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Educating Entrepreneurs, building businesses and chatting about life... Hi there my name is Linda Monahan & in 2017 I realised that my professional life was at odds with my personal life. I had two children in quick succession & when the career I loved no longer loved me I had a decision to make. The biggest of my life, the decision which catapulted me on my journey from Corporate to Calm. I am now on a journey to talk to others & find out what was their motivation, their catalyst to move from Corporate to Calm.
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Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Know Your Niche and Know when to Ask for Help -Stephen Murtagh
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
In this episode of Corporate to Calm I speak with Stephen Murtagh
This episode looks at
- The Importance of niching your product or service
- The importance of asking for help
- Keeping business uncomplicated
- Continually training to future proof your business
The Exhibition Guy - Stephan Murtagh | LinkedIn
“It’s not that I didn’t have support, it’s that I didn’t ask for it”
Stephen Murtagh, the Exhibition guy is a Mecca for sales and everything exhibitions. He has devoted his life to the sales process and for his clients to maximise their exhibition positions and strategy. Stephen started out in the Yellow Pages. He progressed into office stationery sales where he decided he was best suited to concept as opposed to product selling.
“The more you complicate things, the more complicated they become”
Stephen discussed everything from business to his own mental health and how he continually makes sure it is in check.
"Exhibiting is the most expensive way to market your business, if you do it wrong””
Stephen has faced a business closure in the late noughties. He is resilient facing his fears and the people he owed money. He emerged head held high, and he is now globally recognised as one of the leading, award-winning exhibition trainers.
The latest episode of Corporate to Calm went live across all platforms earlier. If you are looking for career change inspiration or to start your own business, this is the podcast for you. The Corporate to Calm podcast is the podcast where you learn from their experience
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Sunday Nov 27, 2022
How to be Comfortable with you. You are Worthy - Amanda Grace
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
The latest episode of Corporate to Calm went live across all platforms earlier. If you are looking for career change inspiration or to start your own business, this is the podcast for you. The Corporate to Calm podcast is the podcast where you learn from their experience.
In this episode of Corporate to Calm I speak with Amanda Grace.
https://instagram.com/amandagrace.ie?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
“Women are conditioned to take up as little space as possible”
Amanda Grace ran her father’s bar in Killaloe but always had a secret desire to work with women and their self-esteem. A combination of fear and imposter syndrome kept her in her place until she started offering nail parties for teenage girls (did I mention she was a beautician?) Amanda got so much from these conversations she decided to pursue an introduction to counselling course which led to a 4 year psychotherapy degree and her eventual move away from the bar and her first marriage.
“Worthy is an identity, it is the importance of being true to you”
Amanda says she first met her true self at the age of 34 as up until the she was living life from the outside in, an observer rather than a player.
This episode looks at
- How imposter syndrome and lack of self-worth can be paralysing
- It is never too late to reclaim your life, give yourself permission to show up
- How sobriety can save you €40k in 5 years
- Fear can disappear of you keep showing up as the real you.
"Shaming began in the womb, I thought my creativity was wrong””
Amanda chats about her journey to showing up for her real self and how her grief and sobriety have played huge roles in this process.
Amanda is amazing, I got so much out of this conversation, the main message, it is ok to be unapologetically you.
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Sunday Nov 20, 2022
An Entrepreneur in a Corporate World- Antoinette Young
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
The latest episode of Corporate to Calm went live across all platforms earlier. If you are looking for career change inspiration or to start your own business, this is the podcast for you. The Corporate to Calm podcast is the podcast where you learn from their experience.
“Imagine at 8 or 9 telling my aunt, someday I’ll have my own business”
In this episode of Corporate to Calm I speak with Antoinette Young.
This is an episode with a difference. Antoinette owned her own business for nearly 20 years moved. A business she loved and decided to close when the noughties Recession hit. Her journey has taken her from here into a corporate position and she has never looked back.
“I was fearless and wanted to succeed in business”
Antoinette is hardworking, resilient, and courageous. Her move into Corporate started with and now she works within British Airways where her creativity and innovation has led her to new heights within the company.
This episode looks at
- The importance of listening to your gut
- The importance of putting you ahead of others
- How hard work pays off
- How your Calm may be in Corporate
"When the passion goes it’s time to be true to yourself”
Antoinette chats about passion & timing being everything and by the time she closed her business the passion had gone.
Antoinette’s own history allowed her to be a pillar of strength within the organisation during Covid and they benefited from her ability to manage change and the unknown.
Antoinette is an inspiration and her journey from Corporate to Calm is a true testament to listening to your gut an making decisions that are right for you.
