Women in Business Podcast with Chanelle Le Roux

Jane Carey GAICD Founder, Carey Advisory | Non-Executive Director Jane Carey is a business coach, advisor and experienced board director with a passion for helping organisations grow with clarity and purpose.

As the former CEO of Edge Recruitment Jane brings over 25 years of leadership experience across business ownership, strategic planning and team management. In 2023 Jane and her husband flipped their life, selling a majority share in their business and then travelled around Australia for 9 months.

Today Jane runs an advisory business offering tailored coaching and consulting services to help guide business owners through the chaos and complexity of running a business. Jane holds a Bachelor of Business (Employment Relations), is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has been a finalist in the Telstra Business Awards.

Having a lifelong connection to rural Australia, Jane has a particular interest in supporting agricultural and regional enterprises. A mum of 3, when she’s not working Jane is usually outdoors,hiking up a hill or tending to her chooks and garden. 

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Owner operator and Master Juggler, Kelly Kuhn has worked in the South Australian tourism industry for 3 decades, in private enterprise, not-for profit and more government departments than she cares to count, She is the winner of an ‘Inspirational Women of the World’ award based in Bali during 2024, past Deputy Mayor of Mid Murray Council and Board Member of the Murray River, Lakes and Coorong Tourism Alliance.

Kelly is the founder of her local River Murray Community Progress Association. Kelly’s businesses, Juggle House Experiences and River Murray Dark Sky Tours provide innovative and personalised travel adventures in South Australia. Starting off just 1 year before Covid, and enduring the 1-in-100 year Murray River floods, Kelly’s businesses have operated half their time in a declared State of Emergency, Despite this, accolades include Gold and Silver in the South Australian Tourism Awards thriving as a tour operator excelling in collaboration. The signature tour has been operating in Australia’s first internationally declared Dark Sky Reserve for 5 years. Customers from all over the world coming to see the stars for the first time in their lives is what keeps the team’s motivation high.

It’s been a bit of secret from customers til now, that Kelly has always been afraid of the dark since growing up a child on a farm with an outside toilet, and she did not pay attention at Karoonda Area School science lessons to know if there are rings around Saturn or Jupiter! Kelly is often asked to MC regional events and is currently seen a rising star in guest speaking roles at conferences.

In this episode, we talk about building a resilient tourism business.

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Tara Ladd founded Your One & Only because she was fed up with brands that looked pretty but felt completely empty. Using behavioural psychology and a knack for spotting what everyone else completely misses, she creates brands that don’t just stand out, they actually stand for something real.

With over 18 years in the industry, including 8 running her own studio and a decade working with massive brands like Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Telstra, Tara knows her way around strategy. But her real passion? Wellness work that actually matters. We’re talking mental health advocacy, neurodivergence support, chronic illness navigation, reproductive health conversations, disability access, and healthcare system reform.

Based in South Western Sydney, she’s a big-thinking creative who isn’t afraid of the messy stuff. Her studio specialises in brands that tackle the topics other people whisper about; the ones calling out medical bias, making space for bodies and minds that don’t fit the “wellness industry” mould, fighting for better systems instead of just prettier packaging.

As a neurodivergent entrepreneur with ADHD, Tara gets it. Thinking differently isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s a superpower. She’s also a mum of 2 neurodivergent kids (one’s a transplant recipient), which means she’s seen firsthand how broken some of our systems really are.

She’s not here to create another ‘safe’ brand that says nothing. She’s here to help you build something that makes people stop, think, and feel like they finally found their people.

In this episode, we talk about brand psychology and the power of positioning.

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Visit the Your One and Only website here - https://youroneandonly.com.au/the-gap-strategy/

Connect with Tara on LinkedIn here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarajoyaldd/

Dr Hayley D Quinn is the founder and director of Welcome to Self®, a speaker trainer, author and your go-to anti-burnout business coach. Hayley is a former clinical psychologist and counsellor with over two decades of experience in human behaviour and behaviour change that sticks. With her own experience of burnout to recovery and experience running multiple businesses, Hayley brings a unique blend of insights to her work with clients. Hayley is on a mission to revolutionise how entrepreneurs and business owners operate, empowering them to transform their relationship with themselves and their businesses, create success on their terms, and engage in sustainable ways of working so they don’t compromise their well-being. Hayley is also the host of the popular Welcome to Self® podcast. Hayley believes if you thrive, your business will too!

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Hannah Porter is the award-winning Founder and Director of Bear & Moo, a thriving New Zealand-based e-commerce company, about to open its first bricks and mortar store, redefining the way Kiwi families shop for essential baby and children’s products. Since launching Bear & Moo in 2018, just five weeks after conceiving the idea as a stay-at-home mum of two, Hannah has grown the business from a side hustle into a multimillion-dollar powerhouse with over $3.2 million in annual revenue, more than 44,000 customers, and a loyal social media following exceeding 32,000 across New Zealand and Australia.

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KJ is a powerhouse content strategist, social media marketer, and paid ads specialist who’s spent over a decade working with some of Australia’s leading brands. She’s the founder of Tangerine Tango, a content consultancy dedicated to helping expertise-driven businesses — from founders and knowledge creators to tech, education, and healthcare brands — turn their smarts into memorable content that builds real connection.

Tangerine Tango is all about making content marketing strategy accessible and actionable. No fluff. No pressure. Just smart, strategic storytelling that sticks.

When she’s not running the agency, you’ll find KJ building community over at The Career Girl Diaries, a vibrant space for ambitious women that’s already 30,000 strong and growing!

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Elisabeth is the go-to expert for helping agencies and service providers increase profit without increasing stress. As the founder of The Afro Coach, Elisabeth specialises in building systems that let your business run smoothly even when you step away. Get ready to learn how to build freedom into your business, not just chase it.

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Deanna Notice is the Founder and CEO of Notice & Co and one of a handful of Certified ActiveCampaign Consultants in Australia.

When it comes to email marketing, Deanna has seen the good, the bad and the downright ugly and has spent over 10 years creating marketing automation campaigns that persuade people to take action.

At Notice & Co, Deanna and her team help businesses unlock the power of their email lists by creating seamless customer journeys, supporting with both marketing automation strategy and execution. By day, Deanna is a self-confessed marketing automation nerd, but outside of empire-building and creating money-making emails that don’t suck, Deanna is a wine enthusiast, crazy cat lady and can often be found hiking trails around the country.

In this episode, we sit down with clinical psychologist April Benjamin, the creator of Taming Yore Dragon - a groundbreaking video game that helps kids learn Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques through play.

April shares the inspiration behind the game, how it works, and why teaching emotional regulation through gaming could be a powerful tool for young minds. Whether you're a parent, educator, or simply curious about where mental health and technology meet, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

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