05/06/2026
I’m done with the underdog, Aussie battler story for regional Australia. This is why.
It's not our story. It never was.
It was written for us, about us, by people who aren’t from the regions.
When someone looks at regional women building serious businesses and thinks, "how cute, they're trying." Is just disrespectful.
Sadly, somewhere along the way, we picked it up and started carrying it like it was true.
The battler narrative is seductive, I'll give it that. Because it explains things. It gives context to why we're not further ahead. It takes the pressure off. She's out bush, what do you expect?
But here's what I've watched happen inside The Regional Experts over the past few years.
I've watched a woman in Geraldton go from $5k months to consistent $20k months without moving anywhere, without changing her niche, without getting better internet. She changed her model.
I've watched a woman in a tiny town in Queensland close out her first $100k year. And she always knew she could.
I've watched women on properties, in small coastal towns, in the middle of nowhere by most people's definitions, build consulting businesses, become exception service providers, and truly they excel in every way.
The battler story doesn't explain them. So it doesn't explain you either.
Regional women are not disadvantaged in business. We're differently positioned. And there is a version of your business that works from exactly where you are, charges what your expertise is worth, and doesn't require you to be something or somewhere you're not.
That's what I've built my entire methodology around. Not helping women survive regional business. Helping them grow it strategically, from where they actually are.
I'd love to know where you're building from. Drop your town in the comments or send me a DM. I read every single one.