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Passionate small business owner with a heart for volunteering 🌍 Enjoy mentoring tomorrow’s changemakers ✨ Advocate for Type 1 diabetes awareness 🩺 Believer in collaboration, kindness, and a good cuppa. Stop by for a chat 😊
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Teenage Beatrix Potter, English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist, with her pet mouse, Xarifa, in 1885 #womensart

Wednesday greetings, I’m off to a local school to assist with careers day, always an interesting and inspiring day. Education and business partnerships work well #Careers #students #education #business

“Build bridges, not walls” Pope Francis. Simple but powerful advice #TuesdayTip #SmallBusinessOwners #MicroBiz #WomeninBusiness #Life

Yuko Shimizu, New York based award winning Japanese illustrator #WomensArt #Monday

✍️ #NaPoWriMo is here with the challenge to write a poem a day! Throughout April, The Poetry Society will be featuring poetry writing prompts created by poets that we've worked with recently through competitions, publications and projects. Today's 'Endings and Beginnings' prompt is from (...)

Build a Team! Together Everyone Achieves More #TuesdayTip #WomeninBusiness #SmallBiz

So ready for the long weekend #HappyEaster

Active April - Day 15: Get active by singing today (even if you think you can’t sing!) actionforhappiness.org/active-april #ActiveApril

If you’re using AI for business, e.g. ChatGPT make sure you’ve given thought to your prompts, the response quality will only reflect the quality of the question. #TuesdayTip #SmallBusiness #womeninBusiness

Love this palm tree lined walkway 🌴

“Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.” Brené Brown We change our minds. We make mistakes. We feel unsure, messy, and still, we move forward. Being human. 🧡 #kindness #positivity Picture by Nikki Miles

‘I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.’ ― Maya Angelou writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

Remember to look after you whilst you are looking after your business. Your health is your wealth #smallbusinessowner #microbusiness #TuesdayTip #WomeninBusiness

“There is no need to apologise for being yourself.” Paulo Coelho You’re allowed to take up space. You’re allowed to make mistakes. You’re allowed to feel what you feel. You’re allowed to show up, fully as you are. 🧡 #kindness #connection Picture by self-care recipe

📍Kotor, Montenegro 🇲🇪

Had no idea that shingles could be so painful! 😥

And here’s the whole gang… 🩷💛💜💚🩵 www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art #GardenGang #BritishBirds #GardenBirds #Spring #BlueTit #Chaffinch #Yellowhammer #Bullfinch #CoalTit #Goldfinch #LongTailedTit #Nuthatch #BirdArt #WildlifeArtist

Being well connected in your business community is like having your own team of advisors. Extremely useful to a #smallbusinessowner #tuesdaytip #WomeninBusiness

In other news, the same council has declared "a climate crisis".

“Connection is why we’re here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.” Brené Brown Just checking in to see how you are…Sending positive ripples your way today. Because sometimes, the smallest check-in can mean the most.🧡 #kindness #positivity #connection Picture by Art of Brilliance

Happy weekend everyone, make it a good one. Slow day here for me, going with the flow, after a little stroll 😊

Cheers! #Friday

These municipalities are literally handing out free chickens to residents as part of their sustainability strategy and the results are remarkable. ➡️ Each chicken can consume up to 150kg of food waste annually #CircularEconomy 🔗 www.bbc.com/future/a...

'Cherry Blossom' painting by contemporary U.S impressionist style painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt #Spring

UK contemporary sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #womensart

One of us is 12 feet tall 😀

#TuesdayTip #SmallBusinessOwner Let your customers’ feedback shape your messaging—highlight what they love about you instead of making generic claims. #WomeninBusiness

Fascinating afternoon at the Cure Parkinson’s research day hearing about new drugs trials - but appalled that the bureaucratic and regulatory hurdles which mean trials take many years seem to be getting worse

Pizza night 😀 at Mia’s Kitchen

Blue skies and sunshine #FloridaVibes

Thames Water's £3 billion loan will include £898 million in consultancy fees and interest payments. And they plan on forcing customers to pay for it. We can't keep rewarding them for failure. Public ownership of our water is the only option.

We all expect good customer service when we buy. To provide a GREAT service, customer expectations must be exceeded. Go above and beyond and customers will come back for more. #TuesdayTip #SmallBusiness #WomeninBusiness #MicroBiz #CustomerService