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Monday Nov 14, 2022
The Importance of Resilience in Business - Yevheniia Lukash
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
“I need to value my life everyday”
In this episode of Corporate to Calm I speak with Yevheniia Lukash.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yevheniia-lukash-25215396
Yevheniia Lukash (@euheniia) • Instagram photos and videos
The theme of this episode is resilience, determination, and gratitude.
I spoke with Yevheniia last Friday. She is an amazing woman. She has faced so may adverse situations in her life and overcome all of them.
This episode looks at
- The value of living in the present
- Your mindset is your only ally
- Not taking no for an answer
- Helping others is often the best way to help yourself
Yevheniia focuses on the importance of adjustment and her action to get her through the many situations she has faced since 2014. She is now helping Ukrainian business women to enhance their businesses through Instagram.
“My action is more valuable than my message, I do not have time for pity”
Please enjoy Yevheniia’s journey from Corporate to Calm
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Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
The Benefits of Online Networking - The Business of Social
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
“Let’s share our knowledge, let’s come together & let’s create something”
In this episode of Corporate to Calm I speak with the Business of Social, an online social media marketing community
https://instagram.com/the_businessofsocial?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
The theme of this episode is creating community over competition.
“There are more than enough clients out there for everyone”
Earlier this year, three social media mentors, Devin Landers, Laura Stapleton & Marion Smyth came together to form the Business of Social
This episode looks at
- The importance of community over competition
- Which numbers to look at on social media, not followers
- The Importance of Efficiencies
- Push yourself outside the comfort zone
These three women are offering a pay monthly online community where you can get an abundance of social media tools and networking opportunities on numerous occasions during the month.
The Business of Social offers social media marketing solutions to Instagram Followers as well as the Community creating. We discussed the importance of connecting with your online audience and creating valuable content as opposed to worrying about how many followers you have.
"You Need to be Nurturing Your Followers”
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Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Resilience is Breaking Your Back & Creating a Business - Amelia Peckham - Cool Crutches
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
WELCOME TO SEASON 4
“Whether you will be able to stand, we don’t know, whether you’ll be able to walk, we don’t know, we do know that you won’t be able to walk unaided”
In this episode of Corporate to Calm I speak with Amelia Peckham from Cool Crutches
The theme of this episode is plain and simple, hard work and resilience.
“Everything at the time was no, it was all on me to be upbeat and positive when door after door was being closed”
In 2005 Amelia broke her back in a quad biking accident which changed the course of her life. Yes, she still went to college, yes, she did pursue a career that she wanted however with one big difference. Amelia had a life changing disability and herself and her Mum founded their own company.
This episode looks at
- The importance of listening to your gut
- Always have the end user as part of the design process
- The importance of not taking no for an answer
- How hard work pays off
- You are worth more than you think
- Push yourself outside the comfort zone
After her accident Amelia was told to rehab for 3 months and this would determine whether she would walk again. She was handed NHS crutches and a physio all very straightforward right?
No! Amelia was devastated when blisters formed on her hands within days, and she was told to go back to bed for a couple pf days to let them heal. A couple of days but you’ve given me three months to walk. The crutch was clunky, slippy, made noise and not fit for purpose.
“I wanted a menu of options, a way forward, some light – don’t tell me to grit my teeth”
Only a Mum would scour global trade shows to help her daughter. Amelia couldn’t believe it when they could not find a suitable crutch. They approached top crutch designers to be told on numerous occasions, I can do everything except. Amelia did not accept that. They met with a designer, and they designed the first cool crutch. 17 years later the business is going from strength to strength and Amelia is now in her business full time. They have had clients and patrons such as Vogue Williams, Amanda Holden, Prue Leith, Jamie Laing and Eamonn Holmes
"No One Will Sell Your Business Better than You”
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Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
“Experience has been my greatest friend"
A guide to how a small business coped during the pandemic
Denise has worked within the Fitness industry for the past 20 years; she has taught everything from gymnastics to Pilates.
Denise’s Journey will resonate with so many. Her business Resolute Wellness has been through the mill with the pandemic and her story is like a lot of businesspeople operating within the fitness industry
This episode looks at
- The importance of being true to your values
- The importance of listening to your client
- Resilience and reacting positively
- Pushing yourself outside your comfort zone
- Trying and creating at all costs
Denise worked may years with a local gym and decided to open her own fitness business when her values no longer met the employers
"Conversations need to happen about language in our industry”
From winning awards in 2019 to opening at new premises in early 2020, things were really looking bright. Denise is so honest about her journey and how the past two years has been difficult on her and the business.
Though if anything the past two years has given her permission to step outside her comfort zone and try new things. Denise has created the Resolute Candle range, a networking group for those in wellness, an online library of classes and she is running workshops and Zen hens too. Denise’s resilience is allowing her to push the boundaries of her hub of wellness.
“Everyone is welcome at Resolute”.
Denise’s is an inspiration and her journey from Corporate to Calm is a true testament to listening to your gut and making decisions that are right for you.
