Conference Leader, Publisher, Writer, Editor
Saturday, May 19th, 2007 9:36 PM
Conference Leader, Publisher, Writer, Editor
“Dyslexia used to hold me back, now it propels me forwards.”
School Years
At the age of 10, Iwas chosen to speak in Christmas church readings for my Junior School based in the Cotswolds UK. I remember vividly the head mistress having me stand at one end of the school hall and demonstrate to her how easy it was to project my voice. Loving the experience, I decided to organize some theater productions in my neighbor’s garage and became involved with school theater.
A Presenter of Change
Being dyslexic, I recognized my weaknesses in literacy but appreciated my academic strengths in my innate understanding in chemistry, and I sought and gained a position as a laboratory technician which led me to working for the UK government in research and my training as a presenter began.
Taking every opportunity to present my findings through work in improving coal consumption in relation to ecological issues of acid rain, my interests in the science of global warming and preventative measures of the potentially catastrophic outcome were pursued and a deep appreciation of mans ability to self destruct as much as a paradoxical desire to survive with a wish of success toward others was founded.
That was the era of speaking out against industry when I witnessed a new paradigm that generated the most positive change, to speak for a new concept to replace the old and to this day is the foundation of every aspect of my life accepting that a new way can be a better way if we are prepared to be accountable and change.
Trainer
During my early twenties, within a remit as a retail marketing manager, I excelled most as a trainer where I was responsible for coordinating and implementing comprehensive training programs to new recruits of every age-group, capability and experience in this field.
As an encourager, my joy of seeing people grow in confidence and make a success for themselves and the companies they worked for, enabled me to appreciate how I could use this for myself and I launched a company in domestic help and later in alternative medicine.
Lecturer
During my late twenties and early thirties, I was selected by various women’s orientated groups and local private schools to lecture in health care and my vocation as a conference leader was established when I trained in London as a TV / Radio presenter that I crystallized in my work as a presenter and events coordinator.
Media Presenter
I would describe my work for the BBC and local hospital in writing, editing and presenting radio shows as the most vibrant yet stressful training ground as a presenter in my life, but I am grateful for how this has generated confidence in me. The biggest hurdle I had to overcome during this period was the use of limited time to establish and sustain an audience’s interest.
Always keen to add to and improve in my qualities as a presenter, I knew I had to improve my timing and my appreciation of time and took the opportunity to audition and participate in various amateur dramatics, West End shows and became involved as a full-time member of the church choir where I first truly appreciated the importance of spirituality in my career.
Present Day
Ethos and Mission Statement
As an encourager, my ethos to assist and therefore be assisted and my desire to see people move forwards in their lives, are my underlying driving forces of the commitment I have to help in a persons healing.
‘Change - “If we appreciate the truth of dis-ease, dysfunction and lack in our lives, we regain control and the negatives are transformed into a more positive lifestyle.”’
Principles of the Overcomers Programs
Through her experience of overcoming the learning disorder dyslexia, over the years, I have successfully applied and re-applied through knowledge, understanding and perseverance, healing techniques to transform and bring me from a place in the distant past of a muddled mind through to a place of clarity, order, literacy and success.
Whatever the subject matter covered during any of Overcomers Programs, I speak for change through educating people in knowledge and the successful application of that knowledge to enable a more fruitful way of life for the individual and therefore the community.
By exploring an issue from an holistic, mind, body, soul and spiritual perspective to generate understanding of that issue, then change is possible, is long lasting and as the knowledge that generated the change stands the test of time, regardless of age group, gender, education or religion, that change is self perpetuating to exponentially generate more healing in anyone.
'My goal is to assist you in achieving your goal.'
Fields of Expertise
Researcher
I spent 6 years in the field of research. Initially I trained through Whitbread’s Plc as a laboratory technician in applied chemistry and micro-biology techniques. My final 3 years as a researcher with British Coal, crystallized my initial training which served me in statistical analysis, report writing and presentations in the testing of SOx and NOx emissions which laid the initial foundations for industry legislation on emissions in general.
