Build your business with the right women around you.
SustainHer is a practical community for women in business who want genuine connection, clearer thinking and the support to keep moving what matters.
Adelaide Hills + Barossa | In-person and online support
Building a business can become lonely at the decision-making end.
You may be capable, connected and surrounded by people while still carrying most of the decisions, priorities and responsibility yourself. The difficult part is often finding relevant perspective from women who understand the work and can help you see what matters now.
01 Connection
Build relationships with women who understand the world you are navigating.
01 Connection
Build relationships with women who understand the world you are navigating.
02 Clarity
Create space to think, reflect and identify what matters now.
02 Clarity
Create space to think, reflect and identify what matters now.
03 Action
Leave knowing what you are going to do next, with the right support around you.
03 Action
Leave knowing what you are going to do next, with the right support around you.
01 Connection
Build relationships with women who understand the world you are navigating.
01 Connection
Build relationships with women who understand the world you are navigating.
02 Clarity
Create space to think, reflect and identify what matters now.
02 Clarity
Create space to think, reflect and identify what matters now.
03 Action
Leave knowing what you are going to do next, with the right support around you.
03 Action
Leave knowing what you are going to do next, with the right support around you.
01 Connection
Build relationships with women who understand the world you are navigating.
01 Connection
Build relationships with women who understand the world you are navigating.
02 Clarity
Create space to think, reflect and identify what matters now.
02 Clarity
Create space to think, reflect and identify what matters now.
03 Action
Leave knowing what you are going to do next, with the right support around you.
03 Action
Leave knowing what you are going to do next, with the right support around you.
01 Connection
Build relationships with women who understand the world you are navigating.
01 Connection
Build relationships with women who understand the world you are navigating.
02 Clarity
Create space to think, reflect and identify what matters now.
02 Clarity
Create space to think, reflect and identify what matters now.
03 Action
Leave knowing what you are going to do next, with the right support around you.
03 Action
Leave knowing what you are going to do next, with the right support around you.
A simple rhythm for moving forward.
Start where you are.
You do not need every part of SustainHer. Choose the level of support that fits what you need now.
- CONNECT — I want to meet the right people.
- Come into the room for genuine conversation, useful perspective and connection without networking pressure.
- MEMBERSHIP — I want to stay connected.
- See the current SustainHer membership pathway and the support available to existing members.
- GROWTH COLLECTIVE — I need help following through.
- Turn the priorities that matter to your business into consistent progress through weekly structure and accountability.
Choose the support that matches what you need now.
When everything urgent keeps winning, the important work waits.
Another month can disappear into client delivery while a useful decision stays unresolved, an important relationship remains unexplored or the same internal task moves into another week.
The right room gives you somewhere to pause, decide what matters and return to the work with a practical next step.
What changes when you have the right room around you?
The value becomes visible in the decisions you make, the work you finish and the relationships you can draw on.
You know which priority needs your attention rather than carrying ten competing ones.
You have women you can call when a business decision needs another perspective.
You finish work that keeps slipping behind client delivery, become known through genuine relationships and leave important conversations with a clearer next step.
Why SustainHer exists
SustainHer was created from an understanding of what happens when capable women carry strong ideas, real responsibilities and too few useful places to think with people who understand the work.
I created SustainHer to give women in business a room where they can bring the real question, hear a relevant perspective and decide what deserves their attention next.
My role is to shape and facilitate that environment, ask useful questions and help the issue beneath the issue become clearer.
Odette de Beer | Business strategist | CCXP | Six Sigma Green Belt | More than 20 years’ experience
The women and the quality of the relationships remain at the centre of SustainHer.
Strengthen her thinking
Create space for relevant perspective, clearer decisions and honest reflection.
See the woman
Start with her lived experience, responsibilities and the season she is navigating.
Enable action
Help her leave knowing what she will do next and where support is available.
What women notice when they have the right room around them.
Real progress often begins with a clearer decision, a useful question and people who help you keep the work visible.
It drives me forward. It holds me accountable. The way you package things makes sense to me. If I did not have this space where I could talk and you give me a clearer picture, I would be in the same place I was six months ago, maybe a year ago.
I am really enjoying the accountability and the questions that you ask that I normally would not think to ask myself. Being able to be encouraged, because I am notoriously hard on myself, I find that really, really good.
We are invested in each other.
FAQs
Find answers to commonly asked questions about and our network.
Do I have to be an established business owner to attend?
No. If you’re actively running a business or consultancy and committed to growth, you’re welcome - whether you’re early-stage or more established.
Is this just for Adelaide Hills locals?
Most women come from the Adelaide Hills, Mount Barker, Stirling, Hahndorf and surrounds, but anyone happy to travel is welcome.
I’m an introvert - will I feel comfortable?
Yes. The facilitation is gentle and structured so you’re never left standing awkwardly. You’ll always know what’s happening next and how to join in.
Is this a networking group I have to join formally?
No ongoing membership is required. You can attend casually, though many women choose to come regularly because of the momentum it creates.
You can build with good people around you.
Come for genuine connection, clearer decisions and a practical next step you can carry back into your business.
A practical community for women in business built around connection, clarity and action.
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