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06/11/2025

Another busy day with Education2Employment 💜✨

06/11/2025

Thank you Education2Employment for making these sessions available.

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26/10/2025

One of the 7 steps in is PLAY and as well as doing the 7 steps during my classes I also endeavour to live them in my daily life. Today thanks to and I got to play and have lots of Halloween Fun “we don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing” 🧙🏻‍♀️👻🎃

28/09/2025

Over the next few weeks as Menopause Awareness Month arrives, I will be speaking at lots of different events, as I prepare for those I was thinking about my public speaking journey.

Slide 4 is me in Primary 4 👧🏻🎭 — I was given the role of narrator because I could project my voice. But my love for speaking started even earlier, in Primary 2 at the Feis reciting "I Had a Little Nut Tree" (getting a very important certificate” 💜). By Primary 6, I was taking weekly Speech & Drama lessons, sitting yearly exams, and spending countless hours at Feis — building skills that have stayed with me ever since.

Fast forward 20+ years, and speaking isn’t a way to advertise my business — it "is" my business.

Over the past year I have challenged myself a bit more and last year spoke about Menstrual Health in a room of both Men & Women at an event organised by Ciaran May, afterwards Ciaran kindly shared this feedback.

“Joanne is a very accomplished public speaker and held the room full of 80 plus business owners in the palm of her hand which is no mean feat.
She prepared a fantastic pitch which for me was the stand out one of the night.”

Ciaran May - Natural Resilience Network

I am so grateful that My 1:1 diary is pretty full and word of mouth referrals keep me pretty busy, I also keep numbers small so my clients always get the best of me — my hands can only do so much, even though I talk with them too 😉). Speaking at events allows me to support alot more people.

I am looking forward to a busy month of speaking engagements

Together, we can make sure powerful conversations reach the people who need them most.
👏 Value your speakers. especially for women, who are more often asked to give their time for free.
👏 Support local event organisers.
👏 Value your own voice or whatever gift or talent you have been given and have spent time nurturing.

If you agree, show some love ❤️

22/09/2025

It’s Autumn Equinox today and as we focus on balance I am reflecting on how 9 years ago I ran my first Be Balanced Retreat in Italy. The wellness space was very different then and it felt like a huge leap of faith and yet one that felt so aligned it was the perfect next step. I have another fantastic group of women joining me this year and we have room for 1 or 2 more. If you or someone you know could benefit from 4 days of inviting Balance into your life in this very special place get in touch.