Changing the world through joyful practices, peaceful attitudes and robust governance.
Here at the Centre for Attitudinal Healing, we take our work with a sense of gravitas and joy. Our Board believes in making a difference by living and breathing the principles of attitudinal healing.
The team that takes care of the Serpentine Retreat Centre do so with care and thoughtful actions.
Sustainability
The Centre for Attitudinal Healing believes that personal and collective well-being goes hand in hand with the health of the environment. We put in place practices at the Serpentine Retreat Centre that reduce our ecological footprint on the planet and sustain our wildlife.
The Board
Leon Murphy
Chair
I am a computer scientist and designer in the engineering field. I love modelling systems and bringing creative solutions to life. I’m also a keen sailor with a number of international regattas under my belt. Connect with me if you’re keen to learn more about what the Centre for Attitudinal Healing does.
Meneesha Michalka
Secretary
I am passionate about being in service to people and helping people create better lives. When not running workshops and programs for the Centre for Attitudinal Healing, I practice criminal law, sit on the Medical board of Australia (WA) and hold a seat on the Board of Governors at the University of Notre Dame. Bringing up my children in the midst of nature (especially at the Serpentine Retreat Centre) is where I feel most harmonious. If you’re keen to learn more about the workshops and programs that the centre runs, please contact me.
Patrick Michalka
Clinical Coordinator
Helping people heal and giving them tools to develop as happy, healthy people is how I combine my specialist skills as an orthopaedic surgeon with my role as Clinical Coordinator with the Centre for Attitudinal Healing. When not immersed in my work, I find inspiration and pleasure when I am spending quality time with my family. To find out more about the workshops and programs that we run, please connect with me.
Simone Murphy
Board Member
As a professional bookkeeper with an eye for details, I carry out my role as Board member to ensure all financial matters are scrutinised and soundly managed. Besides that, I love being in the water and call myself an avid body surfer. Please contact me if you’re interested in finding out more about what the Centre does.
Rebecca Prain
Board Member
I started my career as a geologist and now manage a mining consultancy company. Being a Board member brings a certain corporate panache to what we do at the Centre. When it’s not all about management and governance, I am at my best when playing netball, skiing or taking long walks.
Patricia Michalka
Board Member
I’m a counsellor, relationship and family therapist, psychotherapist and author. I seek to share my life experiences with others so that they may enter life with a sense of humour and courage. The greatest gift attitudinal healing has given me is to intrinsically know and value the gift to myself that service gives. I was inspired by the founder of attitudinal healing, Dr Jerry Jampolsky and his wife, Dr Diane Cirincione, and in 1987 decided to establish this Centre.
Board Member
The team
Michelle
Serpentine Retreat Caretaker
I am the one that steps in when a group stay is in full swing and things need to be arranged for a rejuvenating experience.
Alia
Serpentine Retreat Co-ordinator
I’m here to help answer any questions you may have regarding your stay at our beautiful retreat.
I have a background in culture and the arts, education and play based learning. I love the natural environment and feel blessed to be able to share our retreat with you.