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I help small business owners create brilliant brands + elevate their impact, influence + income. Let's talk about YOU. And I want to help YOU do the same.

You're a smart, savvy, success-driven woman who dreams of having a thriving business, a lifestyle you love, and making the world a better place. And you want to set yourself up for success from Day 1. We're talking six figures, a gorgeous brand, jet-set lifestyle ... without sacrificing your self-care and sanity in the process! Yet you've seen other new business owners struggling to break six-figures (or even make ends meet), and a little voice inside you is whispering that you may not have what it takes to "make it" as an entrepreneur. Right now you may feel like you're being pulled in a million directions with too many "good ideas" and not enough confidence to follow through. Perhaps you're feeling lost, overwhelmed and terrified to take the next step. Maybe you're suffering from inadequate growth and inconsistent cash flow or experiencing a lack of clarity on your brand message. Oh, and don't get me started on self-doubt! What I know for sure is that EVERYTHING shifts the moment you get expert support. Imagine what it would feel like to be masterfully mentored in creating a mindset for success. To be supported in creating a step-by-step roadmap exclusively designed for you and your business. THE definitive plan to take you from where you are now to six-figure success. After a high-powered corporate career in marketing and more than 20 years working in Top 10 public relations agencies, Fortune 500 + FTSE 100 companies (such as HSBC and Barclays), spearheading multi-million dollar brand campaigns, leading marketing workshops to the world's most successful organizations and running my own consultancy - believe me, I know exactly what it takes to build a successful business. I transformed my life by getting clear about what I wanted, reclaiming my power, and creating an extraordinary career and lifestyle on my own terms. So if you're looking for expert support in finally creating your bliss business, let's talk! www.theblissbiz/com/work-with-me

29/10/2026

IT BLEW UP.

It’s been 23 days since I published “Influencers are out. Gen X Female Founders are in,” and I hadn’t anticipated how much it would resonate, or that it would go viral.

Over 475,000 views, 3,889 saves and 4,794 new followers from this single post alone, including blue tick accounts and incredible women I honestly have a girl crush on.

And I certainly hadn’t expected the personal stories you would share.

A teacher who’d started her own maths tuition business. A woman launching her first company at 59. Meera, who’d spent 27 years building businesses, employing hundreds of women and giving thousands of families greater choices.

Then came the comments about feeling alone, lost or invisible. Wanting to start something new and looking for women who shared that ambition. Then this message arrived: “You have no idea how much this post helped me today. I started all over again this year at 52 and needed to hear this”.

Reading your messages has been emotional and incredibly inspiring. So many phenomenal women reinventing and pivoting, full of ideas and ambition, telling me how much it meant to felt to be seen and recognised.

Because alongside that excitement about what comes next, there’s often a very practical question: “But how do I do it?”

So, if we sat down together over a coffee, what would you most want to ask me?

① Getting started: How do I take all the ideas going round in my head, together with my experience and expertise, and turn them into a viable business?

② Building my brand: How do I find my point of difference, the magic that sets me apart, and articulate that?

③ Making sales: How do I decide what to offer, price it confidently and attract more of the right customers?

④ Growing: How do I take an established business to the next level without taking on everything myself?

Tell me your number and where you’re getting stuck. Or ask something entirely different. Your questions will help me share advice you can actually use.

Oh, and remember. You’re all absolutely spectacular. No conditions. You just are!

27/10/2026

Watching T R I N N Y take Australia by storm on her latest 11-day visit has been a masterclass in how to build a community. Female founders, take note!

What I love most is how much women want to be part of her world: to meet her, try and test the products, bring a girlfriend and join in.

Having spent more than 30 years in marketing, branding and PR, I know just how much work goes into building that kind of enthusiasm for a business - and how valuable it is when your customers become the people bringing others through the door.

At 53, the style guru launched Trinny London online in 2017 and has gone on to build a £300 million empire.

More than anything, she understands Gen X women, not just the intricacies of our stories - but the fact that the beauty industry has too often overlooked us. So instead, she’s designed products that really reflect our needs, lives and faces.

During lockdown, her wonderful wardrobe explorations, candid demonstrations and irreverent humour became part of our days, giving us reasons to return beyond the next purchase.

Meanwhile, the original fan-created Facebook groups have blossomed into the “Trinny Tribe” allowing the connections to grow into friendships, with women sharing advice and recommendations around the world.

