Hi, I'm Richelle.

I learned resilience young. Not because someone taught me how, but because life required it.

I've faced loss, carried responsibility that wasn't mine to carry, and learned what it means to keep going when things don't go according to plan.

That girl is still in me. She still drives me. And she's a big part of why I do this work.

I'm a single mum, and neurodiversity is part of everyday life in my family. I've spent years navigating therapies, systems and services both professionally and personally.

And honestly, the personal side taught me things the professional side never could.

I've been the woman who says, "I can't do this anymore" — and then somehow finds a way to keep going.

Not because I always had the answers. Because I learned that having the right person beside you can make an enormous difference.

Seven years ago, I didn't wait for someone to build the community I needed. I built it myself. That community grew into something that now supports thousands of Australian families.

When I look at all of it — the losses, the rebuilding, the parenting, the communities built from nothing — I keep seeing the same thing at the centre of everything. Connection.

I built this because I didn't always have someone I could truly trust and rely on — and I know how much that cost me. I don't want it to cost the people I work with the same thing. 

When I needed to know I wasn't alone as a solo parent — I built Single Parent Adventures AU.

When I needed to move my body and remember I was a woman, not just a mum — I built Active Women Adventures AU.

When I needed a space specifically for parents navigating the complexity of raising children who don't fit the mould — I built Raising Complex Kids.

Each one exists because I was standing in a gap, wishing something like it existed.

Now those communities have helped thousands of people find connection, belonging and people who understand.

Connection Wellbeing Hub is where all of it comes together.