We talk about AI like it’s a business upgrade. More efficient.More productive.More output.More content. More. More. More. But what if — for women —AI isn’t actually about more? What if the real gift isless? Less pressure.Less decision-fatigue.Less mental juggling.Less feeling like everything depends on you. Because let’s be honest: Women rarely run businesses in isolation. […]
I want to talk honestly about something I think many women in business secretly feel: We’re not lacking ambition.We’re lacking capacity. Because yes — I’m technically a business owner.But I’m also: A mum.A daughter.A school-run-chauffeur.A meal-assembler.Occasional admin assistant to life itself.And the woman everyone asks when they can’t find the scissors. And somewhere in the […]
A friend recently asked me: “How do you do everything you do — without burning out?” And the answer is very simple. I don’t. I don’t do everything. I don’t try to. And I no longer measure success by how exhausted I am. Because there was a time I did — and it nearly broke […]
There are two types of business owners in January.There are those who come sprinting back into the year shouting “NEW YEAR, NEW ME!” while colour-coding their goals in six different notebooks. And then there’s the rest of us — the ones who enter slowly, like a suspicious cat, holding a cup of tea and muttering, […]
I used to believe that visibility had to look a certain way. Neat.Intentional.Well-lit.Almost… curated. I thought that to show up online, I needed the perfect pocket of silence, a tidy desk, a good hair day, a child-free hour, or at least a version of myself that wasn’t running on a cocktail of caffeine and stubborn […]
There’s a myth floating around the online business world that visibility requires calm, structured, beautifully curated days — the kind where your hair behaves, your desk is pristine, and your children are unusually quiet. I don’t know who started that rumour, but it definitely wasn’t a mum-founder with horses. This week alone, I’ve deep-cleaned my […]
A muddy horse, a ruined mane, and an unexpected lesson about business transformation. Here’s what Bruce taught me about change, mess, and progress. Some people get their business inspiration from books.Some from podcasts.Some from millionaire mentors on YouTube. I get mine from a horse. Specifically, Bruce — the 1700kg draft horse who lives like every […]
A four-hour power cut turned into the most productive moment of my week — here’s what it taught me about systems, visibility, and building a business that survives real life. There are certain sounds every parent can instantly recognise.A sibling dispute.A toilet flush that went on too long.A horse doing something suspiciously quiet.A child whispering, […]
You know you’re deep into mum-life when you find yourself standing in the kitchen at 8:07am negotiating with an inanimate object. This week, my daughter’s snack box decided it no longer wanted to live a quiet life in the school locker.No.It developed separation anxiety. It clung to me.It sat in the passenger seat of my […]
If you ever want an accurate metaphor for running a business as a mum in November, try this: Picture Brucey — 700 kilos of opinionated chaos — deciding that TODAY is the day he wants to rearrange the stable while the blacksmith looks on in mild amusement. That’s pretty much the emotional landscape of every […]