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🌿KAREN GILLES-REID - Founder | Mindfulness Life Coach | Creator of Warrior Heart HEALS®
Karen Gilles-Reid is the founder of Warrior Heart Wellbeing Services and the creator of Warrior Heart HEALS®, a mindfulness-based approach that nurtures emotional resilience, creativity, and deeper connection with self and others.
Experience & Background
With over 20 years of experience in education, trauma-informed care, integrating the creative arts, Karen brings warmth, insight, and gentle strength to her work as a Mindfulness Life Coach and facilitator.
Karen offers:
- 1:1 mindfulness life coaching
- Couples sessions
- Group workshops (online)
Collaborative Programs
Karen is the editor and co-facilitator of the Warrior Heart Drum Therapy Program, developed in collaboration with Mindful/Somatic Psychotherapist Jeffery Reid. Together, they’ve presented this powerful resource at national wellbeing conferences and professional development events.
Career in Education
Karen previously worked for more than a decade in the NSW Department of Education as a Specialist Behaviour Teacher and Assistant Principal (Behaviour). Her approach to behavioural support integrated the expressive arts—using music, movement, drawing, and role play to support emotional regulation and engagement.
Creative Work & Publication
Karen is also the author of "Mindful Behaviour Management in the Preschool Years", a course widely accessed through Teacher Training Australia (TTA). Her creative voice shines through in her surrealist-naïve artwork and original songs, many of which are inspired by her mindfulness meditation practice, established in 1998.
What Clients Say
Clients describe Karen’s workshops as:
"Very gently empowering and warm, accessible and friendly."
Workshop participant
“I find Karen to be warm, knowledgeable, inspiring and utterly professional, in her dealings; we greatly benefited.”
Workshop participant
Clients describe Karen's artprint offerings as:
“The colours in each print brought about its own life and message.”
Home Collector
Qualifications
Master of Special Education - Newcastle University 2002
Graduate Diploma of Psychology - Monash University 2019
Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Behavioural) - Newcastle University 2001
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) - Macquarie University 1994
Mindfulness Life Coaching Certification - Transformation Services 2020
Yin Yoga Teacher Training - 2022
Professional Association & Memberships:
Australian Teacher Education Association - Professional Membership
Australian Association for Cognitive & Behavioural Therapy - Professional Membership
🌿jeffery reid - Mindful/Somatic Psychotherapist| School Counsellor | Workshop Co-Facilitator
Jeffery Reid brings a deeply grounded presence and over 20 years of experience to his support role in Warrior Heart HEALS® workshops, facilitated by Karen Gilles-Reid. His approach is centred on compassion, clarity, and mindful connection.
Therapeutic Philosophy
Jeffery is a graduate of the Hakomi Method, a gentle, somatic psychotherapy modality that uses mindfulness as a core pathway to healing. He works with presence and safety to support emotional awareness and embodied growth.
Creative Work & Publication
He is also the author of the Warrior Heart Drum Therapy Program, a rhythmic, expressive practice designed to foster emotional regulation, connection, and self-expression through drumming. This program has been shared at wellbeing workshops and professional conferences across Australia.
🔗 Explore the Drum Therapy Program
Professional Experience
As a School Counsellor, Jeffery has supported children and adolescents from Preschool to Year 12, working in both urban centres like Sydney’s Inner West and remote rural communities.
Jeff's holistic approach blends:
- Mindfulness-based therapy
- Tailored emotional wellbeing support
- Trauma-informed care
Commitment to Equity
Jeffery is passionate about equity in education and has been a trusted advisor to parents, school leaders, and teachers, offering practical strategies and insights that support student wellbeing across diverse communities.
He has delivered professional development and experiential workshops for educators, counsellors, and allied health professionals in NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, and TAS. His work includes a strong focus on culturally responsive support for Indigenous students.
Role within Warrior Heart Wellbeing Services
At Warrior Heart Wellbeing Services Jeff plays a vital logistically role supporting workshop facilitation, and helps participants to feel safe, seen, and gently empowered in their journey of healing and self-discovery.
Professional Memberships
School Counselling & Psychology Association of New South Wales, Australia
National Education and Standards Authority (NESA): Registered Teacher