19/04/2026
So let me get this straight.
An Aboriginal-owned business runs **accredited wellness training in Earth Connection**, trying to teach people to tread lightly on Country, respect it, and actually live the values everyone loves to quote... and somehow *that* becomes the problem?
We put up an ad for an **online** training session and then come the questions and interrogation... from **Aboriginal people**:
“Have you sought our permission?”
“Can you provide your family tree?”
“What connection do you have to this area?”
Sorry... what? 🤔
Do yoga teachers get interrogated like this?
Do business coaches get asked for a bloodline breakdown before launching a webinar?
Do all the random trainers flooding social media get told to submit their ancestry and local approvals before they can teach online?
Or is this energy saved especially for an Aboriginal business?
And let’s be clear:
**just because we are an Aboriginal business does not mean we are selling culture.**
Wake up.
Teaching people to respect Country, walk gently, and understand their responsibility to land is not “selling culture.”
It is education.
It is wellbeing.
It is sharing values rooted in care, responsibility, and connection.
Because isn’t that the essence of Aboriginal culture?
To care for Country.
To honour land.
To understand that being a traditional custodian means being a caretaker, not a gatekeeper for social media performances.
It is wild that an Aboriginal-owned business talking about respect, connection, and caring for Country is being treated like it is doing something wrong... especially by our own people.
Funny how everyone says they want culture respected, but when Aboriginal people actually lead, teach, and build something with integrity, suddenly the interrogation begins.
Anyway, we will keep doing what we do:
teaching respect,
teaching connection,
and apparently reminding people that not every Aboriginal business exists to be torn down by lateral criticism the minute it starts doing good work.