I recently hosted a Salon Series talk for Coventry University on supporting Women in Academia and Business. The theme was Building Confidence and Beating Imposter Syndrome.

The session focused on building confidence and replacing unhealthy, toxic understandings of ‘success’, ‘knowledge’, ‘growth’, or ‘motivation’.

The space we created was safe, confidential, and fair. Everyone could share however much they wished, and whatever personal stories were shared stayed in the group.

As always, my approach will be creatively enriched by neuroscientific activities with well-being at the heart of the space. These psychologically safe environments are the foundation of openness and innovation. I will be enabling people to learn transferable skills, such as;

• Emotional intelligence and personal growth.

• Strategic thinking, problem-solving and decision-making.

• Confidence-building and communication skills.

• Team building and conflict resolution.

... This realization of how powerful and effective this resolve was changed my business objectives. I pivoted from the last ten years of business/personal development support. I wanted to dedicate myself solely to figuring out this activity as a universal opportunity for anyone feeling lost, overwhelmed, burnt out, or disconnected. To make a tangible difference in people's lives by utilising creativity to enrich wellness for people across the board...

On 16th September 2023, The Tin Music and Arts celebrated its 10th anniversary—a vibrant milestone for Coventry’s creative community. From July 2022 through August 2023, the Dynamic Potential Academy (DPA) had the privilege of running our Creative Wellness Group sessions at The Tin’s welcoming Community Space at Canal Basin…

… To mark The Tin’s 10th anniversary, our Creative Wellness Group was invited to exhibit selected works—a true honour and a testament to the power of community creativity.

How Your Home and Work Environment Affect Focus, Mood, and Productivity.

We spend most of our lives in just a handful of spaces — yet we often underestimate how much these environments affect our mental health, focus, creativity, and overall sense of well-being.

From home interiors to office desks, every element — lighting, clutter, colour, even smell — either supports or sabotages our mood and productivity.

Business in general comes hand in hand with promoting products/services, people still need to know about what you do; that brings the marketing dilemma and an assumed potential social media strategy.

Finding a unique balance between maintaining the best working environment for my brain and creating the best results for my clients has taken some trial and error…

… Grabbing any device I could at work, notifications pinging around left, right and centre, constantly open and ready to connect and talk, always on the go-go-go on every platform, selfie-ing my way through life, running events, sharing everything.

I didn't understand the repercussions of social media and the decline of:

- my mental health
- my authenticity, who was I?
- the quality of my work...

That moment.

When you realise…
• That feeling I should be working or doing something
• Something unknown and genuinely awful was going to happen
• That lurking, invasive feeling that something terrible is about to happen
• I should of said 'xwz' and now everything is going to crumble

… it doesn't have to be this way.

How can I put this understanding into practice?

It's helpful to be aware of these effects, so we are more conscious and able to manage them in our lives.

What this means is that you can manage your schedule and energy levels effectively

What an unusual statement from John Cleese about creativity, I thought. I am used to more flowery and intangible statements about creativity, but this sums it up so primally for me and how I like to operate. But I’ve found it is underestimated and misunderstood…