Life’s most meaningful journeys are rarely straightforward – just ask Annie Ridout. In a story familiar to many women, Annie decided to have a baby and promptly found herself forced out of her job. But after having two more children and vowing never to be beholden to anyone who could pull the rug from under…
“In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take, the relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make.” – Lewis Carroll You’d think escaping violence in your home country and arriving in the UK with just £300 and not knowing a soul would be a pretty…
Would you make decisions based on whether you can say yes to joy, peace, connection and ease? And how different might your life be if you did? 🤔 Prioritising joy, peace, connection and ease is how Bea Marshall moves through her life now. So whether it’s coffee with a pal or giving a keynote speech,…
A ‘lifequake’. That’s how Helen Kewell describes the moment she collapsed at work after experiencing burnout. Having been someone who would push through tough situations, someone whose identity was built on doing and achieving, Helen says she felt she was being stripped of her sense of self as her body said no and forced her…
“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstance they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.”– George Bernard Shaw Growing up on a council estate in Manchester and attending what was labelled the second-worst school in the country at the time didn’t…
After finding the juggle of a corporate career and small children a struggle, Erika Robinson took a path familiar to many women looking to take charge of their lives – she left her corporate job and launched her own business. But just four months after investing everything to open the doors to Picnic, her children’s…