Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Claire Gates Fleming is a powerhouse Business Strategy Coach, specialising in helping ambitious mumpreneurs launch, scale, and monetise their businesses strategically. With 14 years of experience in corporate sales management, Claire knows the ins and outs of building profitable business mod…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Marie Thom is a big knickers wearer, frantic chin plucker, gin lover and muffin-top fighter who worships at the altar of the incontinence liner. She draws her eyebrows in which are balding at an alarming rate, along with her nether regions. She doesn’t draw those in because that would be jus…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Sarah Knight is an award-winning human skills and leadership coach, trainer, facilitator and workplace culture consultant. She’s a behaviour changemaker, a business, performance and resilient mindset coach helping individuals and organisations develop success mindsets embedding positive beha…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Heather Rose is a Social Media Mentor and Organic Facebook Marketing Specialist. She is the driving force behind Pink Fizz Social, using her expertise and intense knowledge of Facebook and other social media platforms to help businesses grow. She is a passionate social media mentor dedicated…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Jane Iskander is an Occupational Therapist, Coach and Death Cafe host. She creates supportive conversations around living with diagnosis and illness, death and dying, from the heart and with humour, (go on ask her more!) Passionate about helping people who’ve become trapped by life's changes…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Welcome to Episode 25!!! It feels like a such a milestone! So what better way to mark the occasion than by being my own guest! Join me as I take you on MY journey - from my school days through to where I am now. I share with you my experiences of bullying, my career....from being a professio…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Victoria is an African Oracle (a gifted intuit and seer), helping unfulfilled leaders to close those life disrupting gaps in their life by offering powerful intuitive guidance so that they can fall in love with their personal and professional life. Victoria has spent over 20 years heading so…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Natalie’s vision for life is to live with freedom, fun and funds. Life is too short to be miserable and people are so often trapped in lives that do not serve them. She believes everyone can have the life they truly desire if they learn to unleash their inner confidence. She is a business an…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Carol Driver is a journalist with more than 25 years' experience working for newspapers and magazines - most recently as Femail Editor at MailOnline. Now freelancing, Carol has written stories for publications including The Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Sun, Closer, Woman's Own and more. For th…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Debbie Baisden is an Essex Pub Landlady and Actress. In her mid-forties Debbie revisited her ambition to perform on stage. Since then, she has created her alter ego Dolly Slatemen, written two one woman shows, performed standup at national festivals and is now touring with her show Menopause…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Naomi Holbrook is The Unconventional Weightloss Coach Naomi helps women release the literal and metaphorical weight they’ve been carrying around for years to reclaim their life and their confidence through her unique & simple S.M.A.R.T Formula 10 Years ago, at 39 Naomi transformed her own li…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Sarah Cawood was a staple on our televisions in the 90s and 00s, getting bitten by the performance bug as a child. She was a talented dancer and trained at the Royal Ballet School and Arts Educational Schools before going on to have a career onstage in the Vienna Festival Ballet Company and …

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Kayleigh Dixon is a Movement Is Medicine Instructor and Life Coach. She wants to give as many as possible that Friday feeling! What you can expect from a session...... THE METHOD MEDITATION 30 MINS DANCE 30 MINS NEUROSCIENCE BACKED. SOMATIC INFORMED. Movement is Medicine™ (MIM) classes begin…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Lucia Craddock is a manifesting and vision coach, passionate about empowering women to create and live a high vibrational life, reach their full potential and find their aligned purpose. As well as working 1:1 with clients, Lucia runs one day vision retreats and is hosting the first high vib…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Lisa is a Global Business Strategist and Sunday Times Bestselling author who makes 90% of her money through passive or semi-passive income streams. She is the founder of That Strategy Co, an innovative and unique space providing a new standard of training for online business owners. Frustrat…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Maxine always loved to read and write! She learned to do both before she even started school. Right from when she was little, her parents gave her the most wonderful gifts of books. Maxine would lose herself for hours in other people's adventures, and couldn't imagine what her life would be …

