Welcome

The Balance Collective Company Pty Ltd is a professional wellbeing service supporting schools across Queensland and beyond.

Founded by Katherine McGregor, an educator, social worker, behaviour coach, and wellbeing facilitator, The Balance Collective exists to support the wellbeing of those who care for, lead, and educate others.

Katherine brings more than two decades of experience working across classrooms, leadership teams, and whole school wellbeing initiatives. This work has given her a deep understanding of both the pressures educators face and the extraordinary capacity within schools to create meaningful, lasting change.

Her qualifications include a Master of Social Work, a Master of Education in Guidance and Counselling, a Certificate in Education for Careers Development and Counselling, and a Certificate in Trauma Aware Education. Her practice is further informed by training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Polyvagal Theory, and Solution Focused Brief Therapy.

These approaches shape the heart of The Balance Collective. The work is practical, relational, and grounded in nervous system literacy, supporting educators to regulate, reconnect with themselves, and work in ways that are sustainable rather than depleting.

The Balance Collective was created from both professional experience and personal conviction.

Katherine has seen firsthand how burnout impacts individuals, teams, and entire school communities. She also knows that when wellbeing is approached with depth, care, and intention, meaningful change is not only possible, it is sustainable.

Damien Kelso, Deputy Principal

I attended the workshop to gain some tools and strategies to apply to my own personal well-being as well as staff and students at my school. The workshop has provided me with a platform to base my own well-being on, and build on my own current practice. It also really highlighted the importance of being mindful and proactive when stress levels are building - early interventions to prevent being totally overwhelmed. I really liked that the workshop was based on current research. It gave us all the capacity to connect with fellow staff who are in the same space with the daily challenges to being overwhelmed in a complex working environment.