Courage and Confidence

Our guest today, Laura Robinson, runs Worditude: Smashingly effective online marketing mentoring - a business that she has created to 'comfortably squish in' around the rest of her life. We find out how and why she does that. I've helped hundreds of small business owners find their writing mojo, and confidently create clear, engaging web copy and marketing content. 

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Find Lee at:

• Website: https://welshotimaging.co.uk/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeatwelshot/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lee.iggulden

Find Michelle at:

• Web: https://www.thinkingspacecoaching.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingspacecoaching/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmichellerogers/

'September is the new January' feels like the kind of headline you'd see on a glossy magazine, but is there any truth in it? If so, how can we make the most of that? 

• You can read all about Lee's 60/60 project here: Money Where My Mouth Is... 

• Book recommendation: Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff

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Find Lee at:

• Website: https://welshotimaging.co.uk/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeatwelshot/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lee.iggulden

Find Michelle at:

• Web: https://www.thinkingspacecoaching.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingspacecoaching/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmichellerogers/

Have you ever been hurt by someone you thought you could trust? Have you ever wanted to demonstrate your trustworthiness? 

Today, Lee and Michelle look at the Trust Equation and see how this might help us.

Take a look at the following link to understand how Trust, credibility, reliability, intimacy and self-orientation link together: 

https://trustedadvisor.com/articles/the-trust-equation-a-primer

Thank you for listening. Courage and Confidence is taking a short break over the summer, and we'll be back with new ideas and topics for season 2 in the autumn. In the meantime, please listen to the previous episodes and leave us a comment and a 5-star review in your favourite podcast app.  Most importantly, tell your friends all about how great this podcast is.

If you would like to be a guest on the show, please email us at 

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Find Lee at:

• Website: https://welshotimaging.co.uk/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeatwelshot/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lee.iggulden

Find Michelle at:

• Web: https://www.thinkingspacecoaching.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingspacecoaching/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmichellerogers/

From time to time, we all come across obstacles which hinder our progress – today, we’re chatting about how to deal with them effectively so we can be on our way again. 

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Find Lee at:

• Website: https://welshotimaging.co.uk/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeatwelshot/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lee.iggulden

Find Michelle at:

• Web: https://www.thinkingspacecoaching.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingspacecoaching/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmichellerogers/

We hear a lot of talk about boundaries, but what are they, and how do we set them? 

Useful links: 

Boundaries by Dr Henry Cloud - https://www.drcloud.com/books/boundaries

Michelle's blog - Our values make us different -  https://turningoverpebbles.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/our-values-make-us-different/

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Find Lee at:

• Website: https://welshotimaging.co.uk/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeatwelshot/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lee.iggulden

Find Michelle at:

• Web: https://www.thinkingspacecoaching.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingspacecoaching/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmichellerogers/

Let's talk about overthinking (or is it overwhelm?' 

We can all be prone to a little overthinking from time to time, but sometimes it can become a little too intrusive. In today's episode, Lee and Michelle debate what we mean by overthinking (and even that probably provides a good example of overthinking in action) and how we can tackle it.

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Find Lee at:

• Website: https://welshotimaging.co.uk/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeatwelshot/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lee.iggulden

Find Michelle at:

• Web: https://www.thinkingspacecoaching.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingspacecoaching/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmichellerogers/

We're almost halfway through 2025, and in this episode, Michelle takes Lee through a six-month review, looking back at where she started the year and looking forward to where she'd like to be at the end of the year. If you'd like to do your review, here are the questions Michelle uses: 

1. Have my priorities changed since the beginning of the year? 
2. When I look back on the last six months, what am I grateful for? 
3. What am I tolerating? 
4. What am I doing when I feel like I'm adding the most value? 
5. Are there any activities where my investment (of any resource - time/money/energy/emotions) outweighs the return on that investment? 
6. Am I aligning with my personal values? 
7. Whose support do I need and who can I support? 
8. What else would I like to learn this year? 
9. Where can I make a difference in the next six months? 
10. What will I stop doing? What will I start doing? What will I continue doing?

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Find Lee at:

• Website: https://welshotimaging.co.uk/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeatwelshot/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lee.iggulden

Find Michelle at:

• Web: https://www.thinkingspacecoaching.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingspacecoaching/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmichellerogers/

Episode 10: Fear of change 

Our tenth episode and our first with a very special guest! 

Today, we’re talking to Katie Teesdale-Ward about the courage and confidence she’s needed to weave her way through the twists and turns of her career. From starting Kudosity, stopping Kudosity, moving from employment to self-employment, and back to employment. We also hear from Lee about the evolution of her business, Welshot Imaging, and how it has changed since it first started 16 years ago, as well as her feelings about that.

Change can be scary, but we share with you some tips to help you push through and make the changes you want to see.

Katie can be found on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-teesdale-ward-4b76929/

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Find Lee at:

• Website: https://welshotimaging.co.uk/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeatwelshot/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lee.iggulden

Find Michelle at:

• Web: https://www.thinkingspacecoaching.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingspacecoaching/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmichellerogers/

Episode 9: Motivation

Have you ever struggled to get started? Have you ever wondered what’s stopping a friend or colleague from making the progress they said they wanted to make? Have you ever heard yourself say, ‘I just don’t have the motivation?’

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of those questions, this episode is for you. 

Lee and Michelle will explore the components of motivation and how we can all use that to find what we need to get started.

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• Click here for the diagram Michelle mentions in the episode 

We are now taking a longer break than normal between episodes, so the next one will drop on June 10th, complete with a special guest.  Follow the show in your favourite podcast app to make sure that you don't miss it.

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Find Lee at:

• Website: https://welshotimaging.co.uk/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeatwelshot/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lee.iggulden

Find Michelle at:

• Web: https://www.thinkingspacecoaching.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingspacecoaching/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmichellerogers/

Episode 8 – Comparison: does it spur us on to success or is it a thorn in our side?Someone (nobody is certain who) once said ‘Comparison is the thief of joy’ – is that your experience?We all fall prey to comparison from time to time: if that’s the case, how can we make better use of it?Listen in to find out more.

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Find Lee at:

• Website: https://welshotimaging.co.uk/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeatwelshot/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lee.iggulden

Find Michelle at:

• Web: https://www.thinkingspacecoaching.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingspacecoaching/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmichellerogers/