Back In The Game!
You had dreams before life got loud. Back in The Game is a weekly newsletter for women who are done letting another year slip by. Every Friday I write about goal setting that sticks, money that works for you and the honest reality of building a life you're proud of.Real talk. Practical tools. No fluff.From a woman who has built something from nothing, lost herself in the process and found her way back.Join the growing number of women getting Back in The Game every Friday. It's free.
The night we were called to say goodbye
‘I wish you a life of great joy and great grief.’ I heard this sentence spoken by Scott Galloway on The Diary of a CEO and was struck by the poignancy and depth of the sentiment. And that you don’t hear this often, I mean when was the last time someone wished you great grief in your life. Grief as an asset. Galloway was sharing about the grief he felt at the loss of his Mum, he described himself as a middle aged man who hadn’t gotten over the loss of his mother. He then went on to share how...
What if nothing is anyone else's fault?
What if we took 100% responsibility for everything in our lives? And I mean everything!! That debt you have, your responsibility. The bad relationship, down to the part you play. The lack of energy from being overweight, you’re choices!!! A radical act of total responsibility. It can seem like a radical act, taking 100% responsibility for everything in our lives. Because it is way way easier to blame someone or something else for our problems and what shows up in our lives. The blame game is...
Are you using AI or is AI using you?
Reader, you’ve spent all this time working through a problem with AI. You’ve written the copy. You’ve designed a new product or service. You’ve rewritten your website about twenty times. You’ve mapped your 5 year goals. And yet you still have not taken any action (in the real world). The busyness trap. You’ve spent all these hours ‘working’ with AI, leveraging this powerful new tool that we have at our disposal and yet you’ve not actually made any progress. You’ve been busy being busy. This...
Swinging between excited and terrified (anyone else?)
Is the going to be the end of the world? Is is the greatest technological advance we have ever seen? It is a great tool for writing? But one that may wipe out all of our jobs? Will it even wipe out humanity or will it leave us living in Utopia? Have you guessed what I am refering to yet…? That’s right, I’m talking about AI. All of those statements above could be true. All could be false I really don’t know. What I do know is that there is a lot of information and chat about AI right now. I...
Start saving today (even if you think you can't)
50% of women in financially vulnerable circumstances hold less than £500 in savings. That's around 6 million women in the UK. Life as it so beautifully does - Lifes!! It's less about asking if an emergency will happen, more about asking when it will happen. And when it does, we need to be prepared, especially as Mums because it's no longer just about us. Our kids are counting on us too. If you're in that boat with less than £500 saved, there's no shame here. I was there too not so long ago,...
Pop quiz! (joke, no quiz, I'm nice)
Hey Reader, I want you to know that designing your life intentionally isn’t a personality trait. It’s a skill. One we are not often taught, but one I believe that we can learn, practice and strengthen. Just like building muscle. Most of us were never taught how to be intentional in our life or how to become the creators of our life. Often we inherit our lives, expectations, roles and generational patterns and curses. And then we wonder why they don’t fit anymore. Over the years, through...
What if you're afraid of success, not failure?
Hey Reader, here’s something many people won’t say out loud. It’s not failure they’re afraid of. It’s success. That thought in and of itself seems crazy, like of course I want to have success in my life Emma, I'm not afraid to succeed! I get it, I have thought that many times, but when I've dug deeper, I realised that yes, often I've been more afraid of what will happen if I really give life my all and succeed as I dream too. It's a weird realisation to come to, that perhaps you are afraid of...
Put the guilt down. You're doing fine.
As I sat across from another first time Mum, we exchanged stories, our wins, some of our lows and decisions we’ve made. I couldn’t help but notice the way we seemed to keep feeling the need to justify the choices and decisions we have made in how we parent. It got me thinking about the pressure that we as Mum’s put on ourselves and that society reinforces. I believe this to be true for women in general more than men, however for this specific train of thought I am focusing on Mums. There is...
Full Days, Empty Feeling.
A lot of the women who find me say the same thing. “My days are full. But something still feels off.” Your days have become full, but at times it feels like wheels spinning in the mud. I know this feeling intimately, as I transitioned from CEO to Mum, I couldn't help feeling like I 'should' be doing something else, some kind of work! (As if raising a whole human isn't important enough work!!!) The truth is motherhood is a huge life transition and more than one truth can exist for you at the...
Small Steps, Big Results: The 1% Rule That Actually Works
Hey Reader, do you know the power of compounding? Not just in money, but in action to? Today I wanted to pop into your inbox and talk about small 1% shifts we can make towards our goals. In my 20s I used to think that action looked like working long days, going really hard and grinding. I was all about the hustle culture and thought it was how it was meant to be. Since coming into my 30s it feels like I have learnt so slow down a little, get a lot more strategic and work much much smarter. I...
You had dreams before life got loud. Back in The Game is a weekly newsletter for women who are done letting another year slip by. Every Friday I write about goal setting that sticks, money that works for you and the honest reality of building a life you're proud of.Real talk. Practical tools. No fluff.From a woman who has built something from nothing, lost herself in the process and found her way back.Join the growing number of women getting Back in The Game every Friday. It's free.