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Make sure your goals are setting you up for success, not stress!

Do you ever set yourself goals? Or are you winging it all the way?

As a highly experienced business coach and mentor, I am passionate about enabling entrepreneurs (particularly women) to build and grow profitable, happy businesses through banishing stress, overwhelm and procrastination and by using proven business strategies and methodologies, together we build the business that they want.

Leading holistic therapist shares stress-relieving meditation techniques for entrepreneurs and startups

Holistic Therapist, Helen Totton, is a spiritual mentor, intuitive healer, and meditation expert.

The right to request flexible working from day one

The law on flexible working could soon be updated.

Stress management techniques for entrepreneurs

As someone who specialises in supporting others to reduce stress, I found myself in an epicentre of stress as an entrepreneur: with a growing team and a growing client base I took on the responsibility for everyone and came close to burnout before I went back to basics and started applying what I knew.

Psychological safety = no stress, no hiding, no censoring, no code-switching

We all have the right to feel safe! William Kahn, Google’s ‘Aristotle Project’ and Amy Edmondson’s research have catapulted the term Psychological Safety into our consciousness. It is now being talked about in workplaces around the world – and rightly so!

“Many assume my £20m business success has been stress-free – far from it!”

As success continues to surge across all brands of the Nicky Story Holdings group, 31 year old, Nicky Story, who is on track to turn over £20million, shares his journey to success, and it’s not been as lucky and stress free as some may assume!

Managing the stress that comes with entrepreneurship

The stress that comes with entrepreneurship is familiar to Oshoma Zekeri, having experienced the ups and downs. In this article, he will share his personal experience on stress management techniques for entrepreneurs, raising capital in a stressful business environment, funding in a cost-of-living crisis, and solutions to save money as an entrepreneur.

The physical and financial toll of insomnia

The birth of my first daughter, Sloane, had prepared me well for the many sleepless nights I’d spend with my second daughter, Isla, when she was born 13 months later. However, I never thought, as Isla turned two at the end of March 2023, I’d still only be sleeping two-four hours a night.

Cost-of-living crisis: top five stress management techniques

Entrepreneurs are often under tremendous pressure to succeed, especially during the cost-of-living crisis.

Mixed feelings now business travel is back post COVID

UK business travellers reveal that whilst COVID added limitations to business travel, there are mixed feelings now travel is back.

World Parkinson’s Day brings chronic conditions into focus for international employers

Tuesday 11 April 2023 is World Parkinson’s Day, and a timely reminder to employers that staff working overseas require more support with chronic conditions than their UK-based colleagues.

The ladder to success

In 1921 Napoleon Hill, author of ‘Think and Grow Rich’ wrote the ‘Magic Ladder to Success’.

Navigating the cost-of-living crisis: why digital marketing is more important than ever

As the cost-of-living continues to rise, small businesses are feeling the impact. From inflated costs to increased employee wages, businesses are struggling to keep up with the ever-increasing expenses.

Five stress symptoms to look out for that may be linked to hormones instead

Stress in the workplace is a common issue, with 79% of the workforce saying they frequently experience it and 13.7 million working days are lost to it each year in the UK, costing the economy £28.3 billion annually.

Nearly half of UK bosses see an increase in workplace mental health

According to a new survey, nearly half of UK bosses have seen an increase in workplace mental health issues.

IWD: Supporting employees during the menopause

As we approach International Women’s Day, it seems like an appropriate opportunity to discuss menopause in the workplace. Menopausal women are the fastest growing demographic in the workforce, with 8 out of 10 menopausal women in work.

Death of a sole director shareholder

Private limited companies are often led by a single director who is also sole shareholder. However, without a succession plan, problems could arise if that sole director shareholder dies.

Apprenticeships as the foundation of the modern workplace

As the times move forward, so do the workplaces we inhabit. In the modern workplace, it is often not the older generation of workers that act as its foundation but instead the new fresh minds coming through the doors, pioneering a workplace’s growth.

What will define Workforce in 2023

Global HR and payroll specialist, ADP, urges UK businesses to review their recruitment processes as the UK workforce shifts irrevocably due to impact of the pandemic and the fourth industrial revolution. Otherwise, they might struggle to compete on a global stage.

Moving houses? here’s how to get through the transition

Moving home can be a stressful time. It’s exciting to think of the new possibilities and different opportunities, but it comes with its own set of challenges.