The Successful Women Podcast Show with Gill Donnell

Vicki is the Managing Director of award-winning Yard Retailers based in Poundbury, Dorchester, in Dorset. Yard has gorgeous clothing, beautiful accessories, gifts and styling for your home.

Vicki gave up the corporate life to start her own 'clothes shop' and now believes she has found the balance that feeds her need for 'detail in retail' as well as allowing her to spend more time with her family.

Found out more at - http://www.yard.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/shopYard

https://www.instagram.com/theyardshop/

https://uk.pinterest.com/shopyard/

You can read a transcript of Vicki's interview on http://www.successfulwomen.training/podcast/

Today's episode is a double bill with animator Allegra Gee & illustrator Nathalie Moore.

Allegra describes herself as a creative thinker, innovator, animator, writer, rebel. We certainly had fun recording the interview.

Allegra's website is :http://www.mttmanimations.com/, where you will find lots of inanimate objects moving, as well as lots of other fun stuff!

She is on Facebook at -https://www.facebook.com/mttmanimations/ and talks a lot about tea and cake on twitter at -  https://twitter.com/mttmanimations

Nathalie's website is - http://nathaliemoore.com/ where you can check out her cute Natcats.

Nathalie had help from Outset in Bournemouth to get her business started - their website is:- http://www.outsetbournemouth.co.uk/

Find out more about Outset online here: http://www.outsetonline.com/

Inspired by food and health whilst living in Japan, Barbara trained as a nutritionist and set up Nutrichef in the UK in 2004. Since then she's been creating healthy meal plans for busy people who want to lose weight, maintain a healthy lifestyle or achieve fitness goals. Nutrichef was sold in March 2015 and Barbara set up BC Nutrition to continue consulting businesses on implementing strategies to improve productivity and consult individuals on health related issues.

In 2015 Barbara launched her first cookbook Rainbow Recipes and she regularly presents globally on healthy eating.

Visit Barbara's website http://bcnutrition.co.uk/

Find her on twitter https://twitter.com/NutriBarbara

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/barbaracoxofficial

To read the full transcript of Barbara's interview - head over to:-  http://www.successfulwomen.training/podcast/

Sandra's inspiration for starting her venture was her own journey to reconnecting with my spirituality.  In 2004 she lost her father to a battle with cancer and thought her life was never going to be the same.

She now refers to herself as a recovering control freak and excuse maker There was a time when she never would have imagined writing a book, speaking in front of an audience or being a guest on radio or television shows. She has done all of these things now and knows that the best is still yet to come!

Find Sandra at http://embraceurdestiny.com/

https://www.facebook.com/EmbraceYourDestiny/

Read a full transcript of her interview on the Successful Women website

Isn’t it funny how you can talk about your business with passion, precision and purpose, but when it comes to writing things down, suddenly you’re lost for words.

You love what you do for a living, but you’re having difficulty putting your passion into words for your website…

You want to start a kick-ass blog but you’re not sure what to write about, how often to post or even where to start…

You’re hard-working, intelligent and ready to take your copywriting, blogging and business to the next level…

But you’re fed up of staring at a blank screen. It’s time to do something about it. 

you’ve got two choices:

1. Hire someone to do the writing for you ; or
2. Hire someone who can train or coach you how to do the writing for yourself.

Kerry Brind can help you with both. Listen to her talk about her business journey then head over to her website at http://writetowinbusiness.com

For daily doses of biz writing bliss, stop by the Write to Win Business Facebook page or follow Kerry on Twitter at @writetowinbiz

For a full transcript of Kerry's interview visit www.successfulwomen.training/podcast

Ali Dolphin is an occupational therapist and uses Neuro-linguistic programming, hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy.  Mindful Solace is a team of coaches, counsellors and therapists who are all equipped to enable others to release their potential.

Mindful Solace is dedicated to promoting psychological and emotional wellbeing.

Courses are available on how to sleep well, mindfulness, how to build your confidence and develop self esteem.

One to one sessions are available to overcome fears, phobias and find direction in life.

Lets face it, we all want to feel great and love life! Complimentary therapies and coaching are also available to help people to find wellbeing.

Find out more at http://www.mindfulsolace.co.uk/

To read or download a full transcript of the interview with Ali, go to:- www.successfulwomen.training/podcast

In her professional life, Kathy was involved in the world of books and publishing. Her experience included time as a freelance researcher and broadcaster for BBC Radio Scotland where I was involved with education and arts programmes.

Kathy's first degree in Modern European History and Historical Bibliography from Strathclyde University gave her the underpinning knowledge for her talks. Her study of spying and espionage in fiction and reality became the basis of her talks. She offers a menu of talks including the popular 'Bondmaker Series' about Ian Fleming the author of the James Bond books. Kathy regularly travels with P&O cruises as Guest Speaker and also gives talks to local clubs and societies.

Kathy can be contacted via Linkedin https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kathy-mcnally-377a0140

The service department of a car dealership are not the normal place to find a female manager, but Amanda taylor likes to do things differently.  Listen to Amanda talk about her journey to the Boardroom at Breeze Volkswagen: http://breeze-volkswagen.co.uk/

Read a full transcript of Amanda's interview here:-http://www.successfulwomen.training/podcast/

Barbara is the founder of a family run company with bigideas! Her concept for My Baby Log is: “Every child hasthe right to know their family roots.  It is with this in mindthat My Babylog offers an important base for their family to buildupon.  Children need to feel wanted and special.  Mydream is for every child to have their very own My Babylog memorychest, so that when they reach adulthood they can receive thisprecious heirloom as a gift – filled with all the wonderfulmemories, milestones and rites of passage of their journey (so far)that have been lovingly collected and stored through theyears.”

Find out more at www.mybabylog.co.uk

Read the full transcript of Barbara's interview atwww.successfulwomen.training/podcast

Referred to as the Working Women’s Oscars, the

Women play such a pivotal role in our local economies, it is

Find out more at www.venusawards.co.uk

For a full transcript of this interview, go to www.successfulwomen.training/podcast