A grateful flamingo – an entrepreneur’s perspective after injury

As an entrepreneur, having your life change in one small slip on a wet pavement could be enough to send you swimming head first into a deep sea of stress and anxiety.... There simply wasn’t space in my head to accommodate stress and healing at the same time. I instinctively knew that getting better was my priority. Yet, how many times in running a small business do we forget to prioritise our physical and mental health?

5 Motivation Tips for Creative Entrepreneurs

Are you a self-employed business owner returning to work after the long summer holidays? Whether you’ve taken a month or two off to spend time with family and travel abroad, or have been mainly at home dipping your toes in your business all summer, chances are you're ready to get your head back in the game and start creating new projects and opportunities. Read my top 5 motivation and productivity tips for creative entrepreneurs.

Celebrating and Supporting Women

This year's theme focuses on Balance - with the sentiment being that 'a balanced world is a better world'. Balance is something we're all trying to achieve but somehow often falling short. Today, I want to let you know that even if you haven't reached a particular goal or dream in your life or business, it's ok!

What does a ghost-blogger do? (And how to hire one)

You will no doubt be familiar with a well known type of ghostwriting - the wordy talent behind many a famous celebrity’s autobiography. But you may not realise that many business owners and brands outsource their blog creation to talented copywriters, or ‘ghost-bloggers’ in order to be consistent and visible in the online space.

Do you need a content strategy?

As business owners and entrepreneurs, part of our daily work includes raising our visibility, building relationships with potential clients and collaborators and increasing our credibility amongst our audience....According to HubSpot, 78% of people watch online videos every day and by 2020, online videos will make up more than 80% of all consumer internet traffic (Source: Cisco).

How can I be the best version of myself?

How can I be the best version of myself? Is that a question you've asked yourself lately? Or ever? We spend far too much of our time worrying about living up to other people's expectations without pausing for a while to consider our own.

The Power of Human Connection

Over the last three years my life (and business) has changed dramatically because of one thing: Human Connection. When you open up and allow other women into your life and feel confident and secure in who you are, then amazing things really do happen. The message I'm sharing with you today is that building relationships on a solid foundation of integrity, kindness and love is vitally important for our health and our businesses.

Don’t give up on your dreams

When did you stop following your dreams? I know you had dreams, desires, goals. Maybe even just a knowing feeling that somewhere in life there would be more than this. You settled for less than you deserved. Less than you were meant to be. Less than you dreamed of. But then, out of the blue came one of those lightbulb moments. A realisation. A feeling. A sensation.

It’s Time to STOP Playing Small

It’s taken me a really long time to realise that the answers were inside of me all along. But I played small. I didn’t shout about all the gifts I could offer the world. I was doing the very opposite of EXPANDING. I was shrinking. And it had to stop.