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Chiquita Searle is the founder of Chiquita & Co, Australasia’s only Po5 agency that works with CEOs, founders and entrepreneurs as their ‘Power Partner’, helping them to build a powerful public presence through our unique Po5 model. She is also the founder and designer of CHIQUITA, her statement eyewear for women brand, which includes sunglasses and blue light blocking glasses, that are stylish, luxurious and high quality. The brand has been worn by high-profile celebrities including feminist icon Clementine Ford, radio and TV star Kate Langbroek, media personalities Chrissie Swan, Belinda Russell and Yumi Stynes, NY Times best-selling author Sally Hepworth, Bachelor stars Helena Sauzier, Kiki Morris, Kaitlyn Hoppe and Gemma White. The eyewear has been featured nationally in news.com.au, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Good Weekend and The Canberra Times. In 2022, Chiquita founded FemmeCon, a community and series of events designed to inspire women to step into their full-force feminine power. She is also the co-host of FemmePod, the podcast encouraging women to give zero f*cks and to walk to the beat of their own drum. Chiquita is a TEDx Alumni and is often invited to speak or MC at a number of events by a range of leading brands including Run the World, Australian Women of Medicine, Pause Fest, ANZ, One Path and Empowered Women in Real Estate.
Leigh Morrison is a seasoned Leadership Coach, Career Mentor, and Team Stewardship expert with over 20 years of experience in the marketing and communications industry. Leigh has been running her own practice, be. Transition Coaching, for the past 14 years equipping leaders to navigate the ever-changing landscape of work. Leigh is passionate about helping people, teams and organisation’s culture to recalibrate. Her role can be as an objective and external voice, or embedding herself as a contributor to the leadership team. Her processes have been proven to help all levels of the organisation align, set and agree the direction to stay on track, improve communication and levels of accountability, build recognition and belonging and celebrate success. Leigh’s holistic methodology aligns personal wellbeing and responsibility, to drive business performance and peak energy levels. She is seen as a trusted partner and advisor during transformation. Leigh coaches both established and emerging leaders. Grounded in strengthening confidence, developing skills, navigating through new roles and responsibilities, or managing difficult feedback. This involves supporting Clients through a series of bespoke sessions to; develop strategies, build awareness, hold accountability, highlight blind spots, harness strengths and celebrate change. For teams, Leigh’s been best described as a Swiss army knife. Able to adapt to what the team requires from strategy, product development, client relationships, coaching, facilitation and change leadership. A key partner who guides teams to build cohesiveness and effectiveness. Often teams require external support to convert dysfunction, to enhance high-performance, or manage transition periods with new leadership, structural or process changes. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Communication in Advertising/Marketing and is a certified Transpersonal Life Coach, KY Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Teacher, and HBDI Personality Assessment Practitioner. She is also actively involved in industry initiatives, serving as a Coach for The Marketing Academy and co-chairing the Coaching Faculty.
Eleanor Hadley is a Certified Sex Educator, speaker and writer based on the Gold Coast, Australia. As an award-winning sex and relationship coach, she shares entertaining and practical sex education through a variety of courses, including the wildly popular Tongue Tactics where she teaches tangible tips and tricks for going down. Renowned for her embodied lap dance teachings, Eleanor has taught ‘The Art of Seduction’ on national stages including Femme Con and Sexpo. She is a content creator and counts large brands such as Adore Beauty, Lovehoney and Frenchie as her clients. As a regular featured writer for various national publications such as WHO, Women’s Health and VICE, she is known for her signature informative yet cheeky and relatable style. Eleanor also hosts popular, award-winning podcast ‘Sex Etc’ where she shares tangible tips on how to prioritise your pleasure, enhance your sex-life and elevate your relationships.
Having studied and worked in the field of personal transformation for 10 years, Clare specialises in helping clients master their mindset, maximise their potential and manifest their dream life.
Her mission is to guide clients back to believing in their innate power as a human being and helping clients to “get out of their own way” by removing blocks such as the self-doubt, self-sabotage, fear and lack of self-belief and to eradicate resistance to change, on an emotional, mental, and somatic level.
Clare teaches her clients to access unshakable self-confidence, and guides clients to use lifelong holistic tools that empower them to take aligned action, get results and live a life of more connection, fun, fulfilment, joy and heart led purpose.
Clare uses both a “top-down” approach to neurologically rewire beliefs, thoughts and actions, using powerful and proven holistic tools to adopt permanent transformation and combines this with a “bottom-up” approach using Breathwork, to regulate the nervous system and heal stuck energy in the body/mind, that can cause potential blocks, stopping clients achieving their optimal potential in life.
