose: Capability Creates Confidence. Confidence Enables Action. Intentional action Creates Progress.
Nine years is a significant milestone, and birthdays naturally invite reflection. When I think about ASWA’s journey, I don’t find myself thinking primarily about the courses we’ve delivered, the organisations we’ve worked with or even the Diploma of Wellness Leadership that we pioneered. I think about the people: the leaders who have trusted us with their professional development, the organisations that have invited us into their workplaces, the wellbeing professionals who have taken what they’ve learned and used it to influence others, and the many people whose working lives have been positively affected because someone decided that wellbeing deserved to be taken seriously.
Beyond Wellness Programs: What a Weekend with SES Volunteers and a Lesson from Thailand Taught Me About Human Sustainability
Last weekend was Global Wellness Day. Coincidentally, I spent it attending a Queensland SES Women in Leadership workshop on the Gold Coast, a program developed by volunteers, for volunteers.
As both an SES volunteer and Trainer & Assessor, I was grateful to spend the day alongside an incredible group of women from diverse industries, backgrounds, experiences and life stages. Some were seasoned leaders.
Empowering Women as Catalysts for Change
In this live podcast, Angela Derks, ASWA Founder CEO, shares her insights on how empowering women can transform workplaces and communities.
ASWA Founder Wins 2020 International Women in Business Awards
Angela Derks, Founder CEO of the Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy (ASWA) has been announced as the winner of the 2020 International Women in Business Silver Stevie® Award in the Most Valuable Corporate Response category for her leadership and commitment to...
Proactive focus to lead mental health and wellbeing recovery efforts
The Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy has welcomed the release of the National Mental Health and Wellbeing Pandemic Response Plan today. This comprehensive plan for the mental health and wellbeing of Australians in both the response and recovery phases of the...
Our Community Wellbeing Response to Covid 19 (Coronavirus)
A Message from our Founder CEO, Angela Derks As an Australian family owned and operated small business, we like everyone else, are involved with the challenges that Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has presented and will continue to present. Our purpose at the Australasian...
Cultivate wellness from within to help your community
We are all interconnected through our communities. Promoting and encouraging wellness within our communities can actually be the differentiating factor between a good life and a great life. Community wellness is directly related to what we do to give back to our...
How can living my best life transform the lives of those around me?
You are unique and there is no one else in the universe who is exactly the same as you! How awesome is that? People might have similarities, share common traits or genealogy, but they are never an exact match. It is in your highest good to be the very best version of...