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There was someone in my life who followed me through careers. Who moved into spaces I'd created. Who positioned herself carefully with the people we both loved until I became the one on the outside. Who turned our children into a scoreboard without them ever knowing they were on one. I didn't have language for it for a long time. I just knew that no matter what I did, I came up short. That the ground never felt quite level. That I was always, somehow, the one who needed to try harder, do...

For a long time, I believed I needed more strategy. More discipline. More clarity. More confidence. If I could just think differently, plan better, push harder everything would settle. The money would stabilise. The doubt would quieten. The next step would feel obvious. But underneath all of that effort, my body was braced. And you cannot build something steady from a braced nervous system. Most women I work with are not lacking intelligence or capability. They have read the books. They have...

My Work As A MakeUp Artist When I look back at my business journey, it honestly feels like I’ve lived about ten different lives. Every single chapter felt huge at the time, but what I didn’t know then was that each one was preparing me for what I’m doing now. I started my first business in my early twenties. I’d trained as a nursery nurse, was working in childcare, and spotted a gap in the market for a hotel babysitting agency. Fully qualified, insured, DBS-checked childcare for guests —...