Jo Bassett Media Profile
I have a professional background in Occupational Therapy, hold a Masters Degree and am currently undertaking PhD research. I have been coaching for almost 10 years, and when coaching I draw on almost two decades of work with government, non-government, and not for profit organisations in a variety of roles including team leader, facilitator, consultant, coach and educator. I have also held lecturing positions at University of Queensland and Griffith University, and published and presented nationally and internationally.
My current coaching clients are smart, energetic people (predominately women) who have already achieved important goals in their lives, but who aspire to create a life that is more fulfilling, satisfying and joyful.
My coaching focus is about living savvy. This is not about fixing something that is ‘broken’ and it’s not about radically overhauling lives. Instead I help women focus on the choices they are already making, and support them in committing to small changes to their daily life, their habits and mindset which can produce amazing results. This is fine-tuning the ordinary to live extraordinary. I have created the 5 steps to living savvy to guide women in this process: Ask, Do, Discover, Commit, Celebrate.
Media Experience
IN PRINT
Opinions and advice given for articles in Cleo, Women’s Health & Wellbeing and Brisbane City News.
Advice Featured in October 2010, Cleo Magazine: The seven deadly friendship sins.
Advice featured in November 2010, Wellbeing Magazine: The Big Turn-Off
Advice featured in Autumn 2011, Business Chicks Latte Magazine: How To Live Your Best Year Yet
Advice featured in October 2011, MiNDFOOD Magazine: Open the Lines – Ten Tips for Effective Communication
Opinions and advice given for Rebecca Sparrow’s Sunday Mail column.
ONLINE
Opinions and advice given for Justine Davies’ Money & Me blog, and the Essential Baby blog.
Coached Emily Jade O’Keefe (media personality and radio breakfast presenter) and featured on the Emily Everywhere blog.
ON AIR
Interviews on Brisbane radio stations 973 Morning program, 612 Brisbane (evenings with Steve Austin—profile piece including 15 minute live interview), 4BC Jo Bassett Interview, 97.3 Body and Soul program and 2GB Sydney radio interview with Susie Eleman.
ON SCREEN
Completed 15 episodes of Living Savvy online TV.
Pitched TV program concept (by invitation) to Foxtel network.
6 episodes of Living Savvy TV selected to feature on the Lifestyle Channel website.
Recurring advice segment on Australia’s national morning TV program The Circle (Channel 10):
- The tips for achieving goals from The Circle
- The dangers of saying sorry from The Circle
- How can a mentor help you? from The Circle (watch below)
- Why is asking for help so hard? from The Circle (watch below)