Her latest Australian visit brought that story gloriously to life, from a fabulous pop-up in Sydney to special events with Kylie Jones and the Fifty & Fearless community, a dinner co-hosted with Future Females Australia, alongside a reunion with the irrepressible Dannii Minogue

Seeing that level of connection - women laughing, having their makeup done, and chatting with Trinny before leaving with bags of products - captured the pleasure of belonging to her world.

For every founder here, there’s a real lesson in this. Deeply understanding your customer is where it begins; creating MAGIC is what makes her want to stay. Those distinctive joyous moments that surprise, delight, inspire and give her a reason to remember and return.

If you don’t already follow Trinny, spend a little time in her universe. You’ll soon understand why so many want to be part of it! SEND TO A FRIEND & REPOST.

23/10/2026

Something profound happened to me at the end of July that I’ve chosen not to speak about until now, except to my closest friend.

I’ve needed time to make sense of it, but am ready to share now because what is personal is universal, and I have a feeling this will resonate with so many.

Two things acted as a catalyst for this shift (think Activation), and over the following weeks, the big mission for my life became crystal clear.

I’m talking my soul purpose, my path, my positioning, my point of difference on this planet.

It fell into place so effortlessly with no need to push, prove or force.

And the fire it’s lit in me and the clarity it’s given has been insane.

Alongside that fire, there’s been this unbelievable sense of urgency, a feeling that we’ve got to hurry up. There’s no hanging around now.

There are things to say, work to do, women to reach.

IT IS TIME.

And I believe people can palpably feel it.

As part of this ACTIVATION, I committed to writing regularly with an unmistakable focus on GEN X Women exploring: work, ambition, brands, business, and the future of female entrepreneurship.

Soon, my posts began going viral: 400,000, 500,000, 600,000 views.

I launched FOUNDER FRIDAY, a weekly editorial feature shining a light on one brilliant business, the woman behind it and her story.

My Instagram account catapulted from 6,000 to nearly 19,000 followers.

This community has grown to include women and founders from 26 countries.

Podcast invitations and beautiful speaking opportunities have rolled in, along with invitations to a whole new frequency of table.

The intuitive hits come thick and fast each day, and I now act on them.

What I’ve begun to realise is that this is business building in 5D.

This is energetic coherence: where what you believe, what you say, what you are here to do and who you are being feels divinely guided and aligned.

I literally feel I’ve jumped onto a different timeline and anchored into a new frequency - the shifts have been that quantum.

There’s still much to share, but I’d love to know who’s experiencing this too.

Does it resonate? And if so, what was the moment you knew something had shifted forever for you?

21/10/2026

There are days when you want to buy every copy on the newsstand. Today is one of them.

Huge congratulations to my amazing client, Shani Walsh, founder of ISSY LONDON | Luxury Statement Outerwear , whose stunning faux fur jackets and gilets feature in today’s The Times and Sunday Times , with an image from the AW 26 collection making the front cover.

Inside, fashion editor Harriet Walker explores “Why faux fur is more than just a bit of fluff” and why, from Celebrity Traitors to the latest designer collections, it’s become this season’s hottest staple. For a small, independent British brand, this is a moment worth celebrating properly.

Shani brings more than 20 years of phenomenal fashion experience to ISSY, which she launched in 2021 and named after her daughter. She has an exceptional eye and an instinctive understanding of knowing exactly what pieces will make a woman feel fabulous.

Over the past four months, it’s been an absolute pleasure working with her on the brand’s next chapter. From bringing the world of the ISSY WOMAN to life to developing the 2027 Commercial Marketing Plan and some incredible new creative social content campaigns, our work has centred on helping more women discover, desire and fall in love with what she’s building.

And there is another woman to celebrate in these photographs.

Model and mum Erin Borini - the face of the Autumn Winter 26 campaign, has written movingly in her Instagram post today about returning to modelling after moving between countries, undergoing IVF cycles and having children. She talks openly about how work had slowed down in her early thirties. Now, she describes feeling more comfortable in herself and better than ever, and today she finds herself on the front of The Times. How incredible is that!

A founder creating a brilliant brand of her own. A model returning to the work she loves. Two women bringing their experience, ambition and individuality to a rather wonderful moment.

Bravo, Shani and Erin. I’m absolutely thrilled for you. 🤍

20/10/2026

Which one made you think, “Oh, that is so me”?

The Reinventor. The Founder. The Free Spirit. The Door Opener.

Perhaps you’ve been all four at different points in your life.

Let me know your archetype in the comments below.

