Confidence Conversations

"Women tend to be risk-aware rather than risk-averse, and they make better investors."

Loved this episode with Victoria Shepherd from Fincoco

As a Navy veteran, Victoria gained the confidence and the ability to stay calm in high-pressure situations, which has translated into her work as a financial coach.

Financial coaching is about helping individuals understand what they need their money to do for them and aligning their financial goals with their core values.

Our chat about financial literacy especially for women was fascinating.  We talk about the financial impact of the

What do you think?  Are women risk aware or risk averse?

Give it a listen, I'd love to know what you think.

About Victoria

Victoria is an experienced financial specialist and a dedicated champion of financial empowerment for women. 

Starting her working life with 7-years serving as an officer in the Royal Navy, Victoria transitioned, via a break to start a family, to build a successful career in the financial services

In 2024,  Victoria founded Fincoco Financial Coaching, a firm dedicated to educating and empowering women

Victoria's work is fuelled by the belief that financial knowledge and confidence is a critical tool for personal freedom and equality.

In her free time Victoria enjoys outdoor adventures in the mountains with her husband, 2 children and dog.

Connect with Victoria

 https://fincoco.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/fincoco.moneycoaching/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-e-shepherd/

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"Vision without action is merely a dream. Vision with action can change the world."

In this episode of the Confidence Conversations podcast, Vanessa Buck from Vision Boards for All & I chat all things Vision Boards. 

Vision boards can help gain clarity, motivation, and confidence through a collection of words, pictures, and quotes. 

Vanessa also shares examples of how vision boards have helped individuals overcome challenges, gain clarity, and take action towards their goals.

I love the idea of visualisation and how it can remove emotion, and make things crystal clear at the same time.

Siri also makes an appearance - proof that there is no editing on the podcast - just pure authentic, confident conversations.

About Vanessa & Vision Boards For All:

Vanessa is on a mission to show that a vision board can be used for anything, self love, career, how you want your life to feel and what you want to attract.

Whether it is your big dreams goals and aspirations or just having more joy calm or balance in your life.

She wants to provide the education behind why vision boards work, and raise awareness of their powerful potential.

As a busy working mum herself, she helps women who have lost their way and identity to shift their blocks and reignite their life by using visual connection and action.

Connect with Vanessa:

https://www.visionboardsforall.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/visionboardsforall/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064021514793

https://www.linkedin.com/in/visionboardsforall/

Purchase the Journal: https://www.visionboardsforall.co.uk/journal

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In this conversation, I chat to Noelle Moyler, a women's wellness coach, about menopause and its link to confidence.

Noelle shares her personal experience with menopause and her motivation for specialising in women's health.

We discuss the common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, as well as the challenges women face in finding the right support and information.  

Noelle explains why working with a specialist like herself can be beneficial and highlights the importance of taking a holistic approach to menopause.

We also talk about on impact of menopause on confidence and the need for women to embrace change and be brave during this stage.

Noelle Moyler is a Women’s Wellness Coach, also known as Blueberries and Jellyfish.

There’s a common misconception that a woman’s menopausal years will be miserable. We are conditioned to believe that the only thing ahead of us is hot flushes, weight gain, anxiety and joint pain. But I’m here to bust that myth wide open and reassure you that I can help with menopause symptoms so that you have a genuinely marvellous menopause!

As a 51 year old woman going through peri-menopause herself, and who has spent the last few years educating myself in this huge but neglected area of women's health, I understand that what you previously did in terms of movement and diet needs to adapt during this phase and this is why I created Moyler's Marvellous Menopause.

https://blueberriesandjellyfish.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/blueberriesandjellyfish/

https://www.facebook.com/blueberriesandjellyfish/

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The Confidence Conversations Podcast is back for Series 3. In this short introduction episode you'll get a sneak preview of guests coming on and what we'll be talking about.

As usual there's no editing, what you hear is the true, authentic confident conversation as it happened.

In this short intro I also bust some confidence myths! If you want the download so you can take action, go to my website.

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This series of the Confidence Conversations podcast has been a good one.  The conversations have moved on from what does confidence mean to you to how does it show up in life and in business / work environments. 

Over the 10 episodes there were so many great discussions, I think with all of them we could have just kept on talking.  It was so difficult thinking about how to wrap them up and to be able to do them justice. 

I decided on a different approach for this the final episode of Series 2:  I asked my guests what question they had for me about confidence. 

So this episode is Confidence: With a little help from my podcast friends!

I'm going to take some time to answer each question my podcast friends sent me.  In some you'll hear a clip of the guest as they sent me a voice note with their question and for others I'm going to read their question from email. 

Hoping that there will be a tip, trick or something that resonates with you in my answers.

My thanks for this series go to all the guests and to you for downloading, listening, sharing, liking, commenting and sending me messages, I was delighted to have reached 1000 with this series (seriously I had no expectations!)

Don't forget if you've listened to an episode and love the guest, go give them a follow on social or check out their website. 

More news on series 3 coming soon. 

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• The "About" section on a website and how the bio is the most difficult thing to write!
• Confidence from preparation to pressure 
• Learning to say no
• Focusing on our strengths
• Getting confident to deliver 'Killer Copy'
• Importance of networking for our confidence

I'd love you to connect with me.

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Confidence & Imposter Syndrome

Well this is a great episode with Emily Perry from The People Consultancy.

Imposter Syndrome is something that many people have and it comes crippling feeling that you are a complete fraud and you are going to get caught our at any time.

