Deepa Mani is an entrepreneur, cultural leader and speaker, and the Founder & CEO of Proud of Colour (POC) Beauty, an award-winning Australian skincare and cosmetics brand created for melanin-rich skin. She is also the Founder & Artistic Director of Chandralaya School of Dance, where she empowers people through culture, confidence and the arts. With more than 25 years of leadership experience across technology and business transformation, Deepa is passionate about representation, inclusive innovation and wellbeing. Through her work, she inspires others to embrace their identity, care for their skin and build lives and businesses with purpose. Credit: Deepa Mani; POC Beauty.

Kylie Rumney is a counsellor, speaker, and founder of The Haven Women's Counselling & Wellbeing. She is passionate about helping women navigate life's challenges with confidence, compassion, and hope. Kylie specialises in motherhood, relationship challenges, and modern family dynamics, including separation, co-parenting, repartnering, step-parenting, and blended families. Combining professional expertise with a warm, down-to-earth approach, she creates a safe, non-judgemental space where women feel heard, understood, and empowered to move forward. Through counselling and speaking, Kylie is dedicated to helping women reconnect with themselves and find their smile again. Credit: Kylie Rumney; The Haven Women's Counselling & Wellbeing.

Jasmine Dash is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and the founder of Resonance Health, a behavioral performance consultancy. Across twenty-five years in behavioral science she has advised over three hundred individuals and helped organizations grow without losing the people who built them. As a director she scaled two in-home practices and a clinic, and raised retention from thirty percent to ninety-eight percent. Her work spans practice operations, performance consulting for founders and senior leaders, and a Tai Chi based wellness program for senior living communities. She is a doctoral researcher at Capella University. Credit: Jasmine Dash; Resonance Health.

Clare Maxfield AICI CIP is the CEO of Image Innovators International, an author, speaker, educator, and award-winning image consultant dedicated to helping people show up with confidence, authenticity, and purpose. Through her global training company, Clare supports image consultants with tools, education, and resources that help them improve the lives of others through colour, style, personal presentation, and professional presence. Her work sits at the intersection of lifestyle, confidence, communication, and business growth. Clare believes style is not superficial; it is a powerful form of self-expression, wellbeing, and opportunity that helps people feel more aligned in life and work. Credit: Clare Maxfield; Image Innovators.

The Somatherapy Collective is a trauma-informed somatic healing space devoted to helping people reconnect with the wisdom of their bodies and restore their nervous systems. Founded by somatic therapist and guide Briony Montgomery, the work centres matrilineal repair, emotional healing, and reclaiming the body as a place of safety, truth, and belonging.
Drawing on somatic therapy, attachment work, parts work, and rage work, The Somatherapy Collective supports people to gently meet the layers of themselves that were shaped by trauma, disconnection, and inherited patterns. Through body-based practices and polyvagal-informed nervous system support, individuals are guided back into flow, capacity, and vitality, allowing grief, anger, and stored emotional pain to move and metabolise through the body. Through 1:1 sessions, courses, circles, and resources, the collective supports people in finding their power, purpose, and pleasure, while cultivating deeper connection to self, community, and the living world. Credit: Briony Montgomery.

Byron McCaughey is a former VC-backed founder turned psychologist who helps growth-stage entrepreneurs build something great without the cost. After living the pressure of startup life firsthand — and seeing what it does to founders from the inside — he retrained as a psychologist and founded Sublime Studio, a coaching membership built on the simple belief that mental fitness is the biggest performance multiplier a founder has. Byron’s work sits at the intersection of performance psychology and real-world business pressure. Credit: Byron McCaughey.

Cass is the founder of The Neurodivergence Voice, a trauma-informed neurodiversity coaching and consulting practice based in Brisbane, with 20 years of lived and professional experience across government, resources, and regulated industries. Credit: The Neurodivergence Voice; Cass Nicholson.

Steph is the founder of Weary Theory, a Melbourne-based brand creating personalised children’s essentials and keepsakes. A mum in the thick of early parenthood, Steph stitches every piece in-house, turning everyday items like backpacks, blankets, and clothing into meaningful memory-holders. Known for her honest, heartfelt approach to motherhood and making, she shares the beauty and mess of raising young children while building a business in the in-between moments of family life. Through Weary Theory, Steph celebrates the small moments of childhood and creates practical pieces that families will treasure long after the early years have passed. Credit: Wear Theory; Stephanie Morrison.