And if your story isn’t here, who have I missed? I’m listening ❤️

Save this. SHARE with a friend who’ll recognise herself. And FOLLOW Belinda Furneaux-Harris | Award-winning Brand Strategist for more on the world of women: work, ambition, brands, business, and the future of female entrepreneurship.

16/10/2026

FOUNDER FRIDAY #07
MOLLY J WILK,
PASTRY CHEF EXTRAORDINAIRE
PARIS

Every Friday, I shine a light on one brilliant independent business - and the founder story behind it.

This week’s story begins in Texas, with a young woman working in digital marketing who couldn’t stop baking.

Molly Wilkinson had spent seven years building a successful career. But away from her desk, there was flour on the counter, cakes in the oven and a growing feeling that perhaps the thing she loved most deserved more room in her life.

So in 2013, she did something brave.

She left her job, packed up her life and moved to Paris to study pâtisserie - the art of French pastry-making - at Le Cordon Bleu, one of the world’s most famous culinary schools.

There she learned the precision behind French pastry: tempering chocolate, working with caramel and sugar, mastering choux and delicate tarts.

It was demanding, exacting - and she loved it.

After graduating came pastry kitchens and eventually teaching from her home in Versailles.

Then Covid closed the door on in-person classes, so Molly opened another one online.

Her infectious enthusiasm, warmth and humour travelled far beyond France. Home bakers around the world discovered that macarons, tarts and mille-feuille didn’t have to feel terrifying. With Molly beside you, French pastry somehow felt possible - and joyful.

That joy became a business: online courses, a cookbook, a global community and now Le Baking Club.

And perhaps that’s Molly’s real magic.

She doesn’t simply teach people how to bake beautiful things.

She makes them BELIEVE they can.

Which makes the next part of her journey particularly special.

13 years after leaving Texas, Molly and her husband François are about to open the doors to a café in Versailles.

A real place. Their place.

So next time you’re in Paris, put this one firmly on your list.

Because after years of watching Molly create magic from flour, butter and sugar - with warmth, laughter and irrepressible fun - we can finally step inside the world she has built, in real life.

Molly, bravo! We’re cheering you on all the way and can’t wait to visit!

Molly Wilkinson
www.mollyjwilk.com

13/10/2026

OK female founders - let’s talk about what it really takes to build an exceptional brand!

Do you ever find it easier to see what makes another woman’s business special than to explain what makes your own?

You can see her strengths, her point of difference, the things people love her for. But when it’s your turn to put it into words, somehow it’s so much harder.

Think about everything that goes into your business for a minute: the breadth of your experience and expertise.

Your vision, voice, visuals, values, vibe, offers, products, how you package and position it all - and that particular magic that only you can bring.

Your brand should capture ALL of that and more.

It should have a singular energetic frequency that pulls people in and make it impossible to ignore.

After 20+ years with an award-winning career in branding, public relations and marketing working for some of the world’s most iconic luxury brands, and commercially successful multi-nationals, I know what it takes to build a powerhouse brand.

And they don’t happen by chance: they’re intentionally curated from the inside out.

Because your brand isn’t just built through strategy alone, it’s transmitted through your energy and everything you do, say and create.

That’s where I start with the women I work with.

In this post, I’m sharing the EXACT STEPS behind my trademarked process, The Brand Magnetism Method™️, which walks you through the strategic foundations, step by step.

So if you’re a woman quietly building something of your own, please feel free to use it.

Save this for your next brand review, SHARE IT with a fellow founder whose business deserves to stand out and follow along for more tips.

©️ Belinda Furneaux-Harris 2026.
All Rights Reserved.

06/10/2026

There’s a new woman in town and she’s becoming one of the most interesting forces in business.

She isn’t 22, filming her morning routine from a manicured kitchen with a fresh matcha.

She’s 52 and knows her own mind.

She’s built departments, managed teams, navigated recessions, raised children and solved crises before breakfast.

And then, somewhere in messy midlife, the world decided she was too experienced. Too expensive. Too old to be considered “the future.”

So she took everything she knew - and built something of her own.

In the UK alone, 1 in every 3 entrepreneurs are now women and more than 150,000 are launching businesses each year.

And 43% of those businesses are now started by people over 50.

Yes, the savvy, accomplished, women restructured out (and probably the most highly-qualified in history), are taking matters into their own hands - we are launching consultancies, shops, studios, practices, tech companies and product brands like never before.

Some of us chose it.

Many began out of pure necessity.