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Monday Sep 05, 2022
The Accidental Influencer - Sarah Slattery - The Travel Expert
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
“Failure is not an option”
A world class lesson in making money from your passion and never giving up.
In this episode of Corporate to Calm I speak with Sarah Slattery a.k.a www.thetravelexpert.ie
Sarah is hardworking, resilient, and courageous. She has worked as the www.thetravelexpert.ie for the past 8 years and all her hard work has really come to fruition since the pandemic. Many in her industry simply stopped working during the pandemic, Sarah grew and flourished. Her work & keeping herself visible during Covid has led her to where she is now.
This episode looks at
- The importance of pivoting in adverse times
- The importance of staying honest & true to her message
- How hard work pays off
- Failure is not an option
- Push yourself outside the comfort zone
Sarah worked as a travel agent for 25 years, most of them spent with Sky Tours where she was eventually a director. The workload & recession in the industry led a feeling of burn out and a decision to move from her corporate role.
"It’s lovely to design your own day”
However, like most of us Sarah missed the connection of colleagues, that’s the trade-off going out on your own. The amount of work Sarah put in initially and still does is immense.
“I knew it could be big, if I put in the right time & effort!”
Sarah has grown her mailing list, her website traffic, and her Instagram and this has resulted in a career that she loves. Sarah’s gut has helped her journey and makes it her mission to step outside her comfort zone.
“When your back is to the wall, you push yourself”.
Sarah is an inspiration and real true story of setting your mind to something and working extremely hard to achieve it. Her journey from Corporate to Calm is a true story of success.
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Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Plastic Surgery gave me Joy - Orla Goldrick
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
"As Mammies we spend our time running after everyone and we just lose ourselves, do I really want to look in the mirror and hate my body?”
In this episode of Corporate to Calm I speak with Orla Goldrick @my_tricky_life
(Orla has changed her handle since the recording to better suit her journey)
Orla is simply a legend. Her mindset transformation over the past few years has been life changing. Five years ago, she decided she was moving careers and did. Last November she decided she was going to lose 50 pounds and last January she decided she was going to have plastic surgery and she did.
This episode looks at
- The importance of education on your CV
- The importance of goal setting
- Pivoting for your family
- Celebrates the joy of achieving
Orla worked in Eddie Rockets for 17 years quickly ascending to management. Five years ago, she decided to change careers due to unsociable hours and a young family. Little did she know that finding that new career would be so difficult. This is when she decided to go back and further her education.
“I made the decision to study, unless you have a degree or have been to college, businesses don’t care”
Will plastic surgery make you happy? According to Orla, YES, yes it will 100%. After careful consideration Orla opted for a tummy tuck and breast lift. Honestly if you are looking for a step-by-step guide to aftercare after surgery, you won’t find a better place than Orla’s account. Orla went to the Ekol Hospital in Turkey, and you’ll understand her reason for travelling when you listen to the episode.
“If you don’t look after yourself after surgery, if you present yourself at an Irish hospital with an infection, they do not care about the aesthetics, they will treat that infection and may completely overturn your surgery, you need to look after yourself”
This is a must listen episode if you are a thinking of moving careers or investigating the possibility of plastic surgery.
It is a little break from the norm and I hope you enjoy Orla’s journey from Corporate to Calm.
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
The Science of Powerpoint and the Benefit of Networking - Fiona Walsh
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
"I help businesses present themselves better"
In this episode of Corporate to Calm I speak with Fiona Walsh from Imagine Coaching.
Fiona’s journey is brilliant. From failing her A levels, to years in a successful corporate position to discovering her love of coaching and eventually opening a business which evolved into teaching Powerpoint.
This episode
- Celebrates the joy of Networking
- The importance of multitasking
- Pivoting under pressure
- Finding your Niche
Fiona moved to Ireland in 1999 after her then employer told her she may be suited to another role when she asked him for more work.
“I am a lifelong leaner”
Fiona worked for Oriflame cosmetics for 15 years and within that time as opportunity arose, she moved from her position in the lab to IT manager. After receiving redundancy, she relocated to Cork where she settled into life as a Mum. A few years on and the need for a challenge and adult company beckoned, Fiona returned to the workplace and was there she discovered her love of coaching.
“Understand the Power of Networking”
Fiona wants to help people, bring people together. Her actual business of teaching people Powerpoint happened by chance when she discovered clients were asking her Microsoft related questions once they realised her background. She pivoted and opened her business, Imagine Coaching during the pandemic and hasn’t looked back.
Fiona has launched a YouTube channel, you can subscribe by clicking the link below.
This is a must listen episode if you are a solopreneur working from home and wondering where you can find your community.
I hope you enjoy Fiona’s journey from Corporate to Calm.
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