Empowering midlife females to achieve great things

Empowering midlife females to achieve great things

Did you know that low self-esteem leads to mental health issues costing the NHS £34.9 billion each year and 72 million work days lost (MHFA). Earlier this year, MHFA England researched over 2,000 employees and it turns out that for over double the number of female employees (68%), compared to male (31%), said their workplace confidence had decreased due to the pandemic. And many more women (64%) than men (36%) reported an increase in feelings of loneliness or feelings of isolation.

A few years ago I was completely crippled with such low self-esteem, confidence and self-worth, I couldn’t even look at myself in the mirror and on one occasion at a networking event, I couldn’t even say my name when we all had to go round the room and introduce ourselves and I ended up in the loo afterwards crying feeling like I was loser.?

I would also get so overwhelmed sometimes, I remember arranging to meet friends in London, get to the train station to get on a train and feel so overcome with such un-confidence and inadequacy, I would turn round and go home and have to phone my friends to apologise.?I turned down too many invitations to count and hid away instead.

And what’s more, I also had the whole inadequacy of not being a mother (my perfectionist tendencies had created a workaholic and because I didn’t love myself I pushed men away) and I constantly compared myself to women who had children and thinking they were all better than me, why was I this freak who was so different and unconventional?

For ALL of these reasons and particularly my clients being affected in similar ways, I now do what I do.?Being completely CRIPPLED with those awful feelings was paralysing, exhausting and debilitating.?I recently wrote that I would have paid somebody a million pounds to change the way I felt about myself - to become the person I am today.?

YES - I made it my MISSION, I literally lived, breathed, drowned in research, courses, online material, books, anything I could get my hands on to learn how to change my life so that I never had to feel that way again.

And, slowly my life began to change……for the better…..hour by hour, day by day, week by week, month by month – little baby steps of change……

I found what I was looking for in many different places in that search for confidence, self-worth, esteem and empowerment…..and with it came happiness and fulfilment.

And when I found those answers, I realised that these answers, this range of tools, strategies, and method needed to be shared with other midlife females who may be feeling the same as I did…and not just the childless ones like me, but also with the women who feel inadequate and guilty as a mother on a regular basis!

So, I did TWO things this year.?I wrote a book – The Mighty Book of Motivation Magic which has the formula, the method for building your self-confidence and self-esteem back up, helping you create the person you deserve to be.

And SECONDLY alongside the book, a very special group of the most incredible qualified and talented individuals who have not only helped me on this rollercoaster, but inspired me and helped me find the magic within me that I wouldn’t have found myself had it not been for them and I have got together to share our collective magic in a series of events starting in January 2022.?

These events, a mix of different styles of coaching, mindset work and holistic practices, will bring my book alive and will be held (in person and online COVID permitting) at a new space in Guildford, very kindly granted to The Motivation Clinic, for wellbeing purposes, by Guildford Council.

Get ready to experience the Mighty Motivation Magic Method, transforming minds and lives!

Helping midlife women be the best version of themselves that they deservice to be……

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-motivation-clinic-23387034241

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Lucia Knight

?? Career coma escapee ?? Former head-hunter ?? Psychologist ??Redesign your work now, enJOY it forever ?? Tedx speaker ?? Author ??JOY AT WORK podcast host & quiz creator ??

2 年

Excited Lara Doherty. Your book is by my bed in the queue!

Jennifer CANN

Reality Homes Property Lettings

2 年

Yes....makes sense

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REBECCA Newenham

Providing opportunities for ambitious women to run their own Get Ahead regional outsourcing business. Business Mentor; Franchise Consultant and flexible working champion. Host of LinkedIn Local networking.

2 年

So exciting Lara - I am thrilled to see your vision taking shape ????

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Joanna Lott ACC

Helping Qualified Coaches Build Brilliant Businesses with Honesty not Hype | Business Coach | Business Mentor | Marketing | Author

2 年

Absolutely fabulous Lara Doherty! You are an inspiration for all you do and how honest you are to enable others to be the same. There is so much pretence in this world and you are playing a huge part in empowering others to embrace their whole selves! I am honoured to be involved in such an amazing movement for other women.

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