A community for students and graduates of Health and Wellness Coaching - powered by Wellness Coaching Australia
The Synergy Space, powered by Wellness Coaching Australia, is a place for you to connect.
An online community of practice for Health and Wellness Coaches and those studying the field.
In the company of coaches and peers, challenges become lessons and aspirations become possible - connection fuels the courage to keep transforming lives, including our own.
Join a thriving community of practice where passionate minds come together to share, learn, and grow. Whether you're currently studying or already qualified, this is a space to collaborate, stay inspired, and feel supported as you take your health and wellness coaching journey to the next level.
Whether you're currently studying or already qualified, The Synergy Space is designed to help you thrive
Your community for connection, growth and empowerment.
- Connect and Learn with fellow students, peers and experienced coaches.
- Collaborate on ideas, challenges, and wins.
- Grow your expertise in a supportive, real-time environment.
- Are you ready to expand your pathway and surround yourself with a like-minded, empowering community?
- Looking for a private space to ask questions, share experiences, and gain inspiration as you navigate your path?
The Synergy Space is where you continue, together with like minded peers.
The Synergy Space is a ground breaking online hub created to bridge the gap in connection and support for those in the Health and Wellness Coaching space
As a specialised health profession really still in its infancy, we know what it’s like for Health and Wellness Coaches and students to juggle many balls in both the business development side and client practice side of your work. It can sometimes feel overwhelming and isolating!
Just imagine how much more confident you would feel by accessing a community of practice that shares wisdom, experience, and support. Think of what you could achieve by building relationships with coaches and peers who’ve already been where you want to go.
A professional home for belonging, shared insight, and ongoing growth
Join a vibrant community of practice designed for both aspiring and established Health and Wellness Coaches. Whether you’re still studying or already supporting clients, this is your space to connect, grow, and thrive – together.
No more feeling like you’re ‘in it alone’. Here, you’re part of something bigger – a supportive, inspiring network of like-minded individuals who are as passionate about health and wellbeing as you are.
Inside this dynamic community, you’ll have the opportunity to:
Share and develop real-world insights and experience.
Collaborate with peers at all stages of their coaching journey.
Build meaningful relationships that uplift and empower.
Access new opportunities for learning, training, and growth.
Whether you’re looking to deepen your skills, expand your network, or simply feel more connected – The Synergy Space is your professional home for lasting impact. Members of The Synergy Space benefit from:
- Resource sharing
- Collective problem solving
- Innovative solutions
- Potential new business collaborations
- Having access to new education
How you can connect and grow within The Synergy Space
Access a private online community of practice
Our private, online platform will allow you to connect directly with community members. This is the place to share your views, to get feedback, gain support, inspiration and engage in stimulating and insightful conversations where your opinion counts.
Build your private connections
Collaborate with members and coaches who share your interests. Build your personal network by directly connecting with other members within the online platform. No longer feel isolated and start building connections with others specialising in your health coaching area or are located near you locally.
Insightful monthly meet-ups
Monthly live sessions twice a month, where you will have the chance to meet fellow members online via zoom giving you opportunities to connect and collaborate. Learn and grow with special panel guests and experts through interviews and special presentations on topics of current relevance and interest. We will always have our "ear to the ground" so members will guide interest topics.
Join a focus group
Have a specific area of health or niche audience of focus? Or simply want to explore your areas of passion? Connect and collaborate with others who share a similar outlook for their work or study by joining an interest group. Share your existing knowledge and gain exposure to experience of others.
Learn from the Team
As a relatively young industry, there are Health and Wellness Coaches who were early adopters who have been working in this space for many years with great success. These are your Team and Panel Guests who will be on hand to guide you in the right direction.
Join forum discussions
Using dedicated forums you can ask questions on specific topics or areas you're looking for support. Engage in stimulating and insightful conversations where you can learn from others and their experience in this same position. You can also search past discussions to quickly discover answers.
Sign up from just $19/month
Are you ready to discover how connection and collaboration can transform your coaching path?
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An engaged community of both aspiring and established Health and Wellness coaches connecting through a private social platform.
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Online forum to access answers to questions, resources and current published research to keep you updated on our profession and industry. Collaborate with peers at all stages.
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Growth-Focused Environment – Share and develop real world insights and experiences.
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Real-Time Support & Networking – Through monthly Zoom meetups, interest groups, and team-led guidance. Build meaningful relationships that uplift and empower.
We welcome all Health and Wellness Coaches, students and peers
We see this as a unique opportunity for us to collectively empower each other
In-training
Collaborate with peers at all stages of their coaching journey
Graduates
Build relationships with other coaches who may be at a similar stage to you or are perhaps a few steps ahead on the journey
Established Coaches
Who are running coaching practices and have extensive knowledge or expertise in your field
The Synergy Space is a community for peers and coaches to come together, share knowledge and grow. Tap into the collective knowledge and experience knowing that we are all here to support each other.
Belonging, sharing, and growing in a purposeful coaching community
Meet The Synergy Space Team
Our Team are a unique group of Synergy Space members that have achieved great success in our profession and more specifically in their specialist area of Health and Wellness Coaching. They bring to the community a wealth of experience and knowledge that all members will benefit from during interactions. Here are our current Team….
Fiona Cosgrove
Fiona is the founder and CEO of Wellness Coaching Australia and has worked in the fitness and wellness industries for over 30 years in various positions - as Health Club owner, University lecturer, keynote speaker, author and of course, coach. She is a Board certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) and is a PCC with ICF and holds Masters Degrees in Exercise Science and in Counselling and more recently a Master of Philosophy. Her passion is for helping others take ownership of their lives and work towards optimal mental, physical and emotional wellness - all essential for growth of the individual. Fiona was recently was awarded a distinguished leadership award for services to the health and wellness coaching industry by HCANZA.
