Rise & Shine Queen!

‘And Still I Rise’ is the famous poem by Maya Angelou. Have you read it? It’s a reminder that no matter what we’ve gone through, we can still rise. We’ve read it at one, or two, of our previous conferences. For me and many others, the pandemic hasn’t been the only challenge that brought us low, and left us wanting to rise. And I still felt a sense of rising within me, and for us women, so knew it was a part of this year’s, 2022, theme. A part of it but not all of it, as this year we are to shine. Yep, that’s right Rise and Shine.

Then I thought, it’s the Queen’s platinum jubilee. Although, I’m certainly not a royalist, I still think it worth commemorating because it reminds me of the queen within me. And there we have the theme for The Women Like Me L&B Conference 2022… Rise & Shine Queen.

28 February 202228 February 2022

Honouring The Power Of Women

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself
– COCO CHANEL

Women Power

We are now in March, Women’s History Month, which is nationally known for celebrating women and spreading awareness on women’s history and independence. So this month we will be focusing on women’s rights and the women in history that have inspired us ladies here at The Like Me CIC. Stay tuned for this months weekly blogs all based upon powerful, inspiring women.

Keep reading to find out more about Women’s History Month and Women’s Independence Day.

21 February 202221 February 2022

Leading With Kindness

Choose Kindness

What does it mean to be kind?

Kindness may be described as a positive act towards ourselves and others. We must choose to be kind everyday by making a conscious decision to do something kind whether big or small.

You can show kindness in your day to day lives by holding open a door for someone, smiling at people, being present and listening or even giving a friendly compliment. These small acts of kindness may not seem like a lot but they really can brighten someone’s day, making others feel happy and loved.

There are so many ways to show kindness but remember to be kind to yourself as well as everyone else because you deserve it too! Kindness positively affects our wellbeing improving our life and mood, aiding us to give back and pour kindness into others.

Whether it be positive self-talk, building healthy habits or acts of self-care such as reading your favourite book or setting aside time for downtime, consciously do acts of kindness for yourself too.

31 January 20223 February 2022

Re Write Your story, Own Your Dignity.

“Change your story, change your life. Divorce the story of limitation and marry the story of the truth and everything changes.”
-Tony Robbins

What’s your story?

Everyone has a story whether they are aware of it or not.

Throughout life we subconsciously give everything a meaning which plays out on autopilot in our day to day lives, manifesting more of what we believe until we become aware of the stories we tell ourselves and change them.

10 January 20227 January 2022

New Year, New Opportunities

New Year, New You?

We’ve entered into a new year and many have decided their new year resolutions or set goals for themselves. Others have distanced themselves from goal-setting at the beginning of the year and are asking themselves: ‘Why should I plan in this time of uncertainty when things aren’t going to plan anyways?’.

So should you create goals for yourself? Why or why not?

And if goal setting is the way to go, how do we go about it effectively? Let’s find out!

5 January 20224 January 2022

Empower Yourself Through Self-Awareness (Part II)

In the first part of this blog series, we looked into what self-awareness is and why it’s important. But how do we build self-awareness?

Read this blog to find out!

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Empower Yourself Through Self-Awareness (Part I)

Growing up we’re trained to be aware of our surroundings and whatever’s happening externally. But are we truly aware of ourselves?

When we focus on ourselves, that’s where the magic begins…

In this article, we’ll look into what self-awareness is and why it’s important.

What is self-awareness?

Self-awareness means to get a good understanding of our feelings, thoughts and behaviours. It’s the foundation to learning who we are, embracing ourselves and building genuine self-confidence.

20 December 202116 December 2021

The Habit Of Persistence

Do you feel like giving up?

2021 has been a rollercoaster of a year! And at such a time, giving up on our dreams can seem more easier than it would have been before. So how do we persist to make our dreams come true?

The Power Of Persistence

Persistence is in fact sustained effort. You cannot achieve your goals without sustained effort, right? Persistence is the key ingredient for our success.

13 December 202110 December 2021

How To Own Your Power

Are you completely owning your power in life? One of the biggest resolutions we can make this coming year is to own our power! Read more to find out how you can step into your power!

Your Power Is Within You

To own our power we must, first and foremost, realise that it’s within us. Your power lies within you and you can choose to own it and exercise it as much as you want!

The moment we tell ourselves that our power has been taken away from us or that we’ve given it away, we immediately distance ourselves from owning it. Because it implies that we can’t access it, which isn’t true.

6 December 20216 December 2021

Shatter The Glass Ceiling

It’ll take 257 years for women and men to achieve equal pay according to the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report 2020! Can you believe it?

This year Equal Pay Day fell on 18th Nov, marking the day when women on average stopped getting paid relative to men.

According to the Fawcett Society, the gender pay gap was 10.6% last year and has increased to 11.9% this year! With women hit hardest by the effects of the pandemic, the gender pay gap continues to widen now more than ever before.