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Sue Welby is the founder of “Littlelifesteps” affectionately known by children and parents as the "Wee and Poo Lady," "Poo Ninja," "Potty Princess," and "SuperSue." Sue is here to help parents tackle their biggest challenges with play, fun, and a special sprinkle of her child development kno…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Anne-lie North, founder of NutraLei, dedicated to helping busy and overwhelmed individuals uncover the root causes of their health-related symptoms, empowering them to live life to the fullest. She believes that life shouldn’t be a persistent struggle with ongoing health issues, offering per…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Louise Simpson has been helping people organise their lives and homes for 5 years across Essex (and the UK by Zoom). She has shared her expertise on BBC Radio 4; BBC Essex; podcasts and was also a co-author on Amazon Bestseller ‘Ready to Rise’. Louise is also a 5 year member of the Associati…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! One of the longest-serving CEOs of a UK air ambulance service, Jane was awarded the IoD East of England Director of the Year Award in the Public/Third Sector category in 2018. Jane was also a Trustee on the AAUK Board from 2016 to 2020, which supports the air ambulance community. Jane was ap…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Leanne Wood is the founder of Amazing Vibrant Life and works as a Transformational Mind Coach. She had a challenging upbringing and was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of five, which lead her to struggle with many negative beliefs . The last 15 years she's focussed on becoming the very be…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Haley White is a trainer, facilitator and public speaker, with a focus on workplace wellbeing training. With a degree in Business Psychology and an MSc in Organisational Psychology, lived experience of mental health issues and having run a wellbeing centre in Greece, Haley is well placed to …

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Cat is super passionate about teaching you how to fall back in love with yourself and reconnect with your inner joy. She loves to facilitate this through her unique blend of laughter yoga, reiki and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming.) Before following her calling to bring more joy into the w…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Nikki has been self-employed for 23 years, during which time she created a seven figure brand for a US client, bought a business out of administration with her late partner and achieved a £1.6m turnover in the 14 months after he died, subsequently selling it for 6 figures. ​She is a widow an…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Simone is a 52 year old mother of two who lives (and loves!) to swim in the sea. She is passionate about the benefits of cold, and in the summer warm water swimming and isn't embarrassed to say she spends most of her time talking about it or doing it!! She grew up on the South Coast and most…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! This week I'm chatting to Naomi Jordan- a compassionate midwife who has transitioned into an empowering relationship coach. We chat about first jobs, major life changes and what could be holding us back! With her nurturing nature and deep understanding of human connections, Naomi guides coup…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Born and raised in Nakuru, Kenya from the age of three, spirituality has been a part of Kiran's life. As she grew older, she felt that there was more to life than just existing and that was when she discovered that she had the gift of healing. She is now a qualified and insured Reiki Master …

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! Lauren Westwood is a Senior Leader with Tropic Skincare. She is passionate about the brand and absolutely adores the products! A beautician with 25 years experience, she loves to educate people on how they can achieve their healthiest skin. She runs skincare workshops, 1:1 consultations and …

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! This week I'm joined by my lovely friend and mentor Emma Hine. Emma Hine is a Certified Business Strategist, helping ambitious people to grow a business they love. She ran a successful million-pound e-commerce business, which ended up taking over her life which is why she is so passionate ab…

Thanks so much for listening! I’d love to hear from you!! * LAUNCH EPISODE * Joining me to kick off The Sisterhood....In Session Podcast is one of my oldest friends, Victoria Leigh. We talk first jobs, business journeys and pick apart what it takes to build a business from the ground up. There's been blood sweat and tears but also a lot of laughs a…

If like me you have found the terms powernet, power mesh and stretch mesh confusing then this episode for you. After finally finishing my Willowdale bra this week I thought it would be fun to talk about these fabrics that create the foundations of our lingerie and swimwear but can be used for many more applications. So this week I wanted to share m…

Fabric scissor and shears are such an important tool when it comes to sewing and dressmaking. There is a lot of tips and advice out there about how to care for and sharpen them and so I wanted to explore with you who says what and my thoughts on the pros and cons of each recommendation. In this episode I'll share with you the difference between all…

FREE Pattern and chance to win Prizes with this week's guest from Maison Fauve (see link below) I was delighted to finally get chance to talk with the passionate Emilie Faurie of the French pattern and fabric brand, Maison Fauve recently. I've been following her wonderful creations on Instagram and got to try out the beautiful Cicadella Blouse patt…

When we are making clothes for ourselves, the process of creating and fitting those clothes is intimately tied to our bodies. And if there is internal conflict or self-doubt associated with our body then that can impact our enjoyment and success in creating garments that we love. In this week's episode I wanted to shed light on the importance of fo…

It's coming up to the festive season and if you are like me, you might be thinking about sewing with silky festive fabrics. It's also a time when we might want to create outfits with particular design features that give them more of a dressy feel. I wanted to get some tips for you on how to sew these silky fabrics as they can be tricky to handle an…