Clare believes that by passing on her learnings and creating true alignment and a healthy mindset, we can experience more abundant careers, connected relationships, self-awareness, increased happiness, energy, flow and vitality, from the inside out.
She believes purpose is not an end game, but a daily ritual that we live and make manifest through a powerful mindset, heart cantered habits and a purpose led passion.
Amanda Leigh Walker is the is the cofounder and Head of Operations of ‘Lord of the Fries’, Australasia’s largest vegan fast food franchise, which she launched in 2003 with with her husband, Mark and his brother Sam.
In 2015 Amanda began to work as a mentor and life coach to female founders and women in business who are heart centered, purpose driven, and ready to dive deeper in their self mastery, engage their true power and align their life and business with their destiny calling.
Amanda is a keynote speaker, Ted x alumni, meditation teacher and transformational workshop leader. She has worked with the following brands: League of Extraordinary Women, Wade University, Seven Sisters, MKT, Women in Sustainable Business, Council of Women’s Leadership ,Miss Fox Spa, Pause Fest, The Entourage, Entrepreneurs Organization and more.
Her mission is to bring greater self awareness, sense of purpose, spiritual connection and personal empowerment to entrepreneurs and women in business so that they can rise in their Authentic Leadership and give more, work less, decrease stress, reframe negative feelings and live a supercharged, meaningful life they love.
Behind the success of Lash Envy is CEO and founder Angela Kennedy. A proud wife and mother of two, Angela has been in the lash business for more than 15 years. Her business is the longest running commercial lash salon in Melbourne, arguably Australia. Consisting of 5 lash & brow salons, 4 co-owners, 40+ staff, 1000’s of clients, a Lash Training Academy, Lash Supplies Store and a turnover in the millions.
Angela began her lash journey in Dublin Ireland 2008 at a time when lashes were mostly unknown. What started off in the front room of her home lashing family and friends, expanded to a small commercial space in 2012 with 3 staff; the first of its kind in Australia at that time. By the end of 2013 Angela’s ‘little business’ had achieved its first $1M turnover and was growing at a rapid rate, becoming known as Melbourne’s best place for lash extensions. Clients from all over Melbourne were now travelling to this cute funky space in Oakleigh – even some big names! Lash Envy was constantly booked out weeks in advance and Angela was always hiring and training new staff to join her team to keep up with the demands.
Year upon year Angela’s business experienced exponential growth, whilst juggling the demands of having a young family, and by 2016 Angela and Kryshina opened Ascot Vale (now Moonee Ponds), in 2019 Hampton with Jenn, 2020 Berwick with Olivia, 2023 (due to Covid) Mt Eliza with Sophie.
During the pandemic when business was closed, Angela created Lash Envy Pro; a lash supplies store & commercial training academy. There are 5 Lash Envy Pro Approved Trainers that conduct these classes that also work throughout the LEM salons.
Most recently Angela was asked to contribute to a book ‘Entrepreneur’ written for teenagers as a guide to their future career. Angela will be speaking at the upcoming international lash masters conference in October sharing her knowledge and experience. Angela will be continuing to expand LEM with her sights set on Geelong in 2025 and a few other secrets up her sleeve!
The visionary founder behind Fig Femme, Lindy is on a mission to redefine the world of intimate wellness for women. She understands the challenges and concerns that women face when it comes to self-care for their vulva, vagina and the scarcity of information on post-pregnancy care.
Frustrated by the taboos and lack of readily available information surrounding women’s intimate health, Lindy set out to create Fig Femme; a brand that caters for women, encourages open and honest conversations about feminine hygiene and provides intimate wellness with safe, nourishing ingredients.
Alex Pike, a former model and Registered Nurse, is the Director Face By Alex Pike, with over 19 years of experience in aesthetics. As a mother of three boys, Alex is passionate about balancing motherhood, self-love and wellness. She is the founder of Inside Out Beauty, an 8-week program designed to help women improve their fitness, beauty, and mindset. Alex knows firsthand the importance of self-care in managing daily life stresses while achieving entrepreneurial success.
Meet Sarah Jane Roza: a dynamo of charisma, creativity & contagious energy! Whether she’s dazzling on screen, curating fashion finds, or sharing life’s adventures, Sarah’s magnetic personality shines through in everything she does. Sarah has extensive experience in the media; you might remember her from The Amazing Race, Married at First Sight, or SEN’s Classic Rock Radio Show. Her unique journey as media personality, experience as a lingerie model and love for fashion and glam has led her to the OnlyFans platform – passionate about 45+ women and their freedom and empowerment.
