{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6756ae3399fbf63cedcad386/69819d024b12c3dd731e5059?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Turning the Tides: Toni Eastwood on Courage, Confidence & Creating a Life on Your Terms","description":"<h2>Show Notes</h2><p><strong>Episode Title: Turning the Tides: Toni Eastwood on Courage, Confidence &amp; Creating a Life on Your Terms</strong></p><p><strong>Podcast:</strong> Real Women Stories in Partnership with Women On Purpose</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Host:</strong> Lisa Quait</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Toni Eastwood OBE MBA</p><p><br></p><h3>✨ Episode Introduction</h3><p>This week, the tables turn. Instead of being the one asking the questions, <strong>I</strong> step into the guest seat as <strong>Lisa Quait</strong> interviews me for a powerful, emotional, and deeply honest conversation about confidence, courage, and creating a life on your own terms. From leaving school with no qualifications and being bullied into silence, to becoming a national trailblazer for women in business, building million-pound ventures, and ultimately redesigning life and work from the sunshine of Spain – this episode is not a highlight reel.</p><p><br></p><p>It’s the real story. This conversation is for anyone who has ever:</p><ul><li>Felt they didn’t fit</li><li>Followed the “right path” only to feel deeply unhappy</li><li>Built success that looked good on paper but felt empty</li><li>Known they wanted <em>more freedom</em>, but didn’t know how to get there</li><li><br></li></ul><p>It’s about redefining success, trusting yourself, and having the courage to choose a life that actually feels like yours.</p><p><br></p><h3>🔥 Episode Highlights</h3><ol><li><strong>From bullied schoolgirl to business trailblazer</strong></li><li>Toni shares how early experiences of bullying shaped her confidence and her lifelong drive to help others rise.</li><li><strong>Helping everyone else… but not herself</strong></li><li>The irony of supporting thousands to start businesses while struggling to voice her own ambitions.</li><li><strong>The corporate dream that became a nightmare</strong></li><li>Landing the “ultimate” corporate role and realising almost immediately it was completely wrong.</li><li><strong>The coffee-shop breaking point</strong></li><li>Walking out of a senior role, sitting in a Bradford café in tears, and deciding never to work for anyone else again.</li><li><strong>The napkin moment</strong></li><li>Writing the words: <em>“I’m going to help a million women have the career of their life.”</em></li><li><strong>Designing life before business</strong></li><li>Why time freedom, autonomy, and alignment matter more than titles, turnover, or ticking boxes.</li></ol><p><br></p><h3>🌱 Key Takeaways</h3><ul><li><strong>Confidence is built through action - not qualifications</strong></li><li>You don’t become confident <em>then</em> act. You act first, and confidence follows.</li><li><strong>Success without alignment comes at a cost</strong></li><li>Money, status, and prestige mean nothing if you’re unhappy in your body and life.</li><li><strong>You are not behind - you’re becoming</strong></li><li>Nothing is wasted. Every experience feeds the work you’re meant to do.</li><li><strong>Stop waiting for permission</strong></li><li>No one is coming to tap you on the shoulder and say “now you’re ready”.</li><li><strong>Comparison is the confidence killer</strong></li><li>Especially in the age of social media - your path is allowed to look different.</li><li><strong>Freedom requires decision</strong></li><li>To decide is to <em>cut off</em> other options. You can’t stay on the hamster wheel and expect a new life.</li><li><strong>It doesn’t matter how - it matters what</strong></li><li>Clarity of desire comes before clarity of process.</li></ul><p><br></p><h3>💬 Best Moments</h3><p><br></p><ol><li><strong>“I thought that was the worst day of my life – and it wasn’t.”</strong></li><li><strong>“You don’t build confidence and then take action. You take action, and that’s what builds confidence.”</strong></li><li><strong>“I had financial freedom… but I didn’t have life freedom.”</strong></li><li><strong>“No one else can be you. No one else has lived your life.”</strong></li><li><strong>“I never want to look back and say ‘I wish I’d tried.’”</strong></li><li><strong>“It doesn’t matter when you get there. It matters that you’re moving towards what you want.”</strong></li></ol><p><br></p><h3>🧭 Tools &amp; Concepts Mentioned</h3><ul><li><strong>WOOP Method</strong> - <em>Wish, Outcome, Obstacles, Plan</em></li><li>A simple but powerful framework Toni uses with clients (and their children) to move from desire to action.</li><li><strong>The ‘Letter to Yourself’ exercise</strong></li><li>Writing from the future as if the life you want already exists – clarity before certainty.</li></ul><p><br></p><h3>🤍 Work With Me</h3><p><br></p><p>Ready to create clarity, confidence, and freedom in your Business and Life?</p><p>Book a call: <a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/BookACallWithToni\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://tinyurl.com/BookACallWithToni</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow Real Women Stories and connect with Lisa </strong></p><p>https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/real-womens-stories-with-lisa-quait/id1769667587</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/lisaquait?igsh=MWppZ2g4aHFic24yNw%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr</p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/real-women-coach?utm_source=share&amp;utm_campaign=share_via&amp;utm_content=profile&amp;utm_medium=ios_app</p>","author_name":"Toni Eastwood OBE, MBA"}