How NOT to be Broke

In this week's episode I talk to my good friend Dipti Solanki. Dipti works with people to identify, understand and heal their grief. In thinking about this we talk about the many ways grief can show up for us and the different types of grief and how this can impact us as business owners. The last nearly two years have been really tough for so many people and with it comes a level of grief. So, how can healing from all of this grief help us to grow our business? Tune in to find out how.

About Dipti:

Dipti Solanki is a rare breed: she isn’t afraid to sit with her own or other people’s discomfort. She walks alongside men & women who are no longer willing to live lives of resentment, tense relationships, deep sorrow, frustrated ambition and hollow friendships. Instead, Dipti guides them through a deep healing process that clears out the stagnant grief & loss that keeps them stuck, and shows them the amazing potential that each day holds. Dipti was devastated by grief early in her own life. Like many people, she thought she was “fine” until persistent depression and severe anxiety took over. The process that Dipti takes her clients through is the same that she experienced, which is why she’s so committed to spreading the message that positive change and healing ARE possible. When Dipti learned that her unresolved grief was keeping her from meaningful relationships, living her truth and feeling true happiness, she dedicated her life to helping people clear out the sludge of old emotional wounds and live life beyond their wildest imaginings. Her clients have never looked back, and neither has she. Dipti is a highly qualified and experienced Grief & Life Coach and a registered Homeopath, and will be delivering some incredible training on Healing Grief and Loss. Grief and loss arises from so much more than just bereavement. If we are to step into our true potential, it's vital that we are able to honour the impact of these events and understand that not doing so can keep us stuck in business and in life. Healing from loss in all its forms is an integral part of our evolution. It frees us from the past, sabotaging patterns and paves the way to leading a truly joyful, successful and aligned life.

Website: www.diptisolanki.com Instagram: @diptigriefcoachhomeopath Facebook: @diptisolankicoaching  

About Julie:

Julie is serial entrepreneur and community engagement strategist with more than 20 years experience, a business mentor, keynote speaker, and 10 times author, including her latest book Leading from the back. Julie has grown multiple six figure businesses and is passionate about supporting small business owners to achieve their goals. The BIGGER THAN YOU movement has been developed to inspire people to take action and move past their fears.

The Big Fat Sales Challenge: https://themillionlivesclub.com/big-sales-challenge/

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In today's episode I talk to my friend Michelle Gyimah, Director of Equality Pays, a gender and ethnicity equality consultancy. Michelle works in the corporate world and yet the conversation applies to businesses as well. We talk about moving to Spain during COVID and having to rebuild her business, the benefits of being visible and how that impacts the way you are seen as an organisation and how ensuring the price you quote feels right for you.

I can't wait to hear what you think of the episode.

About Michelle:

Michelle Gyimah is the Director of Equality Pays, a gender and ethnicity equality consultancy dedicated to closing workplace pay gaps and normalising workplace money conversations..With gender pay gap reporting regulation, possible ethnicity pay gap reporting and increasing attention to pay transparency, the ability to hold better pay conversations is even more important than ever.Michelle is a passionate advocate for closing pay gaps in more workplaces. She does this by equipping managers and employees to hold better conversations about pay and pay progression in the workplace whilst radically rethinking and reframing their relationship with making money decisions at work.Michelle’s unique understanding of employee engagement, workplace challenges and personal experiences enables her to embed practical application into her consultancy. Michelle has over 8 years’ experience of working at the Equality and Human Rights Commission and holds a Masters in Human Rights from The University of Manchester. Michelle is a regular contributor to numerous podcasts, business magazines, international conferences and lives in Valencia, Spain.   Corporate organisations can book a 30 minute free call.   Webiste: www.equalitypays.co.uk Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellegyimah/

About Julie:

Julie is serial entrepreneur and community engagement strategist with more than 20 years experience, a business mentor, keynote speaker, and 10 times author, including her latest book Leading from the back. Julie has grown multiple six figure businesses and is passionate about supporting small business owners to achieve their goals. The BIGGER THAN YOU movement has been developed to inspire people to take action and move past their fears.

The Big Fat Sales Challenge: https://themillionlivesclub.com/big-sales-challenge/

Take the Tribe Leader quiz here

Link to facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/julie.creffield.1

Link to facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/biggerthanyou

Link to instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Julie_Creffield/

Link to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliecreffield/?originalSubdomain=uk

Today's episode follows a scare with COVID and it truly made me think about the impact of illness on business owners. I couldn't think of anyone better to discuss this with than my friend, Bryony Thomas.

