Linda Whitehead spent years of her life dedicated to climbing the corporate ladder and becoming a mum before she realised she’d lost her passion, purpose and true self along the way. A couple of yoga classes later and some of those layers she’d built up started to peel away, giving her a peep at who she really was again. And there began a deep relationship with yoga and meditation and a passion to be able to share these ancient learnings with people in a similar position to her.

Emma Moignard grew up in Mornington on a family farm with her father, mother and brother, and at the age of 7, became a vegetarian after walking in on a skinned lamb hanging from the barn roof one afternoon. This was the spark of change for Em, and after qualifying as a chef at the age of 19, created Soulful Vegan Food (SVF). About a stone throw away from where the café sits now, Em's SVF market stall at the Mornington Wednesday market was a huge success, setting the scene for a more impactful and accessible way of showcasing delicious vegan food with the café's recent opening.

Laura Lohk is a Cognitive Hypnotherapist and NLP coach, trained at the internationally renowned Quest Institute in London. Having had a very challenging past herself, she now helps people with common mental health issues, trauma, stress, weight loss and phobias, together with inspiring people to unlock their potential by coaching them to realise that #YesYouCan turn your challenges into opportunities.

One of the things Belkis Clarke-Mitcham has come to realise is that in life, things are going to happen. Some of those things will be wonderful, and some of those things are going to be not so great. But when those not so great things happen, what Belkis knows is that no matter how difficult, how ugly it is, we still have a choice.

Janet Bayramyan is an Armenian-Russian-American licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in the states of California and Florida working from a trauma-focused and attachment oriented perspective, supporting individuals and couples through their healing of past and current distressing events.

Canadian based business professor Laura Cole is the founder of Your Latitude, Canadian solution-focused coaching, and meditation practice, specialising in organisational culture development and change management.