I remember a day when Chloe was little – my mum, who usually helped out during school holidays, was having a well-earned break herself, so I was on mum duty. I sat there that morning wondering what to write for my newsletter. Chloe was outside playing. The sun was...
If I had a pound for every time I hear this, I’d have a very full piggy bank. Time seems to be the single biggest thing we women business owners stress about – or rather, a lack of it. For some of us, it’s down to having kids. School runs, after-school...
What is it about owning a business that turns you into a paranoia queen? Every time you hear of a competitor doing well, your mind chatter kicks into overtime. “OMG everyone is saying great things about her.” “How can I possibly compete?”...
Sometimes in life, our mindset can be the biggest obstacle to our own success. We talk down to ourselves, limit what we can achieve, play it safe, underprice, under-promise and over-deliver. If we heard someone speak to our children the way we speak about ourselves –...
When my daughter Chloe was younger, most mornings you’d find me being dragged through wet grass by a small, noisy, hairy thing that occasionally stopped to poop. Our dog Meggy is 11 now and those wild puppy walks are a distant memory – these days she’s...
I had a question recently in one of my groups from a lady with a coaching business. She was frustrated, worn out and about to quit. Why? She had spent the last few weeks in a marketing frenzy. Her new business was about to launch and she’d been full of passion...