Bryony was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has been receiving treatment during the pandemic. We get serious on the REAL impact of illness on business owners from talking about finding out you are sick, sharing the news with your family, worrying about the impact it might have on your business and importantly do you have the right insurance in case of serious illness!

It might be a tough conversation but this is one you HAVE to listen to to protect yourself in case of illness.

CORRECTION...For every 9 breast cancer deaths, 28 survive, for every 9 pancreatic cancer deaths, 1 survive. In the interview, Bry got the stats slightly wrong. 

Signs and Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer:

https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/information/signs-and-symptoms-of-pancreatic-cancer/

Be sure to check out Bryony's book here https://amzn.to/3nIw8Jz

 

About Bryony:

Bryony Thomas is the the Author & Founder of Watertight Marketing, and one of the country’s foremost thinkers on sales and marketing. She is an in-demand speaker for audiences from conferences to boardrooms.

Website: https://watertightmarketing.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WatertightMkg

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

About Julie:

Julie is serial entrepreneur and community engagement strategist with more than 20 years experience, a business mentor, keynote speaker, and 10 times author, including her latest book Leading from the back. Julie has grown multiple six figure businesses and is passionate about supporting small business owners to achieve their goals. The BIGGER THAN YOU movement has been developed to inspire people to take action and move past their fears.

The Big Fat Sales Challenge: https://themillionlivesclub.com/big-sales-challenge/

Take the Tribe Leader quiz here

Link to facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/julie.creffield.1

Link to facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/biggerthanyou

Link to instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Julie_Creffield/

Link to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliecreffield/?originalSubdomain=uk

In today's episode I speak to sexologist Lucy Rowett. We talk about exactly what a sexologist is, how work around pleasure is easily censored and how you can find pleasure and joy in business while still maintaining your boundaries.

 

About Lucy

Lucy Rowett, CSC CS ACS, is a certified sexologist and sex coach who is passionate about helping women and people with vulvas let go of sexual shame and hangups and embrace pleasure to create the passionate relationships they've always desired. She uses a combination of mind body tools with evidence-based sexuality education to create a fun and no-BS space for women to explore their full erotic potential.Her speciality is working with women and people with vulvas who come from Faith backgrounds who are struggling to let go of sexual shame and enjoy pleasurable and intimate relationships again. She is the UK advisor for couples subscription box, Pleasy Play, and she is regularly quoted in the media for her expertise in sexual health and wellness, pleasure, and sexual shame- including Kinkly, The O Diaries, Men's Health, The Sun, Insider, and Fabulous Magazine.

The Shameless Woman Immersion: https://bit.ly/ShamelessImmersion

Download your free audio course on sexual communication here: https://bit.ly/MoreofWhatYouWant

Website: https://lucyrowett.com/

Free Facebook group for women: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theshamelesswomanfree

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

 

About Julie:

Julie is serial entrepreneur and community engagement strategist with more than 20 years experience, a business mentor, keynote speaker, and 10 times author, including her latest book Leading from the back. Julie has grown multiple six figure businesses and is passionate about supporting small business owners to achieve their goals. The BIGGER THAN YOU movement has been developed to inspire people to take action and move past their fears.

The Big Fat Sales Challenge: https://themillionlivesclub.com/big-sales-challenge/

Take the Tribe Leader quiz here

Link to facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/julie.creffield.1

Link to facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/biggerthanyou

Link to instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Julie_Creffield/

Link to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliecreffield/?originalSubdomain=uk

 

In today's episode I talk to my client and friend Anita Phagura about standing out, time off social media, racial equality and being fiercly different in the world of business. 

About Anita:

Anita is an inclusivity consultant, fierce coach and passionate advocate for diverse leaders at the heart of projects - because she is done with the status quo, and knows to bring about real meaningful change we need leaders who will push the boundaries. As a project manager for over a decade in railway and construction, often the only woman in the room and only woman of colour, she heard messages of being "too much" or "not enough" - that she needed to change to fit in. What a loss of the power of difference. Now Anita coaches fierce leaders to embrace their misfit and stand strong in their own shoes whilst they create ripple effects of real change, whilst working with leaders to create cultures for belonging for business benefits. Anita has a knack for asking the hard questions that push you forward with empathy and compassion, Anita builds cultures where misfits don't have to fit in, but they can belong.

