Melaina Faranda, a storyteller, facilitator of women's and girls' circles, teacher, and author of 67 books, has shared stories for decades. Passionate about personal and mythopoetic storytelling, she trained at Emerson College’s Storytelling Beyond Words and with luminaries like Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes and Dr. Martin Shaw. She believes stories foster a deeper collective homecoming, whether personal or imagined, and has refined her craft through extensive training in the UK and USA.

​Kara Ockendon is a Relationship Breakdown & Divorce Coach and Collaborative Family Law Facilitator specialising in conscious uncoupling and consciously navigating separation and divorce. Having endured a traumatic high-conflict family court dispute in childhood and a stroke at 32, Kara has personally navigated two marriage breakdowns while building over a decade of experience as a family lawyer before transitioning into the coaching and collaborative law space. Now a single mother with a thriving co-parenting relationship with her “Husfriend,” Kara’s mission is to help others create fulfilling lives amidst the turmoil of relationship breakdowns. With degrees in Law and Psychological Science, she offers a unique, trauma-informed approach that integrates mind, body, and intention with practical guidance. Driven by her passion for personal growth, holistic wellness, and conscious living, Kara empowers clients to break unhealthy patterns, consciously navigate transitions, and foster lasting transformation through her 1:1 and group coaching programs and couples collaborative family law facilitation.

A passionate advocate for kindness, acceptance, and interconnection, he brings these principles to his workshops. With 18 months of experience facilitating a Men's Circle for Complete Men, he creates supportive spaces for emotional well-being. His offerings include meditation, breathwork, and a Thursday wellness group combining surfing, meditation, and yoga. He has trained in sound healing, assisted elders at Bedrock, and serves on the Manhood 2025 committee, fostering connection, self-discovery, and positive transformation.

Robin is an international facilitator, trainer, and bestselling author passionate about creative group work, personal empowerment, Permaculture, Deep Ecology, Ritual, and Ceremony. She presents Creative Facilitation and Teacher Training courses, along with workshops on Earth Connection, Visioning, and Heart and Soul experiences. Robin also offers consultancy for trainers, facilitators, and organizations, supporting impactful and engaging learning experiences.

Mandy, as a Massage therapist, is very interested in people's embodied awareness, and facilitating the reconnection to experience through the senses, as we did as children. Mandy loves creating opportunities for fun, exploration with a playful sense of curiosity, deepening self-awareness and presence.

Penelope and Ross own and operate ‘Journey Home to Soul’ offering a wide variety of specialised programs and modalities to support your path back to your authentic self. A process of uncovering your gifts and releasing patterns that no longer serve you. It is a cleansing mind, body and soul.
 

Leo Blanke is a Relationship & Intimacy Coach dedicated to helping singles and couples build deep, lasting connections. His journey began with a personal longing to feel seen, loved, and accepted, leading him to explore the science of relationships and the art of connection. Through years of growth and experience, he now empowers others to break free from fear and disconnection, offering practical tools and daily practices to cultivate trust, safety, and intimacy in relationships.

A passionate dance teacher, shaman, leadership consultant, equine-assisted learning facilitator, and mounted archer, she moves fluidly between these diverse yet interconnected roles. The surrender required in dance mirrors the openness of shamanic practice, while her leadership and facilitation draw on decisive, protective action. She creates safe, goal-oriented spaces where people gain clarity, direction, and a sense of achievement, blending intuition with structure to guide others on transformative journeys.

Manda G Jennings, Founder of the TruSelf Collective, is an Embodiment Psychotherapy Coach, Master Practitioner in NLP, Time Line Therapy™, and hypnotherapist. She helps people reconnect with their True Self, breaking free from past programming and limiting beliefs. Believing that healing comes from within, she guides clients to rediscover their wholeness, confidence, and personal power. Through her transformative approach, Manda empowers individuals to live authentically and attract the love and success they truly deserve.

Isy Gabriel, a renowned facilitator, trainer, and practitioner, brings over 40 years of experience in personal growth. With a Psychology BSc and PhD research background, her journey weaves together bodywork, shamanism, tantra, shadow work, and family constellations—culminating in Obsidian. Known for boldly addressing taboo topics like Eros and sexuality, she now trains facilitators, expanding this life-changing work. Her mission: to clear limiting paradigms and cultivate greater aliveness, healthy power, and inner freedom in the collective.

