If you’re anything like me, you probably ended up in the position of running a business as a result of pursuing a passion. You had an expertise you wanted to share and saw an opportunity… so you went for it! 👊👏 At first you were driven by excitement; eagerness and motivation came pouring out of […]

Let’s just start this email by declaring my love for all things Brené Brown! I just can’t get enough of everything she does.  Her most recent offering, Atlas of the Heart, is no different, and I wanted to share with you some of my biggest learnings from having binged everything related to this book! If […]

You probably know by now that I outsource a lot of things in my business. But the biggest game changer I’ve experienced in my life has been starting to outsource things from within my HOME.  That’s what I wanted to talk about with you today.  Here’s a list of 5 aspects of our homelife that […]

When I started my first business, Port Macquarie Performing Arts, it was just a little idea I had. I put an ad in the newspaper to let people know I was opening a dance school and thought a few people might turn up.  I had said to Heath “It’ll just be two afternoons a week […]

I’m going to be vulnerable for a minute and admit something to you…. When I first started working with my business mentor, Glenda, I didn’t show her my financial forecasts—because they didn’t exist! 🙈 I was trying to present myself as a business woman so admitting I didn’t know how to create a financial forecast […]

I started my first dance school with a tiny little square ad in the newspaper which cost me $400, which felt like a significant investment at the time! There was no Facebook. There was no Instagram. There was definitely no TikTok. So if I wanted people to know I existed, the newspaper was where I […]

For the longest time in my early years of motherhood I was plagued with guilt.  Anytime I wasn’t sitting on the floor doing Duplo or engaging in whatever toy they were currently obsessed with I’d tell myself I wasn’t being “a good mum”. In other words, any time that wasn’t spent connecting with my kids […]

Leading up to the holidays I’m always thinking “This is going to be great! I’m not going to have to make lunches every day. I’m going to get quality time with my kids!”.  But then I’m in the thick of it thinking “When is this going to end! Why does it have to be Two, […]

When my daughter Lucinda was born, I was two years into my business. I was also two years into my performance which I call the “Stacey has it all together and the show must go on” show. And hence, the performance did indeed “go on” after Lucinda was born.  And, if I’m honest, it probably […]

I recently put a poll on my Instagram story and asked “Do you want to hear more about BUSINESS, or do you want to hear more about MOTHERHOOD?”  You all popped in and said “Motherhood. Please! This. Is. Hard”, and considering my tagline is “Motherhood, marriage and making it in business,” I thought that was […]