The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #MonthlyFeature #womanofthemonth - Virginia Woolf     Hello, and welcome back to the #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature. I am continuing this year on my quest to promote/shine a light on other women, especially...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth - Jane Austen     Hello and welcome back to the #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature for December Jane Austen.  Jane Austen was an English writer who first gave the novel its distinctly...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth - Louisa May Alcott     Hello and welcome back to the #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature for November  Louisa May Alcott, the well-known author of children's books Little Women (1868) and...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth - Queen Elizabeth II     Hello and welcome to the #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature for October. This month I want to deviate from celebrating women writers' lives and achievements but...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth - Agatha Christie     Hello and welcome to the #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature for September; this month is the turn of the legend Agatha Christie. I will not even attempt to enlist...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth - Isabel Allende     Hello and welcome to the #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature for August; this month is the turn of Isabel Allende.   ISABEL ALLENDE - EARLY LIFE   Isabel...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth - J K Rowling     Hello and welcome to #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature for July; this month is the turn of J K Rowling, the British author of the globally acclaimed series Harry...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth - Helen Keller     Hello and welcome to #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature for June. My tribute to women writers powers on with Helen Keller, an American author, lecturer and activist for...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth - Daphne du Maurier     Hello and welcome to another #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature. My tribute to women writers and their contributions continues with Daphne du Maurier. Daphne du...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth - Mary Wollstonecraft     Hello and welcome to another #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature. From now on, I'm going to use this monthly feature to pay tribute to women writers and their...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth - Ain't No Mountain High Enough     Hello and welcome to another #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature, talking about one of my lifetime inspirations and role models. This month Diana Ross....

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth     Hello and welcome to the 2nd #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature for this year, shining a spotlight this time on Pam Grout. If you have followed my blog for any time, you surely must...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth     Hello and welcome to the 1st #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature for this year, shining a spotlight on Simone de Beauvoir, one of my favourite writers of all time. Simone de Beauvoir...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth     In line with National Novel Writing Month, Joanna Penn is November's #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature, supporting one of my fellow indie authors. Joanna Penn is an Award-nominated,...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth     Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer is October's #TheWomanAlchemist monthly feature, and "I raise my eyes and say yes" is her story. Despite being severely disabled, she became an inspiring...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth     "Breathe it all in, Luxe it all out" is the catchphrase of Lorna Luxe, #TheWomanAlchemist for this month.  Lorna Luxe nee Lorna Andrews is an Instagram influencer with over 1.3...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth     "Test, fail, learn, grow, repeat" is the multimillion-dollar mantra of Sunny Lenarduzzi, #TheWomanAlchemist for this month.  Sunny has gone through an incredible journey from social...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth     Believe IT. Believe in yourself, your vision. In your dream. Above all, believe. Welcome to another #WomanOfTheMonth feature post this month covering Jamie Kern Lima. Jamie was a...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth     Be you. Be All In. Fall. Get Up. Try Again. Welcome to another #WomanOfTheMonth feature post, this month covering Brené Brown. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth   "Girl stop apologizing," says Rachel Hollis, The Woman Alchemist feature for this month. This monthly blog is all about shining a spotlight on women turning their metal into gold. Like, true...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth   Welcome to another #womanofthemonth feature post this month covering Melody Godfred and her creations: Fred and Far - A Self Love movement and The ABC of Love. I am incredibly passionate...

The PeopleAlchemist Edit: #theWomanAlchemist #Feature #womanofthemonth   I believe in women supporting other women to succeed. Hence, I recently restarted my monthly feature blog covering Women in Business. All about shining the spotlight on amazing women making...

THEPEOPLEALCHEMIST EDIT: #TheWomanalchemist #feature #womanofthemonth   A few years ago, I started a monthly feature blog covering Women in Business who have inspired me in the past and the present. These women were and are my personal choice. I have looked up to...

ThePeopleAlchemist Edit: Business & Lifestyle Experimentation for #TheWomanAlchemist #SmashYourCeiling #FashionFriday #LookThePart   "The Most Courageous Act Is Still To Think For Yourself. Aloud"  - Coco Chanel. It Is Easy To Get Lost In The Fast Fashion...

ThePeopleAlchemist Edit: Business & Lifestyle Experimentation for #TheWomanAlchemist #SmashYourCeiling -look the part     What Is The Power Of First Impressions?  According to Malcolm Gladwell in Blink: The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking people make...

There is no box but the one you put yourself in ... #SmashYourCeiling to Smash That Ceiling.   Think outside the box. I hate this expression: it implies that there is an actual way of being, doing things and that, somehow, we are different by "thinking outside...

