Brisbane Psychologist
Sue is a psychologist with 25 years of experience in helping to bring positive change in the lives of those she works with. Sue works with people facing a variety of issues, seeking to meet the challenges of their personal and professional lives.
Performance Coach
Dr. Sue Jackson was one of the first academic researchers to investigate the state of flow in high performance settings. Flow is that feeling of losing yourself in a task where you do your best work. Sue has dedicated her career to helping others to find this flow, and to help enable them to perform at their best.
Organisational Training
Developing performance psychology skills in your team can improve productivity, organisation, and performance. Sue is experienced in trainings designed to help participants apply optimal mental states in their work.
Workshops & Classes
Sue speaks passionately on positive psychology, flow state, mindfulness, and values-driven perspectives. Sue currently runs meditation mini-retreats aimed at completely relaxing, a mindfulness practice group, and tailor-made training programs for organisations and individuals interested in developing mindfulness, awareness, and flow.
Dr Sue Jackson
Brisbane Psychologist | Expert in Flow & Performance
Dr. Sue Jackson is a Brisbane Psychologist recognized internationally as an expert in flow state research in performance, co-authoring the foundational book, Flow in Sports: The Keys to Optimal Experiences and Performances’ with flow founder, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Dr. Sue Jackson completed her PhD on flow research at the University of North-Carolina-Greensboro. She is now recognised as an industry expert in flow research and performance psychology. Sue consults for various flow centred organisations and works with individual clients looking to unlock their best performance.
Sue has a strong and diverse background of training, and a real interest in making a positive difference to real-world challenges. Sue guides clients to uncover what they want to achieve, and develop strategies to make it happen.
Monthly Meditation Mini-Retreats
Held in a beautiful Brookfield based studio with panoramic nature views, these mini-retreats run on themes to teach attendees to completely unwind. Experience deep relaxation to nourish both body and mind.
Mindfulness Practice Group
Held in Sue’s studio in Brookfield, these monthly classes give you an opportunity to develop and deepen your own personal practice and experience the benefits of mindfulness first hand.
From the Blog
How to Find Flow in Yoga & Meditation
Yoga and meditation are noteworthy activities if we are interested in unlocking the door to experiencing flow. And even if yoga and meditation are not go-to activities for us, we can learn about processes that lead to flow through examining the relationship of yoga...
Creating Meaningful Intentions
With a new year often comes new year’s resolutions. Perhaps you’ve engaged in a detailed process of resolution-making, or perhaps you’ve resolved to NOT make any resolutions! Either way, the choice was motivated, and will influence the pathway you take going forward....
Perth Mindfulness Conference Recap
At the recently held Perth Mindfulness Conference, there was a rich and diverse program of presentations and workshops on mindfulness in today’s world. Timothea Goddard, Director of Openground and Mindfulness Training Institute Australia and New...
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Winters in Brisbane provide lots of opportunity to find flow in the outdoors. And I remembered on this walk today that sometimes we can find beauty right in our own backyard! I can’t believe I have lived in Brookfield for 25 years and never done this walk around Gold Creek Reservoir 😲#bushwalking #perspective #flowindailylife
Beautiful winter morning for the second of the three-part series on restorative yoga as the focus for our meditation mini-retreat at Celia Roberts Yoga and Meditation Retreats. Today’s practice focus was Opening to the breath. In part 3, on August 9, our focus is Finding stillness. #yogarestorative #meditation #breathe #relax
Meditation, Movement, & Flow - finding ways to combine these three aspects of experience is where I find deep meaning and enjoyment in my life. In my latest newsletter, I outline some ways I’ve developed to help cultivate these qualities of experience. I also share some upcoming opportunities to learn from other practitioners whose work intertwines meditation, movement, and flow.
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Meditation, Movement, and Flow
Three things I am particularly passionate about are meditation, movement, and flow. Finding ways to combine these three aspects of experience is where I find deep meaning and enjoyment in my life. In this newsletter, I share some offerings I’ve developed that help to cultivate one or more of these...Received a Chinese translation of my book, Flow in Sports, from the publisher today. Great to see that this book I co-authored several years back with flow founder, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, still drawing interest from diverse audiences. #flowinsports #flow #csikszentmihalyi #flowinchinese
It’s July – the start of the second half of the year already! Feeling overwhelmed? A bit stressed? Or just wanting a nourishing break from the daily grind? Join Sue on Friday, July 12, for a morning of restorative yoga and meditation practices with a focus on opening to the breath – a key component to how our body and mind respond to the situations & events of our lives.
www.bodyandmindflow.com.au/monthly-meditation-mini-retreats/