A Hopeful Business - Creating and Achieving in the Face of Adversity with Gemma James Beyond the Stories

Today’s guest is one of my former clients and now friend Gemma James. I first met Gemma over 18 months ago at a women’s business meet up that I used to run in our hometown Manchester. Gemma is one of those lovely people that you warm to straight away but even more so when you get to know her. Behind her softly spoken manner is one of the strongest people I have had the pleasure of knowing.

Gemma and I started working together not long after a devastating tragedy in her life, that had changed its course forever. We took things slowly in our work together to try and make sense of the road ahead and what the future looked like.

Gemma’s strength and determination also stands out in her ambition in her business and it’s truly been an honour and a pleasure watching Gemma grow into her purpose and develop not only her business idea, but her own confidence in what she has to offer the world, which has culminated this week  in her launch of her website The Lifestyle Project.

In today’s episode Gemma talks very openly about the events that have influenced her, her journey so far and plans for growing The Lifestyle Project into a business that will support and help others. 

We also talk about:

Reconnecting with yourself and your dreams in the face of grief

Resilience, mindset and hope

Creating a business out of the thing that you needed but couldn’t find

How to find your right people

Developing a valuable offering to make a real difference

Expectation, Pressure and Perfectionism

Letting go and trusting yourself and the process

How to put yourself out there when it goes against your nature

Not being all things to all people

The importance of self care and the role it plays in grief and trauma recovery

Being kind to yourself and practicing compassion