Smash Your Ceiling to Smash That Ceiling   Women on Boards or lack of them is still a current topic - women in leadership represent 12 % of total global companies worldwide. Are you a woman who wants to progress in your career and become Board Director? Or do...

STOP IT! It is all in your head   The International Women' Day pledge for 2017 was #BeBoldForChange to create a more gender-inclusive world, blah blah blah...... In 2016 it was #PledgeForParity to help women achieve their ambitions and in 2018, #PressForProgress,...

"STOP IT! It's all in your head" - Smash Your Ceiling to Smash That Ceiling - Women Inspiring Women   There have been many debates, articles, directives, and initiatives around/for women in leadership, especially representation in the boardroom. Still, the killer...

ThePeopleAlchemist Edit: Women Inspiring Women   "STOP IT! It's all in your head" - Smash Your Ceiling to Smash That Ceiling   #TheWomanAlchemist is a special kind of breed. A woman takes charge and responsibility for her own life and advantage of the...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   "No matter what, show up! However, you show up, show up! "great words from Jacqui Burge - Founder and CEO of Desk Yogi and the last #TheWomanAlchemist interview part of the #SmashThatCeiling #womeninspiringwomen series...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   "Expect something great to happen every day, and it will," says Anna Cousins, the Founder/Owner of MyFitZone. A positive mindset is a common thread amongst #TheWomanAlchemist interviewed for the  #SmashThatCeiling...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   "Take a mindful approach to living and working," says Ute Amann-Seidel, #TheWomanAlchemist interviewed this week, part of the #SmashThatCeiling #womeninspiringwomen series giving an insight into successful female...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling     "Fit your activities around your own productivity map" - great advice from Rachel Carrell, the founder of Koru Kids (or the 'Airbnb' for nannies, as The Evening Standard called it).   KORU KIDS   The...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   "Let go of negativity and find a silver lining in everything," says Kirsten Rees - mindset is genuinely the great differentiators for/of successful people and a common thread amongst all #TheWomanAlchemist...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   "Mindset will take you all the way", says Yasmin Vorajee, the creator of Tiny Time Big Results continuing,  #TheWomanAlchemist #SmashThatCeiling #womeninspiringwomen interview series giving an insight into successful...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   TheWomanAlchemist #SmashThatCeiling #womeninspiringwomen interview series gives insight into successful female leaders/role models, and their mindset carries on, this week moving on in the world of recruitment.  ...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   "Stay stubborn and know your value" - words of wisdom from Claire Curzon, particularly appropriate following #InternationalWomensDay #PressForProgress pledge. TheWomanAlchemist #SmashThatCeiling  #womeninspiringwomen...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   "Don't let your situation prevent you from achieving great things"....... no excuses from Cheryl Luzet, another entrepreneur/female founder interviewed for #TheWomanAlchemist #SmashThatCeiling series,...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   #TheWomanAlchemist #SmashThatCeiling interview series continues with another entrepreneur / female founder, #womeninspiringwomen giving an insight into successful female leaders/role model and their mindset - this time...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   #TheWomanAlchemist #SmashThatCeiling interview series continues with another entrepreneur/woman in fashion ( it is Fashion Week/Month after all) - #womeninspiringwomen giving an insight into successful female...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   The fashion theme continues in #TheWomanAlchemist #SmashThatCeiling interview series, #womeninspiringwomen giving an insight into successful female leaders/role models and their mindset continues with Alexandra Wall,...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   #TheWomanAlchemist #SmashThatCeiling interview series, #womeninspiringwomen giving an insight in successful female leaders/role models and their mindset continues and this week, perfectly timed for Valentine's week and...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   #TheWomanAlchemist #SmashThatCeiling interview series, #womeninspiringwomen giving an insight into successful female leaders/role models and their mindset continues this week with the formidable Irina Bragin, the CEO...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   As promised last week in my blog featuring Sally Bunkham, CEO and Founder of Mum's Back, here is another #TheWomanAlchemist #SmashThatCeiling interview,  #womeninspiringwomen and giving an insight into successful...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash Your Ceiling   Last year, as I was writing my book to help and inspire women to achieve whatever they set their mind to, that being a staying at home mum of CEO of global corporations,  I came across many successful female...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash that ceiling!!!   The interview part of the series #Smashthatceiling #womeninspiringwomen and this week is a double pleasure and double values for you, my lovely readers, as I have the pleasure of interviewing  Ela...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash that ceiling!!!   This interview is part of the series #Smashthatceiling #womeninspiringwomen, an insight into some successful female leaders/role models and their mindset and an extract from the book "STOP IT! It is all in your...