Emily and I could have talked FOR EVER about this topic.  We start with defining Imposter Syndrome, then go on to talk about who suffers from it & what feelings and behaviours are associated with it, including how it works with where we place our conditional worth.

Emily shares her own experience of imposter syndrome, how she got help and how she now manages it when it shows up again.

We also went on to talk about whether or not it has become a bit of a buzz word and some may think they have imposter syndrome but actually don't.  Emily talks about how you can identify if you have imposter syndrome.

As always there are 3 top tips at the end, these tips are ways for you to identify if you have imposter syndrome.

If you think you have Imposter Syndrome then this is the episode for you!

About Emily

Emily is a seasoned People Professional and has worked within the industry for the last 20 years. Her passion and expertise lie in helping individuals unlock their full potential, overcome professional and personal obstacles, and cultivate thriving businesses and teams, all while ensuring well being remains a priority.

Emily supports individuals through 1:1 and group coaching sessions and has particular interest and expertise in working with and preventing burnout.

Her own journey experiencing burnout was supported by the power of coaching, and it played a pivotal role in helping her get through one of the most challenging periods in her life. This profound personal transformation served as the motivation for Emily to become a coach herself.

In addition to her wealth of practical experience, Emily holds accreditations in a diverse array of coaching modalities, ranging from traditional performance and business techniques to NLP, emotional coaching, CBT, and counseling methodologies. This eclectic blend of approaches empowers her to provide each client with a holistic toolkit and a tailored approach that is entirely unique to their needs.

Connect with Emily:

Web: www.thepeopleconsultancy.uk 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyperry-people/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyperrycoaching/

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This episode is a great conversation with Julian Roberts all about confidence and resilience.

I was really keen to explore with Julian the link between the two, because I think there are so many similarities.   

Julian's take on resilience isn't about grit and determination of simply carrying on, which he says is a slightly toxic way of going through life.  Resilience is about creating a learning loop, when you get knocked down by something that challenges you, you take the learning from it ready to go again, it's in this learning loop where resilience can be built.

We chat about the difference between courage and confidence and why Julian doesn't want to feel confident in every situation.

We discussed how having a purpose can have a direct impact on your resilience, usually the purpose is always bigger than you and it provides a source of inspiration to energise you when things are tough.

The comfort zone came up in relation to resilience and how we now live in a world of comfort that society has created around us.

Of course at the end Julian gave his 4 top tips for building resilience.

I loved chatting to Julian we covered so much in such a short conversation, give the episode a listen and let me know what you think.

About Julian

Julian Roberts is an Executive and Leadership Coach with a background in commercial and sales. After 20 years in the business world as a sales leader, he realised his true passion was unlocking the potential of others. In 2018, he transitioned into coaching, gaining clarity, purpose, and a passion for helping individuals and organisations unlock their human potential, build growth strategies, and cultivate a resilient mindset.

Connect with Julian

https://www.linkedin.com/in/julesroberts/

https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/

https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/podcast-1

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In this episode I chat to Phil Salton from Chichester Recruitment.  To use Phil's words "It does what it says on the tin - recruitment in Chichester". 

For me, Phil is one of the most confident people I have met out networking so I was keen to get his take on confidence as well as talking about confidence in recruitment and interviews. 

Often in coaching we end up talking about a client's job application, their CV, or an interview they're attending  and then the self-doubt, lack of confidence or inner critic that then presents itself. 


Give this episode a listen.  We talk everything from Phil's Military career and what this taught him about confidence through to hybrid working and watching the working landscape changing as well as killer questions a candidate can ask at the end of an interview. 

Phil shares his 3 top tips for confidence in interviews at the end of the episode. 

About Phil

As a local resident in the Chichester are for the past 15 years, I have gone from working with national and some international clients, to solely working with clients based in and around the Chichester area.

I love where I live and I'm proud and delighted to support a wide range of SME clients from retail, to professional services and everything in between!

Find out more about Phil and his work: 

chichesterrecruitment.co.uk

Connect with Phil: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/philsalton/

I'd love you to connect with me.

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CONFIDENCE & CHANGE IN THE WORKPLACE

Great to have Tina Jennings on the podcast to talk about change and transformation in business.  

Most people come to coaching because of a change - whether that's a change they want to make themselves or a forced change from the employer, but change is so emotive for most.  It's also the thing that's the most constant!

As humans we are always processing change, and that change happens for all of us at a different speed.   

We chat all things from the cake of confidence, to the Kubler Ross Change Curve, to who's in your tribe to help you to take action and move something forward from the change.  

Tina gives some great tips about where you can find and get support if you are experiencing change in the workplace. 

About Tina….

Tina Jennings Chief Change Officer - A change & culture transformation expert.

Problem fixer, chaos clearer, pathfinder and a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development.

Tina's corporate background offers leaders change expertise in multiple geographies, functions, and industries, in growth as well as downsizing. Her proven track record enables fast diagnosis of the change required and accompanying action plans to deliver impactful outcomes, behavioural change, and business ambition.

Whether the change is required to improve costs, efficiencies, performance, or culture, she has been there and gets energy from helping businesses with 250+ employees make the complex simple.

Skilled at creating and implementing seamless and transformative change, which ignites business growth and positively impacts the bottom line, she loves nothing more than supporting people to thrive, ‘unlocking potential and results time and time again’.

Connect with Tina:

LinkedIn: tina-jennings-change-transformation

Website: www.cosancroga.com

Change Curve:  https://www.mindtools.com/au03rgg/the-change-curve

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