Pushing her little bike up the hill to speak to a bunch of unhappy holiday makers in Zakynthos, She came to a decision that would change her destination forever. 

After working a stupendous amount of hours, drinking and partying hard, she decided to leave her holiday rep career behind and took up a position of a police officer at a control room. 

During this period Sam met her husband, had  her gorgeous two boys and settled in Milton Keynes working long shifts and being a mum.

The family moved to Spain to find a work life balance for a brief period, where she first discovered her entrepreneurial skills. 

My guest this week is no other than Samatha poole who is the owner and CEO of The Mum to Mum group that she intially set up in Spain. 

Sam has an eye for an opportunity and she is not shy to start and implement her new ideas. Sam quickly made a name for herself in Spain by creating groups and services that served ex pats who wanted to settle in Spain.

The Mum To Mum Group has now grown to nearly 17,000 members, and Sam has created a fantastic online community and business network. 

Sam also manages business directory, The MUM to Mum Magazine, networking events, social media training, social media management, a local discount card, and help other start up businesses grow through mentoring and coaching.

If you would like to become part of Sams' community, you can contact her on these social handles.

Here is Mumpreneur on a Mission 

https://www.mumsrate.com/

What does it mean for a 6 year old young girl not to have her own bedroom?

This little girl had never experienced such a thing until one afternoon, when she walked into a room of her landlord’s little daughter of about the same age. She was mesmerised by the beautiful colours of butterflies and a huge bed that dominated the room. Then the landlord’s little daughter told her off for touching something. She was furious, and couldn't wait for her Mum to get home so she could would go and have words with this rude little person…

But her Mum said they were renting a room from these people, and they just needed to take it on the chin and get on with their lives. It was a devastating answer for this little girl. But it was also the start of her learning to become resilient – and quickly.

She never complained after that incident and accepted all that was thrown at her. As soon as she was old enough, she got a job at Tescos on the tills and from that moment onwards her life changed forever.

This little girl grew up to become smart, capable business woman with a clear vision and a clear head. My guest this week is called Su Patel

So, who is Su Patel?

Given her deprived background, and a childhood characterised by bullying, isolation, poor self-esteem and divorced parents (at a time when divorce was taboo in the Indian community), the question is, how did she get from the tills to creating an HR department?

She financed her own way through HR training and with her strong dedication and intelligent skills she enabled Tesco to develop engaged staff and a thriving business.

Businesses grow when people grow! Su coaches and train ambitious HR professionals who may be struggling to move up the ladder, and she helps businesses be proactive in how they lead people ensuring that employees are valued in the workplace.

Today Su is a senior consultant at HR Training and Consulting Ltd, partnering with businesses and working as part of their HR team. If you’d like to get in contact with Su on facebook and linkedIn.

My guest this week tells us her story of being bullied every single day at school, badly enough to force her to leave school at the tender age of 13. The effect of being bullied meant that she became a recluse, too frightened to leave the house for several years. In this podcast we find out how she transformed herself from the low confidence she suffered following her ordeal, to becoming a very successful beauty expert and businesswoman.

Now the owner and founder of the KG Professional brand of lash products, Katie Godfrey opened her salon in 2009 when she was just 19. Since then, now based in Luton, England, it has become a highly successful and popular business running alongside her own training academies. Katie has also launched her own range of lash products including lash trays, glues and accessories that are sold to many lash artists and salons in the UK and worldwide.

In addition, she is a business mentor as well as giving talks around the country about her story, and how passionate she is about motivating others to build their careers.

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Katie in my podcast where she talks frankly about how she creates work-life balance, feeling guilty for not spending enough time with her beautiful daughter and finding the right partner.

If you would like to speak to Katie, book her for a speaking gig or simply just want to say hello, you’ll find her as Katie Godfrey on social media, and on her website.

www.kgsalons.com

www.instagram.com/kgsalon

www.facebook.com/kgsalon

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A teenager from a difficult back ground, one that was surrounded by poor mental health, this could be bad news for the teen as they find themselves drifting into relationships which will only take them to a place where violence, emotional abuse and control was practiced daily. Things didn't quite change when she gave birth to her two beautiful children in this abusive household but now it was time to escape to protect her children from the harm of her abusive partner. Did she manage to run away or did she get hunted down and placed back in the prison that was home?

 Listen to the podcast to find out more...

Meet my guest Anneth Bryan, (Netty), a courageous, determined and resilient domestic abuse survivor. Life has a way of turning the greatest mishaps into the most unexpected opportunities. When Netty finally cultivated her personal power and started standing up for herself, the abuse abruptly ended – in a way she didn’t foresee.

Now she sees her past as her gift and has turned her Tragedy into Triumph helping women all over the world from emotional and domestic abuse. 

She is a trainer consultant who trains foster carers and social care professionals in safeguarding and parenting children who’ve suffered abuse and trauma in their childhood. She also run parenting courses and coach young people who have psychological, emotional and behavioural difficulties.