Website: www.fierceprojectmanagement.com

Newsletter: https://fierceprojectmanagement.ck.page/2b9509b07f Join the Fierce Project Management Tribe: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FiercePMTribe 

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/ anita-phagura

About Julie:

Julie is serial entrepreneur and community engagement strategist with more than 20 years experience, a business mentor, keynote speaker, and 10 times author, including her latest book Leading from the back. Julie has grown multiple six figure businesses and is passionate about supporting small business owners to achieve their goals. The BIGGER THAN YOU movement has been developed to inspire people to take action and move past their fears.

Take the Tribe Leader quiz here

Link to facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/julie.creffield.1

Link to facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/biggerthanyou

Link to instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Julie_Creffield/

Link to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliecreffield/?originalSubdomain=uk

 

In today's episode I talk to an incredible photographer, fellow Londoner and friend, James Burns. James is a powerful photographer documenting London through his work 'London from the Rooftop' and works with many clients to photograph buildings and architecture across London. We talk about the pressing issue for most business owners, how to mobilise your audience; how important identity is within your business and the power of showing up on your platforms and in person as yourself. Finally we talk about legacy. What legacy do you want to leave with your work. 

I'd love to hear your thoughts on today's episode. 

 

About James:

James Burns is the Founder of London From the Rooftop and is on a mission to capture, communicate and celebrate the London that shaped him.

His teenage years were marked by a curiosity and fascination with his surroundings, a connection nurtured by his love for the musical culture of drum n bass that echoed round the London streets and was ‘our’ thing, a ‘London thing’.

This connection to the music and the city inspired him to go on two-wheeled excursions to far flung exotic destinations such as Lambeth, Hackney, and Stratford, just to mooch about the nooks and crannies. His journeys led through the back streets, to the housing estates, the top floors of tower blocks and eventually to the rooftops. Something compelled him to explore London’s remote aerial limits so he could build in his head his very own version of what the black cabbies call ‘The Knowledge’.

The journey started in some form in the late 1990’s but it really began to take shape in 2003 when he realised how the camera was the easiest way for him to express and document this growing connection that he felt with London. Supported by the Princes Trust through to photographing for the Olympics 2012 saw James's first exhibition of his body of work. 

The mission goes on, London never stops and neither does his enthusiasm for it’s wonderful energy, diversity, architecture and culture.

  Connect with James:

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

Website: https://londonfromtherooftops.com/

 

About Julie:

Julie is serial entrepreneur and community engagement strategist with more than 20 years experience, a business mentor, keynote speaker, and 10 times author, including her latest book Leading from the back. Julie has grown multiple six figure businesses and is passionate about supporting small business owners to achieve their goals. The BIGGER THAN YOU movement has been developed to inspire people to take action and move past their fears.

Take the Tribe Leader quiz here

Link to facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/julie.creffield.1

Link to facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/biggerthanyou

Link to instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Julie_Creffield/

Link to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliecreffield/?originalSubdomain=uk

 

In today's bonus episode I wanted to share with you what I learnt from my recent retreat experience in Ibiza. I've made no secret of the fact that I experienced pretty bad burnout in 2021 and with travel restrictions lifted I knew that I needed the retreat in Ibiza. 

I want to share with you why business owners need to find ways to decompress and get reenergised, how you can create space in your daily life to 'retreat' if going to a formal retreat isn't an option and the importance of taking a break before you break.

If you want more information about my new program 'Go Big or Go Home' click here.

Don’t forget to tag me on social media so that I can see the inspired action you’re taking after this episode using #iblamejulie and so that I can celebrate you. 

If you enjoyed today’s episode I would love it if you could leave me a rating and review and don’t forget to follow my podcast so that new episodes download straight to your device.

About Julie:

Julie is serial entrepreneur and community engagement strategist with more than 20 years experience, a business mentor, keynote speaker, and 10 times author, including her latest book Leading from the back. Julie has grown multiple six figure businesses and is passionate about supporting small business owners to achieve their goals. The BIGGER THAN YOU movement has been developed to inspire people to take action and move past their fears.

Take the Tribe Leader quiz here

Link to facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/julie.creffield.1

Link to facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/biggerthanyou

Link to instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Julie_Creffield/

Link to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliecreffield/?originalSubdomain=uk

In this week's episode I talk to Vicky Shilling, a wellness business mentor about why starting now is the only way to get things moving in your business. We learn how Vicky started out blogging and later trained to be a coach to support people working in the wellness industry and we talk about how blogging has changed over the years. We also discuss the transition to being a parent when you own a business and finding what works for you as a business owner in juggling your business and parenthood. And what happens when you take a purposeful social media break for the Summer? Well, Vicky tells us the results of her summer break. Could you do it?

