She Means Business, the business support organisation for women looking to become self-employed, has officially launched. Lead by female entrepreneurs, Kim Baldwin and Sue Hedley, She Means Business offers practical advice and confidence coaching to empower individuals to become their own boss. Specialising in helping women, She Means Business is a comprehensive business support service that includes seminars, online discussions and tailored packages which provide the tools to run a successful b…

Stress in the work place is more of an issue now, than it was pre-covid. I am sharing some research. So please don't judge yourself if you are struggling. It's a serious business. Look at these facts and figures. Research by 360Learning.com (link) found that 25% of women have or are planning to leave their jobs due to burnout. Compared to 21% of men. 18% of women have resigned due to feeling unfulfilled at work. A recent report published by Indeed.com (link)reported that employee burnout is …

Embracing Success I was at a snooker match recently, watching a match between one of the high seeded players and a less well-known player. Yes guilty secret - I’m a huge snooker fan. The less well-known player – we’ll call him Chris - was playing well from the start. His confidence grew during the first frame. You could see the time in between his shots decreased, his body language looked more and more confident. Before long he had won the first two frames. The top player – we’ll call him Fred …

Before you read this remember you are unique. Your response to stress, and to the menopause will not exactly match anyone else’s experience. So, I won’t bore you with my symptoms in detail. That is frankly a waste of your time. What I will share because it might help you, is how I made things more difficult for myself. I suffered more than I needed to because I wasn’t unwilling to accept that I was getting older. When in my late 40s I started finding things more and more stressful over a period …

Stress in the work place is more of an issue now, than it was pre-covid. I am sharing some research. So please don't judge yourself if you are struggling. It's a serious business. Look at these facts and figures. Research by 360Learning.com (link) found that 25% of women have or are planning to leave their jobs due to burnout. Compared to 21% of men. 18% of women have resigned due to feeling unfulfilled at work. A recent report published by Indeed.com (link)reported that employee burnout is…