Marguerite Iona Brady

• Develop greater resilience and emotional wellbeing, by learning practical tools to manage everyday stress, prevent burnout by being emotionally aware while navigating life's challenges with greater calm, confidence and balance.
• Building healthier relationships with themselves, and with others by applying the I AM principle daily to their lives. learning to communicate more honestly and authentically, and respond thoughtfully rather than react impulsively in both work and personal life.
• Learn practical self-care techniques that can be easily incorporated into daily routines to improve focus, clarity, energy levels, sleep quality and overall wellbeing.
• Strengthened confidence in supporting wellbeing of colleagues, managers, team members, family members and those in caring, coaching or complementary health professions.
• Develop greater clarity, intuition and decision-making skills through meditation, contemplative practices and reflective learning, helping participants make wiser, more considered choices in both their professional and personal lives.
• Explore the connection between mind, body, emotions and spiritual wellbeing, gaining a deeper understanding of how each influences overall health, resilience and quality of life.
• Learn simple yet effective breathing, meditation and relaxation practices that improve concentration, reduce anxiety, enhance emotional regulation and promote a greater sense of inner calm throughout the working day.
• Facilitated discovery of timeless Celtic wisdom through teachings of St. Brigid, exploring values of compassion, courage, integrity, service, gratitude and purposeful living, positively influencing leadership, teamwork and everyday relationships.
• Building confidence through guided exercises, group learning and hands-on techniques, allowing participants to integrate their learning into everyday situations with confidence and authenticity.
• Guided students to conclude the course with renewed sense of purpose, connection and personal fulfilment, equipping them with practical a toolkit for lifelong wellbeing, positive relationships, meaningful work and greater compassion, wisdom and presence in daily life.

• Designed, developed, and delivered a comprehensive professional Reflexology Diploma Program, integrating classical reflexology with original holistic techniques refined through over 24 years of clinical practice, teaching, and continuous professional development.
• Created and taught a robust Anatomy and Physiology curriculum, enabling students to develop a thorough understanding of human body systems and confidently apply this knowledge within safe, evidence-informed reflexology practice.
• Provided progressive practical skills training, mentoring students from beginner to professional practitioner level through supervised clinical practice, individual coaching, and continual skills assessment.
• Mentored students in both personal and professional development, recognizing that becoming an exceptional therapist requires not only technical competence but also emotional maturity, self-awareness, confidence, and authentic presence.
• Embedded self-care as a core foundation of professional practice, teaching practical techniques that enable practitioners to regulate stress, cultivate resilience and maintain their own physical, emotional and energetic wellbeing throughout their careers.
• Guided students in mental and emotional wellbeing practices, including breathwork and mindfulness, enabling transformation of mental overwhelm into clarity and distress into inner balance.
• Introduced a range of complementary holistic techniques, including therapeutic hand holds, lymphatic stimulation, energy circuit balancing and gentle body awareness practices to enhance both practitioner wellbeing and client outcomes.
• Cultivated compassionate practitioners by integrating empathy, active listening, and genuine human connection with technical excellence, fostering confidence in holistic care.
• Encouraged the development of positive daily practices, including meditation, gratitude, intentional acts of kindness, reflective journalling, blessings and purposeful personal challenges that foster resilience, joy, compassion and lifelong personal growth.
• Maintained educational excellence and professional integrity by refining course content, teaching methodologies, and student support systems, creating a transformational learning experience for ethical, skilled holistic practitioners.

• Assisted clients in identifying limiting beliefs and rebuilding confidence through authentic, client-centred coaching conversations.
• Facilitate the emergence of clarity and direction using breathwork and body-mind routines to reset focus.
• Through intuitive questioning, help people reconnect with their authentic self and purpose, bring meaning back into both work and personal life.
• Guided clients in making conscious decisions instead of reactive ones through reflective questioning.
• Learning to recognise how stress and burn-out manifest in the body, impacting not only the nervous system but all body systems reducing productivity,attention to detail and cognitive function.
• Empowered clients to manage stress levels using simple, effective techniques for immediate impact.
• Addressing conflict and communication challenges by mirroring and accountability.

• Volunteered as a nurse and holistic healthcare practitioner, delivering international healthcare services across Australia, New Zealand, India, Tanzania, and Ethiopia.
• Worked alongside Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta in India, where I experienced first-hand the transformative power of compassionate care, dignity, and selfless service to those most in need.
• Provided healthcare to diverse and underserved communities, including First Nations people in remote Australia, vulnerable children and families in Tanzania, and street children and domestic workers in Ethiopia through humanitarian outreach programs.
• Integrated global perspective into teaching and healing, combining personal experience with holistic wellbeing and intercultural understanding to empower individuals in their healing, resilience, and personal transformation.

The charitable Monster Organic Ball was set up in response to the AIDS crisis sweeping through ethiopia at the time. It was centered on a 100% donation model, meaning every single cent generated from ticket sales went directly to the AIDS Partnership with Africa (APA). The organizers partnered with corporate sponsors to completely cover the party's overhead costs, ensuring guest entry fees directly funded humanitarian relief.

Rebuilt lives of orphans by funding safe emergency shelters, street outreach programs, and social workers to rescue children from streets, locate extended family, resettle them into stable homes, and facilitate their return to school.

At the time, Africa was home to an estimated 18 million children orphaned by the disease. The ball's proceeds funded safe emergency shelters, street-outreach programs, and social workers. A primary goal was to rescue children living on the streets, locate surviving extended family members, resettle them into stable homes, and pay for their return to school.

2. Breaking the Cycle of Infection

The charity actively worked to stop what its founder, Fr. Owen Lambert, described as a "slow progressive tsunami". Funds were channeled into local community education programs designed to raise awareness about how the virus spreads, dismantle deep-seated social stigmas, and advocate for public healthcare reforms.

Delivered medical care to families affected by AIDS in rural communities, alleviating suffering while funding community-based development projects to lift families out of extreme poverty.

Because AIDS heavily impacted the working-age population, it routinely trapped entire families in extreme poverty. The charity used the donations to provide medical care for those suffering from the treatable virus, while simultaneously funding community-based development projects in heavily affected nations like Ethiopia and Tanzania to lift families out of destitution.

• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to deliver holistic patient care, ensuring safe medication administration, wound management, vital signs recording, and efficient transfers, while addressing families' inquiries about treatment and prognosis.
• Delivered compassionate medical and holistic care aligned with recovery plans set by medical and oncology teams.
• Provided compassionate presence and active listening to support patients' health intentions and wellbeing.
• Provide safe space and time to assist patients alleviate their fears, uncertainties, regrets as well as be a sounding board to discuss their impending death and afterlife.
• Supported patients to share end-of-life requests and communicate wishes with family, partners or children.
• Guided families through end-of-life conversations and prepared children for loss.