Kara Ockendon, founder of Soul Healing, is a Relationship Breakdown & Divorce Coach specializing in conscious uncoupling and the Family Law system. With degrees in Law and Psychological Science, she combines legal expertise with a trauma-informed approach. Having personally navigated high-conflict disputes and marriage breakdowns, she empowers clients to break unhealthy patterns, navigate transitions, and foster lasting transformation. A single mother with a thriving co-parenting dynamic, Kara offers 1:1 and group coaching for conscious, holistic healing.

Emmajane sparks joy, creativity, and connection through play workshops and events, helping thousands drop their masks, discover their play personalities, and embrace deeper expression. Blending games and storytelling, she creates spaces for fun, depth, and authentic human connection. Passionate about bringing people together in unexpected ways, she invites you to be seen and fully alive. When not crafting connection magic, she’s exploring new adventures or planning her next game or performance.

Richmond Heath & Emiline Duncan are deep friends & world-leading TRE trainers. With more than 20 years combined experience in the somatic healing of trauma they have a special skill in guiding people to specifically heal through their relational wounding.

Annie is a client-centered therapist dedicated to helping individuals overcome challenges, heal, and strengthen connections. She fosters a safe, supportive space where clients feel heard and empowered. With a background in education and the corporate sector, her eclectic approach integrates creative passions like writing, artwork, theatre, and burlesque as tools for self-expression. A writer, illustrator, and director, she explores themes of sexuality, feminism, and spirituality, using creativity to inspire personal and societal transformation.

Simeon Ayres and Kate Long are long time partners, together they have raised a family in the Strathbogie ranges in NE Victoria. Kate is a counsellor with a generous and seeing heart. She is a storyteller and horsewoman. In her home community she works to reinstate connection with Country and Ceremony into the everyday. Simeon is a mapmaker and storyteller, He has been involved in men’s work for many years. Both are trained in the School of Lost Borders tradition as Rites of Passage guides and offer programs in Victoria and beyond.

Vicky Basdeo has been practicing yoga for most of her life (nearly 50 years!) and she has been teaching kundalini yoga for the past 18 years. Vicky loves sharing these empowering yogic teachings, tools and techniques and inspiring others to deepen and explore their own embodied creative expression. She lives with her husband Murray & teenage daughter Grace in an off-grid community next to a beautiful national park in the border ranges, growing food and living a hand-crafted life.

Throughout his life, he has embraced a variety of experiences, each shaping his journey. From working as a commercial fisherman, kitchen hand, and builder’s laborer, to studying Spanish in Mexico and working in an organic garden at the Krishnamurti School in Hampshire, England, he has always sought new learning opportunities. Returning to Australia, he found his passion in carpentry and building, drawn to the outdoors and independence. Along the way, he raised two children with his partner, all while exploring life's existential questions. He has come to realize that the answers lie within, waiting to be discovered.

Murray is a singer/songwriter whose specialty is in creating song for special events and celebrations such as weddings, births and gatherings. Over the past 10 or so years he has written the theme song each year for the Victorian Men’s Gathering, Menergy. Murray sees group singing as a powerful way to bring people together inside of a unified intention and songs that are shared together become potent reminders of the meaningful experiences shared at gatherings such as this.

Craig has dedicated most of his life to being of service and helping others. Through his business, The NAKED Soul, Craig's life purpose is “Inspiring Humanity to Love”. Craig is an active contributor to men’s community, President of Mens Wellbeing Inc, Common Ground Lead Facilitator, Accredited Mental Health First Aider, mentor and Dad.

I have danced the 5Rythms for fifteen years and always found this creative movement to be healing, good exercise and fun. I've experienced depression at various times of my life and this creative outlet has often helped to dig deeper to uplift the causes of my low mood. The process of creative healing has certainly been of great benefit to me.
I'm a father of three healthy adult children, carpenter by profession; although these days I work in public health and have been a member of Men's Wellbeing since 1999.

Melaina Faranda, a storyteller, facilitator of women's and girls' circles, teacher, and author of 67 books, has shared stories for decades. Passionate about personal and mythopoetic storytelling, she trained at Emerson College’s Storytelling Beyond Words and with luminaries like Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes and Dr. Martin Shaw. She believes stories foster a deeper collective homecoming, whether personal or imagined, and has refined her craft through extensive training in the UK and USA.