Dr Jodie Wilson (she/her) is a second-generation veterinarian from Queensland, Australia. She is a past President and media spokesperson of the Australian Veterinary Association QLD Division. In 2016, she found her veterinary home in emergency and critical care, joining the team at Animal Emergency Service Carrara. When her physical capabilities limited Jodie’s ability to continue in clinical practice, she made the transition from ECC medicine to her other passion – understanding human beings and how to help them thrive.
Jodie is a warrior, and her remarkable resilience, unique perspectives, and ability to innovate have shaped her award-winning veterinary career. As a diagnosed autistic and ADHD individual, with a late life acquired physical disability, she knows what overcoming challenge to succeed really looks like. She is a dedicated disruptive influence, constantly curious about the world, and how to make it a place where people can flourish as their whole authentic selves.
Jodie is an experienced life coach, specialising in managing change and life transitions. She has a Master of Applied Positive Psychology degree from the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Wellbeing Science and is currently undertaking research at the intersection of Autism and Wellbeing at the La Trobe University’s Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre. Jodie finds the intersectionality of the world exciting. She is an accomplished activist, advocate, speaker, and writer across a number of intersecting domains, including positive psychology, veterinary mental health, neurodiversity, LGBQTIA+ issues, disability, and parenting.
Jodie’s passion belongs to the people who make up her communities, and her mission is to move the individuals she works with from surviving, to thriving. Jodie is especially passionate about coaching neurodivergent teens and young adults, and those living with disability, to journey with them with courage and without shame, towards their best selves. Her practice is evidence-informed, guided by lived experience, and sensitive to context.