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About Aliesha Embleton
You don’t have to wait for things to fall apart before you build something strong.
That belief sits at the heart of Aliesha Embleton’s work. As an award-winning author, child development specialist, and founder of Sapling Minds, she helps both children and adults develop the lifelong tools they need to thrive emotionally, socially, and mentally.
Aliesha is best known for her work during the critical, yet often overlooked, primary school years. Through her coaching, wellbeing programs, retreats and speaking engagements, she empowers families, educators, and organisations with practical strategies that build confidence, connection and long-term wellbeing through her three pillars.
She is the author of From Seed to Sapling, gold place winner for Best Non-Fiction in the 2024 ABLE Golden Book Award and an Amazon #1 bestseller. Her calm, encouraging approach and evidence-informed tools have made her a trusted voice on proactive mental health support across schools, communities, and workplaces.
Aliesha holds a number of qualifications and memberships in relevant associations.
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Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
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Australian Association of Social Workers Professional Membership
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Certified Life Coach
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Prosci Change Management Certification
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Certificate IV in Human Resources
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Australian Human Resources Institute Professional Membership
She brings together a unique blend of lived experience, research, and compassionate insight to every conversation, whether coaching a child to build confidence, transition coaching for a parent who has just lost their job, or guiding a corporate team to better support working parents.
Her work is about more than managing challenges, it's about helping people grow stronger before they struggle.
About Sapling Minds
At Sapling Minds, the mission is simple:
To grow strong, self-led minds. This is achieved by helping children and adults alike build the confidence, connection, and emotional tools they need to thrive at home, in schools, and in professional life.
Sapling Minds exists to make wellbeing proactive, not reactive.
Founded to fill a critical gap in support during the often-overlooked primary school years, Sapling Minds helps children, and the adults who guide them, develop three core pillars. Services include coaching, retreats, workshops, and wellbeing programs tailored to families, schools, and workplaces.
Because the truth is this:
The foundations for lifelong mental health are laid early, but they’re also shaped daily by the people surrounding a child. Whether it's a teacher, parent, or leader in the workplace, emotional literacy, mindset, and identity are part of everyone's journey.
What makes Sapling Minds different is how this is brought to life.
Everything is evidence-informed and emotionally intelligent, but deeply practical. It's all built on lived experience and grounded in the real world. With warmth, clarity, and a focus on strengths over symptoms, Sapling Minds helps people grow, not just cope.
Because strong minds don’t just survive, they grow with the right support.