 

About Vicky

Vicky is a wellness business mentor who helps health practitioners turn their expertise into income. She is dedicated to making well-being solopreneurship as simple and supported as possible in a world of advice overwhelm. She shares tips and straight-talking action steps through her top-ranking Just Start Now podcast, membership programme and 1:1 mentoring.

  Connect with Vicky:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vickyshillingcoaching

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vicky.shilling/

Website: https://vickyshilling.com/

About Julie:

Julie is serial entrepreneur and community engagement strategist with more than 20 years experience, a business mentor, keynote speaker, and 10 times author, including her latest book Leading from the back. Julie has grown multiple six figure businesses and is passionate about supporting small business owners to achieve their goals. The BIGGER THAN YOU movement has been developed to inspire people to take action and move past their fears.

Take the Tribe Leader quiz here

Link to facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/julie.creffield.1

Link to facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/biggerthanyou

Link to instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Julie_Creffield/

Link to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliecreffield/?originalSubdomain=uk

 

In today's episode I interview the wonderful Natasha de Grunwald and boy do we go deep. We talk about Natasha's journey into the wellness industry, her need to understand herself and help others understand themselves, how she has pivoted her business and what we can all learn from this. Grab a brew and really listen into this one.

If you're interested in training in Thai Massage you can take a look at her courses here:

https://juliecreffield.krtra.com/t/Dy56gjKSrCCp

Don’t forget to tag me on social media so that I can see the inspired action you’re taking after this episode using #iblamejulie and so that I can celebrate you. 

If you enjoyed today’s episode I would love it if you could leave me a rating and review and don’t forget to follow my podcast so that new episodes download straight to your device.

 

About Natasha:

Natasha is an author, teacher, transformational coach, teacher trainer and breathwork facilitator and host of the Dissected Woman Podcast.

She helps massage therapists and aspiring therapists to revolutionise the way they heal themselves and their clients through powerful healing practices and treatments to balance body, mind and soul.

She also works 1:1 and offers group programmes for individuals that help them connect to their inner wisdom, grow and heal.

Connect with Natasha:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/londonthaiyoga

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

Website: https://natashadegrunwald.co.uk/

About Julie:

Julie is serial entrepreneur and community engagement strategist with more than 20 years experience, a business mentor, keynote speaker, and 10 times author, including her latest book Leading from the back. Julie has grown multiple six figure businesses and is passionate about supporting small business owners to achieve their goals. The BIGGER THAN YOU movement has been developed to inspire people to take action and move past their fears.

Take the Tribe Leader quiz here

Link to facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/julie.creffield.1

Link to facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/biggerthanyou

Link to instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Julie_Creffield/

Link to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliecreffield/?originalSubdomain=uk

 

Today I'm talking to Arfah Farooq who is a phenomenal woman who is committed to developing communities whether that be through her work during the Olympics in 2012 or through the work she now does with the Muslim community and in the tech world. We talk about why it is important to develop communities and what the true reason should be for doing so. We also talk about the lasting impact and legacy of the Olympic Games and challenging issues around diversity.  Listen in and be inspired by Arfah to bring community to the forefront of your work. 

 

Don’t forget to tag me on social media so that I can see the inspired action you’re taking after this episode using #iblamejulie and so that I can celebrate you. 

If you enjoyed today’s episode I would love it if you could leave me a rating and review and don’t forget to follow my podcast so that new episodes download straight to your device.

 

About Arfah

Arfah is a Community Builder, Angel Investor, Facilitator, Diversity & Inclusion Expert and Keynote Speaker. She has moved from community work as a youth with the Olympics 2012 to developing into the tech world and founding the community Muslamic Makers.

 

Connect with Arfah

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arfsjourney/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arf_22/

Website: https://arfahfarooq.com/

 

About Julie:

Julie is serial entrepreneur and community engagement strategist with more than 20 years experience, a business mentor, keynote speaker, and 10 times author, including her latest book Leading from the back. Julie has grown multiple six figure businesses and is passionate about supporting small business owners to achieve their goals. The BIGGER THAN YOU movement has been developed to inspire people to take action and move past their fears.

Take the Tribe Leader quiz here

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Link to facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/biggerthanyou

Link to instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Julie_Creffield/

Link to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliecreffield/?originalSubdomain=uk

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