Our life is not set once we decide on a type of studies. Our life not set either once we go into a specific field. If you have listened to the podcast long enough, you have got the message by now! 

Hannah Stacey is no stranger to career change. She took the uni route that was expected of her, worked on a family business, lived the corporate life and ended up becoming a coach helping creative women with their confidence. 

In this episode we are talking about social media and how it can drag us down as well bring up and what’s outside Instagram. Hannah will also share a few advices to feel “good enough” to start their own thing. 

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Music: Fredji - Happy Life

We live in a society pressurizing us to achieve our goals by a certain age. But is there an age really to start something new or something of your own? 

Patrice Stephens-Sobers didn’t wait for anyone to tell her how to live her life and what decisions to make. Straight after her studies in marketing, she decided to create her own digital marketing agency called PinkShip at the age of 21. Five years later, she is happy, successful, and living her passion.

In today’s episode, Patrice will tell the story of her self-funded agency, how she got started, the highs and lows of being at the head of a company with employees, and she will tell us why age doesn’t matter when it comes to building a business.

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Music: Fredji - Happy Life

After leaving her very successful and loved corporate life in England for a life in China with her husband, Michelle went through a traumatic birth and ended up suffering from Post-natal depression.

Instead of coming out broken, she worked very hard on personal development and found a new way to be happy balancing her personal and family life.

She doesn’t wait for opportunities to magically fall from the sky but she brings them to her.

For example, Michelle ended up writing a book, which wasn’t even in her plans, because she went to an event and talked about her story to a stranger who happened to be working in publishing and suggested her to send a book proposal.

In this episode Michelle will talk about personal development, which is very important for entrepreneurs, the importance of routines to create a healthy structure and how to view our success.  

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Music: Fredji - Happy Life

Is 2020 a good year to change career? After all, even Boris Johnson predicted that many people in Britain will have to change jobs in the comings years because of the crisis linked to Covid 19.

In today’s episode, Josie Shepherd, who is a career change coach, will share how she moved from a very comfortable job and lifestyle to coaching after a trip to Ibiza a few ago.

Can you start anything on the side of your main job?

How do we know it’s the right time to start a business?

What is nothing goes to plan?

She will answer all these questions and more. Enjoy and if you like this episode, don’t forget to let me know in comments on Apple Podcast, Instagram or even on the website.

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Music: Fredji - Happy Life

We all need a community, now more than ever. For support, for advice or even for comfort. 

Samantha Slater started an online community on Facebook for female business owners, and entrepreneurs to find the success they deserve.

She inspires women from her own experience. In fact, to make it short, before being a clarity and mindset coach, she lived a corporate lifestyle with her husband, and opened a chocolate business before starting something new. 

In this episode Sam gives you the motivation you need to start your own business, tells you why it’s important to be part of a community to make you stronger and she shares tips to change your mindset to become confident. 

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Music: Fredji - Happy Life

I interviewed Nia Thomas a couple of months ago, and since then she celebrated the first anniversary of her Crystoil Company Llio. 

Featured in Tatler, Stylist magazine and many Vogues across the world, Llio is the result of a work of passion and love. Its founder Nia, has also been the head of her own PR company for over a decade, but as a workaholic, she also studied aroma therapies. 

Growing up with a mother who had her own little beauty room, surrounded by candles, and bath salts, Nia always had an interest in self-care. 

You’d think that creating a side business while having a busy and sucessfull company already would be overwhelming, but actually, Nia’s advice is to have a steady job while launching a new business. 

In this episode Nia talks about what it takes to create a beauty product step by step, the story behind Llio and she shares with us how she used Covid 19’s restrictions in her advantage.

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Music: Fredji - Happy Life

When Katie Cope started her business in April 2019 she didn’t think she was going to celebrate the first year anniversary in lockdown due to Covid 19! 

Having to juggle work and her 2 children, she had to rethink her whole organisation and be transparent with her clients about what she could and couldn’t do due to the circumstances. Thankfully, Katie wasn’t the only one in the situation and people were understanding.

In this episode Katie talks about how she started Brand By Katie, how she dealt with childcare during lockdown, her burnout and how she got the support she needed. 

Contents:

1.26: Introduction

3.30: Background in marketing

7.00: How Katie started the business in 1 week

8.30: pitch yourself

10.13: juggling motherhood and work during lockdown

12.00: Transparency with clients

14.00: Stand out and know your brand

15.40: Avoid a burnout and switch off

18.03: Be part of a community

21.53: Katie’s view on success

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Music: Fredji - Happy Life

Let’s talk art and craft for the last episode of the CORONABUSINESS series. Of course you can go back and check episode 26,27,28,29, and 30 to hear other businesses women dared to create during the crazy 2020 pandemic!

During lockdown, some of us started taking new hobbies, learning new skills and had to stay sane while staying home. 

Throughout the years Claudette Anderson changed careers a few times and at the beginning of 2020, she decided it was time to readjust her career path - again!

Unfortunately Covid 19 wasn’t in her plan and she was forced to put those changes on hold. 

Stuck at home with 2 small children, Claudette, who needs to work at least for her mental health, started a hobby that she used to put at the bottom of her to-do list. 

Punch needling was not supposed to be a new professional skill, but after offering a few of her embroidery arts and the pictures on her instagram, people wanted to buy them from her. 

In this episode, Claudette tells us how Drop Down Thread came to life, her lockdown experience and how she created a small business on social media.

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Music: Fredji - Happy Life

Happy accidents do happen. Selbi Sasioglu started an educative Instagram a couple of years ago where she built a decent community. When she shared her new hobby of creating wooden figurines, her followers started asking if she could sell them. 

As a teacher, she didn’t have much time to dedicate to this potential business, so when she had to isolate during lockdown, her and her fiancé moved to his grand-father’s and they enjoy this time off to see if their creation would sell. Little did they know, they were going to sell out very fast and that “Growing Through Play” was going to become a business without them expecting it.    

In this episode, Selbi shares how she already had to deal with copycats, she talks about CE certification, a must have when dealing with children toys, and how the pandemic actually took the pressure off. 

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Music: Fredji - Happy Life

During the Black Lives Matter movement this summer following George Flyod’s death, people started to look into black owned businesses to support black communities. Grace Throwbridge grabbed the opportunity to finally launch the business she’d always wanted to 

create. 

Simply Noir is an online market place where UK’s black-owned business owners can sell their products. 

In this new episode Grace talks about her professional journey, her online side business, how to be part of a community and how Simply Noir started. 

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Music: Fredji - Happy Life