Professional Bio
THE FULL STORY:
Johanna Parker is an award-winning Australian-based, heart-fuelled and connection-led life, confidence and public speaking coach, international speaker and space holder, personal leadership maven, fear-dismantler, coach trainer, educator, strategist, communication expert and the founder of Heart Sparks (www.heartsparks.com.au), where, through a unique combination of heart, strategy and healing, she passionately supports both adults and adolescents worldwide to master their mindset, ignite their voice and build sustainable, purposeful lives with an unwavering sense of self-worth and pride. With an extensive professional background in social work, crisis intervention, counselling, leadership, people management and project work for systemic change prior to her life work as a coach and speaker, Jo longs a world where we hold wholehearted agency over our lives, show greater authenticity in entrepreneurship and co-create with equity in our communities.
Through her powerful coaching, curriculum, keynotes, trainings, workshops and retreats, Johanna passionately supports her clients and audiences to align their head and their heart with deeper conviction. Hailed by Women’s Fitness Magazine as a ‘positivity expert’, over the past decade her work has seen thousands of adults and workplaces build unwavering confidence and clarity within themselves, her school-based curriculum has transformed wellbeing conversations in the education sector and her work as a Coach Trainer has supported hundreds of heart-centered people across the globe to build successful service-based businesses.
Her work has been featured in a range of print and online media, including Renegade Collective, The Herald Sun, The Huffington Post, Pro Bono Australia, ELLE Magazine, the Daily Guru and Inspired Coach Magazine. She has appeared on countless podcasts, national radio broadcasts, online channels and on national television, where she has also been a strong campaigner against youth homelessness in Australia and for ending violence against women.
Jo loves to travel, to nestle in with a good coffee and to support her audiences to passionately chase their dreams and unleash with unashamed authenticity. She believes that we live our best life when we stand proudly and powerfully in all that we authentically are, and her life is dedicated to providing you with the tools and support to do just that.
THE SHORT VERSION:
Johanna Parker is a heart-fuelled and connection-led life, confidence and public speaking coach, international speaker and space holder, personal leadership maven, fear-dismantler, coach trainer, educator, strategist, communication expert and the founder of Heart Sparks, where, through an unwavering combination of heart, strategy and healing, she passionately supports both women and young people to unearth, embrace and unashamedly share their truest voice and message with deep confidence and conviction.
Jo longs for a world where we hold wholehearted agency over our lives, show greater authenticity in entrepreneurship and co-create with equity in our communities. Through her powerful coaching, curriculum, workshops and retreats, Johanna passionately supports her clients and audiences through a journey of finding, honouring and igniting their voice, while bravely aligning their head and their heart with deeper connection. Her work has seen thousands of women build unwavering confidence in themselves and their businesses, her school-based curriculum has transformed conversations and enhanced connection to personal wellness in the education sector and her work as a Coach Trainer at the Beautiful You Coaching Academy has supported many hundreds of heart-centered people across the globe to build successful service-based businesses.
