Helen Gormley

Helen is a Fellowship Councillor for the South West.

Helen Gormley has been a Fellow of the RSA for more than 15 years and has
contributed actively to Fellowship life in both London and the South West. She co-founded the RSA Mindfulness Network, has supported wider Fellowship
engagement, and now co-hosts the RSA Network in Bath.

Helen is a researcher, lecturer, executive and leadership coach, wellbeing
consultant, and therapist with over 30 years of experience across education, higher education, corporates, charities, and community organisations. Her work focuses on coaching, positive psychology, wellbeing, learning, assessment, and skills strategy. She is committed to the role that conversations, connections, and community play in shaping meaningful and lasting change.

Through her consultancy, Helen Gormley Wellbeing, she collaborates with
individuals and organisations to develop practical and sustainable approaches to
growth, performance, and wellbeing. She brings a creative and applied mindset to her work, combining evidence-based practice with real world insight to help people learn, lead, and adapt with confidence.

Helen is an experienced learning designer who works at the intersection of learning, wellbeing, skills, leadership, and regeneration. She applies a human centred and future oriented approach to how people live, work, and learn, with a strong focus on lifelong learning and inclusive practice. Her integrative approach draws together coaching, positive psychology, neuroscience, and systems thinking, supported by a commitment to embodied learning that recognises the importance of presence, awareness, and lived experience in personal and organisational development. She is committed to intergenerational learning and longevity, working with people at every stage of life to support growth, wellbeing, and a deeper sense of connection and purpose.

Her professional interests include regenerative leadership, positive ageing, and
wellbeing. She leads programmes, develops frameworks, and speaks on these
themes to support organisations and communities in creating environments where collaboration, wellbeing, and performance reinforce each other.

As she steps into the role of South West Fellowship Councillor, Helen looks
forward to strengthening connections, encouraging collaboration, and supporting a vibrant and engaged regional and global Fellowship.