12 Years of I Love Linen at The Bower in Byron Bay

• Place the zucchini slices on a tray and brush with 1 tbsp of olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Grill the zucchini in a pan or on a BBQ grill for about 3 minutes on each side until softened and caramelised. While the zucchini is grilling, cut the lemon in half and place the cut side down until deeply caramelised. Set the zucchini and lemon aside until required.
• For the herb sauce, place all the ingredients into a small food processor and blend until combined. Place in a jar and store in the fridge for up to 1 week.
• Place the goat's cheese in a bowl or in a food processor, squeeze in the caramelised lemon juice, and add 1 tbsp of olive oil. Stir vigorously or whiz until combined. Spread this on your serving bowl or platter. Place the zucchini slices on top along with the mint leaves, dollops of herb sauce, and top with microgreens and a small drizzle of olive oil.

When selecting zucchini, smaller is better, as larger zucchini are more watery and have less taste. They are particularly high in vitamins A and B and potassium.

I came across the Meredith Dairy pink pepperberry goat's cheese just before the celebration event and couldn’t go past the spicy, aromatic kick to the zesty flavour. You can certainly swap out this goat's cheese with regular goat's cheese, marinated goat's cheese, or even labneh.

The herb sauce is a staple, and I make a fresh batch every week. It’s so versatile and can be enjoyed with eggs, on top of roast vegetables and slow-cooked meats. It’s also a fantastic way to use up tired herbs so they don’t end up in the bin.

Inside The Hearth, we prioritise eating seasonally, resourcefulness, and a use-it-all approach. All of the recipes inside the space include what I call The Flow—tricks and tips on selecting the ingredients, how to be resourceful, maximise the recipe ingredients, and lower food waste, e.g., alternatives for the recipe ingredients and how to use the leftovers creatively.

Q: Your work emphasises the connection between seasonal nourishment and personal and business wellness. How do you incorporate the concept of seasonality into your coaching and mentorship?

A:Just as eating seasonally is so much better for our health, so is aligning personal and business values and strategies with our natural rhythms and the rhythms of the year. When we recognise and understand the unique energy and opportunities each season of life offers, we can tailor how we show up in our lives and our work, fostering more harmonious, nourishing, and sustainable development. A simple example of this in business could be that spring can be a time for renewal and setting fresh goals, summer for intensive growth and expansion, autumn for reflection and harvesting the fruits of efforts, and winter for rest and strategic planning. Some examples of this in life could be that you sync how you work or how you exercise with your cycle, or perhaps you’re in a season of deep motherhood and you schedule in 1-2 hours each week just for yourself, to do something that is pleasurable to you and fills your cup. A seasonal approach not only resonates with our innate biological and psychological cycles but also promotes a more balanced and holistic path to being well and our definition of success.

Q: Can you share a highlight from mentoring a founder to navigate their business or personal life?

A: My work is shifting away from only supporting founders to supporting women in all seasons of life, but I’d love to share a story from one of my past founder clients.

By societal standards, she had an incredibly successful business that included quite a bit of travel, but it came at the cost of her health and time with her family. Over the six months of working together, we were able to create a more sustainable business model. This included identifying her ideal clients, simplifying her service offerings, adjusting her pricing, and implementing a small brand refresh that aligned with the direction she wanted to go in. We also created more structure in her business systems with automations to support her so she didn’t have to always be on. We worked on syncing her work with her cycle, natural rhythm, and energy, and scheduled time for her to do things that nourished her. The ripple effect was truly phenomenal. She is now able to spend more time with her family, her health has dramatically improved, she can take her family when she travels, she is earning more, working less, and living more, which has gifted her the ability to pursue other creative pursuits.