Marketing Consultancy
I continue to use this valuable tool of research for the purpose of developing a foundation of knowledge for start-up and existing companies for successful product launches by appreciating trend changes and how a product fills the need in modern day society.
Experiencing resistance in the acceptance of legislation requirements, I fully appreciate the most favored approach in any marketing strategy is one of a positive nature, offering a solution product from a positive approachable dynamic of improving a persons life. My skill in applying these skills to generate acceptance and therefore the success of a product is paramount in my successes as a physical therapist in the alternative health sector and as a publisher of a niche periodical to bring about a new paradigm of expectations in literacy due to be set to become the norm
Health Consultancy
Everyone likes to be well. We all like to wake in the mornings feeling refreshed and enthusiastic. However, billions of dollars a year are lost in days taken sick. My personal interest in health commenced when I was diagnosed as dyslexic. This learning disorder hindered me and so I set about at understanding it and overcoming it to be able to say that I have successfully unscrambled my brain. In between the years of overcoming dyslexia I trained as a reflexologist, allergy therapist and massage therapist, during which time I grew ever more enthusiastic in my research to understanding why people get sick, why some people are healed, but others are not. MY research was always been conducted holistically covering mind, body, soul and spirit and now she I am able to offer my services as a health consultant to the individual or to companies looking to bring about a healthier work environment and therefore an increase in productivity.
Writer / Publisher
“Poetry and short stories are by far the easiest place to start for those looking for a career in writing. They are easy to formulate and expand on. I would offer myself as a coach in developing your effective writing skills. As a successful writer and publisher, I am able to help you avoid the pitfalls of perceiving writing as an isolation task as much as a mammoth task and bring you to a point of being able to sit for a few minutes to a few hours to produce your best material yet.
Style of Speaker
Motivational Speaker
Have you ever attended a seminar entitle, ‘Demotivation and its effective use in the work place’? Probably not, although it would more than likely get people talking, realistically though it would never succeed. Even those riddled with negativity steer clear of overt negativity, the truth is, we need to be positive in order to succeed, but it’s not just about being positive, it’s not just about thinking in a different way or behaving according to the way we think, it’s about really experiencing the positive outcome of positive thinking and doing, yet many who apply the foundational techniques of positive thinking don’t truly experience life to the full. Seminars I offer as a motivational speaker take you through thought, action and the art of receiving.
Life Coach and Career Consultant
There are so many aspects of life it would be impossible to be able to cover one tenth of them here in this paragraph. Rather than look from the inside out, I look from the outside in and help you to appreciate why you have success and failures and move you forwards in the area of your life that is most congested. My gift of insight is a gift, what I've developed to serve you as a life-coach which has come about through years of experience in listening to get the best out of people.
As simple as asking, “Do you know what you want?” will reap results in your favor. For if you don’t know what you want, how do you expect to achieve it?
From my resume of laboratory technician to retail and marketing, alternative therapist and almost finally, writer and publisher, can you see a common thread or is it more of a progression and within that progression the utilization of skills that have taken me through to the next level?
You can do anything, but you have to want to. As a career consultant I may find something in you that you didn’t know was there, were too afraid to explore, feel you are too young or too old to tackle, but once appreciated, I can enable you to achieve.
Business Development Consultant
Through My successes there have been failures. A failure for me would have been to break even, but to have lost money was catastrophic. I know that a failure is a teaching ground that helps us to overcome weaknesses and use them as our main strengths. With all the failures and successes I've had, I'm able to help you not to make the same expensive mistakes. Business sector isn’t so relevant as the way in which you are prepared to grow in that business. Without you growing, your business will no longer fill the need in the market place and it will fail. How to continue to grow; to evolve, is one of the many aspects that I will help you to effectively appreciate, keeping you and your business number one.
