83# Succession, Identity & Finding Your Place on the Farm | Gillian Fennell Returns!

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes - “Finding Your Voice on Farm: Gillian Fennell on Identity, Advocacy & Unwritten Roles” Welcome back this week, we welcome back Gillian Fennell, originally featured in Season 5, Episode 6. Gillian lives on a remote cattle station in South Australia and is the current SA Livestock Chair. She’s also Katja’s co-host on the Agsolutley Fabulous podcast. Today, she brings her trademark honesty and grit as we explore: 🌿 The reality of no succession plan — and how her family is still navigating the uncertainty. 💬 How to initiate tough conversations on farm without coming off as “pushy”—especially if you’ve married into the business. 👩‍👧‍👦 Wearing all the hats: Mum, distance ed teacher, cook, cleaner, gate-opener—and sometimes the only voice advocating for the family and the industry. 📢 Why Gillian won’t stop advocating for farmers, and how she MC’d the Stop the Sheep Export Ban rally in Canberra. 🔥 How to find your own space and identity on the farm—especially when traditional gender roles still dominate. 💡 Gillian shares powerful, practical advice for farm wives trying to find their place, build respect, and open the lines of communication—not just with their partner, but with the entire family farming structure. 🧠 Quote of the Episode: "If you don’t participate, you forfeit your right to complain." – Gillian Fennell