Certified
Wellbeing Advocate
Early Childhood
Lead wellbeing in your centre with clarity, confidence and purpose
An 8-week online professional development program designed to support educator wellbeing, emotional regulation, reflective practice, and whole-centre wellbeing implementation. Grounded in the KOTUS Method™ and aligned with the frameworks that matter most to early childhood professionals.
Limited places available to support personalised reflective feedback.
Built for educators who know
exactly how hard this work is
This course was built on two years of firsthand experience inside early childhood centres — combined with deep research into the real pain points educators and directors face every single day. If you've felt it, this course was made for you.
Build practical wellbeing skills to use every day — and finally feel supported in the work you give everything to
Lead whole-centre wellbeing implementation with clarity, compassion and sustainable systems that actually work
Gain NESA recognised professional development hours while transforming your practice from the inside out
Everything you need to become
a confident wellbeing leader
8 Structured Online Modules
One module per week — approximately 30 minutes of focused, practical learning designed for busy educators
Weekly Centre-Based Tasks
Real implementation activities you apply directly in your centre each week — not just theory
Reflective Practice Assignments
Guided weekly reflections to deepen your understanding and personalise your wellbeing approach
Emotional Regulation Strategies
Practical mindful movement and regulation tools you can use immediately with your team and children
Implementation Workbook & Resources
Downloadable educator resources and a comprehensive implementation workbook yours to keep
12 Months Access
Self-paced online learning — revisit any module anytime for a full year after enrolment
A structured journey toward
whole-centre wellbeing
Each week targets a real, research-identified pain point in the early childhood sector — building from your own wellbeing through to whole-centre leadership and sustainable implementation.
Becoming a Wellbeing Advocate
Understanding staff wellbeing, emotional climate, and centre wellbeing risks
Fair Workload & Accountability Systems
Reducing hidden labour and improving workload fairness across your team
Distributed Leadership & Educator Progression
Building ownership, recognition, and sustainable leadership pathways
Preventing Emotional Exhaustion & Burnout
Supporting educator regulation, recovery, and resilience in demanding environments
Relationship Safety & Team Communication
Strengthening psychological safety, repair, and authentic connection in your team
Behaviour, Co-Regulation & Emotional Support
Understanding child behaviour through a wellbeing lens with practical strategies
Programming for Emotional & Social Wellbeing
Embedding daily regulation, mindfulness, and group wellbeing practices into your program
Whole-Centre Wellbeing Leadership & Advocacy
Creating sustainable long-term wellbeing implementation across your entire centre
Built in
the trenches
"This course was not written from a desk. It was built from the ground up — inside the sector, alongside the people it was made for."
Before writing a single module, I spent two years working inside early childhood centres — across seven different settings, including twelve months embedded in one centre from the ground up.
I scrubbed floors, cleaned toilets, wrote programs in stolen two-hour windows, managed rooms solo, and absorbed the emotional weight that every educator knows but rarely talks about. I experienced firsthand the invisible labour, the poor leadership dynamics, the team cultures that drain good people, and the impossible juggle of educating, supervising, programming and cleaning — all at once.
Even with decades of mindfulness practice and therapeutic training behind me, I felt it. The exhaustion. The isolation. The sense that the sector asks everything and offers very little in return.
And then I went back to the research — and found that what I witnessed was not unique. It was systemic.
Every module in this course was built directly from what the research identified as the sector's deepest pain points — and from what I lived inside those centres. This is not a generic professional development course ticking compliance boxes. This was built for you, by someone who has sat exactly where you're sitting.
Professionally aligned with the
standards that matter
This course meets the professional requirements for early childhood educators across Australia — giving you recognised hours and frameworks you can apply immediately.
Elizabeth-Anne
Mulhane
B.PsychSci (Hons) · Somatic Movement Psychotherapist · Accredited ECT
Elizabeth Mulhane is a Somatic Movement Psychotherapist with a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours), where her thesis explored improving wellbeing through mindfulness and sound. She is the creator of Flow Form and an accredited Early Childhood Teacher with over 40 years of experience in mindfulness, meditation, and movement. Elizabeth is also a certified Yoga Teacher, Registered Tai Chi Qigong Instructor, and holds additional qualifications in children's yoga, preschool dance, and brain-based learning.