About

Hi, I’m Penny.

I’ve been curious about how to live an extraordinary life for as long as I can remember.

And I’m still exploring.

I won the birth lottery

I grew up knowing I was incredibly lucky. I was deeply loved, and my parents opened the world up to me from the very beginning.

Athens, 1979 - the exploring started early

By 8 I was asking why.

My Dad’s work took us to India. The contrast between extraordinary wealth and extreme poverty was impossible for me to understand.

I remember looking at the Taj Mahal and wondering how so much could be spent on a magnificent tomb while women and children were begging and starving in the streets.

For the first time, I understood my privilege, and I’ve never taken it for granted.

India tattooed that awareness into me. I began questioning money, fairness and what we value. I still do.

Taj Mahal, India, 1984

By 11, I knew life was precious.

Just before my 11th birthday, my parents were in a serious car accident while travelling in NSW.

I spent my birthday visiting Mum in hospital. They had both survived, but I understood how easily things could have turned out differently.

My Dad was older than all my friends’ dads, so I was already conscious that our time together might be shorter than I wanted.

I learnt not to take time with the people I love for granted. I tell them I love them. I don’t assume that we have time. Life can change in a moment.

Dad’s 60th birthday, 1983.

I wanted to help people make the most of their life.

Psychology felt like a way to do that. I wanted to understand what makes us think, feel and behave the way we do, and imagined a career helping people thrive.

But my life didn’t follow a straight line. I followed my curiosity, and often my heart.

Behavioural Sciences Graduation, 1998

I created a life I loved.

Following my heart led me to Josh. We lived overseas, travelled some more, and eventually made Melbourne home.

I tried HR, moved into the community sector and kept learning, exploring and following what interested me.

Meanwhile, I became a mum, got married, grew our family, and became deeply involved in our kinder and school communities, bringing people together, creating experiences and making things happen.

And there was still so much I hadn’t discovered.

Granada, Spain, 1999

Becoming a mother, 2006

Then I discovered the power of women together.

As I turned 40, I joined a women’s circle.

I discovered a depth of connection, honesty and safety with women that I hadn't experienced before. It opened up another way of being together, and a world I wanted to explore.

I began creating spaces and experiences of my own, bringing women together to connect, try new things and support each other.

And, as my world expanded, I started noticing what we still weren’t talking about.

The Hive, 2017

I got curious about what was holding women back.

As I grew my offerings and started learning online, I came across women who seemed radiant, free, self-expressed and unafraid to be visible.

And I noticed something else.

Some of them were talking openly about sex and pleasure.

I was fascinated. I’d spent years in a women’s circle that felt incredibly safe, yet I still found these things difficult to talk about, even with them.

Why could these women talk about sex and pleasure so freely when I couldn’t? And was there a connection between that freedom and the way they showed up in the world?

So I got curious.

I began creating spaces, experiences and conversations where women could explore the things we weren’t talking about.

And women lit up.

Belly dancing workshop, 2020.

I kept following my curiosity.

I wanted to understand what happens when we reconnect with our bodies and begin to unravel the shame, beliefs and conditioning that can hold us back.

I studied somatic sex coaching, NLP, breathwork and as an end-of-life companion, and continued creating communities, retreats, conversations and experiences to explore these ideas with others.

All to explore what helps us feel more connected, expressed and alive?

PenFEST - women’s camping festival, 2026

Flip through My Flaps Book Launch, 2024

What I want you to know.

You don’t become less as you get older.

There may be parts of you that you’ve never had the permission, knowledge or opportunity to explore.

I believe our bodies hold wisdom. Our cyclical nature matters. And the qualities we associate with the feminine, such as creativity, softness, receptivity, intuition and collaboration, are hidden sources of power.

You don’t have to change your whole life to experience more of it.

Get curious. Try things. Question what you’ve been taught. Reconnect with your body. Explore your edges.

Your life is precious. It’s time to experience it, fully.

ps. In case you want my quals...

Breathwork Masters Facilitator
Breathless Expeditions · 2026

Certified Death Doula
Life Options with Denise Love · 2026

NLP Master Practitioner & Master Coach
Wild Success · 2025

Certified Somatic Sex Coach
Yonilicious Academy · 2025

Graduate Certificate in Social Impact
Swinburne University · 2013

Graduate Diploma of Applied Psychology
Swinburne University · 1998

Bachelor of Behavioural Science
La Trobe University · 1996