And we shouldn’t romanticise that.

Being forced out at 52 and having to rebuild your income, identity and future from scratch isn’t empowerment.

But something powerful IS emerging.

As women, we are turning experience into equity.

Expertise into intellectual property.

Frustration into freedom.

For the past decade, our culture has been captivated by the young female influencer: paid for her visibility, beauty and ability to make somebody else’s brand desirable.

But perhaps the woman who’ll define the next decade won’t be selling somebody else’s vision.

She will be in her 50’s - building her OWN.

Because influence is changing shape.

The next expression of female power won’t come simply from being seen. It will come through ownership: women building brands, businesses, jobs and economic power on their own terms.

This is bigger than reinvention.

It could become one of the most significant seismic shifts in female economic power of our time.

This is an extract from my forthcoming book. SAVE it and follow Belinda Furneaux-Harris | Brand & Business Strategist. And, I’d love to know what you are building - or dreaming of starting?

©️ Belinda Furneaux harris 2026

02/10/2026

FOUNDER FRIDAY 06
LANDRACE BAKERY, BATH

Every Friday, I shine a light on one brilliant independent business - and the founder story behind it.

This week’s is tucked away on Walcot Street in Bath, England, and is a bakery that has quietly become something of a British food institution.

Landrace was founded by Andrew Lowkes whose career in artisan food included five years at London’s legendary Neal’s Yard Dairy, where he built relationships with some of Britain’s finest farmers and producers. It was through that world that he met Somerset cheesemaker Tom Calver and his wife, Mel - and from a shared belief in exceptional ingredients, provenance and British farming, the idea for Landrace began.

The premise was simple: make exceptional bread using speciality British grains, sourced directly from farmers and stone-milled locally. Today, Landrace is part bakery, part café, part flour mill - with the brilliant gem of a restaurant, Upstairs at Landrace above it.

And then there’s the food.

Beautiful sourdough loaves. Soft fluffy cardamom buns. Hazelnut praline cream buns. Fresh focaccia with roasted tomatoes. Fennel-studded sausage rolls. The cinnamon buns alone have been on the counter since day one - and people now travel from around the world to try them.

The Good Food Guide calls Landrace a Bath “city institution” and has named it one of Britain’s Best Bakeries 2026.

And perhaps the loveliest endorsement of all? Gallerist and Cereal co-founder rosa park / 박현선 told the Financial Times it’s her “favourite bakery in the world” - and her first stop whenever she returns home.

So if you’re coming to Bath, make Landrace Bakery part of your day. Pick up something delicious from the cafe, linger over lunch upstairs, take a loaf home with you and don’t forget to give them a follow.

📍Landrace Bakery, Cafe & Takeaway
59 Walcot Street
Bath
BA1 5BN

29/09/2026

Send this to your favourite Gen X sister 🤍

Over the past few weeks, something extraordinary has begun here.

What started as a story about one woman - 150 job applications and not a single interview - has become a global conversation.

From the UK to Australia, Europe, South America, Singapore, the USA, Canada and New Zealand, you have shared personal stories, sent hundreds of letters and challenged the enormous waste of experienced female talent.

But beneath the frustration, something has come through, again and again.

“I thought it was just me.”

Women with decades of experience and achievement describing how they’ve come to feel invisible. Questioning their worth. Quietly carrying the fear of what happens next, often without anyone knowing how difficult life has become.

I began this conversation because one story touched something deeply personal. It had happened to me too.

And if there’s one thing I want every woman reading this to know, it’s this: you are not alone, and what is happening to you is NOT a measure of your worth.

Your experience still matters. Your expertise still matters. Your brilliance and ambition still deserve somewhere to go.

This community can be a place where you no longer have to explain why this hurts, or pretend that you’re coping when you’re not.

And together, we are taking action.

① A letter calling on political leaders to address gendered ageism and the barriers Gen X women face in recruitment. Comment LETTER for a copy.

② Developing a proposal for critical policy changes governments, employers and recruiters need to make to begin levelling the playing field.

③ Helping professional women move from corporate careers or senior roles into self-employment, with a step-by-step game plan.

④ Teaching those of you building something of your own how to turn your expertise into a powerful brand and thriving business.

Thank you for being here. I hope having a space to share your stories and support each other helps. Even if today, all you needed was to know that someone understands.

Follow Belinda Furneaux-Harris | Brand & Business Strategist for updates on our next steps, and share this with a Gen X woman navigating her next career move.

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