We are noisy women

03/04/2022

So I wake up to this guardian article today … sent to me by one of my new clients and I think … And so the universe and now my clients are sending me messages that I am on the right path and I need to get up and dance in my power



Today is going to be a fantastic day

The words of Viv Groskop in the Guardian on 6 Nov 2018 capture what I coach my clients to own and celebrate …

“What a loud woman looks like, though, has changed hugely in the past two decades. With Michelle Obama publishing her autobiography, Becoming, next week, it is clear that a new generation of women want to redefine the term. As the former first lady puts it: “I admit it: I am louder than the average human being and I have no fear of speaking my mind. These traits don’t come from the colour of my skin, but from an unwavering belief in my own intelligence.” If you ask women whom they would most like to be as a public speaker, many will say Obama. Her speaking style – controlled passion, warm authority, approachable charisma – is extremely attractive. She is the new kind of loud: the volume is calculated and in tune with the audience.”

My big voice was frowned upon when I was a girl in the 70s. Now, celebrities from Beyoncé to Michelle Obama are helping to tear up the idea of what a woman should sound like

08/01/2022

So having declared on the Wisdom Course today that I would finally get off my backside and set up a coaching company for women who are proud to identify as 'noisy women' here I am ... out there ... in the world.

Watch this space to find how to empower yourself and others in the face of a world that generally does not respect, listen to, or nurture women who have something to say, want to be heard, and will not shut up

Come play with me.

Here is my inspirational quote for today, courtesy of Martha graham:

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.
And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost.
The world will not have it.
It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions.
It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.
You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work.
You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you.
Keep the channel open. ...
No artist is pleased.
[There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time.
There is only a q***r divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others”