Meet your Invisibly Brilliant Team
You’ll notice each team member has listed the areas they’re especially passionate about.
Special interests are here to help guide who you might connect with best - but rest assured, every practitioner at Invisibly Brilliant is skilled in supporting complex, overlapping invisible illnesses.
We prioritise ongoing supervision, collaboration, and continuous learning to provide consistent, high-quality care across the team.
Jade Brodie
loves to work with…
hEDS & Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder
POTS
MCAS
Chronic Pain
ME/CFS
Fibromyalgia
CRPS
Neurodivergence
Trauma
Jade is a passionate and dedicated Physiotherapist with over 18 years of experience in private practice, supporting people to feel stronger, safer and more confident in their bodies.
Jade has a special interest (and lived experience) in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) and persistent pain. Her work with this community - alongside years of specialised professional development - has shaped a nuanced understanding of how these conditions can present differently from person to person. Jade is especially passionate about helping clients make sense of their symptoms, identify what supports their nervous system, and find a sustainable way forward that respects their capacity and energy.
Based in Melbourne and working via Telehealth, Jade has supported hundreds of clients with hypermobility, chronic pain, fatigue, disability, and the many overlapping challenges that can come alongside them.
Jade has a particular interest in working with people living with chronic illness conditions such as ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and CRPS, and understands how important it is to tailor care thoughtfully in the presence of fatigue, post-exertional symptom flare (PEM), pain sensitivity, autonomic symptoms, neurodivergence and nervous system overwhelm. She believes education is empowering, and aims to provide both practical strategies and gentle encouragement - helping clients better understand their bodies without pushing past their limits.
Jade is also an AHTA Associate Hand Therapist and Clinical Pilates Instructor. She has a strong interest in movement as therapy when and where it is appropriate, and enjoys helping people reconnect with movement in ways that feel safe, supportive and achievable.
Outside of work, Jade loves moving her own body through Pilates and yoga, getting outdoors for a bushwalk with her schnoodle, Oat, spending quality time with her nieces, and enjoying live music. She brings warmth, lived understanding, and steady optimism into her sessions, and feels honoured to support people as they rebuild trust in their bodies and create a life that feels more workable, connected, and well-supported.
Sarah Lynch
loves to work with…
ME/CFS & Chronic Fatigue
Chronic Pain
Fibromyalgia
Mental Health
CRPS
hEDS & Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder
Sarah is a Physiotherapist with over 13 years of experience, and has been working alongside people with chronic and invisible illnesses since 2018. Her background spans a wide range of hospital and rehabilitation settings, with a particular focus on neurological rehabilitation, before her work naturally evolved into the chronic illness space.
A defining part of Sarah’s journey was her time working in Australia’s only public multidisciplinary clinic for ME/CFS, an experience that deeply shaped how she now approaches care. She currently works within Austin Health’s Chronic Pain Specialist Clinic, supporting people living with complex and persistent pain, including fibromyalgia, CRPS, hypermobility / EDS, and the many conditions that often overlap with these diagnoses.
Sarah’s work is grounded in a whole-person approach. She is particularly drawn to the intersection between the body, nervous system, and mind, and places strong value on psychological input and collaborative care. Sarah firmly believes that the mind and body are not separate, and that feeling safe, heard, and supported is central to any meaningful change.
Sarah is also a qualified Yoga Teacher and enjoys weaving in yoga-informed movement, breathwork, and philosophy where it feels appropriate and supportive for the individual in front of her.
Alongside her professional work, Sarah brings her own lived experience of navigating health and personal development, having spent the past decade exploring ways to support her gut health and mental wellbeing through both traditional and complementary approaches. This journey strongly informs the compassion, empathy and curiosity she brings to her work.
Outside of sessions, Sarah is first and foremost a mum to her two young daughters, Harper and Poppy, and a partner to her husband, Ryan. She enjoys moving her body, cooking, and spending time with friends and family, and unwinds with gentle yoga or a sauna session. Sarah is a passionate advocate for nervous system regulation and is committed to practising what she teaches - in both her work and her everyday life.
Jennifer Smallridge
loves to work with…
ME/CFS
Long Covid
POTS/Orthostatic Intolerance
MCAS
hEDS/Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Neurodivergence
Trauma
Jennifer is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist who started helping people living with chronic, invisible illness in 2015. She found herself regularly deep diving the research and quickly learning from others’ lived experiences to develop an empathic, clinical approach, before undertaking intensive mentorship and further development in the area.
She lives in a hypermobile body, experienced post viral fatigue after glandular fever, and is prone to POTSiness herself. This personal insight helps shape the care she provides - one that is validating, practical, flexible, and mindful of the realities of fluctuating symptoms, energy limits, and living life in a body that doesn’t always follow predictable rules.
Jennifer is passionate about “using her spoons” to support people living with ME/CFS, POTS, Long Covid, fibromyalgia, hEDS/HSD and the many conditions that commonly overlap with these diagnoses. Her work is delivered through a trauma-informed and neuro-affirming lens, and centres around meeting people where they are at - without pushing, minimising, or forcing a “one size fits all” approach. Jennifer loves that no two sessions are ever the same, and feels energised by the constant listening, learning, and individualised problem-solving that this work invites.
Alongside her clinical work, Jennifer has a strong background in education and communication. With previous experience as a university lecturer, she has gone on to present for organisations including the Australian POTS Foundation, The Ehlers-Danlos Society, the Australian Psychological Society, Osteopathy Australia, and more. She is passionate about helping other healthcare professionals better understand chronic and invisible illnesses, and supporting a more informed, compassionate standard of care across the wider health system.
In 2024, Jennifer formally founded Invisibly Brilliant - a clinic created to shine a light on the people and stories that don’t neatly fit within the traditional “find and fix” medical model, but deeply deserve support, safety, and skilled care. Alongside seeing clients, Jennifer has developed an online course for health professionals on POTS and orthostatic intolerance, and regularly delivers training and professional development across a variety of healthcare settings.
Jennifer lives in Melbourne with her husband Tom, her two little boys Hugo and Freddie, and Barney - the family’s much-loved Labrador x Tasmanian Smithfield. When she’s not on Telehealth, you’ll usually find her reading, dancing (especially tap!), embroidering or knitting, and going on family adventures.