Dana Baltutis Coaching

Feeling incredibly privileged to be part of the Adelaide Success Circle panel discussion hosted by Kismet Healthcare, discussing The Complexities of Leading People alongside Jacki Done, Donna Adams, and Dr Phil Hamdorf.

A big thank you to Carla Canning from Connect Lead Achieve for thoughtfully chairing the discussion and creating such a warm and engaging space for conversation.

Leadership is complex because people are complex.
Conversations like these are an important reminder that strong leadership starts with understanding, connection, and clarity.

The Empowered Parent with Dana Baltutis Podcast is back with a special 6 week series focusing on dads.
In this series, Graham Clark shares his journey as a dad to Bradley, his now mid twenties neurodivergent son, and the experiences that led him and his wife Tracy to create All4One Ability Services, supporting neurodivergent young adults in accommodation and independent living.
In our first episode, we talk about the early years, diagnosis, the challenges dads often carry quietly, and the importance of hope, practical support, and community.
This series is about the role dads play, what they go through behind the scenes, and why families need spaces where they feel understood and supported.
Listen on your favourite podcast app or here:

ALL4ONE: A FATHER'S STORY: Episode 1: The Beginning...... - The Empowered Parent with Dana Baltutis A child can be sleeping through the night, walking on time, and lighting up your world with cheeky joy, and you can still end up facing a diagnosis that changes everything. Graham Clark joins us to start a special six-week series, sharing what it’...

Something a little different from me today.

I'm thrilled to be joining an incredible panel of leaders on Thursday 21 May for the Adelaide Success Circle, and I'd love for you to know about it.

This is an evening designed specifically for senior leaders in healthcare, NDIS, and aged care -- and the topic couldn't be more timely: The Complexities of Leading People Today.

Because let's be honest. Leading a team right now is genuinely hard. Workforce pressures, burnout, competing expectations, constant change. If you're feeling it, you're not imagining it -- and you're not alone.

The panel brings together:
Jacki Done (Chief People & Quality Officer, Uniting SA), Donna Adams (Behavioural Change Specialist and founder of Business Leaders Circles), Dr Phil Hamdorf (CEO, Australian Sporting Alliance for People with a Disability), and me -- Dana Baltutis, Founder of My Therapy House.

We'll be having honest, peer-to-peer conversations about what it actually takes to lead well right now. No vendors. No pitches. Just real talk from people who get it -- and plenty of time to mingle, connect, and leave genuinely inspired.

Thursday 21 May, 4:00 -- 6:30 pm
The Function, Level 3/4 Colley Terrace, Glenelg

Drinks, nibbles, and a room full of people who understand your world.

Places are limited, so if this is for you -- or someone you know -- grab a ticket via the link below.
[tickets link:
https://events.humanitix.com/adelaide-success-circle-for-ndis-and-aged-care-leaders]

See you there!

Adelaide Success Circle for Healthcare, NDIS & Aged Care Leaders Exclusive evening for senior healthcare and disability leaders - expert panel, insight, connection, drinks and nibbles.

Are you someone who procrastinates and is always late, even for important events?

Gabor Mate explains it is because how your nervous system has developed.

Have a listen and reach out if you would like guidance around this.

'Gabor mate in being late'

If You’re Always Late, Watch This! Dr. Gabor Mate #humanbehavior #psychologyfacts #lifeadvice 🎙 Guest: Dr. Mate Gabor 🎧 Podcast: Hasan Minhaj 📌 Credit: Hasan Minhaj 🧠 Credit & Contact Special thanks to the original video/podcast creator for the inspiration. If you have any concerns or questions regarding this video, feel free to reach out via the email listed on my profile. I’m...

I am pleased to share that my upcoming book, Attuned Workplaces: Creating a Future Where Neurodiversity Belongs, is coming to fruition.

This book explores how workplaces can move beyond surface level inclusion to create environments where neurodivergent people genuinely belong. It focuses on psychological safety, communication, sensory needs, autonomy, and leadership, offering practical insights for leaders, educators, and organisations.

If you would like to be notified when the book is released, please register your interest via the booking form on my website.

https://danabaltutis.com/dana-baltutis-coaching-book/

This is my 90th and final episode of 2025 on The Empowered Parent Podcast.
A reflection on the year that was.
Thank you to everyone who listened, shared, and reflected alongside me.
You can listen on your favourite podcast app or via this link.

Year-End Gratitude And New Beginnings - The Empowered Parent with Dana Baltutis Dana's reflections on 2025.

The last episode of our Unschooling Series on The Empowered Parent.
In this episode we look back at everything we explored in this series as we followed Oak and Paige’s journey through their first term of unschooling. It has been a tender, real, very human season of learning what happens when a child’s wellbeing becomes the guide rather than the outcome.
We talk about what changed, what softened, what was let go of, and what grew in its place. We touch on burnout recovery, rebuilding safety, and the surprising moments of connection that held this family together including the teacher who quietly showed up at a caravan park simply to keep the thread of belonging alive.
This reflection brings the whole series together and shows what it can look like when a parent trusts their child, trusts the process, and slowly learns to trust themselves again.
You can listen to this episode on your favourite podcast app or via this link
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2301054/episodes/18327317
If this series has supported you in any way, share it with someone who may need the same reminder that there is another way.

Unschooling Series with Paige Carter (Parent, Advocate, Community Leader, Business Owner) Week 9: When We Stop Pushing, Children Start Healing - The Empowered Parent with Dana Baltutis What changes when a child’s wellbeing takes the lead and everything else rearranges around it? In this series finale with Paige Carter of Inclusive Oak, we follow a family through unschooling and burnout recovery, anchored by one unforgettable mom...

Another great episode on The Empowered Parent Podcast with Paige Carter from Inclusive Oak. Her son Oak, who lives with PDA, is turning the corner and starting to initiate activities outside of his safe space.

The family has now packed up their home and living in their caravan.

Listen to their unschooling journey on your favourite podcast app or via this link
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2301054/episodes/18281815
Please share with others who may find this information helpful.

Unschooling Series with Paige Carter (Parent, Advocate, Community Leader, Business Owner) Week 8 - We Moved Into A Caravan And Found Our Pace - The Empowered Parent with Dana Baltutis What if the bravest choice is to stop doing what everyone expects and start doing what your child needs? We sit down with Paige Carter to unpack a seismic family pivot: renting out the house, moving into a caravan, and giving a neurodivergent chil...