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Risen Socials, Nottingham (2025)

21/11/2025

I found an old notes page this week.
Something I wrote during my first month in Bali last year.

It’s strange reading your own thoughts back after time has passed.
You realise what you’ve outgrown, what you’ve forgotten, and what’s still completely true.
These were the things that stood out to me back then, and honestly, they still hold.

• Your environment shapes you more than you think. Change where you are, and your mindset shifts with it.
• Once you decide you want something, you become a different person. You start moving like it’s possible.
• Being around the right people makes you level up without even trying.
• Where you come from isn’t a limitation — it can be an advantage if you let it be.
• Investing in yourself is never wasted. Your space, your habits, your energy… it all compounds.
• The world is ridiculously beautiful when you actually stop long enough to notice it.
• Most things aren’t that deep. You’re allowed to move on, reset, and start again.

It’s funny how lessons from a completely different season of life still hit the same.
Different country, different circumstances, different chapter, but the core reminders stay relevant.

Maybe the point isn’t to keep learning new things.
Maybe it’s to keep remembering the things that ground you.

21/11/2025

Yesterday was a big day for me.
I completed on my first home.

It feels surreal, mostly because I wasn’t always sure this was the path I wanted to take.

For the longest time, I went back and forth about where I wanted to live.
Whether I wanted to settle here, or pack up and move again.
Dubai tempted me.
Bali felt like unfinished business.
Part of me wanted more time to travel, explore, keep things open.

And then another part of me wanted something rooted.
Something that felt like mine.

It’s taken a while to figure out what I actually wanted at this stage of my life, and honestly, I still don’t think I have all the answers. But today feels like the right decision.
A calm one.
A grounded one.

I’m excited, proud, slightly overwhelmed, and weirdly peaceful all at the same time.

No big lesson or metaphor.
Just a moment that means a lot to me, after a lot of indecision, thinking, re-thinking, and changing my mind more than once.

Here’s to a new chapter, and making this next place feel like home - whatever the future looks like from here.

02/11/2025

Being relatable might get you followers.
Being respected gets you clients.
Which one matters more in business?

I see so many people online trying to be everyone’s mate.
They post content that makes people laugh or nod along.

It works for attention, sure.
But attention doesn’t equal authority.

The clients you want aren’t buying because you’re relatable.
They’re buying because you’re the person they trust to solve their problem.

For me, respect will always come first.
Because respect leads to investment.
Relatability just leads to likes.

What do you think - can you have both, or do you have to choose?

31/10/2025

It’s so easy to make excuses as a business owner.

“I don’t have time to go to the gym.”
“I’ll eat properly when things calm down.”
“I’ll take a break once I hit that next goal.”

I’ve done it myself.
I’ve convinced myself that work has to come first.
That if I just keep pushing, it’ll all pay off.

But here’s the reality:
- When I don’t move my body, my brain doesn’t work the same way.
- When I skip looking after myself, everything feels harder.
- When I tell myself I’ll “do it later,” it never happens.

Your business doesn’t run properly if you don’t.
And sometimes the most productive thing you can do
is the thing you’ve been convincing yourself you don’t have time for.

So if you’re putting off the thing you know makes you feel better,
this is your reminder:
Stop waiting for the perfect time.
Do it now.

What’s the one thing you’ve been putting off that you know you’d feel better for?

29/10/2025

Work-life balance is a lie.

At least if you’re running a business.

You can’t build something meaningful
and switch off at 5 every day.

It doesn’t work like that.

Business seeps into your evenings,
your weekends,
your headspace.

And sometimes it takes more from you
than you thought you had to give.

But here’s the thing:
That doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong.
It means you’re actually doing it.

Some weeks your business will demand more.
Other weeks, life outside of work will.

It’s never a neat 50/50 split.
Chasing that “balance” only makes you feel behind.

The goal isn’t balance.
It’s alignment.
Knowing what matters most in that moment,
and giving it what it needs.

That’s how you keep going.
That’s how you grow something sustainable.

What do you think...
Is work-life balance ever real as a business owner?

27/10/2025

I went to Bali for one month.

I stayed for eight.

Travel has always been one of the reasons I went self-employed.
So when I landed in Bali, it felt right to stay.

It gave me everything I wanted:
freedom, sunshine, new experiences.

But it also gave me lessons I didn’t expect.

The time zone difference burned me out.
The lack of structure blurred every boundary.
And eventually, the dream started to feel heavy.

That’s when I realised freedom isn’t about where you work from.
It’s about how you build your business.

Here are 8 lessons Bali taught me:

1. Freedom without structure isn’t freedom.
2. You can’t outwork burnout by changing location.
3. Your discipline travels with you.
4. Saying yes to everything = losing yourself.
5. Routines create freedom, they don’t restrict it.
6. Even “dream lives” come with tough days.
7. Chasing balance will drain you faster than work.
8. Knowing when enough is enough is power.

Bali was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
So was knowing when to leave.

Because success isn’t about living someone else’s dream.
It’s about building your own.

Would you ever live abroad for a season?
I'd love to hear your experiences!

25/10/2025

You don’t need more visibility.
You need more authority.

Most business owners think the answer is posting more.
Show up daily.
Stay “top of mind.”
Keep feeding the algorithm.

But here’s the problem.
Visibility without positioning just attracts noise.

The wrong followers.
The wrong enquiries.
The wrong clients.

Being seen isn’t the goal.
Being respected is.

