Wellbeing & Leadership Matters in Education Culture
Supporting educators, leaders, and families to navigate race, privilege, and culture with courage, care, and compassion
Hyacinth G. Jones-Maes
healing centered
Turning discomfort into growth and connection
My work is grounded in healing-centred practices, recognising that conversations surrounding race, culture, wellbeing, and the decolonisation of education can evoke strong emotional responses. I facilitate safe and supportive environments where these feelings are acknowledged and addressed with care. This methodology mitigates the risk of retraumatisation while promoting resilience, empathy, and personal growth. I collaborate with universities, healthcare institutions, educational settings, families, and youth groups to transform challenging dialogues into opportunities for profound understanding, strengthened relationships, and sustainable change.
tailored experiences
Here are some of the most popular and highly sought-after types of tailored services, which are thoughtfully and carefully tailored to meet your unique and individual needs:
cultural sensitivity workshops for universities | racial awareness education for care sector in Belgium | emotional wellbeing for teachers & parents | emotional and social learning for young people | family constellations | decolonising classroom curriculum
offerings
“I equip learning communities to transform discomfort into courage, wellbeing, and lasting change in education.”
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Develop personal empowerment tools, greater self-awareness and authentic leadership, emotional and spiritual intelligence skills.
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Public Introductory Events or Company In-House workshops and programmes themed around trauma-sensitive interactions.
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Support to companies, team or individuals to create decolonising education strategy and move together in a desired direction to meet agreed objectives.
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Get-aways designed to regroup, renew and gain a new perspective.
service packages
“From classrooms to communities I help foster wellbeing, leadership, and belonging through healing-centred interaction/structures/conversations”
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Wellbeing & Leadership in Education: Training and coaching for educators and leaders to foster emotionally healthy, inclusive, and resilient learning environments.
Decolonising the Classroom: Workshops that reframe curriculum and pedagogy to embrace cultural sensitivity, diversity, and belonging.
Social & Emotional Learning for Students: Tailored sessions that build young people’s resilience, empathy, and self-awareness through healing-centred practices.
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Courageous Conversations: Facilitated dialogues on race, privilege, and systemic inequities, creating space for honest reflection and collective growth.
Diversity & Belonging Consultancy: Strategic support for building inclusive cultures within teams and organisations, with a focus on wellbeing and sustainability.
Capacity Building Workshops: Training staff and volunteers in emotional resilience, cross-cultural awareness, and leadership grounded in empathy.
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Family Constellations: Guided sessions to explore family dynamics, heal intergenerational patterns, and strengthen relationships.
Parent & Educator Wellbeing: Coaching for parents and caregivers to navigate stress, foster connection, and support children’s social-emotional development.
Life Coaching: One-to-one support to help individuals navigate personal challenges, embrace resilience, and align with their authentic values.
close to my heart
“Where courage and compassion shape education.”
UNRAVELLING RACISM IN EUROPE
Non-native European educators and students in European educational institutes, often feel disconnected from a colonially-skewed-Euro-centric curriculum . The UN’s 2023 meeting (recording at the bottom of the link) concerning disaggregated data to advance the human rights of people of African descent reveals how this type of disconnection and alienation can impact the individual student or educator and the community in terms of overall wellbeing as well as leadership prospects. The European Commission’s 2024 (link to report in article) Factsheet on racism and discrimination against Black persons highlights that discrimination against people of African descent, in particular, is still prevalent across European institutions, which finds its roots in colonial ideology.
Decolonising the classroom
I have over 30 years of experience in racial healing across African, Caribbean, Asian and European communities. As a coach, teacher, and speaker, I conduct keynotes, workshops, and retreats.