by Helen | Sep 1, 2025 | Event Speaking, Professional Development, Storytelling
Before we built pyramids, wrote manifestos, or launched startups, we told stories. Around flickering fires, humans shared lessons to survive and unite. That evolutionary wiring is still in us today, and it’s the secret advantage of every unforgettable keynote...
by Helen | Aug 18, 2025 | Event Speaking, Professional Development, Storytelling
At the time you’re reading this, I’ll be in deepest (hopefully sunniest) Wales, taking a much-needed summer break with family and friends. At the start of the school holidays, I made a pact with myself: I was going to go dark. As the summer intensified, the heat and...
by Helen | Aug 11, 2025 | Event Speaking, Professional Development, Storytelling
I’ll jump straight into a hard truth this week. If you’re in front of a corporate audience, summit or industry stage, your goal is to be remembered. But studies show 78% of audience members forget your message within a week. At my latest keynote, the most consistent...
by Helen | Aug 4, 2025 | Business Coaching, Professional Development, Speaker Coaching
Years ago, I made a silent promise to myself: ‘I will never stand up and speak in front of a room again.’ I was crouched inside a phone box in central London, having fled my corporate office mid-panic attack. At the time, I was working in leadership and learning...
by Helen | Jul 28, 2025 | Leadership, Professional Development, Storytelling
You might be at a point right now where the tools that once helped you thrive, the relentless drive, the bold goals, the constant motion, are suddenly feeling a bit out of sync. Where these strategies once worked for you, they now feel out of alignment, causing you to...
by Helen | Jul 21, 2025 | Leadership, Professional Development, Storytelling
I’ll admit it: I used to cringe at the thought of “networking events.” I can be a bit of an awkward turtle in some situations, with a propensity to blush and fumble my words. This was certainly the case up until a few years ago. The buzz of unfamiliar faces, the...
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