Category Archives: Empowerment

Woman

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Today is International Women’s Day. Why? Well, you can read all about its origins here but in a nutshell, it began to be observed in the early 1900s as women demanded shorter hours, better pay, voting rights and equality with … Continue reading →

Posted in Eating disorders, Empowerment, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Perseverance pays off

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

I haven’t posted here for a few days. It’s easy when I don’t post to think this site doesn’t really matter to me, to think that nobody would really notice or care if it just fizzled out. But I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Eating disorders, Empowerment, Fun, Positive thinking, Self-Acceptance, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Passion alone is not enough

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

“Passion alone is not enough, really, because you have to combine passion with discipline and usually those two words don’t really go together.” These are the words of Daniela Barone Soares, the chief executive of The Impetus Trust, a venture … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Social entrepreneurship, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Growing pains

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

The thing about moving out of your comfort zone (which is what I was writing about in my last post, The uncomfortable comfort zone) is that it can also be a painful process, which is probably why so many of … Continue reading →

Posted in Empowerment, Positive thinking, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged | 2 Comments

The uncomfortable comfort zone

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Why do we call it a comfort zone when it’s so uncomfortable? Or maybe our comfort zone was really comfortable for a very long time. But there comes a point when it becomes a very painful place to be – … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Empowerment, Mentoring, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Living, learning, passing it on

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

If you’ve lived it, you can learn from it, and someone else can too – irrespective of your or their age, profession, experience and position in life. That’s the ethos of ‘From Forty With Love’. With that in mind, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Eating disorders, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Leisure, Mentoring, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

If you can dream it

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

So I spent yesterday in a room full of female entrepreneurs and businesswomen – some well established and others just starting out or still incubating their dreams. It was an inspiring day, and also an exhausting one. I love the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged , | 5 Comments