The Empowerment Project

08/09/2026

ONLINE meetup is tonight at 7.30pm!☝️

🤔 Have you got an idea that keeps popping into your head? You think it could work, but then you start wondering how you'd fit it in, whether now's the right time, whether you can actually pull it off — so it just sits there on the "one day" list.

I had a project doing exactly that to me — a community programme I want to get going. It needs more than just me to happen, and I wasn't sure of the steps, so I did the thing I get my coaching clients to do. I made a mind map.

I put the project in the middle and got every piece out around it — what I actually want from it, who else it needs, where it fits with everything else, all the bits swimming round in my head. Seeing it in one place changed everything. It went from one big overwhelming thing to a handful of steps I could actually start on — including the people I need to bring in.

😇 If you've got something you keep putting off, try it. Grab a piece of paper, put the thing in the middle, and get every piece out around it before you get bogged down in the how. Once it's all laid out in front of you, it stops feeling so stuck 🗺️

If you'd like ideas and support alongside other women in business and corporate roles, come along to our Empowered Women's Network online tonight at 7.30pm. Once the women come in we just naturally evolve the chat to the needs of the moment....will it be about Mind Maps tonight or something else - maybe how to get your business out to more people??

Click the link in comments and join us at 7.30pm to find out for yourself! It's FREE and you are welcome, even if it is a first time for you!

💛 Link's in the first comment.

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01/09/2026

☝️Have you been thinking about updating your goals, creating a new vision and mapping out the pathway to achieving them - but just don’t know where to start?!🚀

😊Then this opportunity is made for you! Come and join us at Lincoln Event Centre on Monday 9th November at 6pm!

Step back from the everyday and gain clarity on what you want your life to look like in the years ahead. Guided by Jane Elley from The Empowerment Project, this inspiring workshop explores practical goal setting and creative vision board techniques to help you shape what comes next. Whether you’re...

01/09/2026

FREE Empowered Women’s Network meetup is tomorrow morning — come and join us.😇
Wednesday 2nd September, 11am at the Wigram Hotel. 🚀 Grab a ☕️, and join women like you for some fabulous ideas, inspiration and to share what you do too!👍.
Whether you're in business, working from home, or just keen for a bit of connection with other women, you're welcome. Come on your own or bring a friend along.
Have a watch of the wee reel I made — it'll give you a feel for the group and the sort of women who come along. Then come and see for yourself.
See you there.😊. Check the link in comments 🔗

29/08/2026

😊What a lovely evening with the West Melton Women’s Group this week!✨

I was so pleased to be invited along as their guest speaker and to meet such a lovely group of women. 💕

I shared a little about my own journey — from building my first business over 29 years, through to creating ‘The Empowerment Project’ and why helping women get unstuck and move forward in their business, career or life is something that means so much to me.

What I do today has been built from a lifetime of experience, lessons, challenges, successes, mistakes and my own journey of figuring things out along the way.
Because sometimes we don't need more information.

We need to step back, get clear on what we actually want, recognise what might be holding us back, and work out what to do next!💡

We also did a little goal-setting exercise together — and I hope there were a few ideas, realisations and personal lightbulb moments along the way! ✨

I thoroughly enjoyed being part of their evening and loved the opportunity to connect with women at different stages of life and work.

And if you're a woman in the West Melton or wider Selwyn area who would enjoy getting out once a month, meeting new people, having dinner, hearing a different speaker each time and enjoying some social connection with other women, I’d definitely recommend joining their group. 🥂

It was a lovely evening of meeting up with friends, making new connections and sharing a few ideas — all in the beautiful setting of Larcomb Vineyard 🌿🍷

Thank you for having me — I thoroughly enjoyed being your guest. ❤️

27/08/2026

Hi ladies 😊
Quick one for you today 👇

When did you last actually stop and think about what a really good normal day looks like for you? Not a holiday. Just an ordinary day, but with a lovely twist — done exactly how you'd want it 🌸

I've made a wee resource to help you do just that. You grab a cuppa, set a timer, and just write — where you wake up, what you're up to, who's around you, how you feel. Don't overthink it, don't fix the spelling, just let it come out naturally! ☕

It sounds simple, but it's a great one when you're feeling overwhelmed, you've lost sight of your why, or you just want a bit more say over where you're heading. Once you can actually see that 'ideal day', you start noticing the little gaps between it and your normal Thursday — and that's where things quietly start to shift 💛

Want a copy? Drop a 🚀 in the comments and I'll send it over.

Jane x

24/08/2026

☀️ 8 days until spring!

