Style and Substance

How to keep moving forwards when the world is going mad. There's no escaping the world is bonkers right now and that's putting it a little mildly, you don't have to go very far to be confronted with immense challenge and suffering and it is likely affecting us all to varying degrees. It can be hugely challenging to maintain hope, and resilience never mind momentum in such challenging times so today we're talking about what we can do to take care of ourselves and keep moving forwards. Whether you feel like you're in the thick of it and are utterly overwhelmed by world events or what's going on for your personally or you're actually feeling in a good place and want to maintain that sense of hope and possibility, there's something for everyone. With love and solidarity and we hope you find it helpful.

Part two of getting what you want with integrity. Emotions and frustrations run high as we dig into a recent scenario that highlight beautifully what gets in the way of acting with integrity and what trips us up when we're trying to get a good outcome. In this conversation we walk through some of the signposts that tell us we or others might be acting out of integrity. We explore how we manage maintaining equitable power balances and how the landscape changes when we're dealing with toxic relationships. It's a juicy one folks and as ever if you like please do rate, review and share away. Haven't yet caught up with us on instagram? come say hi @styleandsubstance_podcast

Getting what we want in business isn't always easy and dealing with unreasonable demands isn't a walk in the park either. In this two part mini series we tackle all of that and more as we explore in depth and build aa model of how to get what we want with integrity. Let's get stuck in.

Let's be real. None of us have limitless budgets that allow us to do everything we'd like on our brand: we all have to make choices. But we do think there is a big difference between a bootstrapping mentality (saving money at all costs and compromising on quality as you go) and the reality of bootstrapping your brand (making smart choices that will move your brand forwards, however tight your budget). We dig into all of this and more in today's episode where Fi is sharing a wealth of advice and practical tips on where to invest, where to save and how to create the strongest impression with your brand whatever your budget. This is going to be one to bookmark and share and we are so excited to share it with you!Fi's brilliant and free "Where to start" course that we mention can be found here: https://thebrandstylist.thinkific.com/courses/creating-your-brand-course. Essential viewing if you are creating a brand from scratch, rebranding or wanting to make sure you are squeezing the potential out of your brand.

This special episode, created in honour of International Women's Day is a pulling together of just a glimmer of the wisdom held in our wonderful community of inspiring and empowered entrepreneurs. Rather than hearing from us, in this episode, we hear from you. Thank you to everyone who sent in a submission to be included we have tried to feature as many of you as we can, and whilst it hasn't been possible to feature everyone (we were inundated) we are so grateful to have read your stories and found them utterly inspiring.Those women who's stories and words of wisdom shared can be found on Instagram here:Catherine Finkernargel @finkernagelross, Sarah Hobbs @hoskinhobbs, Carla Contreras @chefcarlacontreras, Liz Lloyd @lizlloydjewellery, Ellie Bowie @ellie.bowie , Silvana Olivo @silvanaolivo, Cattie Coyle @cattiecoyle, Robyn Zachary @robinzachary, Zaaheda Dhalech @cinnamonclouds.za, Katie Hawes @edieandchalk, Trisha Patel @trishapatelart, Liandri Fouché @mrs_l.f, Rebecca McKloskey @weave.interiordesign, Sarah rooted in truth, Louise Hayes @louisehayescakedesign, Rachel @rachel.brightavenue, Shim Patel @huxandmu, Alison Reddan @alisonreddandesigns, Lisa Corbett @mindenwoodfloraldesign, Charlotte Hepworth @bespokehomemoves, Gail Jones @gailjonesartist, Kavita Parmar @_xtant_ , Holly Becker @decor8, Sarah Turner @littlebeausheep, Natasha April @sayloviestudio, Catherine Stacey @cat_stacey_jewellery, Brenda Chadambura @brendachadamburaWe wholeheartedly encourage you to connect, learn more and be inspired.Much love and Happy International Womens Day, Elizabeth & Fi

International Womens Day is coming up this week so it feels timely to explore this topic of Claiming Our Rightful Place as Women in Business and what we can do to step fully and confidently into our authority. We talk about the superpowers we uniquely have as women in business what might hinder our ability to take our rightful place and leave you with some profound words of wisdom from a much loved English treasure. Apologies for the slightly less than perfect audio quality in the first couple of minutes of the intro, we've sorted it for the main part of the episode so hopefully it won't deter anyone from listening on, and we really hope you enjoy the conversation.