A Friend of Mine by OAK Magazine

Kate Muldoon was working in palliative care when tragedy struck and turned her world upside down. She saw this as a sign to reassess her own life and found a career in business coaching. Kate is the founder of Ladies with Tradies and works with couples in the trades industry to remove the overwhelm from running their business and take back control of their lives and relationships. Kate shares with...

Pip Brett is a die hard colour lover, a self confessed failed minimalist and has one motto - ‘more is more and less is a bore’. Pip launched her first business at 21 in a very small store in her home town of Orange in central west NSW. When a shopfront became available for lease right next door to Pip's boutique clothing store Iglou, it was more than a sign. Without a clue of what she would stock,...

Meet Carrington Lyons, the first female Camera Operator on the 9 News Central Victoria team. The most remarkable part, she’s only 22. Carrington has always had a passion for photography and filmmaking but year 12 at St Brigid's College Horsham didn’t pan out the way she anticipated. Her short film for Tropfest wasn’t shortlisted and she didn’t get her first round university offer. So Carrington ch...

When Brikitta Kool-Daniels set off on a three week family trip to the United States, she never envisaged that her fitness business of 20 years would close on her return. A few days into their trip, COVID shut down businesses and changed the way of life in the US with Australia following soon after. Cutting their trip short, Brikitta, her husband Ricky and their three boys returned home to Bendigo...

By her own admission, Kath Bolitho is one tough cookie. Kath has endured the highs and lowest of lows of business ownership. With a love for hospitality and supporting the local Bendigo tourism industry, Kath launched her second business in 2012, the aptly named Tough Cookie Marketing. Kath shares with us her business story, how she is supporting her clients and community through COVID19 along wit...

There are many ways to spend a two hour train trip home from Melbourne to Bendigo. Most will listen to a podcast, mindlessly scroll Instagram or close their eyes and give in to the gentle rock of the carriage, Jess Wiltshire secured a small personal loan and resigned from her job with a dream of opening a shop dedicated to indoor house plants. From leaving school at 16 to work in a cemetery to lau...

Like many expectant mums, Sophie Doyle was struggling to find the perfect nappy bag. Rather than settle, Sophie took the matter into her own hands by sketching her vision of the ultimate nappy bag and having it made in Bali. It wasn’t long before her friends wanted that same stylish and versatile nappy bag. And so, in 2016, Alf The Label was born. What started out as a hobby with an initial run of...

As founder and editor of OAK Magazine, I have met some incredible and inspiring women in business from regional and rural Australia. I'm beyond excited to introduce you A Friend of Mine ~ a podcast by OAK Magazine. Whether you’re starting out in business and wondering how to go from side hustle to full time or you’re looking for ways to expand on what you’ve already established, A Friend of Mine w...