Even on a sunny Christchurch day like today, that little hint of spring makes you breathe in and go… "ahhh, a fresh start's coming." 🌱

A bit more optimism. A bit more energy. That feeling of "right, time to get moving again."

Is there something you've been putting off?

☝️ That business idea you keep coming back to. Something you've been wanting to change. A decision you've been going round in circles on.

And the questions that go with it — can I actually make this work? Do I have the time? Is now the right time?

I've been sitting with exactly this myself. So this week, instead of worrying about it, I'm taking a step back and looking at it properly:

🌱 What do I actually want, and why?
🌱 Where does it fit around everything else?
🌱 What actually needs doing?
🌱 Who do I need to bring in?

I'm not letting myself get stuck on the "how" yet. Once it's laid out in steps in front of me, the how always gets easier to work out. 😊

I'd love to know what it is for you. What have you been thinking about, or wondering if you could actually make work?

💛 And if you're after some connection with other women figuring out their next steps too — come along to our Empowered Women's Network meetup this Wednesday.👇👇👇

Each month we give one of our members the spotlight to share what they do, pass on a bit of inspiration and ideas, and remind us all what's possible. It's a warm, uplifting hour or so of feel-good support to set you up for the day and the month ahead — women in business, women in corporate, and women who are simply ready for something different.

You're very welcome to join us 👉 Lincoln The Famous Grouse
9.30 - 10.45 am. Restaurant area. Grab a cuppa. FREE to join our group. Be ready to tell us a bit about you and share in the great chat and vibe! https://form.jotform.com/janeelleyempowermentproject/the-empowerment-network

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14/08/2026

👋 I often hear things like…

"I'll put my business out there once I'm ready" 🙋‍♀️ "Once I'm all sorted… once the website's done, once I've finished the course, once I've had the photoshoot, or I'm back from holiday, or I feel a bit more confident…" or whatever it is!

😚The problem with all this waiting is that while we sit tight for "ready," opportunities diminish, enthusiasm wanes and motivation quietly disappears.

☝️And after that come the explanations — oh, I'm not really that interested in my own business now, or the timing mustn't have been right, or I'll wait for a "sign"… or whatever other reason pops up to excuse the analysis paralysis that caused the stuckness in the first place.

If that's where you find yourself right now, and you'd love to move on from it, I've got a resource pack that helps you do exactly that. ☝️ Message me to find out more!

So - who else has been waiting to feel "ready"? !!💛😑

"Get unstuck. Step up. Build what's next."

11/08/2026

Where are you right now? 🤍
☝️Not where you think you should be. Not where you were last year. Just… today.
Most of the women I work with aren’t short on capability — they’re somewhere in the middle of this scale, quietly stuck and sure everyone else is further ahead. (They’re not. 💫)
😇So — where’s your marker today?
If you’d love a hand nudging it toward “moving,” I have a fabulous free ‘Start Before You’re Ready’ workbook waiting for you — link in my bio, or just message me.
I’d love to hear where you’re at. 💛
“Get unstuck. Step up. Build what’s next.”
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11/08/2026

☝️ Right, this one's for you if you've been feeling a bit stuck lately. 👋

You're probably working hard but somehow you're just not getting where you want to go — not fast enough, or maybe not at all. We all find ourselves in that place at some stage, and it's not a fun place to be! 🙃

The thing is, when it's overwhelming or worrying, that makes it worse. You can go into overdrive trying to push harder, or suddenly drop what was working and try a random list of great ideas other people came up with, and go and start five new things!

Instead — it's time to stop for a minute and take a proper look at where you actually are.

What's going well, and there's usually more than you'd think. What's not. And where all your energy's been disappearing to, because some of it's leaking away somewhere you haven't even noticed.

So here's a wee challenge. Grab a pen, give yourself five quiet minutes, and have a go at these:

✏️ What's one thing that's actually working, that I don't give myself enough credit for?
✏️ What's quietly draining me?
✏️ Where am I second-guessing myself instead of just getting on with it?

You don't have to fix a single thing today. Just notice. Half the time, when we take a little while to work ON our business or job instead of just flat out IN it, we can see the wood for the trees — and clarity comes the moment you see it written down in front of you.

That's the kind of thing I help you do on a Clarity call — not pressuring you into big decisions, just a chance to clear the air and give you a breather amongst the rush of daily reality. So if you'd value a proper chat about where you're at and what's next, come and have one with me. ☕message me for more on that 📲📞

Let’s get you “Get unstuck. Step up. Build what's next”.