I'm recording this episode the day before I head off on a retreat with 13 women I've never properly met, and there was a time, not that long ago I would never have even considered it let alone planned my outfit for the photoshoot that's included...

But this isn't about the retreat, it's about what it means to fully lean into who you are and what you want and to stop building from the noise around you.

To stop filtering who you are, to stop watering down what you want and to start owning it.

I'm sharing why I've decided to count this as year one of my businessm, even after ten years of being self-employed.

Why I ripped up everyone else's rulebook.

And why I've just created something that I know other coaches will think is absolutely insane, but that I am completely lit up by.

If you've ever felt pulled in every direction by other people's strategies, their shoulds, their "this is how it's done" energy, this one's for you.

Because your success gets to come from flow. From fun. From you.

Let's get into it...

I'd love to hear what this episode brings up for you, please come and say hello on Instagram and let's have a chat. My handle is @IamBexHogan

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It happens to many, yet not many people talk about it.

Linda Bonnar had been living in New York for 7 years. She describes it as the first place she ever felt as though she truly belonged. It was her home. Until one day, it was taken from her.

She had been visiting her home Country, Ireland, about the run the Dublin Marathon, whilst sorting out the final tick boxes for her VISA, when she received the news that she would not be allowed to go home. Leaving her beloved Turtle behind.

Linda has a background spanning education, coaching, leadership development, and wellbeing and she has spent more than 16 years helping people build confidence, resilience, and self-awareness

Little did she know that the next 2 years would build more resilience in her than she ever thought possible.

A short bio: Linda Bonnar is an executive coach, wellbeing leader, speaker, and author who believes that small actions can create big change. Linda is the author of the coaching books Just Three Things and Press Play. Today, Linda works with schools, organisations, leaders, and individuals around the world to help them thrive both personally and professionally.

You can see more and buy her book here

I'd love to hear what this episode brings up for you, please come and say hello on Instagram and let's have a chat. My handle is ⁠@IamBexHogan⁠

You can see more information on my 7 part audio course She Decides ⁠here.⁠

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She was hitting her income goals every single month but she was doing it from a place a fear.

She was people pleasing and hadn't seen it. She was exhausted and on the edge of a nervous breakdown.

Life was happening to her, not for her and it was time she took back control...

I'd love to hear what this episode brings up for you, please come and say hello on Instagram and let's have a chat. My handle is ⁠@IamBexHogan⁠

You can see more information on my 7 part audio course She Decides ⁠here.⁠

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At the age of just 14, Rachael suffered with a severe panic attack after a bullying incident that resulted in hypoxia, which then turned into anorexia.

This was the start of the spiraling decline in Rachael's physical and mental health. She had reached out for help at 16 but was refused as her BMI wasn't identified as reading low enough...
20 years later, Rachael now lives in a bubble in Gran Canaria after being told that the only remedy to one of her chronic illnesses was a warmer climate.

This is a story of pain, of not belonging and of being failed by her very own country when she needed them the most. Rachael has since written two books and advocates for people with mental health issues and chronic illnesses.

And against all odds, she was told that she would be in a wheelchair by the age of 30, she's now 34, wait until you hear what her f*ck yes moment is right now. It really did make my heart sing for her.

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Rachael Hollwey - Author of Survival Stories

I'd love to hear what this episode brings up for you, please come and say hello on Instagram and let's have a chat. My handle is ⁠@IamBexHogan⁠

You can see more information on my 7 part audio course She Decides ⁠here.⁠

You can join my free telegram group ⁠here⁠

This isn't a new pod, it's an evolution, a whole identity upgrade. It's the work I do and I'm taking you along for the ride.

If you feel your younger self showing up when you're tired and stressed, you'll relate to this client story.

Here's what she did and how it can help you too.

You don't need a 10 step plan, just a simple reframe, a shift of perspective... and this is it!

I'd love to know you're takeaway from this episode, please DM me over on Instagram the word YES and let me know. It's always great to connect

Over this past week, I've been running a free activation in my free telegram community to really get to know all the different versions of ourselves.

The parts of us that want things and the parts of us that don't. Who we show up as when we go about our days, which sides of us different people, different experiences bring out of us.

We started to understand when our nay-saying voice is the loudest and what triggers it and what we could do instead.

Then today we're getting to the good stuff - what to do when you're retreating, hiding, not moving forward with the things that are going to push your business forward.

It's been a powerful week so far and the best is yet to come.

Todays episode lets you in on a bit behind the scenes of my life and the challenge as I bring this to you from my morning dog walk - poo bags and all.

If you would like to come in and do this for yourself, you are of course, more than welcome.

DM me the word 'activation' on Instagram and lets have a chat.

Or you can join us here

After years of people pleasing, manipulation and control in her working environment, which naturally spread into personal relationships, Angie knew something had to give.

From the age of 13, Angie was working. She worked for a large fish and chip shop, crazy hours. Her Manager would even call her up when she was at school and ask her to come to work because he was short staffed. She always went.

The crazy hours led to late night socialising which led to extreme tiredness also led to self sabotaging behaviours, for years she thought this was normal behaviour. Her mum was always a grafter and so she thought this is just what we have to do. This resulted in 25 years of anxiety and depression.

In this episode, Angie shares what she has done along her road to recovery and how she now helps other women go from exhausted to empowered.

You can find out more about Angie and join her community here:

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I've been reflecting a lot on the past 10 years and what I've learnt. I didn't want to create something that is just generic bs, I wanted to help you with practical tips that would help you with your own business because it turns out that I do actually know a thing or two 😂

I'd love to know what you would add to this, if you have any lessons to share, please comment below or feel free to DM me on Instagram and share them there. I'd love to hear them x

Dulce Alvarez had a dream to get her daughter into a top school which meant preparing her for the her 11 plus exams. However, after outsourcing the teaching to a tutor, this quickly became evident that it wasn't going to get their daughter the results she needed, so she took the job on herself.

But Dulce was already working 12 hour shifts in her high paced career in the financial services and realised that she couldn't have it all when her health started to suffer because of it.

She was sacrificing a lot to help her daughter. As a non native English speaker vocabulary was the primary challenge .This lack of native-speaker advantage resulted in gaps in their child's vocabulary, which was highlighted by the tutors, such as not knowing the word "toboggan".

This is a real story of how Dulce turned a real pain into her passion. After sacrificing so much to help her daughter, she spotted a huge gap in the market and created her business Lexilume to prevent others ever going through what she had to endure just to give her daughter the best start.

Visit Dulce's website here

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If anything has resonated or you have any questions, please feel free to message me over on Instagram.

The past 18 months I've felt like I've been failing for many reasons. The online space is noooisy, no matter what industry you're in.

If you're a business owner, I can guarantee you've felt that way too in some capacity - questioning what you're doing, your work, your services, your products and it's caused you to hold back.

When I look back, I realise that during this period, I found myself hiding again. But this time, behind AI. During this episode I share with you what this really looks like, what was really going on and how this could be showing up for you too.

If this brings anything up for you and you'd like to have a chat about it, obviously zero pressure, please head over to my DM's in Instagram they are always open.

Have a fabulous long weekend x