A registered Industrial Psychologist, Career Coach, BWRT® and Enneagram practitioner. Founder of CareerCraft and BWRT-atwork. 

I’m interested in the moments when we all hit a wall with our own habits. We get to a point where playing a part, pleasing everyone, and over-functioning just feels... old. It’s not enjoyable or effective anymore. We grow up and realise we want more contentment and more of our "true selves," but we’re stuck on the how.

We are spoilt for choice with self-help "silver bullets," but if insight or willpower were enough, we’d all be "fixed" by now. I use BWRT® because it offers a different way to shift those automatic loops that keep us from the life we actually want. I don’t believe we’re meant to stay stuck in our own suffering. We all have the clues to our freedom and joy, and sometimes, it just takes the right context and process to uncover them. 

When I’m not working, I’m usually at a retreat or at home in Benoni with my family and my dogs, convinced that the perfect number of dogs is always one more than I currently have. 

gillian@careercraft.co.za | www.careercraft.co.za | 072 172 6591 

Colleen is a registered psychologist in private practice and founder of Connect EQ, coaching and consulting. She has worked with teams and individuals, including C-Suite Executives, in global organisations, in various roles, for more than 20 years, both on site and online, pre-video technology. She works systemically with leaders, teams and organisations, focusing on the dynamic and emergent nature of dysfunction, neutrality and thriving.

She is trained in workplace trauma and counselling, organisational culture and change leadership and is an International Coach Federation (ICF) certified Team Coach, trained in ORSC™ Organisation and Relationship Systems Coaching. She served on the ICF Board as Regional Lead for Gauteng, South Africa. She holds a BA in Psychology and Management, a BA (Hons) in Organisational Psychology from Wits University and a Masters in Organisational Psychology from the University of Cape Town, where her research focused on Workplace Bullying and Employee Psychological Wellbeing.

Colleen lives in the Western Cape, South Africa, with her husband, and their 12-year-old son. She is also a proud stepmom to two boys, aged 31 and 22. Besides her work, which she is very passionate about, she loves spending quality time with her family, walking or cycling in nature, swimming, yoga, listening to music, reading, learning, and actively pursuing a minimalist lifestyle.

colleen@connect-eq.com | www.connect-eq.com