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Meet Joy, the Many Rivers business coach who covers the north side of Perth. She brings Joy to WA.

Joy has a background in financial services with 14 years experience in marketing, sales and management roles. She has successfully started and operated three businesses in different industries including marketing and training, gardening and sports. Joy has a heart for equality and is passionate about making a positive difference. Listen to the video below as she talks about her experience as a Many Rivers business coach in Perth.

Working for Many Rivers

As a business coach, Joy is inspired to make a difference in peoples lives. She describes her role as to, “work with people and help them build a new, sustainable life through small business.”

“The client group that we work with have had a lot of set backs. I feel it is a privilege and a responsibility to work with this group and to give them new hope to move forwards.”

Joy explains, “being a business coach is about creating passion and enthusiasm. We move people on from a place of feeling lost in the world to giving them a sense of direction and we do this by building on their skills, hopes desires and dreams.”

“We help them have a reason to get out of bed in the morning. Giving them something that they feel passionate about that provides an income for their family and helps them live a fulfilling life.”

“A large part of my job is listening to the client and also motivating them. I let them see the strengths that they have. If they are willing and committed to work hard together we can achieve great things.”

Many Rivers Clients

“A lot of my clients have not had a lot of good role models in their life. Their journey in life has been rough. Others have gotten caught up in addictions and other challenges and some have just been born into a difficult situations. There are a wide variety of challenges that we deal with day in and day out.”

“It is about giving them hope and giving them skills to bring about change in their life and to create new habits. Many Rivers is helping them to bring new opportunities to build a sustainable small business and break the cycle and open up a whole new world.”

“With one client, we went from a very challenging situation, to a space now where they are actually excited about their future. They are realising dreams that they never thought they would have, such as home ownership. And we are only three years in. Who knows what is going to happen further into the life of this business.”

Thanks Joy for giving us a look into you daily life as a business coach. Our business coaches are located all around Australia so no matter where you live, we’re here to help. You can meet the other members of our committed Many Rivers team here and read through our Top Ten Tips for protecting your business.

Are you looking to start a small business or expand your current business? Our dedicated Many Rivers business coaches will walk with on every step of your business journey.

If you have a business idea, please take the Small Business Self Assessment and see if we are right for you.

At Many Rivers, we are committed to helping forge an inclusive world for everyone, including Women and Girls. We are on board with this year’s International Women’s Day theme, #BreakTheBias, which reminds us to actively call out gender bias, discrimination and stereotyping.

International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on March 8th and is a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women globally. It is also a day to call action towards achieving gender equality.

We are proud that 59% of new Many Rivers supported small business owners in FY21 were female. This is significantly higher than the national average of 35%. Did you know that 47% of Many Rivers staff are female too?

“Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to move ahead. Knowing that bias exists isn’t enough; action is needed to level the playing field.” – International Women’s Day, 2022

Many Rivers female clients

Let’s take a look at a few of our Many Rivers supported, female small business owners in celebration of International Women’s Day!

Meet Mim, the small business owner of Mimmim Designs, an art business based in Darwin NT.

Mim creates her bright, eye-catching art on canvases, then digitalises it and gets it printed on different products such as sports uniforms and eco-friendly nappies. Recently, she collaborated with another local artist to complete a three-story mural wall. Mim’s husband said he has never seen Mim so happy as when she started her own business. Next, Mim has her eyes set on holding her own exhibition and running art workshops! Read more.

“I wanted to do something that I was passionate about and make that my full-time job. Life is precious, and I knew I would be more motivated and happier doing something I love.”

Meet Sandra, the small business owner of Active Care Nursing Agency, a business idea that started with a call from a friend needing help.

One day last year, Sandra was asked to support a client who did not have in-home care that day. Being a nurse and as a favour for her friend, Sandra provided support to this client. She quickly recognised that there was high demand for in-home care in her region. Since beginning her journey 18 months ago, Sandra now supports 47 clients with their care needs, from getting them up in the morning to preparing their food. She has employed 50 nurses so far and has big plans to grow the business and the services she offers to her clients. Hear more about Sandra’s story.

“There was such a need for disability and elderly support, and we have so many service providers in Mildura, but they don’t have the capacity to service all the clients well.”

active care nursing agency

Meet Kate and Nicolette, who run We Are Womxn and deliver evidence-based health programs for school-aged girls across Perth WA.

Kate and Nicolette noticed a lack of evidence-based health programs for young girls in Western Australia. With a vision for a world free from women’s stigma, they decided to create a program themselves. Between them, Kate and Nicolette bring experience in teaching and health promotion. This makes them the perfect duo to run their small business, We Are Womxn, and offer five programs to schools across the state. Read about Kate and Nicolette’s journey so far.

“It was something we are both passionate about and saw that there was a real lack of this education in WA, especially for women.”