Women in business Hervey Bay - We Rise Networking

Join us for our next event for 2026 with guest speaker Alicia Wade, promote your business, and more!

⭐️ WE RISE NETWORKING - HERVEY BAY, QLD ⭐️

TUESDAY 3RD MARCH

10:30am - 12:30pm

at Shaka Hut, Torquay

The event will be all about connecting, learning, and promoting your business! 💖

You will have the chance to promote your business to other attendees, connect with like-minded business owners in the local area, and learn from our guest speaker!

The guest speaker for our event is.....

ALICIA WADE

Alicia Ann Wade, also known as Dr. Gratitude, is an award-winning international & TEDx
speaker, best-selling author of over 30 books, and the founder of The Gratitude Method™
a globally recognised framework for personal leadership, peak performance, and
resilience.


Once told she would never thrive after overcoming trauma and life’s setbacks, Alicia
transformed her greatest challenges into a life of purpose, impact, and success. Her raw
honesty, relatable energy, and practical tools have captivated audiences from boardrooms
to community halls, blending science-backed strategies with heart-led motivation.


Alicia is a multiple business award winner, and a trusted voice in leadership, mental
wellbeing, and self-empowerment. She has helped thousands of individuals and leaders
ignite their potential, shift their mindset, and rise above life’s obstacles by embracing
gratitude as their greatest advantage.


With a unique blend of humour, story-telling, and real-world tools, Alicia leaves audiences
not just inspired but equipped to take action.

You can find Alicia here:

https://www.facebook.com/alicia.a.wade
www.instagram.com/aliciawade.gratitude

👉🏻Be the Author of Your Life

We’re taught how to follow rules.

How to meet expectations.

How to stay small, polite, and palatable.

But no one teaches us how to author our own life.

My name is Alicia Wade I’m a TEDx speaker, multi-award-winning author, publisher, and founder of a global movement centred on gratitude, storytelling, and lived leadership.

My work sits at the intersection of story, identity, and impact.

I’m listed on Google as an author and international speaker, and I’m trusted and paid by platforms like Facebook to mentor and support coaches, counsellors, and psychologists as they scale their message, authority, and influence.

But titles don’t create impact.

Ownership does.

I didn’t arrive here by accident.

I arrived here by choosing again and again to stop outsourcing my worth, stop silencing my story, and start living like the author instead of the bystander.

Because your story isn’t just something that happened to you.

It’s data.
It’s credibility.
It’s connection.

And when you learn how to use it intentionally, it becomes your most powerful tool for leadership, influence, and change.

Being the author of your life means:
You stop waiting for permission
You stop editing yourself for comfort
You stop hiding your chapters because they’re “too much”
And instead, you lead with truth.

This work isn’t about ego or visibility for visibility’s sake.

It’s about responsibility.
Because when you choose to be seen, you give others permission to do the same.

When you choose to be heard, you become a mirror for those who have been silent.
And when you own your story fully not the polished version, but the real one you move from influence to impact.
Today, I’m not asking you to become an author one day.

I’m asking you to realise

You already are one!

The only question is are you writing consciously, or letting life write you?

This event is for you if…

✨You’re tired of shrinking yourself to fit expectations and want permission to show up as you really are

✨You know you have a story inside you, but you’ve never been shown how to use it with confidence

✨You want to stop outsourcing your worth and start leading your life and business with intention

✨You’re ready to see your lived experience as credibility, not something to hide

You’ll walk away with…

✨A new perspective on your story as a source of credibility, connection and leadership

✨Practical insight into how to stop editing yourself and start showing up with confidence

✨Tools to move from waiting for permission to making empowered choices

✨A deeper understanding of how authenticity creates real impact in life and business

If you are ready to…

✨Stop waiting for permission and start authoring your own life

✨Own your story without softening or hiding the hard chapters

✨Turn your lived experience into confidence and influence

✨Lead with truth instead of approval

Then you don’t want to miss this!

💖 Hope you can make our connection event with our local community!

GRAB YOUR TICKET HERE ⭐️