Passion Projects #8: Pearls of Wisdom with Jan Para

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    Retiring quietly and retreating into the shadows was never going to be an option for the next passion-driven entrepreneur I’m featuring in the Passion Project series. When Jan Para started The Rocks Collection, it was a way to see Continue reading Passion Projects #8: Pearls of Wisdom with Jan Para

A Little Adventure into Decluttering

Home decluttering get organized

  By no means am I a hoarder, but as I write this, I’m looking around the piles of ‘stuff’ on the table. I’m a relatively tidy person, and once a month I have a good tidy up for the Continue reading A Little Adventure into Decluttering

Passion Projects #7: Being A Square Peg with Alison Muir

  Do you ever feel like a square peg in a round hole? Alison’s big smile and infectious enthusiasm make her a fabulous addition to my Passion Projects series. Living your values, even when you are a square peg in Continue reading Passion Projects #7: Being A Square Peg with Alison Muir

Passion Projects #6: Stepping Off The Treadmill with Maria Newman, Mummy On A Break

    Stuck on the treadmill. Plodding along getting gradually more and more tired and feeling like you’re  going nowhere. Do you have those days where you wonder what the hell you’re doing with your life? When you’re counting down Continue reading Passion Projects #6: Stepping Off The Treadmill with Maria Newman, Mummy On A Break

Passion Projects #5: Jacqueline Harthill, The Happy Parents’ Club

  I love working with entrepreneurs at the start of their journey. I’ve been mentoring start ups with Brave Enterprise for a while now (having started my own business with their help). I first met Jacquline Harthill earlier this year, Continue reading Passion Projects #5: Jacqueline Harthill, The Happy Parents’ Club

Passion Projects #3: Leanne Matthews of Purple Frogs. Helping Business Leap Ahead

Passion Project Interview with Purple Frogs VA. Helping businesses to leap ahead

  I recently met Leanne, of Purple Frogs Virtual Assistants (great name), at a ‘Blogging for Business’ workshop I was running on behalf of Women Mean Biz. She was so open to helping the others in the group during that Continue reading Passion Projects #3: Leanne Matthews of Purple Frogs. Helping Business Leap Ahead

Passion Projects #2: For Women In Business – Hils Crisp

Women in business juggling priorities. Passion Project interview with Hils Crisp

  In many ways, my business  journey has been on a parallel thread to the next business I’m proud to feature as a Passion Project I first met Hils Crisp when I was a Trainer at an Enterprise Agency and Continue reading Passion Projects #2: For Women In Business – Hils Crisp

Passion Projects #1: Rosie Withey, Horses As Teachers

  Taking the A37, Wells Road south out of the city of Bristol, beyond the sprawling suburbs, suddenly, the concrete stops and the greenery takes over. It’s easy to forget how close you are to rolling countryside stretching to the Continue reading Passion Projects #1: Rosie Withey, Horses As Teachers

What’s Your Passion Project?

Feature your business in the passion projects movement

After three years of redundancy warnings every few months, when the seventh one actually happened in 2015, I vowed I would never work for anyone else ever again. I’d finally escaped! The fear of ‘lack’ stopped me from taking the Continue reading What’s Your Passion Project?