Let’s huddle.
I often receive enquiries for one-on-one, in-person sessions and opportunities to catch up, especially while I am away from my hometown of Melbourne and in your neighbourhoods.
I LOVE connecting with you face-to-face and if there is a way I can spend quality time with you AND support your heart, head and personal leadership while I’m in your neighbourhood, I want to make it happen!
But also, let’s not muck around here. If we are going to bring it in person, let’s really BRING IT. I don’t want to meet you and talk about the weather. I want to see you living a life that you’ll feel endlessly proud to say that you’ve lived on the day – hopefully a looooong time into the future – when you peacefully and lovingly take your final breath.
You, my friend, deserve to stand proudly in all that you are while knowing deep in your bones that you are also actively creating the empowered, passionate life and legacy that you crave. And so (almost) every second we spend together needs to be in service to that.
Let’s not just meet for coffee, let’s meet for connection. Let’s meet with a shared dedication to doing whatever we can – and to me bringing all that I can – to help you align your head, your heart and your personal planning with deeper conviction.
I want to share everything I know to help you on your way.
YOU – with your own unique challenges, longings, dreams, fears and secrets.
Let’s spend three whole uninterrupted hours, just you, me and some truly delicious food and drinks, in person, to either:
supercharge your confidence and personal passion
or
get serious about bringing your speaking dream to life.
These are the Heart Sparks Trailblazer Huddles.
These VIP in-person one-on-one deep-dives are designed especially for you if:
+ You are genuinely serious about creating major, inspired momentum in your life as a human and/or as a speaker
+ You are prepared to show up to our time together fully, honestly and ready to be challenged as well as inspired
+ You are open to having a warm, unwavering expert and cheerleader to guide and support you while also holding you firmly accountable to everything you want and your highest self
+ You are ready to get down and dirty with your fear
+ You love being introduced to practical tools
+ You love the idea of working with me face-to-face in a deep, one-off experience that is separate to any other coaching offer or time we may spend together
+ You love food as much as me, and enjoy connecting over a meal
CATHY M
My Huddle with Jo was inspiring, helpful, and exceeded all of my expectations. She helped me to dig into what I really wanted and we moved forward to exactly where I wanted to be. Jo gently challenged and encouraged me to put into words the thoughts that I had and we fleshed out some very important areas of my business. Jo was kind, insightful and full of love. Plus, we had the best meal! The session was so, so worth it.
There are two lovingly curated Trailblazer Huddle experiences you can choose from.
Your heart will know the way…
THE PASSIONATE TRAILBLAZER
This huddle is for you if you:
+ Long to uncover and feel more connected to what truly makes your soul sing
+ Feel your personal confidence could use a boost, but hate the whole “fake it ’til you make it” mentality (me too my friend, me too)
+ Want to feel a greater sense of alignment, balance and peace in your every day
+ Dream of confidently making and backing your own decisions (big and small), with the knowledge that what you are choosing is creating and shaping the life you want in the long-term
+ Feel that it is time you found a way to show yourself some more tender love and care amongst the many roles and responsibilities you have in your life
+ Know that your personal boundaries are wobbly, but that so is your ability to say ‘no’
+ Are ready to set the most inspiring, authentic and exciting goals you ever have, then create an equally inspiring and achievable plan to put them into action
Designed to spark your heart in its truest form and support you to become more confident and connected to yourself, the Passionate Trailblazer Huddle is a long-overdue invitation to come back home to yourself.
In our time together I will support you to get to know yourself and who you truly are when the bias and pressure of your day-to-day is no longer at the forefront. We will uncover what you stand for, what guides your decision making, what you bring to the world and what you truly want for yourself in a way that is authentic, unshakable and fuelled by heart. You will leave with a deeper relationship with yourself than you have ever had before, greater alignment with your passions, a deeper and more loving commitment to your highest self, a self-nurturing plan and incredible, achievable goals that you know how to begin actioning immediately.
This huddle will support you to step away from the busyness of your life to uncover and connect more deeply with what REALLY makes your soul sing (including the hidden stuff that you perhaps don’t talk about out loud), to deeply align with your core values and give them the space in your decision-making that they deserve, to create a personally inspiring and motivating plan for honouring the best of yourself and to create the time and space you are longing for to put yourself first, regardless of what is happening around you or how many people you support in your life.
JACQUI KOOPER
I felt a little nervous going into my Huddle but Jo held such a beautiful space for me and I was able to fully explore some significant life ‘stuff’. Working with Jo in this format was challenging and intense but also powerfully transformative. I felt fully supported the whole time and the session facilitated some positive and productive shifts, helping me to let go of things that were holding me back from fully living my best life. At the end of my Huddle I felt clearer about what I wanted as well as inspired and confident in my ability to move forward. I am now living in the moment a lot more; I feel more secure, capable and confident and am finally making the big changes that I have been craving. Jo is amazing, I loved my time with her and I can’t wait to work with her again.
THE STAGE TRAILBLAZER
This huddle is for you if you:
+ Dream of being a sought-after, booked speaker and taking up more space on the world’s stages
+ Aspire to feel deeply confident and content as an authentic, inspiring communicator
+ Long to develop and implement speaker services into your work
+ Want to know the secrets to being magnetising to your ideal audiences and in a way that is uniquely and authentically ‘you’
+ Feel ready to source more speaking opportunities
+ Are trying to develop content for public speaking speeches, presentations or workshops with a focus on morphing your personal passion and story into meaningful service for an audience
Designed to support those of you who dream of being a confident, inspiring, engaging, sought-after speaker or a more potent and powerful communicator, the Stage Trailblazer Huddle is your personal catalyst for bringing your speaking vision to life.
