Unable to find help to work through the difficult emotional and communication areas of succession, Diane returned to education to gain a Diploma in Professional Counseling; Majoring in Relationships, Family and Workplace Counseling, also training in Family Business Facilitation conducted by Lyn Sykes, a proven way of promoting respectful communication within families.

Diane believes that it is the people within a family business who are the key to the success and that communication between family members is the major cause of family breakdown.

With her many years experience in Agriculture both in England and Australia and her understanding of people and relationships Diane is uniquely able to help Rural Families through the many difficulties they face today.

Diane is passionate about Agriculture and the importance of preserving family farms and rural communities. She believes farming families themselves hold the key to whether their business will survive into the next generation. More important is that family relationships are maintained, if all members of a family business feel secure, happy and appreciated within the family business, this often prevents the immense stress of family breakdown.

Working with families who are proactively moving toward the future is a pleasure.