- B.A. / Diploma of Education (’69-’72 Sydney University)
- Certificate of Gifted Education (’92-’93 University of NSW)
- Certificate of Life Coaching (2000 Hart Life Coaching Australia)
- Cert. IV Remedial Massage (2005-’07 NSW School of Massage)
- Polarity Therapist/Trainer (2007 Masterworks Inter. EIRE)
- Practitioner of Quantum Bioenergetics (2009 M. Hocking Inst.)
Ruby’s career in education included a variety of roles spanning 25 years.
As a classroom teacher she shared her passion for languages by imparting the culture, language and literature of France and Indonesia.
In welfare roles she counseled and supported students and their families.
As a coordinator of extension and enrichment programs she influenced the learning experiences of intellectually able students.
In her role of curriculum developer she wrote and co-produced support materials for an Exemplar Languages Continuity Program. The materials provided audio and written resources in six languages: Arabic, French, German, Indonesian, Italian and Japanese.
Her transition from education to health was a gradual process. Learning and nurturing others has given her a holistic way to interact with clients, to assess how emotions and thoughts are linked to physical conditions. She supports clients in their quest to become self-empowered and to create healthy habits in all aspects of their lives.
From 2007-8, with her partner Chris McGrath, she worked as a natural therapist and manager at Crystal Lodge, a health retreat at Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
In 2008-9, Ruby and Chris worked on the east coast area of Australia providing Polarity Therapy and training.
They initiated Selfwise Retreats with a focus on relaxation and health building.
In 2008 and 2009, they provided training in Spa work for staff at Paradise Resort on Taveuni Island, Fiji. For several months at the end of 2009 they worked in a management role at this beautiful island resort.
In the beginning of 2010 Ruby and Chris moved to Manyana, three and a half hours south of Sydney. At this pristine coastal location Ruby continued her work as a therapist and teacher of Polarity Therapy and Meditation.
Ruby began Polarity Therapy training and practice in 2006 and was Secretary/Treasurer of the Australian Polarity Therapy Association for several years.
In 2008 Ruby and Chris founded Southern Ocean Therapies at Manyana NSW
Robbie is an enthusiastic surfer and skier.
Robbie is also a writer of young children’s fiction and has now available on CD, a trilogy of 3 stories in the Mister Gruff series. The stories are: Mister Gruff Finds a New Home, Mister Gruff and the Liquorice Mystery and Mister Gruff Hits the Headlines.
She is currently completing a fantasy fiction for young adults.