Four women. One room. Real stories.
At the Women Who Hustle Breakfast Panel, part of the Orana Every Woman Festival, the conversation went far beyond the highlight reel.
Over coffee on that Thursday morning, what unfolded was honest, grounded, and deeply relatable — a conversation about business, confidence, and what it really means to back yourself.
From the very beginning, it was clear this panel would go deeper. What followed was a powerful and open discussion covering confidence and self-belief, financial and mental wellbeing, money stories, growing a business in regional Australia, and the ongoing balance between life, work, and purpose.
We saw in real time the permission it gives others when we back our self and share our story. Suddenly, this business breakfast on 'the wins, the doubts, the pivots, the money stories, the juggle' connected everyone.
Without a doubt the best reminder was the recognition that we all walk around carrying stories about who we are, what we can do, what we’re not good at. But the moment we drop that - connection happens. Connection is the secret sauce.
It’s built in rooms like this.
In conversations like this.
In communities like this.
A big thank you to the panel host, Teena Allen from CBA for the saucy questions that set the tone and the rest of the team at Commonwealth Bank in Dubbo for their support of Every Woman.
Now for a few moments that brought the room together, and further on is the link to view the full discussion.