Liv Brown
Liv has a background working in corporate settings. She became interested in functional medicine and knew that was where she wanted to work as a coach. After completing her training, she joined Melbourne Functional Medicine in 2021. In that time, she has coached hundreds of people looking to reclaim or optimise their health. Recently, Liv has been focusing specifically on health optimisation and longevity, with a particular interest in the differences in male and female physiology when it comes to biohacking and performance.
Melanie White
Melanie White is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sage Women's Health, with 28 years of experience in science, leadership, and business across multiple industries. As a professional coach (HCANZA, NBHWC, PCC-ICF), she specialises in women's health, workplace wellbeing and organisational policy, Melanie is inspired by helping people to take charge of their wellbeing so they feel their best and show up at their best. Melanie is also a Business Coach for Health and Wellness Coaches, supporting them in turning their passion in to profit with her group business course and one on one mentoring.
Jason Nikakis
In private practice, Jason has spent over 25 years culminating his education and skills to now provide health coaching to corporate leaders interested in developing resilience and performance – and enabling personal and organisational thriving. Through his highly successfully Health and Wellness Coaching company ‘Vital Lifestyle Coaching’, he empowers busy and stressed professionals to slow down, create alignment and boost vitality so that they can be successful at work and in life.
Sue Cosgrove
Named Health Coach of the Year in 2024, Sue made the success transition from her traditional healthcare role into Coaching back in 2022 seeing a need to focus on caring for the teams she was previously within. Sue has developed and authored two coaching programs and books designed to help healthcare teams feel better at work and improve workforce retention. Sue is the founder of ZestAgain, a Health Coaching business committed to delivering programs that promote Self-Care and Team Care, fostering a healthier, happier, and more sustainable healthcare workforce.
Christine Boucher
Transitioning from nurse to health coach Christine is the CEO of her company Wellness Worx, working with Government organisations, small and medium businesses designing and delivering their strategic12-month Health and Well-Being Plans. Facilitating a fleet of wellness workshops and coaching individuals, and leadership teams to build strong team dynamics, optimally performing individuals and healthy organisational cultures.
Jenny Keady
Jenny has worked in the area of health promotion, fitness and organisation development for over 25 years. She is a Board certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), and has held senior roles in both government organisations and health retreats. Her qualifications are in coaching, training, management and fitness. Jenny knows that the secrets of great coaching are empathy, knowledge and ongoing learning. Her personal passion - helping people to be the best version of themselves – marries perfectly with her roles in coach training, training development and coach mentoring with Wellness Coaching Australia. She has strong values and a depth of experience in corporate, health retreats and individual Health and Wellness Coaching which allows Jenny to truly connect with and understand the people she works with. Her work with Wellness Coaching Australia combines her two loves – wellness and working with people.
Michelle Hasani
Michelle is a Wellbeing Co-design Specialist and Award-winning Health and Wellness Coach, in her business Wellbeing by Design. She is passionate about collaborating with organisations to co-design workplace wellbeing solutions and initiatives that foster thriving workplace cultures and is driven by a deep vision of wellbeing as the foundation of leadership, sparking a movement that redefines how we live, work, and lead. Through her innovative programs and coaching services, she empower success by fostering calm, confident, and conscious leaders. My holistic approach enhances communication, sparks innovation, and drives meaningful growth, helping organisations build cultures where people truly thrive. My expertise spans Wellbeing, Mental Fitness, and Leadership Excellence, and I apply these same skills to my work with Sage Women's Health, supporting menopausal women within organisational settings.
Anneliese Braendle
Anneliese is a national board-certified Health and Wellness coach (NBC-HWC), certified Pain Management coach and the face behind Spark Courage. Having run her own coaching business since 2019, her clients have included athletes facing their fears and returning to sport after injury, chronic pain patients and she has also worked in an integrative team on type 2 diabetes, weight loss with GPs/Physios and Naturopaths, as well as women with hormonal issues. She has worked as a contract coach with BetterUp (digital executive and wellbeing coaching), and in multiple clinics as part of an integrative team as well as with workers comp clients. She is currently managing retreat and conferencing centres across Australia allows Anneliese to combine her business expertise with working with various retreat facilitators of all walks of life, enabling more people to take time out, tailored to the specific (spiritual, mental, emotional etc.) nourishment they need.
Georgie Irvine
Georgina Irvine is a certified Health and Wellness Coach specialising in sobriety, mindset coaching and the power of positive psychology. She is the owner of Thrivalist, an online coaching business offering 1:1 coaching, self-paced courses and a supportive community for sober-curious women. With a background in personal styling, Georgina transitioned into coaching to create a deeper impact in the lives of women. Her training with Wellness Coaching Australia gave her the professional foundation to build a purpose-led career grounded in lived experience, practical tools and compassionate support. Now running her own business, Georgina understands the everyday realities of balancing entrepreneurship with family and home life. Her work blends mindset shifts, habit change and emotional resilience to create lasting transformation. As an ambassador for Wellness Coaching Australia, Georgina is proud to show others what’s possible when you combine passion with the right training. The possibilities truly are endless.
By harnessing diverse experiences and shared purpose, we’re creating a launchpad for innovation
Imagine a space where passionate minds unite, sparking collaborations that redefine what’s possible in health and wellness coaching.