I’ve been realising how often I don’t put myself into spaces if I don’t think there will be other women of colour. And as I understood this pattern of behaviour, it started to force me to question, am I the reason I’m not getting a seat at some tables? Because I’m not showing that I am willing to be in unfamiliar spaces?
Don’t get me wrong, not all spaces are safe for women, or First Nations voice, and in some instances it’s both. But, where I can control it, am I taking myself out of the game!!
It sucks when you don’t have something or someone else to blame. When we see clearly, damn I am actually the barrier, or my way of thinking, the narratives I am playing into.
It’s super uncomfortable, mostly because we can actually change it. And change is scarier and harder than the comfort of limitations.
So in the rooms I go! Ready or not.
I wanted to be a Jillaroo long before the Australian women’s rugby league team was given the name the Australian Jillaroos.
I was the little girl growing up on The Saddle Club and McLeod’s Daughters, dreaming about horses, a veggie garden and maybe some cattle. I genuinely thought my future would look more like farm life than elite sport.
Then sport found me.
Then Saturdays became netball courts instead of riding lessons. My world became training sessions, representative teams, travel, high performance and chasing big dreams through sport.
But it’s funny how the first dream never really leaves you.
Because now, years later, I’m building the life I dreamt about before I even knew what elite sport was.
Turns out the little girl version of me knew exactly what she wanted all along.
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The diaries of an ambitious Mama continues…
Today has been tough.
But what a privilege it is to keep learning new things about myself. And today I’ve learnt a lot of what being a Mum means to me, and how I want to show up in that part of my life.
Because being a Mum is only one part of who I am. It’s a huge part, but also one of many… and in a world that asks so much of our women, mums… it’s okay not to feel like a great mum every day, even on Mothers Day.
Sending love and light to the entire Matriarch today 🤎
Today we honour you.
A day in the life of what I call a transition day.
The days where I move between communities, conversations, job roles, and worlds.
From boardrooms to bush roads.
From strategy meetings to yarns on Country.
From opportunities in the city to making sure they actually reach the women, families, and young people in regional and remote communities who deserve access too.
Some days it feels like I’m carrying multiple versions of myself at once.
Business woman. Mum. Founder. Connector. Advocate. Athlete mindset forever.
But truthfully, this has become one of the most important parts of my work.
Being the conduit.
The bridge between people with resources and people who should never have been left out of the conversation in the first place.
And while transition days can feel heavy, they also remind me why I do this.
Because representation is important.
But access changes lives.
10 years ago TODAY, I made my international debut.
And my one regret was that I played it to quiet, thinking that if I was a little more “confident” it would be seen as arrogant, or disrespectful. TBH, I spent a lot of my time in footy just completely uncomfortable and unsure where I fit.
And I continue to see a lot of female athletes trying to feel confidence but it feels a little inauthentic or like we are wearing a masculine version of ourselves. Additionally I watch our First Nations female athletes be completely unnoticed in the ways that matter. And this is the part that I think we can easily fix… it’s the game I continue to talk about, that is outside the actual game.
And it’s not about performing, it’s about finding our authentic voice and building safety around her to be that authentic person consistently.
Don’t wait. Don’t complain. Don’t ignore that feeling in your body that says, I could do it, but better.
Because those thoughts, that feeling is literally your spirit saying, this is what we are meant to do. It doesn’t have to be forever, it doesn’t even have to make sense right now… but don’t ignore it, and definitely don’t wait for the “perfect time”
Just start.
A little life update…
Life feels full.
A lot of hats. A lot still unfolding.
I used to think it all had to make sense…
to other people.
But building something real takes courage.
Wearing the hats you choose… not the ones you think you should.
Doing it differently.
Even when it makes people uncomfortable.
Even when they don’t understand it yet.
Because while I’m still building, I’m getting clearer…
on what’s mine to carry, and what’s not.
And honestly…
this is my best season I’ve “played” yet.
