Finding Your Voice

Finding Your Voice programme is a series of workshops to support women in making the best use of their strengths and skills, improving opportunities and fulfilling their potential.

The most shared issue that crops up time and again for women is the lack of self-confidence, that my voice is not being heard. This presents itself by not progressing in a career, not having the confidence to step up, take on key roles, not being recognised or listened to in the workplace, or just being ‘stuck’ in what they do, who they are.

Finding Your Voice supports women to gain clarity and renewed purpose, to move beyond self-doubt, overcome fears and inner blocks, to become more confident and courageous, build resilience and to become powerful communicators, and identifying and actioning changes.

Finding Your Voice not only benefits women but also contributes to a more inclusive and equitable workplace culture. By empowering women with the necessary skills and confidence, organisations can actively combat unconscious gender biases and promote diversity across the organisation.

As an organisation, you may be currently looking to address:

  • A lack of women being promoted or even staying in the organisation
  • Lack of gender diversity at all levels
  • A lack of inclusivity, collaboration, and a non-empathetic culture, resulting in poor morale
  • Toxic competitiveness and poor, ineffective communication across teams
  • A lack of visibility of women at all levels of the organisation, especially leadership

You may want to support women in your organisation to feel empowered and safe, to speak up, be heard and see action taken.

Delivery

I have designed a flexible coaching workshop and training process to meet the needs of both organisations and the women working within them.

Clients working with me report:
• More women feeling confident and safe to speak up
• More women putting themselves forward for promotions
• More women contributing in meetings
• More women having the courage to have difficult conversations
• More women taking action.

Our deepest fear is not that we’re inadequate, our deepest fear is that we’re powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. But our playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others!

Taken from the poem: Our Deepest Fear, by Marianne Williamson

How FYV has made a difference for women…

  • It feels as though I’ve been on a journey, some of which was painful at times, but one that was well worth taking in order to move my career forward. Coaching has challenged my perceptions and help me gain clarity about what I am looking for in my future career. It has helped me take a step back, look at things objectively and made me change my mind set. I now feel that I am much more open minded with a wider perspective.
  • In the four months since we started meeting, my attitude towards life has changed tremendously. Thinking positively has become second nature, and I now have a clear vision of what my goals in life are.
  • My career has hit a bit of a rut after a year off on maternity leave and I found myself in a very different role to one I had left. My confidence was low and I was struggling to see what value I was adding to my role and what my options for the future were.
  • These workshops really helped me turn this around. Through their sympathetic manner and ability to challenge my thinking through insightful questions, my perspective started to shift.
  • I gained real clarity around my strengths and values and explored how I felt when these were challenged. They helped me turn around my thinking, leaving me confident and empowered to take control and make significant changes in my working life.
  • It feels as though I’ve been on a journey, some of which was painful at times, but one that was well worth taking in order to move my career forward. These workshops have challenged my perceptions and help me gain clarity about what I am looking for in my future career. It has helped me take a step back, look at things objectively and made me change my mindset. I now feel that I am much more open minded with a wider perspective.
  • The change in me from starting the workshop to now is incredible. When I started the workshops, I realised that I’d lost my mojo over the last couple of years. Since then, I’ve definitely got it back.
  • What I’ve achieved in terms of starting a business in 5 months compared to what I have achieved in the last 5 years is incredible. The workshop gives you the tools to identify what is holding you back and how to utilise that knowledge to your advantage.

What if……?

SHE LET GO …. without a thought or a word, she let go.
She let go of the fear.
She let go of the judgements.
She let go of the opinions swarming around her head.
She let go of the committee of indecision within her.
She let go of all the “right” reasons. Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
She didn’t ask for advice. She didn’t read a book on how to let go. She just let go.
She let go of all the memories that held her back.
She let go of all the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.
She let go of all the planning and all the calculation, about how to do it just right.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be. A smile came over her face. A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and moon shone forever more.

She Let Go, by Ernest Holmes (1887 – 1960)