ALPMA HR Day 2021 – The New Normal

Linda Taylor

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker at TaylorMade Counselling

Linda Taylor is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker.  She holds a Bachelor of Social Work together with a Master of Social Work and is registered with the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Linda has over seventeen years’ experience across a broad range of social work and counselling sectors, including emergency services & front-line workers, victims of crime, clients with PTSD, youth justice, family violence, sexual assault, refugee communities, Aboriginal communities, the ADF and veteran communities, the mental health and health sectors, international development, education, child protection and training and development.

In 2017, Linda started her own private practice, TaylorMade Counselling.

Her approachable and friendly nature allows clients to feel comfortable and at ease in the counselling space.  Linda aims to provide clients with a safe environment to have life changing, meaningful and practical conversations. Linda’s passion for her work shines through to her clients.

During her free time, Linda enjoys getting in the boxing ring with her mate, Jesse White, who is a professional boxer and whom she now sponsors.  They have been training together for 5 years.  It does wonders for her own mental health.  She enjoys travelling to developing countries and immersing herself in the different cultures of the world.

At the end of the day, Linda enjoys sharing a laugh and chat with friends with a good bottle of wine.

Angela Smith

Founder / Facilitator at Mind Your Mojo

As a survivor and a thriver of emotionally charged, high stress environments, Angela now supports professionals to positively integrate being fully committed without becoming fully consumed, burned out and ineffectual. Through her own experience as a former Senior Communications Advisor to several Victoria Government ministers as well as to a number of Canadian diplomats where she often managed Crisis Communications, Angela has firsthand experience of how a professional’s personal wellbeing can directly impact competence and a company’s reputation and bottom line.

Through her Mind Your Mojo Program©, Angela guides professionals to foster positive habits to counter the negative impacts of stress by focussing on four specific aspects of resilience: social, emotional, physical and mental resilience.

The foundation of all of Angela’s programs can be found in the practices of Eastern contemplative traditions that she has practiced and studied for more than three decades, as well as the contemporary science that validates the benefits of these practices.

In addition to being a Hatha Yoga teacher as recognised by Yoga Australia, Angela is also a student, studying Mindfulness and Resilience to Stress in the Workplace through the University of California at Berkeley.

With an easy-going manner, Angela shares simple yet profound ancient techniques expressed in a modern way. She shares decades of experience with these practices through retreats and corporate wellness programs – all of which are personally meaningful, practical and most of all, low stress.

Sharon Henderson

Legal Recruitment Specialist at Legal People

Sharon is one of the leading, most respected specialist legal recruiters in Australia having successfully recruited Lawyers, Management & HR staff to the legal industry for over 20 years. She is also the Director & Owner of Legal People.

Emma Elliott

Chief Executive Officer at ALPMA