Julie Loveny has more than 30 years' experience as an educator, facilitator, mediator, counsellor and social worker specialising in mental health and working with individuals and families.

As a lecturer, Julie brings real-life knowledge from working in a variety of government and community organisations, as well as the mining and business sectors. 

As director of This Daring Life, founded to improve leadership and psychological safety in the workplace, Julie offers consultancy services to organisations to support their employees  and develop leadership capabilities.

Current projects she is working on include a government funded project 'Leading Thriving Workplaces' with partner organisations in health and the NFP sector. This intiative  also collaborates with the Future of Work Institute at Curtin Business School using their Thrive at Work framework and another Julie draws on another evidence based model Dare to Lead.   She was also part of a cross-discipline research study into the impact of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) work arrangements and mental health, has developed a Mental Health Directory for workplaces and was involved in communiy consulations for the State Suicide Prevention Plan and a Wellbeing Plan for the WA Mental Health Commission.

Recent other work has included the development of Workplace Mental Health Standards on behalf of the Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention, investigations of consumer complaints on behalf of the WA Mental Health Commission, independent evaluations and accreditation of community mental health organisations, and providing EAP trauma support and consultancy services to organisations and workplaces.

In 2016, Julie trained with Dr Brené Brown, who is a Professor of Social Work at Houston University, researcher and best-selling author. As a certified facilitator of Dr Brown’s programs, the Daring Way™ and Dare to Lead™, Julie is delivering these workshops across WA and within the School of Health and Clinical Sciences to staff and students at UWA.