I’ve rebuilt my life more than once.

After surviving a domestic violence relationship at 17, I made a quiet promise to myself: I would never stay small and change the world so no-one had to feel that insignificant again.

At 18, I bought my first home.
At 21, I left Australia and travelled the world.

Later, I chose to leave an unhealthy marriage and a six-figure business I had built, when I realised both were keeping me smaller than I was meant to be.

I have learned that reinvention isn’t failure. It’s growth. That belief runs through everything I teach.

I strongly believe there should be play before work.

Without play, work becomes monotonous. Your mind becomes stale. Creativity dries up — and so does your energy.

Whilst I may look like a duck with two left feet, dancing wildly and singing completely out of tune music is one of the dear loves of my life. It resets me. It softens me. It reminds me not to take everything so seriously.

And drawing? That’s where I come alive in a different way.

Creating colourful characters even drawing with my finger on the shower screen at night keeps me smiling. It keeps my imagination active. It keeps me thinking creatively instead of mechanically.

Because business isn’t just logic and spreadsheets.

It’s ideas. Vision. Expression.

And when we allow ourselves to play, we build better.