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...
by Helen | Jul 14, 2025 | Business Coaching, Professional Development, Storytelling
“I know what I do… but when people ask me to explain it, my words just tangle.” Sound familiar? As someone who’s been running a business for over a decade, I’ve come to realise that many biz leaders share a brain wired for tenacity and idea generation, but not always...
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