About
Lorraine
Murphy
This is the spot if you’re looking to find out a bit more about me. By way of speedy introduction, let me catch you up with some key dates…
2000
Created a side hustle while at university tutoring high school students
2003
Started my PR career in my native Dublin
2005
Spread my professional wings with a move to London
2009
Arrived in Australia & met my future husband on a random doorstep
2012
Started my first biz (The Remarkables Group – first talent agency for social influencers) in my spare bedroom & married my husband on that fateful doorstep
2013
Won Emerging Agency of the Year & hit $1m in revenue
2014
Completed first speaking tour of Australia
2015
Listed on BRW Fast Starter List
2016
Won Entrepreneur of the Year, first book Remarkability published & visited Necker Island
2017
Daughter Lexi born & exited first business
2018
Started second business focused on my “soul on fire” work (writing, speaking, mentoring) & second book Get Remarkably Organised published
2019
Published my third book, Baby You’re Remarkable!
PHILOSOPHY
What I believe
I believe that we all deserve to have the life we dream of having. I also believe that – most of the time – we are our own biggest obstacles in getting that life.
Through constantly striving to improve ourselves, aligning ourselves ever more closely with our soul purpose, getting laser sharp on what it is we’re trying to create, and getting our shit together bigtime, I believe that anything is possible.
Bio
Meet Lorraine
Lorraine Murphy is an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author and speaker.
She started her first business – The Remarkables Group – in her spare bedroom in 2012 and that business went on to secure multi-million dollars in turnover.
During her time in that business, Lorraine and the company received several plaudits including being named as one of BRW’s Fast Starters, Entrepreneur of the Year, Emerging Agency of the Year, Content Marketer of the Year and Australian Start-up of the Year – as well as being finalists for the Telstra Business Awards.
Lorraine has featured frequently in media, including The Project, Sunrise, The Today Show, Sydney Morning Herald, Collective Hub, Marie Claire, Sky News, ABC News and The Australian.
In December 2017, Lorraine sold The Remarkables Group in order to focus on her “soul on fire work” – writing, speaking and mentoring.
As well as one-on-one mentoring, she has trained brands including Uber, Westpac, Woolworths and Unilever.
She has published three books, all with Hachette Australia:
- Remarkability (2016) – an entertaining and practical account of the biggest lessons she has learned in her entrepreneurial and business journey
- Get Remarkably Organised (2018) – an infrastructure for both personal and professional success
- Baby, You’re Remarkable (Aug 2019) – an honest account and passionate discussion of Lorraine’s experience of becoming a mother and also running her own business
Lorraine lives in Sydney, Australia has been married to fellow entrepreneur Wade for six years and is the ridiculously proud mother of (and trainee expert negotiator with) their toddler Lexi.
Want to know more?
5 books that changed my life:
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits by Verne Harnish, A Woman’s Worth by Marianne Williamson
3 podcasts I love:
The Goop Podcast, How I Built This by Guy Raz, Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations
The apps I use every day:
Google Calendar, Insight Timer (meditation app), Instagram
3 of my business heroes:
Sophia Amoruso, Richard Branson, Emma Isaacs
The best habit I ever adopted:
Listing 5 things I’m grateful for every night before going to sleep
What motivates me:
A curiosity to discover what I’m capable of & to be a role model for my daughter
What scares me:
Failure, airplane turbulence, my toddler’s tantrums
The quote that fires me up:
“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
– Goethe
My business happy place:
Onstage in front of a brilliant crowd (in extrovert mode) and cosied up in my home office writing (in introvert mode)
My downtime happy place:
Blissing out in a yoga class or travelling to somewhere new
My mama happy place:
Saturday night pizza, movie and snuggles on the sofa together
My Love Language:
Quality time
Ultimate comfort food:
A mug of my hot spiced cacao