Women Inspiring Women - Smash that ceiling!!!   Interview with Karen Green part of the series #Smashthatceiling #womeninspiringwomen, my attempt to provide other women with visible leadership role models, and this week is the turn of Karen Green, a food mentor,...

Women Inspiring Women: Smash That Ceiling!   This interview is part of the series #Smashthatceiling #womeninspiringwomen providing women in business visible leadership role models and I have the pleasure of bringing to you Emmajane Taylor- Moran, partner and Head...

Women Inspiring Women: Smash That Ceiling!   The obstacle to achieving greatness — or anything that you want — isn’t any external factor, but a person’s own fears and attitude. In this series of interviews #Smashthatceiling #womeninspiringwomen, I want to provide...

Women Inspiring Women: Smash That Ceiling! Interview with Rachel Dipper   This interview is an extract from the book "STOP IT! It is all in your head" available now. Some recent research carried out at the BI Norwegian Business School by Professor Øyvind L....

Women Inspiring Women: Smash That Ceiling!     "Believe in yourself - You can". If you want to be the best, you need to learn from the best. I have not invented this phrase – you can hear it from the lips of the most successful entrepreneurs, CEOs,...

The Woman Alchemist Review: Women Inspiring Women   In January, I started a monthly feature blog covering Women in Business who have inspired me in the past and the present. These women were and are my personal choice. I have looked up to them as examples,...

ThePeopleAlchemist Fashion Edit: inspiring women everywhere - style has no age   Welcome to Day 5 of our Fashion Edit: inspiring women - style has no age, interviewing Jacynth Bassett, Founder of The-Bias-Cut.com. ( If you have only joined us today here are the...

ThePeopleAlchemist Fashion Edit: inspiring women everywhere - style has no age     Hello, again lowly readers and welcome to  Day 4 of our Fashion editorial/interview with Jacynth Bassett, founder of The-Bias-Cut.com. Today we are talking about age. Age does...

ThePeopleAlchemist Fashion Edit series: what is a Bias cut? Hello and welcome to Day 3 of the Fashion Edit: inspiring women everywhere - style has no age. Today we talk with Jacynth about 'The Bias Cut' - What's in a name? What's in a cut? the bias cut Q: Hello again,...

The PeopleAlchemist Fashion Edit: inspiring women everywhere - style has no age     Hello again lovely readers; today, in our talk for the Fashion Edit style at any age series with Jacynth Bassett ( Founder of The-Bias-Cut.com), we go a bit deeper...  ...

ThePeopleAlchemist Fashion Edit: an interview with Jacynth Bassett of The-Bias-Cut.com   My blog was born after I found little lifestyle blogs for the modern-day business owner/entrepreneur wanting all things food, Fashion and lifestyle that ties in with their...

ThePeopleAlchemist Edit: #TheWomanAlchemist #Feature #Womanofthemonth     #TheWomanAlchemist for June is Josephine Baker, a mini obsession of mine. I can hear you saying: Laura, really?? What has "La Baker", a dancer and singer who became popular in France...

ThePeopleAlchemist Edit: #TheWomanAlchemist #Feature #Womanofthemonth     This Thursday, May 4, Audrey Hepburn would have celebrated her 88th birthday, and I cannot think of any other woman that would be more fit to be #TheWomanAlchemist for May. Again, I...

ThePeopleAlchemist Edit: #TheWomanAlchemist #feature #Womanofthemonth     "We have not... rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level with a European super-state…." Margaret Thatcher's speech to the...

ThePeopleAlchemist Edit: #TheWomanAlchemist #feature #Womanofthemonth     Last week I went to see Jackie Kennedy's biopic, which reminded me how much I admired her and the influence she had and continues to have in my personal and professional life. The...

ThePeopleAlchemist Edit: #TheWomanAlchemist #Feature #Womanofthemonth   It is month two of my feature monthly blog covering Women in Business who have inspired me. February #TheWomanAlchemist is Anna Wintour. A great inspiration for me both because she showed the...

ThePeopleAlchemist Edit: #TheWomanAlchemist #Feature #Womanofthemonth   Welcome to my new feature monthly blog covering Women in Business who have inspired me. In the past and the present. These are my personal choice, women I have looked up to as examples,...

ThePeopleAlchemist Edit: Women In Art - Yolandé Letshou   Yolande is a London based British Artist and entrepreneur with a passion and gift for fashion and art. She graduated in Journalism and worked in the media industry while painting and being commissioned for...