About With You

Joanna Brown

With You is a place for those of us who feel deeply and who yearn to live with greater meaning and purpose. It’s designed to respond to you - your thoughts, feelings, world view and longings. With You is consciously relational, and has evolved from my exploration of grounded ways to grow, live and thrive as a sensitive person in this world.

I have always been interested in the relationship between our inner lives and the wider world around us. I’m drawn to the places where personal experience, relationships, community, and meaning meet.

My professional background has moved through community development, youth wellbeing, restorative justice, disaster recovery, facilitation, coaching and reflective practice.

I’m the author Living Sensitive, and support sensitive people to thrive in a complex world. I support women and men navigating life transitions - life and work balance, parenthood, relationships, menopause and sacred callings.

Across all these different fields, the thread has stayed the same: supporting people to make sense of complexity, to find their own voice, and to create more balanced and compassionate ways of moving forward.

I hold a Master of Applied Science in Social Ecology and a Diploma of Transpersonal Coaching, alongside extensive training in facilitation, conflict resolution and community-based practice.

Social ecology looks at the relationship between people and the wider social, cultural and environmental systems in which we live. I see people in context; how our inner lives, relationships, work and wider circumstances continually influence one another.

I am interested in the deeper human questions that sit beneath practical decisions: Who am I now? What matters most? What am I outgrowing? How do I live and work with more honesty and integrity?

I worked for many years in local government and community organisations, with a strong focus on community resilience, social connection, disaster recovery and community-led change. For more than a decade, I’ve worked one-on-one one with people navigating personal and professional change, and facilitated women’s workshops and retreats.

My approach is reflective, intuitive, grounded and practical. I bring warmth, depth, clear boundaries and a strong respect for each person’s lived experience. I see people as whole, capable and connected to the systems and relationships around them.

With You is a space to pause, understand what is happening at a deeper level, reconnect with what matters and find greater clarity in complexity.