It is important for me to share my story with you because I used to be in a very similar situation to where you are now.
I haven’t always been this version of myself.
There’s been a serious amount of uncomfortable change, growth, learning and healing that’s taken place to get me to where I am today. And I’m still learning and growing.
Being honest if you would have told me even 5 years ago that I would now be a certified Business and Mindset Coach with a LTD business, NLP Practitioner, Speaker and run regional business networking events…I would have laughed out loud.
I floated through my childhood and teenage years with no sense of identity or confidence as a result of experiencing significant, life-altering, traumatic experiences, I didn’t know who I was for a very long time..
I graduated university back in 2013
with a language degree and went straight into my first “proper job” in the world of export sales. I worked for a global exporter which involved some incredible travel opportunities and learning about business acumen, sales and marketing from the ground up.
However, being in such a fast-paced, high-pressure industry with long hours and little rest almost took me to the point of burnout. I also found myself disconnected from the work I was doing and felt unfulfilled and without purpose.
So after 3 years I left and decided to book a one way ticket to Thailand. This led to a 2.5 year adventure which took me across South East Asia and over to Australia and New Zealand. A trip which literally changed me as a person and opened my eyes to so much.
I worked for some incredible entrepreneurs during my time away who gave me the motivation and inspiration to start my first business upon my return to the UK in 2018, a social media management business called The Social Glow Up that has evolved over the years to become the global coaching and mentoring business that it is today.
I knew I was ready for more and didn’t want to go back to a 9-5 that didn’t light me up. I craved more freedom and living my life on my own terms, being able to travel when I wanted to without having to worry about booking holiday and asking for days off. I wanted to get out of the bed in the morning and do something that I truly cared about. Have you ever felt this way?!
I was ready to see what was possible.
Could I create and achieve more than my export sales career offered? Was I able to build myself a more abundant, joyful life? What else could be possible for me? Could I enjoy more creativity, success and fulfilment?
Over the last 5 years I have gone from 0 clients and 0 income, my business merely a seed of an idea in my mind, to working with hundreds of wonderful business owners and entrepreneurs, supporting them to do incredible things such as leave their 9-5, create a full-time income in their business, run events and workshops, build online business models that allow them to travel and work remotely, sell out their services and most importantly to bring their vision to a reality and actually make their success happen!