Meet Your Essential Biologist
Kery is a powerful catalyst for change. She is rewiring the way that Work works. With over 40 years of experience in Healthcare, Education, Entrepreneurship and Not For Profit work, she is challenging outdated systems and championing evidence-based and integrative approaches to learning, leadership, and wellbeing.
Kery’s insights are not just theoretical. Like many passionate professionals facing overhwhelm today, Kery has experienced firsthand the limitations of both the education, healthcare and workplace systems and seen why traditional burnout solutions aren’t working—and what we need to do instead.
As the founder of Active Axons, Kery works with healthcare, education, and corporate teams to address systemic issues like low engagement, high turnover, and workplace stress. She has built a Three Pillar: Three Process path, based on neuroscience, the biology of wellbeing and nature’s program for resilience. This has been used to develop nationally recognized professional development programs and student engagement models, and coach leaders to create cultures of adaptability and empowerment.
Her entrepreneurial success in building a thriving community has led her to become a sought-after speaker and workshop facilitator, delivering dynamic keynotes at national conferences on topics ranging from workplace culture to the chemistry and energy of emotions. She is known for making difficult
Kery has a deep respect for biological systems and the profound intelligence of nature. She brings a unique blend of scientific rigor, heartfelt empathy, and an unshakable belief in life’s potential. Her approach is warm yet provocative, encouraging people to challenge assumptions, trust their inner wisdom, and step boldly into a future where learning and work are truly aligned with how humans thrive.
When she’s not transforming lives through her workshops, programs and talks, Kery lives on Dharug and Gundungurra land in the Blue Mountains with her family. She embodies the ethos she teaches, embracing curiosity, compassion and resilience as a way of life, welcoming nature as a powerful teacher.
