I'm Jacqueline & I Believe Your Best Career Chapter Hasn't Been Written Yet.

I work with ambitious professionals who know they are capable of more and are ready to stop waiting for the right moment and start creating it, with strategy, intention, and their whole self leading the way.

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

For the people who like to know who they are dealing with.

I am a career and life coach based in Australia, working with professionals online across Australia and worldwide.

Before coaching I spent years in university settings guiding students to prepare for their careers, through personal branding, networking, leadership presence, employability and career readiness. I have seen from the very beginning what sets people up to flourish and what holds capable people back.

I am also a co-author of 55 Faces: Global Version 2 and founder of the Shine So Bright Movement.

You know that feeling of knowing exactly what you should do but not being able to make yourself do it? That is the gap I work in.

Career strategies only work when you feel confident, grounded and clear enough to act on them. I bring together career strategy and the deeper work.

The mindset. The beliefs. The patterns that keep capable people stuck.

Because real change has to happen at every level, not just the practical one.

Career strategy combined with mindfulness and inner work that helps you actually move forward and stay there.

MY STORY

What looked like falling apart was actually coming home to myself.

The burnout was confronting precisely because I was already trained coach and in meditation. I had the tools, the training, the knowledge and yet it still it found me.

What followed changed not just my career but my understanding of what it really takes to thrive.

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    When burnout found me

    I was already a trained coach when it happened, which made it more confronting. I had the tools. And still, like so many driven professionals, I pushed through exhaustion, ignored what my body was telling me and kept going till I was forced to stop.

    Burnout did not just slow me down. It stopped me. My confidence hit rock bottom. I found myself at a crossroads, sink in my circumstances or choose to rebuild.

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    Choosing to rebuild differently

    Instead of rushing back to the same patterns, I reshaped my life and career from the inside out. Drawing on my diverse education & coaching training to bridge the gap between knowing what needed to change and actually making it happen.

    The real breakthrough came when I stopped looking outside myself for the answers and started trusting what was already within me.

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    A career and life that actually fits

    What followed was the comeback of my life.

    New hobbies, genuine balance and the confidence to meet challenges with presence rather than panic. When I needed to change career direction, I applied the same strategies I had been teaching and the results were rapid.

    Burnout didn’t make me a coach. It made me a better one.

MY INSPIRATION

The Woman Who Taught Me That Courage is a Choice

Before I became a coach, my grandmother showed me what it looks like to choose your own path in life. A young Australian woman who boarded a ship to explore the world in the 1950’s when female solo travel was nearly unthinkable.

She chose courage over convention every single time.

That conversation lit a spark that grew brighter as I travelled the world myself. I discovered the beautiful diversity of human experience and through exploring cultures learn’t there is no single prescribed path to life. It's our unique ways of being human that make life enriching and meaningful.

Years later, as my grandmother approached her 90th birthday, I visited her one last time. Her bright blue eyes still held that familiar spark, and I was reminded of her pride in seeing how I went for things. Her courage led me to enrol in the Beautiful You Life Coaching Academy on the eve of her passing.

I graduated in October 2020, and her legacy lives on in my work.

Every time I help someone trust their intuition and pursue goals that truly matter to them, I am sharing her gift of courage with the world.

Your courage is calling too.

MY PHILOSOPHY

Your Wellbeing is Non-Negotiable & It Is Also the Strategy

The hustle approach does not work.

Not sustainably. Not for a life that actually feels worth living. Real success comes from working with yourself, not against yourself.

You can be ambitious and well. You can set boundaries and still advance. You can have goals and not sacrifice.

This is career liberation, not just career development. Freeing yourself from fears and beliefs that have been quietly running the show, and stepping into the version of yourself who already knows what she is capable of.

You are not broken. You do not need fixing. You need space to reconnect with what’s already within you. This is your wisdom, your strength, your voice.

Outside of coaching, you will find me dancing, practising yoga, planning travel adventures, mermaiding in the ocean or spending time with my family and friends. Life is about following those goals and what lights you up and that is exactly what I help my clients with.

WHAT CLIENTS HAVE ACHIEVED

From surviving to thriving - what this work actually looks like.

  • ✓ Career clarity aligned with their goals, values and strengths including pivots, promotions, relocations and industry changes.

  • ✓ Simple, effective self care practices and routines that create genuine balance throughout the day.

  • ✓ Sustainable success that fuels their inner light instead of dimming it.

  • ✓ Leveraging their skills and experience into new and unexpected opportunities.

  • ✓ Clear boundaries that protect their energy without guilt.

  • ✓ Freedom from the burnout-recovery-burnout cycle for good.

  • ✓ The confidence to speak up for what they need at work and in their personal life.

  • ✓ A life where work matters, but is not everything.

These changes last. The inner resources and professional skills built into our work together carry well beyond the time we spend together.

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Questions about working with me.

  • Academic background —

    • Bachelor of Business

    • Bachelor of Exercise Science

    • Master of International Development and Community Development

    Coaching and wellness certifications:

    • Beautiful You Life Coaching Academy (2020),

    • 20-hour Mindfulness Meditation Certificate - Yoga Renew (2023), Trauma Informed Coaching Certificate- The Centre of Healing (2024),

    • Somatic Embodiment and Stress Regulation Strategies Levels 1, 2 and 3- Linda Thai (2022)

    • Somatic Foundations - The Centre of Healing (2025),

    • Trauma Informed Manifestation Training - The Centre of Healing (2025)

    • Reiki Level 1 - Subtle Self (2022).

    I am also currently continuing training in body-based somatics and mindfulness to deepen the practice that sits at the heart of my coaching approach.

  • Coaching is forward-focused — we are building toward where you want to go, not exploring the past. It is practical, strategic, and action-oriented.

    My trauma-informed training means I understand the limits of my scope and will always refer appropriately when therapeutic support is what someone needs.

    If you are unsure whether coaching is right for you right now, reach out and we can have an honest conversation about it.

  • My work and language is primarily oriented toward women, particularly ambitious professional women navigating the intersection of career and life.

    That said, the principles of career liberation, sustainable success, and whole-life coaching are universal.

    If my approach resonates with you, I welcome a conversation regardless of how you identify.

  • If you have a specific challenge to untangle without a long-term commitment then the Clarity Session is your starting point.

    If you are ready for a deeper reset across your career and life then the Activate You Series is where that work happens.

    If you want to build your career foundations alongside a community then The Career Curator is for you.

    And if you want ongoing wellbeing support between the big milestones The Shine So Bright Movement is always open.

    Still not sure? Contact our team and we will figure it out together.

If any of this felt like it was written for you - it was.

I believe your best career chapter has not been written yet. And I would love to help you write it, with strategy, warmth and your whole life in the frame.

When you are ready I am here.

Got a question or query? Get in touch today.

Something stirring inside you? I would love to connect to explore what might be possible for you.