I’ve always had my own business. In fact, I was just 13 years old when I started my first
business. 

Little did I know the trajectory this little business would put me on.

From a very young age I learnt the value of creating an exceptional customer experience, asking for referrals (and business), along with the importance of knowing my numbers.

But it wasn’t until I was 25 years old that I really took the leap and dived head first into the entrepreneurial world.
I still remember the day clearly. I was a new mother and just like most new mothers I was feeling lost within myself. I was exhausted all of the time, had no idea what I was doing as a parent and I was the only one within my circle of friends to have a baby. In other words, I
was a mess. So I decided to take action and do something to make myself happy - I was going to buy a perfume.

FUN FACT: Your sense of smell is a direct link to your memory, so I figured, if I wanted to
remind myself who I was then this was the perfect way to do so. I was so excited. I got dressed (an achievement some days with a new born baby!), had
the baby bag packed and I was all set to go.

That is until I got there.
Just like the scene from Pretty Woman when Julia Roberts walks into the store on Rodeo Drive and the Sales Assistants refused to serve her. That was me (but without the black credit card and on the Central Coast instead of Rodeo Drive). The Sales Assistants took one look at me, saw a new, young mother and decided that I wasn’t worth their time. I was devastated, humiliated and then, well then I got angry.

I decided then and there that I could do better and that every woman should have the opportunity to feel and look her best. So I did (do better)!

In 2007, Intimately Yours Perfume & Cosmetics was born. A company that would challenge the status quo, shake up the industry and would grow bigger and faster than I ever
imagined. But as any seasoned entrepreneur would know, with huge growth comes huge problems and if you don’t have the right foundations laid then very quickly the walls begin crumbling down.

HITTING ROCK BOTTOM & BOUNCING BACK
Although business was thriving and going from strength to strength on the outside, behind the scenes the company was a mess.

My systems weren’t supporting me, my cash flow was up and down like a six flag rollercoaster and the team that I worked so hard to create to support me in my growth were clashing left, right and centre, resulting in a huge crash in productivity and team morale.
I was working day and night trying to rectify the problems and get things back on track. The wake up call came one day after I had just returned form my 3rd trip in as many months to the States. I was pregnant - with twins. Not only that but during this discovery that all found that I had Chronic Kidney Disease and would require a kidney and pancreas transplant in the not so
near future.

After having just gone through a tough 2 years that had seen me already go through a stressful pregnancy (both of my girls came 6 weeks early), followed by the discovery of pre-cancerous cells in my breasts which lead to me undergoing a double mastectomy at
the age of 29 years old. This was the final straw for my already struggling marriage and as it turned out.... my pregnancy.
I was stressed out, anxious and broken, but I wasn’t giving up.
The thought of giving up, of turning my back on my future was even more unbearable than the brokenness I was already feeling.
I trusted my intuition, I knew this was my path. I felt deep down that everything that was happening was happening for a reason and that all of the pain, the experiences, the stress and the heartache were leading me back to my true purpose - to help women thrive in
business and in life.