Because the clients you actually want?
They aren’t impressed by how often you post.

They care about whether your content proves you understand their world.

Whether you can solve the problem they’ve been stuck with for months.

Authority comes from clarity.
From sharing your perspective, not recycled advice.
From showing proof instead of chasing likes.
From creating content that filters, not just attracts.

When you focus on authority, you don’t need to post daily.
Every post does more work.
It lands with the right people.
It builds trust before you’ve even spoken.

Visibility is easy.
Authority is what gets you paid.

Which are you building right now?

Follow me for simple, human strategies that help service-based businesses turn authority into consistent, premium clients.

23/10/2025

Most people think good content gets likes.

Great content filters clients.

Because likes don’t pay invoices.
And you don’t have time to reply to endless DMs from people who were never the right fit.

That’s why I use a simple 3-part framework for content:

Positioning - so people know exactly who you are and why you’re the right choice.

Proof - so they trust you can deliver results, not just promises.

Presence - so you stay visible without posting daily for the sake of it.

When your content has all three, the filtering happens before the message ever lands in your inbox.
The wrong people stop reaching out.
The right ones already know they want to work with you.

That’s how content stops being a time drain and starts working as a system.

If you’re ready for content that attracts the right clients before they ever DM you, book a call via the link in my bio. Let’s build the strategy that makes it happen.

21/10/2025

I didn’t quit corporate because I hated it.

I quit because I knew it would never give me freedom.

On paper, I had what most people wanted.
A stable job.
A clear path.
The security of knowing exactly what came next.

But that was the problem.
It was too predictable.
Too rigid.
Too small.

I wanted more than a career ladder someone else built for me.
I wanted to choose how I worked.
Where I worked.
Who I worked with.

That’s why I left.
I freelanced.
I took risks.
I spent months in Bali, because travel was always the dream.
And eventually, I built an agency that gave me the freedom I couldn’t find in corporate.

Freedom looks different for everyone.
For some, it’s more time with family.
For others, it’s travelling.
For me, it was building something on my own terms.

But freedom doesn’t just appear.
It comes from backing yourself.
It comes from building a business that fits the life you actually want.

That’s what I help my clients do now.
Not just create content, but shape a presence that attracts the right clients so they get more freedom in their business too.

If that’s the kind of freedom you’re building, follow along. You’ll find ideas here that help you get there with less noise and more clarity.

19/10/2025

Scaling isn’t about speed.

It’s about sustainability.

Too many businesses jump from offer to offer.
One thing doesn’t instantly blow up, so they abandon it and chase the next shiny idea.

It feels like progress, but really it’s just distraction.

Because scaling doesn’t come from stacking new offers on top of each other.
It comes from refining, tightening, and perfecting the ones you already have.

The service you already deliver.
The system that already works.
The brand that already has trust.

That’s where growth compounds.
That’s where sustainability is built.

If you need to move on, move on.
But always take the lessons with you
That way, you're never starting from scratch.

Here’s the advice I give clients who feel stuck:
- Don’t launch something new until your current offer consistently delivers results you’re proud of.
- Don’t split your attention across three platforms if you haven’t nailed one.
- Don’t measure success by speed, measure it by whether the results can repeat and last.

Fast growth looks exciting.
Sustainable growth feels secure.

The businesses that last aren’t the ones moving fastest.
They’re the ones building foundations that don’t break.

Would you rather grow fast, or grow strong?

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If you want more content like this on building authority and sustainable growth, follow me here.

17/10/2025

No one builds a business without getting it wrong.
I’ve made enough mistakes to prove it.
Here are a few that shaped me the most.

I’ve hired the wrong people.
Said yes when my gut screamed no.
Underpriced myself because I didn’t back my own value.

At the time, each mistake felt heavy.
Like proof I wasn’t cut out for this.
But looking back?

- They were lessons I couldn’t have learnt in a book, a course, or a podcast.
- The bad hires taught me how important culture and fit really are.
- The wrong yeses showed me the cost of ignoring my own boundaries.
- The low prices forced me to face the fact that people only value you at the level you value yourself.

These mistakes weren’t setbacks.
They were tuition fees for the business I have now.

The truth is, business isn’t about getting it all right.
It’s about staying in the game long enough to learn from the things you get wrong.

If you’re in that phase where it feels like everything’s going sideways, keep going.
The lessons you’re learning now will become the foundations that make you better later.

15/10/2025

If you feel like you’re shouting into the void,
it’s not the algorithm.
It’s the message.

The algorithm is the easy thing to blame.
But most of the time, it isn’t the problem.

The real issue is that your content doesn’t connect.
It’s saying something, but not the thing your clients need to hear.

I’ve worked with business owners who were posting every day, yet enquiries stayed flat.
Not because they weren’t consistent.
Because their message was too broad, too safe, or too out of sync with the clients they actually wanted.

That’s when content starts to feel like shouting into empty space.
Lots of effort. Little return.

The fix isn’t chasing the next trend.
It’s sharpening your message so the right people recognise themselves in your content immediately.

Here’s how to start:
– Get clear on who you don’t want as a client. It makes your message sharper.
– Cut the filler posts that anyone in your industry could write.
– Speak to the problems and goals of the clients you want now, not the ones you worked with years ago.

Visibility is easy.
Resonance is what turns it into clients.

Do you feel your message matches the level of client you want?
If not, it needs to.
Send me a message and let's get to work

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