Hey there my lovely! 🧵✨ Welcome to this Pyjama Party episode where we're all about getting comfy in style. Mystery of the Perfect Pyjama Pattern I've been on a mission to find patterns that are not just cozy but also show off your style! From relaxed fits to chic designs, I've explored a few that might just tickle your fancy. But which ones? Ah, yo…

In this heartwarming episode I wanted to share inspiring stories from the lovely ladies at my local sewing shop which demonstrate the profound impact that sewing communities have on our well-being. None of this would be possible for them without the positive influence of small business owner Elaine Bell of Sewing B (Belle) in Stapleford near Nottin…

Have you ever considered the impact of your sewing stories? In this episode I'm delighted to be joined by Barbara Burman, the author of "The Point of the Needle, Why Sewing Matters." Barbara is a historian with a deep interest in material culture, particularly in textiles and dress. In our chat Barbara shares her upbringing in a country vicarage, s…

Thank you so much for joining me for this episode of the Sew Mindful podcast where I delve into the delightful yet sometimes daunting world of making handmade gifts. As we approach the festive season, a time renowned for gift-giving, I explore the intricate balance between the joy of creating personalized presents and the potential stress it can br…

Want ideas for a lovely party dress? Well I was delighted to get to try this pattern for the Lily Button Dress by Made Label and in this episode I will share my thoughts on the pattern, the techniques involved and my lessons from this make. The lovely SJ of Made Label also has generously popped by to leave a quick message about what she has been up…

Terrified of sewing buttonholes in knit fabrics? If the mere thought sends shivers down your spine, fear no more! My special guest and sewing friend, Melanie Keane, recently mastered this technique, and has joined me to guide you through this sometimes daunting task. Mel is no stranger to the podcast, sharing how she started sewing in her fifties i…

I'm delighted to be joined in this episode by the incredibly talented Mette Baillie, a couture dressmaker with a wealth of experience that spans a lifetime. Mette's journey into the world of couture dressmaking began at the age of 9 when she crafted her very first outfit. That initial spark ignited a lifelong passion that eventually led her to beco…

Have you been looking for a fabric that helps you transition effortlessly between seasons? French terry, a unique, stretch fabric, often remains the unsung hero of the fashion world. We explore its various versions, from organic cotton to bamboo, and even luxury fibres like Cashmere and Merino wool. You'll discover why French terry is ideal for lay…

I'm delighted to welcome you back to join me for the second part of my chat with Pamela Legget, an influential sewing teacher since the '80s. If you missed the SPECIAL OFFER last week then listen out for that in this episode. This episode will be a treasure trove of knowledge as Pamela divulges her expert tips and strategies for solo fitting and th…

Get ready for a delightful and enlightening chat with the one and only Pamela Legget, the sewing legend herself. We had so much to talk about that I've split our chat into two parts so you'll get a cheeky bonus episode next week - YAY! LISTEN OUT FOR HER SPECIAL OFFER In part 1 we'll be pulling back the curtain on Pamela's unique approach to patter…

Ever wondered how to hem stretchy fabrics without experiencing uneven hems, puckering, stretching, thread breakages, and skipped stitches? I've got the inside scoop for you. This episode is jam-packed with techniques, tools, and tricks that I've learned from my personal sewing journey - insights I wish I had when I started! From determining what pr…

It's that transitional season time and if you are like me you might be reaching for those longer sleeves or comfortable layers to keep you warm. In this episode I'm sharing some of my jumper pattern successes and also my jumper pattern fails. I'll give you all the details from fabric requirements, size ranges, and my personal insights on modifying …

Can bamboo fabric be the real deal - an environment-friendly, versatile option for clothing? Are we ignoring a sustainable solution that might revolutionize the fashion industry? Join me as I attempt to unravel the facts surrounding bamboo fabric, discussing its properties, misconceptions, and sustainability. I share details of how it's cultivated …

Ever bought more fabric than you can sew? Join me as Yvette Todd of Stash Hub shares an amazing solution to this common problem of managing your fabric stash! She talks about her own sewing ventures, her sewfruity23 Challenge and the wonderful features of the Stash Hub app that she and her husband, Doug, have developed. Plus,she has a special treat…

Get ready to breathe new life into your wardrobe! Ever looked at your clothes and wished they could be as unique and stylish as you are? Hold onto that thought, as Elise Sinclair of Elise's Sewing Studio is here to help you revamp existing garments into fresh, trendy pieces. From shortening trousers and sleeves to swapping hardware, and more, we di…