Marketing and creativity coach – freelance project manager
I’ve been self-employed for over 10 years, and I started networking fairly early in my self-employed life. My first experience of in-person networking was going to a Ladies Who Latte meeting within the first month of becoming a freelancer. It was an event where we met other business owners over a cup of tea, and … Continue reading What is business networking really about?
So I have started describing myself as a multi-passionate business owner. It’s long overdue that I do that, as I’ve spent a lot of time trying to fit into other people’s nice little boxes and definitions. And maybe I have made the mistake of drifting back to thinking about success in other people’s terms too. … Continue reading Is it OK to do lots of things?
In my untangling work, I ask my clients questions and I listen to what they say and then ask them more questions – and I sometimes help them choose between options. But is that coaching? Well that’s a good question, which I will try to answer below. So what is coaching? I think that coaching … Continue reading What is coaching?
If you’ve been around the freelancing, entrepreneurial or online business world for long enough you’ll have heard people talking about accountability. But what is it, and why is it something you might need for your own business? My definition of accountability is that it’s having someone to check in with on a regular basis to … Continue reading What is accountability and why might you need it?
A while ago, I was inspired to write a blog post about joy, which sparked ideas for 3 more blog posts on a similar subject AND made me realise that there is a theme that has run through everything I’ve written about in the last 10 years or so. The theme of finding joy in … Continue reading How I discovered and started to harness my creativity
I’ve read a few things recently about living a creative life, and I’ve also been thinking about this topic in relation to curating my days so they have creative time in them. But what is a “creative life”? I think the definition of a creative life is a very individual thing, although there will inevitably … Continue reading Can you live a creative life when the world around you is not set up that way?
I was wrestling with whether to complete and publish an ebook which collects together some of the blog posts I wrote at the start of last year. I asked a freelance group I’m in and the general feeling was that it would be useful as it’s always nice to hear the stories of other freelancers. … Continue reading Who am I to tell my freelance story?
I’ve been blogging for 10 years or so, the first time for a fundraising event back in 2010. But in recent years I have had moments where I wonder why I bother. People don’t seem to comment now, and I’m sure most of the people that like posts in WordPress or on social media don’t … Continue reading Does anyone still read blogs?
Over the years I’ve found that I need space in my brain in order to write or to develop new ideas. But in a busy life, it’s not always possible to get that space as often as I want. So how do I manage to find it? Not jumping straight onto social media or email … Continue reading How I find head space for creativity