'Amelia Donnelly is a wellbeing educator, meditation teacher and author dedicated to helping others. Over the last twelve years she has been a full time primary school teacher devoted to engaging and motivating students to achieve their full potential. Her love of wellbeing and resilience is born from personal experience - her older brother, James, was hit and killed in a tragic hit-and-run incident in 2002. Amelia has completed training in Positive Education at Geelong Grammar, Mindfulness Teacher Training with Dr Craig Hassed at Monash University, achieved her Level 3 Reiki Master certification and she is also a meditation teacher of the 1 Giant Mind Being Technique. She wrote the mindfulness curriculum for the Resilience Project School’s Program and is trained in the IB PYP philosophy, Student Wellbeing and she was the Respectful Relationships Coordinator at a government primary school in Melbourne. Amelia’s debut picture story book, The Golden Thread, sold nearly 2000 copies. During 2020 lockdown, she worked with publisher Lake Press to create a wellbeing series called, ‘Zen Zoo’ - which was a wellbeing range exclusively for Kmart.' (https://www.littlesteps.com.au/contributors/amelia-donnelly)
