Like many Aussie families, the Hardings lived a comfortable life but only through huge sacrifice, as Hayley says, “Ben spent ten years doing fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) work in the mines. He did two weeks on, one week off, taking 70 flights a year. His absence was extremely taxing on all of us but mostly the kids (four-year-old Havannah and three-year-old River).” The Hardings longed for a family life together —somewhere out in the country with land, horses, a chicken coop and clean air, the kind of life Ben and Hayley had enjoyed so much as kids. Many people dream of having a better life but it takes someone with real open-mindedness to realise what an incredible opportunity Melaleuca is from the get-go. Hayley has that quality: “When Carole showed me the presentation, it was like a lifeline, I was given a glimmer of hope that I could change our situation. I decided instantly that I would build a Senior Director business, bring Ben home for good and give my kids a ‘normal’ life with daddy raising them too!” It’s that reason or “Why” that Hayley has treasured in her mind every day that has helped her see this through. Hayley had built her residual income to the point where they could start to turn their dreams into reality. Like most people with a family, the ‘dream home’ was high on the agenda. After a a few
months of searching the Hardings found “Chesneypark,” a beautiful country residence set on two-and-a-half acres in Bordertown, South Australia. Their first step to their dream lifestyle complete, Hayley's second and most important goal came true—Ben hung up his hard hat for the final time just weeks after the settlement of their new house. “It was both the scariest and happiest day of our lives.” Says Hayley. “Our dream lifestyle was becoming a reality. But I knew the move was a huge gamble. I knew no one in Bordertown and to live, we still needed to get to at least Senior Director!” According to Hayley it was time to get uncomfortable: “It would have been easy to say ‘I don’t know anybody, so I’ll take a month off’. But, (like most winners) I chose to see December as an opportunity. I put myself out there to meet people: I went to play groups, music classes and the kinder gym. Afterwards, we went for a milkshake in town, rode scooters at the skate park, and got a haircut.”
13 MAY 2017 | MELALEUCA.COM
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