I was born in the Northern Territory and grew up as the eldest of five children. Dad was a drover before later training as a linesman, and Mum worked at the local post office on the switchboard.

Life was simple in many ways, but it also taught me resilience, independence and how to get on with what needed doing.

At 17, I made the decision to leave Tennant Creek and move to Alice Springs on my own to train as an Enrolled Nurse. Looking back, that was one of the first times in my life I truly stepped out on my own and trusted myself to build something different.

I married young, moved to South Australia and raised four children. Alongside family life, I worked hard, helped manage business administration and payroll, and learned a great deal about business from the inside out.

But the business I eventually built as my own came later, after life took a very different turn.

When my marriage ended, I was still raising children and found myself having to rebuild not just financially, but emotionally and personally as well.

It was one of the hardest seasons of my life.

I know what it feels like to have the ground shift under you, to question who you are, and to slowly rebuild your confidence one step at a time while still showing up for everyone else.

That rebuilding season led me to retrain as a Remedial Massage Therapist so I could create work that fitted around my children and allowed me to support my family on my own terms.

From there, I built my own business — growing from clinic work into my own salon, then reshaping it again as life and circumstances changed.

Over the years I continued learning through hypnotherapy, Reiki, NLP and coaching because I’ve always believed healing is about more than simply coping. It’s about finding your way back to yourself and creating a life that feels stronger, steadier and more aligned with who you are now.

Today, through Achieving Success, I bring together my life experience, business experience and professional training to help other women rebuild confidence, find clarity and create a next chapter they can feel proud of.

These days I’m lucky to share life with my husband Randall, who may be the first to admit he doesn’t really understand all the ins and outs of what I do, but has been a quiet, loving and steady support in my personal life for more than two decades.