Services
At Flow like Water Academy, I offer evidence-based well-being experiences designed to foster resilience and support overall well-being through practical, strengths-based approaches for everyday life.
Services are tailored for individuals, groups, and organisations, integrating positive psychology, practical coaching, and nature-inspired practices.
Personalised sessions designed to support resilience, emotional well-being, and meaningful personal growth.
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Drawing on positive psychology and neuroscience-informed practices, sessions are tailored to each individual and may focus on navigating life transitions, strengthening mindset, building healthier habits, and developing greater clarity and direction.​
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Sessions are available in person or online via Zoom.
One-on-One Coaching
Interactive workshops designed to explore key themes in well-being, resilience, and personal growth.
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These sessions introduce positive psychology concepts and tools that participants can apply in everyday life, covering topics such as healthy habits of the mind, emotional well-being, and building resilience.
Workshops can be delivered in community settings, organisational environments, or nature-based locations.
Workshops
Guided water-based experiences designed to support well-being, connection with nature, and emotional balance.
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Sessions may take place in a range of water environments, including pools, oceans, or other naturual water settings, depending on the experience and indvidual preferences.
Activities may include breathwork, floating practices, swimming, surfing, bodyboarding, and other water-based experiences that encourage relaxation, mindfulness, resilience, and reconnections with nature and others. that help people reconnect with themselves and their environment.
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Water-Based Well-being
Workshops and programs designed to support healthier, more resilient workplaces.
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Drawing on positive psychology and well-being research, these sessions combine education, practical tools, and discussion to support well-being, resilience, and positive workplace culture.
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Programs can be tailored for organisations and teams and delivered in collaboration with workplace well-being, human resources, or leadership teams.
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Workplace Well-being
Meet Krista
Krista Barry, MAPP (Distinction), is a positive psychology practitioner, published researcher, and founder of Flow Like Water Academy. Her work brings together evidence-based psychology, neuroscience-informed wellbeing practices, and experiential learning to support individuals, groups, and organisations in strengthening resilience and overall wellbeing.
Krista holds a Master of Applied Positive Psychology with Distinction and continues to engage in ongoing research and professional development in positive psychology and neuroscience. Her peer-reviewed research exploring women’s wellbeing through surfing has been published in the Annals of Leisure Research and has attracted wider media attention, including features in The Australian Women’s Weekly. She has also shared her work through podcasts, interviews, and presentations focused on women’s wellbeing and nature-based approaches to positive psychology.
Krista has collaborated with universities, community organisations, and businesses on well-being initiatives and programs. She is currently involved in programs connected with the City of Gold Coast’s Active & Healthy social sport initiatives. She contributes to the development of future wellbeing education through her involvement with Central Queensland University’s (CQU) Positive Psychology and Workplace Wellbeing course committee.
Alongside her academic work, Krista brings decades of practical experience in coaching, business leadership, and water-based learning. She is the owner and director of Godfathers of the Ocean Surf School, which she has led on the Gold Coast for over 25 years. Krista was also a member of the Australian Institute of Sport swim team and has a lifelong connection with ocean and water environments that continues to shape her work today through swimming, surfing, and ocean-based well-being practices.
Through Flow Like Water Academy, Krista integrates research, real-world experience, and a deep connection with water to create programs that help people reconnect with themselves, others, and the natural environment.
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Krista Barry
Gold Coast, Qld, Australia