Her main work is Restorative Practice, which involves helping victims of crime or conflict, to meet their harmers in order to help them cope, recover and move on. 

She is also a lifestyle and personal development coach, business and public speaker mentor. She counsel/coach people in trauma recovery using her Restorative Relationships Trauma Recovery coaching model. 

If Netty's story resonates with you and you would like her to help you or another women that you know needs some help, then you can find her on the following websites and social media platforms.

For coaching & personal development.

www.nettyb.com

[email protected]

All who email or visit my webpage can request a free 30m discovery call.

Social Media

IG, FB &Twitter

@officalnettyb

FB page- NettyB.com

linkedIn

@Anneth Bryan

For Training & Development

www.wsprings.org.uk

E. [email protected]

Tel. 07516612618

Most mums love to cook up a storm in the kitchen and feel proud of their creations. Meet my guest Abi who also loves cooking and is famous for her cooking amongst her family and friends. One day, she got a call from her niece who had recently started university, who told her how much she missed her aunties food.

Abi couldn't help but notice that her nieces and nephews looked gaunt when they came back home and often complained about the lack of tasty food back at university. This was Abi's light bulb moment and she decided to create a business which featured catering for universities.

However, there was one problem that couldn't be over looked. All the universities already had catering contracts. How will she get in? 

It seemed like a daunting task at first but with her vision so clear and her determination so strong, Abi was ready to take on this challenge.

Listen more on how Abi came up with an innovative idea of her business YUMCHOP  and how to supply tasty foods in the universities around the country. Lets jump right in to see the success and struggles of this mumpreneur.

To get in touch with Abi Adifisan [email protected]

A Global Leader for over twenty year in the Uk Pharmaceutical Industry, Shalom Lloyd is the founder of Naturally Tribal Skincare, a company that was founded after she had developed an amazing product for her son in her kitchen who suffered from severe eczema. She is a proud mother of five children, an amazing wife and a workaholic. 

In this interview, Shalom reveals her pains and gains on motherhood and her amazing career as a global leader and a serial Entrepreneur. Her biggest and most proudest achievements by far are her kids.

Lets jump right in the conversation and get immersed in being inspired by this beautiful lady.

If you would like to connect with Shalom, you can find her on www.naturallytribalgroup.com

Imagine being stuck on train on your way back from London after a long day at work, in five minutes the nursery is going to shut and you are miles away from picking up your baby, panic and horror sets in and you feel utterly helpless and desperate. Tears are pouring down your face and your heart is sinking.  In this utter moment of misery, you make a decision that will shape your destiny forever…

Meet my guest Sarah Hodgkins, who made a decision to transition from her high flying corporate role in London to starting her own business Charlotte Designs. Her journey of transition and taking that leap of faith in her career wasn’t something she took lightly.

Being a very determined and focussed individual, Sarah a mum of two tells us about her ups and downs as she worked hard on her new business and bringing up her family that grew side by side.

Sarah is professional hand painter mural artist. Since 2005, she has painted around 400 murals, trompe l’oeil, signs and other paint finishes, for commercial and domestic clients throughout the UK.

Sarah is on a mission to rid the world of boring walls, Charlotte Designs are committed to providing her clients with customer-centric creativity on every project.

You can contact Sarah on https://www.charlottedesigns.co.uk 

In this episode I am talking to Maya Dattini about how she over came her anxiety and depression through falling in love with Kundalini Yoga. It changed her life, forever. She was able to find a sense of peace and direction.

Kundalini yoga helped her so much that she changed her career. She trained with Star Child Yoga and began teaching yoga in schools and later trained as a Kundalini Yoga teacher with the International School of Sacred Teachings - Ik Saran Dhian. This has been a huge transformation in her life.

Maya shares her inspiring story and helpful tips she uses to create a balance between her business and home life as a mum.

You can find Maya on www.mayadattani.com

For the 1 in 6 couples in the UK that struggle with fertility problems, trying to find ways in which to boost their fertility naturally is a daunting and emotional task. However, it doesn't need to be like this. One area that you can look at is your lifestyle, nutritional deficiencies, stress management and emotional elements that could be affecting your ability to conceive.

In this Episode, I interview  Natalie Coghlan Of NC Nutrition Consultancy who talks about keeping a healthier lifestyle is essential whether you are trying to become pregnant naturally or going through IVF.  Although you cannot boost your fertility by changing your diet for a day, knowing the right foods to eat for each meal is important, especially when giving both yours and your partner’s fertility a nutritional kick.

Natalie a Fertility expert and a mum a mum of one (second one on its way),

 shares her own personal journey of how good nutrition helped her to fall pregnant and why she is so passionate about helping other Women and Men conceive.

If you would like to book a free consultation with Natalie visit her website on https://www.ncnutritionconsultancy.co.uk/