Atiya Chaudhry-Green lives in the UK and has 37 years healthcare experience in clinical care, quality improvement, project and programme management. 

Throughout her career she has been an avid learner and undertaken many self, team, quality improvement and leadership courses and trainings. 

It was only when she completed and certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Master Coach over 20 years ago that she realised she had buried her uniqueness and authenticity through life experiences that had been shaped and programmed within her unconscious mind! She realised she wasn’t living into my true potential. This happens to all of us!

Atiya was so passionate about the skills she had developed she trained and became certified to deliver NLP trainings. She added to her skills through becoming trained in visual and virtual strategy and facilitation. This opened up her creative portal big time which has led to her unique creative and powerful teaching/trainings and coaching methodology. She now has the honour to support others to do the same and tap into their uniqueness for greater impact in their lives!

Atiya is an amazon international best-selling co-author of a book called “When Love Speaks” where she shares her story of being a child, how it limited her potential but led to her passion today to serve others to live in their ultimate potential.

It got her thinking about how she could support children from age 6/7 years of age ( this is when the programming starts to set in), from being less programmed using the tools she had been trained in through NLP and share these through storytelling and developing communities of practice and training support for parents and teachers. 

Atiya is passionate about her work and wants to bring “Transformation through Tenderness” and support adults who are curious to understand how to minimise the programming and support unlocking the creativity of each child. When working with Atiya you also open up your own creative portal too!

Atiya now works as an entrepreneur and is a specialist coach/trainer in powerful connection strategies to influence & impact growth and creativity and has a business called Super Smart Stories.

Atiya trainings and coaching with parents and teachers has impacted children positively through powerful, effective and customised relationship building tools! She also offers bespoke creativity visual workshops to help unlock potential, increase confidence, boost motivation and increase resiliency skills.

If you are curious and want to dive deeper - feel free to her visit website : www.supersmartstories.com 

Frances Mensah Williams CBE

In 2015 Frances’s acclaimed first novel From Pasta to Pigfoot was published by Jacaranda Books and selected by WH Smith Travel as one of the top 25 of its 100 Summer reads. Frances is also the author of the novel Imperfect Arrangements, published in 2020 and described by bestselling novelist Dorothy Koomson as ‘a brilliantly written novel’.

Frances is a passionate advocate for skills and capacity building in Africa. She leads training and talent management projects and delivers management coaching to an international client base. In the UK, she has developed coaching and employment programmes to support the careers of Black and ethnic minority employees and create inclusive workplaces.

Selected as one of the Top 20 Inspirational Women from the African Diaspora in Europe, Frances has received several commendations and awards for entrepreneurship and skills development in Africa and was presented with the 2017 Community Pioneer Award by the African Diaspora Awards.

Frances was awarded a CBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the 2020 New Year’s Honours List for services to the African community in the UK and in Africa.

7 books later Frances shares her love for friends, life and writing. Hear about her latest new novel ' The Second Time We Met' hitting the top spot as the number one best selling book on Amazon!

https://www.amazon.com/Second-Time-We-Met/dp/1542038863

What Is It Like Being a Teenager in Britain?

British teenagers spend most of their time at school, in fact students in Britain can leave school at sixteen, take their first important exams GCSE's  or stay on to go onto 6th form college to undertake 'A' level qualifications. However, to understand just some of the challenges they face and how they navigate their way around career development is a crucial part in developing their confidence, motivation, self perception and ambition.
 
Samantha Baah is currently a sixth form student on a career path that will take her to Cambodia having organized a gap year in 2024, to develop her skills in medicine. She has taken control of her life embarking on a path where she has faced some challenges, however, has pursued a route with the support of family, mentors and sheer self determination to live and enjoy each moment!

Hear her story about the challenges and wise words of being a young person living in the UK and what that means for her.

Please donate to Samantha's Kiltwalk to raise funds for a medical gap year in Cambodia with Project Trust. See link below
https://dundee.thekiltwalk.co.uk/fundraising/DundeeKiltwalk2022-SamanthaBaah

Temitope Falade Aderibigbe is a Pharmacist, mother, wife and successful host of 
Mothers Haven Podcast  a place of rest where women can  find help, hope and a pathway to healing. A podcast for every woman and those who deeply care about them. 

Temi has successfully given a voice to women, supporting them and their families as childbirth can trigger many powerful emotions in both parents, ranging from excitement and delight to anxiety and depression. When signs of depression occur after birth, they can signal a very serious condition known as postpartum depression. 

During this podcast interview Temi shares her struggle with postpartum depression and how going through this galvanized her to become a beacon of hope, an eagle that soars over challenges to help other women recognize and deal with this debilitating mental depression. 

My Journey as a Professional Life Coach - Aisha Abdulqader

I started my journey as a professional life coach in 2019 and today I am blessed for serving others specially women to find their true identity, true essence, and accept themselves unconditionally to be their best version and become successful individuals. Because every human being deserves to live  the life that they truly wish and born for.  

Valentina a new joiner of the UAE life,  moved to Dubai  over two years ago.  She has  assisted clients in setting up new companies (startups) or to expand across countries.   She shares how she has navigated her way around her career and Dubai life!

Mentoring and coaching are workplace developmental relationships that help empower individuals and sustain individual and collective growth. They are also critical in building the leaders of tomorrow while strengthening the foundation of the present team and organization. Mentoring and coaching is a learning experience that goes both ways. 

For mentees, they gain a role model and a teacher to help them develop not only the skills but also the attitude and values of their workplace. For coaches and mentors, they are able to give back to their organizations while gaining experience and insights that prepare them to helm new roles and shoulder different sets of responsibilities.

Relationships matter in the workplace, and none more important perhaps than the one you have with your manager. We all have a manager, and most of our days at work involves working and engaging with them. This relationship has a very important influence in our lives – from our mood, disposition, and daily performance at work to our professional growth and long-term career plans and goals.

You may believe that your life is capped when you reach a certain age. That as you grow older, your options are limited and there is not much for you to do in your personal and professional life, like changing careers or studying or pursuing a new venture. We at Women Talk Today simply do not believe these to be true! You have what it takes to do anything no matter what age you are!

Overcoming Challenges and Obstacles

For many of us, challenges are a daily part of our reality. As women, we face obstacles and difficult situations in our personal lives, relationships, professions, and careers – there is no escaping them. We can experience relationships failing and ending, families falling apart, failing at school, losing jobs and careers. At one point or another, we will reach these crossroads that will push us out of our comfort zones and threaten our foundations and sense of self.

I want to tell you not to be afraid of change amidst challenges. It is what allows us to learn, to grow, and to discover more about ourselves and what we are capable of, when you Allow Yourself to Be Just You!