Half coaching and half mentoring, in our time together I will support you to uncover your ideal audiences and speaking environments, develop keynote offerings, establish your authentic voice, and build an inspiring speaking plan to support you to become known (and booked!) as a speaker.
As an in-demand speaker and Co-Curator of TEDxCecilStreet, I will share with you everything I know about empowering an audience into action and building individual relationships on stage with every member of an audience, whether in a room of 12 people or 1200, alongside what it takes to be invited back to speak at events, run workshops, converse with the media and passionately share messages time and time again.
If you know deep in your heart that you’re destined to be a more powerful communicator and to use your voice in service to many, this huddle is for you!
JO BAJA
It was invaluable to have an expert like Johanna hone in on what I wanted most for myself as a speaker and to provide so many tools for me to take positive action around making it happen. My huddle with Jo in Auckland was full of lessons around improving my speaking, owning my speaker title and creating speaking content with ease. Jo’s words were so powerful! I felt the way I compare myself to others immediately drop away during our time together and that one session with Jo has helped me to see things differently while also strengthening my confidence. The location was perfect, the food was beyond delicious and Jo’s interaction and mentoring was well beyond what I expected! Our time together was focused, thought-provoking and connecting. I would highly recommend a Trailblazer if you’re ready to check in, take action, and follow your dream.
Both Trailblazer Huddles include:
+ A detailed pre-experience questionnaire and pack designed especially to help you prepare for our time together and know that you will get the most out of your experience with me
+ 3 hours of one-on-one time, in-person time with me
+ Expert coaching and mentoring throughout your experience time
+ A delicious, hearty meal in highly recommended and praised establishment that caters to your dietary requirements and personal tastes. My foodie heart will choose somewhere special for us!
+ Practical tools, worksheets and planning processes that you can reapply long after our time together
I am blessed to travel all over the world and extensively in Australia as a professional speaker alongside my work as a confidence + public speaker mentor.
Adventure is one of my core values and travel brings it to me by the bucketload. In the last few years alone I have travelled throughout Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capitol Territory (ACT), New South Wales, Queensland, New Zealand, France, America, the United Kingdom and Denmark. My work has also taken me to Indonesia, Canada, Thailand and beyond.
Holding Huddles along the way has felt like such a beautiful way to connect with the Heart Sparks community in their own neighbourhoods. Seeing the incredible things that Huddle recipients have brought to life after our time together makes these trips so memorable and extra special for me.
Here’s to more of that!
All current huddle availabilities are listed below. Please note that all of the following offers are time-sensitive and new dates, times and locations are updated regularly to this page. Either the Passionate or Stage Trailblazer huddles can be booked in the available times.
Current Huddle Availabilities
More Huddle dates coming soon.
Want to know what other people say about their time working with me? You can find feedback from my past clients, here.
For all Trailblazer Huddle enquiries or further information, please contact [email protected] or reach out here with the huddle type and city you are interested in.
I can’t wait to see you face-to-face!
*hugs optional 😘
SARAH KELLY
I knew to expect the unexpected going into my Huddle with Jo, as I know with Jo there’s no hiding anything. She searches your soul.
I honestly would have sat in a dark stinky cave with jam sandwiches, if it meant that I had Jo for this time, guiding me on my life journey! But the whole Huddle experience was perfect, an absolute delight. The location was a good choice and the food was great.
I will absolutely do things differently moving forward after my Huddle. I had several light bulb moments, lots to process and things I can adapt and change.
I have acknowledged my areas of growth, I feel confident enough to not hide and I’m now aligning my standards with the standards I seek.
My Huddle was everything I needed, even the sucker punch questions!
Jo you are incredible, your love shines so bright and is infectious. Our time together felt safe, supportive and full of love. I have and will continue to recommend others work with you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Where will we meet for our huddle session?
We will meet for your huddle at a venue in the stated town/city at the allocated time. The venue will be lovingly selected by me specifically for you and your own dietary needs and loves. The venue will always be one that is light, comfortable, spacious and highly recommended for its atmosphere, food and accessibility. You will be notified of your exact session location a minimum of 48 hours before your allocated session time. I know you will love the surprise!
Q: What happens if I can’t make it on the day?
Emergencies happen. I get it! Huddle session fees are non-refundable, however with a minimum of 24 hours notice you are welcome to gift your allocated Huddle experience to a friend or loved one in your absence if you wish. Please note that the arranged location of the Huddle cannot be changed in this instance.
Q: Melbourne is your hometown, right? So can I access these sessions there at any time?
Unfortunately due to my calendar and existing booking schedule, these particular sessions are not available in Melbourne outside of any currently listed dates/times. Future Huddle opportunities will be posted here as they arise, but if you would like to express further interest for us to work together in Melbourne, please do let me know here.
Q: What will we eat? And are you going to shout me a glass of bubbles?
I can’t wait to introduce you to one of my favourite eateries in your city! Before our session I will be in touch with a free, pre-huddle questionnaire that, alongside questions designed to support you to begin delving into the area we will be working together on, will provide space for you to let me know your dietary requirements and cuisine preferences. I will then do my absolute best to book a place you will love! As for the bubbles…of course!
Q: I don’t like talking with my mouth full. How does the whole eating/working thing work?
Don’t worry! While it may sound a little unnatural, the process of eating, chatting and working together will feel even more nourishing than it seems. It really is amazing how much connection and solidarity we can co-create through sharing food, stories and strategy all at once!
We will absolutely pause as we go to make sure we enjoy the beautiful food we are served.