CULTURALLY
ALIGNED
WELLBEING
CAW
‘Culturally Aligned Wellbeing’ is an educational consultancy service that works with a diverse range of organisations to review existing wellbeing practices and align these initiatives with company values and traditions based on the benefits and principles of Positive Psychology and the Science of Wellbeing.
Culturally aligning wellbeing with self and community.
By
SUSIE AHERN
With 40 years in education, ‘Culturally Aligned Wellbeing’ Director, Susie Ahern, has researched, designed, and culturally aligned a number wellbeing and mental health frameworks, that now sit as valuable foundation documents - documents that action purpose-built community, organisational and personal wellbeing programs, and practices.
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​Susie has worked passionately with a number of organisations, both here and abroad, to enhance their understanding and appreciation of the language, and psychological benefits of a culturally aligned wellbeing framework - frameworks that encourage all members of an organisation’s community to live a more grateful, meaningful, and purposeful life.
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​Susie started her educational journey as a Physical Education teacher and ventured into Pastoral Care, Wellbeing and School Executive positions after discovering an innate passion and need for authentic and individualised staff, student, and community wellbeing - wellbeing created for the people by the people.
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​Susie went on to complete several Positive Psychology trainings through the Institute of Positive Education; a Certificate in Positive Psychology (CiPP), under the tutelage of Tal Ben-Shahar at the Whole-being Institute; a Certificate in Understanding Happiness with Dr Robert Biswas-Diener at Positive Acorn as well as completing several certificates in Applied Positive Psychology through Positive Difference - learning and leading in the Science of Wellbeing.
She has delivered several wellbeing conference presentations, forums and podcasts over the past 10 years and continues to find grateful pleasure in workshopping the principles and benefits of Positive Psychology and the Science of Wellbeing and its associated interventions in authentic community settings - what goes well in life is as important as what does not.
