I realised recently that I don’t talk much about my power hour service. More often than not, they happen after someone messages me, secret squirrel stylee, asking if I do them. This is a bit nuts, because I love doing

Many of my clients are former experts turned business owners. They love what they do, but if they could just rely on psychic sales where new customers appeared from thin air and chucked a wodge of cash in their direction

When I was a teenager I had a friend who had more driving instructors over the space of four years than she did boyfriends. The first one was a shouter so she dumped him.  With the second they spent more

It’s a right royal pain in the arse when you know you WANT to do one thing but you just can’t seem to get started and what you ACTUALLY do is anything but the important thing. So why does it

Not reaching your full potential? It’s not because you’re not confident enough.  If you know your business could be so much more if only you’d commit rather than dither, it’s your self belief that’s lacking, not your confidence. Hold up

How do you overcome overwhelm? The answer might surprise you. Overwhelm is a word coaches use a lot to describe a kind of business owner paralysis.  Some business owners feel overwhelmed but aren’t even aware that it’s a thing, they

Imposter syndrome is a hot topic nowadays. If I had a pound for every time I heard someone talk about having it and the impact of it, I wouldn’t be writing a blog; I would be swanning off into the

Our brains are tricky little suckers.  If we believe something, it dictates our behaviour.  So say you really wanted to quit smoking, but deep down you didn’t believe that it was possible.  It wouldn’t matter what patches or gum you

When I started my business, I expected sales to be easy. In the course of my career I had sold (and trained other people to sell) things as weirdly mixed as mortgages and sex toys. I was the operational lead

This blog isn’t just about superhero identities.  It’s about why the label you give yourself will dictate your level of success. The day the first caveman grunted and language was born we started labelling stuff. “Cave”, “fire” “water”, “Mumpreneur” (cringe).

Did you read my blog “Why You And Your Business Need Boundaries Right Now”? If you didn’t, you can read it here. Everybody needs boundaries. You know that feeling when someone behaves towards you in a way that makes you

Why are boundaries so important and why are they such a struggle? First of all, having boundaries opens you up to the possibility of having to say no to someone. For some that can be a big deal.  Secondly, if

Discounting is a complicated issue.  Struggling with pricing is a rite of passage for most entrepreneurs. When you reach a certain stage in business and you become more confident with the value of your services you tend to become more

Faffing – the official term for doing a lot and achieving nothing.  It’s a bit like “pratting about” but faffers can convince themselves that what they’re doing is actually work even though they know and we know it’s just faffing. 

On the first day of Business School you will have been told to outsource.  Outsource as much as you can, as quickly as you can. But how and why? Everyone will tell you how important outsourcing is. After all, it’s

Love them or loathe them, you can’t avoid the topic of goal setting when you start a business. In theory they are a great idea. Goals give you something to aim for and get you focused. Goals can keep you

Pricing is a hot topic for so many business owners. It’s an emotive and divisive topic; everyone and their dog’s dog has an opinion. Anything relating to money often stirs emotions for business owners, to the extent that there is

If you read my previous blog you’ll know which kind of faffer you are. If you haven’t you can read it here and then come back to this one. Basically your faffing is getting in the way of your success.

Procrastination, or faffing as I like to call it, can be harmless. We put off that job we don’t really want to do by instead scrolling on Facebook or flicking through Instagram. Organising all those files into folders on the

The topic of leaving things until the last minute came up recently with a client, and not for the first time. The world seems to be split into those who plan ahead and diligently make progress on things, and then

Like many new business owners, I started my coaching business alongside a full time ‘day job’ (in my case training). It wasn’t easy but it was necessary – bills don’t pay themselves! When I look back, there are some things