Sustainable Entrepreneur
ADELAIDE CBD
Monday 12th May 2025
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Rediscovering Your Why
MT BARKER
Wednesday 14th May 2025
4:00pm to 7:00pm
Balancing Business + Life
for Beauty Therapists & Makeup Artists
Monday 19th May 2025
from 5:00pm
Battling Business Blues
WOODVILLE
Thursday 22nd May 2025
9:30am to 12:30pm
Balancing Business + Life
YANKALILLA
Tuesday 28th May 2025
10:00am to 1:00pm
62% of Small or Family Business Owners Feel Their Mental Health Has Been Negatively Impacted Over the Past 12-Months*
Your wellbeing is VITAL to the future of your business. Taking care of your mental health isn't a luxury. We're making it a priority
For too long small and family business owners have been led to believe their wellbeing is a luxury and anxiety, depression, overwhelm, and burnout are simply the cost of doing business. If you regularly struggle with any of the following we’d love to help you do business (and life) better…
- isolation and loneliness
- the belief you can’t share challenges with others
- overwhelm, exhaustion, and decision-making fatigue
- saying yes to a million un-important things and no to the big things
- worrying about everything
- resentment at having to carry the load for your employees, partners and family
- feeling like you need to micromanage, control and make everything perfect
- exhaustion from constantly being on the go
- burnout, anxiety, or a diagnosis of other mental health conditions
"The workshop helped me appreciate my wellbeing isn't a luxury to spend time on when everything else has been ticked off the list. If I want to stay in business it's a priority."
Why wellbeing matters
When our workplaces are mentally healthy, we see enormous benefits for business owners, individual employees and to the business itself.
Research shows business owners and leaders who learn how to recognise, respond, and maintain psychological wellbeing for themselves and their teams are able to…
- better manage their own wellbeing and that of their employees
- create a balance between the demands of work and home
- improve their decision making capabilities and increase productivity
- decrease costly errors and workplace accidents
- lead with confidence and clarity
- create boundaries to protect their time and energy
- enjoy greater satisfaction at work and report a new found passion for their business
- experience improved relationships with their family, employees, clients, and suppliers
We know small business is different...
Owning a small or family business can be rewarding but it also comes with a set of realities that are very different to those experienced by employees or leaders of corporate organisations.
At Ignite Wellbeing we have over 20 years experience in facilitation, mental health training, art therapy, and counselling but above all we’re a small business too. We get the late nights, the early mornings, the complete lack of balance when it comes to business and life. The stress that comes with having staff (or not having staff), making money, being the constant decision maker, and carrying the mental (and physical) load…. We’ve done all that too.
Which is why we’re so excited to have been selected to partner with the Government of South Australia’s Office of Small and Family Business to deliver a series of Mental Health and Wellbeing Masterclasses specifically addressing the unique challenges of small and family business.
Throughout 2024 and early 2025 we will be running engaging, interactive, and fun sessions across metropolitan and regional South Australia. Designed for business owners, sole traders, partners, families and employees.
Join An Event In Your Local Area
When you join us you'll get...
Fun, interactive wellbeing sessions specifically designed to address the unique needs of small and family business owners and their employees in a fun, interactive way.
A safe and supportive space to share your thoughts, feelings, and experiences with other business owners who understand how challenging business can be.
The opportunity to collaborate with others to find solutions, and approaches to reduce feelings of overwhelm and mental exhaustion.
Access to the professional guidance and support you need to recognise challenges, address particular struggles, build new habits, and make changes that last.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Has Never Been More Crucial
“Partnering with the Office of Small and Family Business has given us the chance to help small business leaders and managers increase their resilience, be more informed about mental health in their workplace, and tackle some of the common (often unspoken) struggles they have.”
Bel Ryan, CEO of Ignite Wellbeing Co
Mental Health & Wellbeing Has Never Been More Crucial
“Partnering with the Office of Small and Family Business has given us the chance to help small business leaders and managers increase their resilience, be more informed about mental health in their workplace, and tackle some of the common (often unspoken) struggles they have.”
Bel Ryan, CEO of Ignite Wellbeing Co
Join Us For A Specific Wellbeing Topic
Sustainable Entrepreneur
ADELAIDE CBD
Monday 12th May 2025
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Rediscovering Your Why
MT BARKER
Wednesday 14th May 2025
4:00pm to 7:00pm
Balancing Business + Life
for Beauty Therapists & Makeup Artists
Monday 19th May 2025
from 5:00pm
Battling Business Blues
WOODVILLE
Thursday 22nd May 2025
9:30am to 12:30pm
Balancing Business + Life
YANKALILLA
Tuesday 28th May 2025
10:00am to 1:00pm
"Thank you for giving me the chance to take a few hours out of my business and do something for myself. I just booked my first holiday in 10 years!"
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you do a shorter workshop for those of us who can only spare an hour out of our day?
We’ve worked hard to balance the challenge of taking time away from your business and delivering a workshop that actually makes leaving worth your while! We believe three hours of recharging and prioritising yourself and your wellbeing is exactly what you need if you’re constantly on a treadmill or time pressure.
I'm feeling pretty good at the moment, will I still get anything from joining the mastermind?
Congratulations on being in a great place! A big focus of our wellbeing mastermind sessions is helping you not only create but maintain healthy wellbeing habits and sustain a workplace culture that supports mental health and wellbeing. Even after working in this space for 20 years we’re still learning how it’s done. So yes, we think you can still get a lot of value from coming along.
What if I don't want to share my thoughts and feelings with the group?
I don't have a team does that matter?
Am I ok to come on my own?
Is this a session that will teach me how to breathe and meditate?
That being said we’re happy to refer you to great facilitators if you’re looking for breathwork and meditation!
What can I expect if I join a session?
Each wellbeing session follows a theme but the joy of working with small groups is the content can change according to where you’re at right now and the things that will be the most beneficial to you.
We use a wide variety of creative, engaging and FUN activities to help participants have safe and meaningful conversations around mental health and wellbeing.
I'm not a small business owner but I work in a small business can I come along?
Yes! The aim of the mastermind series is to support anyone working within a small or family business.
Do I need to go to all the sessions in the series?
Each mastermind series includes two or three 3-hour sessions designed to build on information and knowledge from the previous session. Whilst you’ll get the maximum value from attending all of the session you’re welcome to attend individual sessions in any location.
Register your interest to attend future events OR host a Masterclass in your location?
To find out more about up coming sessions or to register your interest to host a Small Business Mental Health and Wellbeing session in your local area through your council, Industry Group, or business organisation please complete your details and we’ll be in touch.