As Featured In
Johanna has featured in numerous media sources (print, digital, courses, television, radio, podcasts etc.) including:
+ REPRESENTED with Annie Gichuru: Embodying Inclusive Celebrancy at Life’s End ft. Johanna Parker
+ Channel Ten: The Circle
+ ABC Radio National: Life Matters
+ EventHead TV: Public Speaking, Quick Q&A, How You Know You Are At A Great Event
+ Renegade Collective Magazine: The Girl’s Got Spark
+ ELLE Magazine: The Young And The Restless
+ CLEO Magazine: Surprising Facts About Stress
+ Women’s Fitness Magazine: Whine Time: Hold That Gripe and Read This First
+ Huffpost: Four Tips That Will Help You Have A Positive Impact On Your Community, Five Reasons Why It’s Actually Good To Break Your New Year’s Resolutions
+ Inspired Coach Magazine: Helping Clients Combat Negative Thinking, Festive Issue (including Cover Feature and Image)
+ The Youth Mentor Podcast: Episode 7 – Helping young people make values-based decisions
+ The Daily Guru: Talent To Be Reckoned With
+ Flourish: Victorian high school graduates encouraged to maintain good finances, strive for commitment and adaptability
+ ROOOAR Magazine: Defying Self Doubt
+ Shine From Within Youth Mentor Training: Expert Guest Teacher Interviews: Building Rapport With Students + Crafting Custom Programs For Youth Organisations and Schools, Finding Your Story And Confidently Stepping Forward To Be Seen
+ Maximizer Magazine: The Volunteer Verdict – Finding Your Feet In A World Of Giving
+ Beautiful You Coaching Academy e-book: 7 First Year Coaches Share Their Business Success Stories
+ Texture & Co: Inspiring Women in Business – Johanna Parker
+ Samara Magazine: Johanna Parker
+ Warracknabeal Herald: Parker to Launch Seasons of Wellness
+ Event Head Magazine: Eight Tips for Speaker Success
+ Soulful Living Collective Magazine: Heart Sparks with Johanna Parker
+ Pro Bono Australia: High School Grads Need Commitment and Adaptability to Succeed at Work
+ Skyhigh and Believe: 25 Tips to Living Unapologetically
+ Inspired Coach Magazine: Trainer Wisdom: To Be Or Not To Be? Decision-Making Tips For Coaching Course Contemplators
+ Herald Sun: Making It In The Big, Bad World (article also published in the Brisbane Courier and Adelaide Advertiser)
+ Goldfields 99.1 FM: Johanna Parker – Inspired by Rotary
+ The Wanderlusters Mind Podcast: Jo Parker – Shaping her life during 12 months in Denmark
+ The Priestess Podcast: Johanna Parker on Crystals for Business
+ Priestess TV: Johanna Parker on Intuition and Intuitive Development
+ Next Level Life Podcast: Finding your voice and speaking with authenticity with Johanna Parker (audio version)
+ Next Level Life Podcast: Finding your voice and speaking with authenticity with Johanna Parker (video version)
+ The Simple Things: Speak Up
+ MacK Connections Podcast: Various episodes in Season 1 and Season 2
+ Rotary Down Under Magazine: Personal Leadership in Life and Service: Five tips to leading life from within
+ more!
As Featured In
Testimonials
“Johanna shines with authenticity and has an innate way of connecting instantaneously to her audience. She particularly has a special way of inspiring young people and young adults to be their true and best selves, and that’s because she is constantly challenging herself to lead her own true and best life.” – Julie
“Johanna is a new kind of leader. She inspires intention-led living with her every interaction and her ability to connect and affect people is profound. She shows such depth, substance and infectious kindness.” – Jade
“Johanna is impressive and engaging with an easily-relatable storytelling style. She delivers a strong message to diverse audiences.” – Luke
“Johanna is thoughtful in her choice of words, full of wisdom and instantly makes her audience feel comfortable and as though anything is possible. She’s born to do the work that she does.” – Amanda
“She gave me the courage to find my inner strength – something I always knew deep down was there but struggled to let shine – and to face my fears.” – Jenny
“Jo is absolutely devoted to her vision of building positivity, self-love and confidence in every individual she connects with.” – Tanya
“When you talk about ‘spark’ Johanna, owner of Heart Sparks is absolutely the epitome of it. She is an energised, passionate and enthusiastic business owner, who has completely found truth in the saying “do that which makes you happy”. – Enterprise Geelong
“Jo helped me rid my nasty girl thoughts and truly empowered my self belief and self love.” – Bianca
“Jo changed my life. I am now calm, kind to myself, more health conscious and much more realistic while still working hard.” – Chelsea
“I am taking better care of myself, I feel more free, I am living my life more and I have swapped old patterns, beliefs and habits for affirming new ideas and mindsets. Jo, you are an amazing coach.” – Connie
The above are excerpts from lengthier statements of praise. A comprehensive bank of testimonials from Johanna’s clients can be viewed here.