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'Live' chats with various guests, talking about the hottest topics of the moment. Whether that be the juggle of modern day life, or the ever-changing scope of parenting challenges. Nothing is off limits, blips are inevitable and tangents are encouraged! chatstacklive.substack.com

3d ago

💬 'Discussing Feelings, Emotions & Rage'

Another fabulous episode! 🎉 Despite feeling quite unwell and trying to ignore the nausea, I really enjoyed my chat with the brilliant and super inspiring Emily Forbes 🥰 Please Note: This chat was recorded on Substack ‘Live’ on 21st July 2026 To attend the ‘Live’ shows and join the conversation in the comments, be sure to Subscribe (for free) and download the Substack App! Emily writes ‘Too Hard To Swallow’ on Substack and is an integrative executive coach and former public sector Chief Executive, who founded her own coaching business - Wylde Wellbeing Coaching - along side building her proprietary Whole-Wellness™ framework. “I am the only Whole-Wellness™ architect helping the high achieving woman rebuild her life with agency and momentum, in the knowledge that capability is not the same as capacity; and she deserves to know the difference.” 💬 Our Chat * Adjusting after major surgery and how it changes us * Accepting that change and finding the new version of ourselves * Managing your capacity and energy and how Emily has applied science to this * Emily’s brilliant ‘sustainable capacity equation’ explained * The fundamental difference between capacity and capability * Why protecting our energy & capacity is absolutely vital! * The difficulties with explaining the nuance of invisible disability/illness * We get to the crux of the key difference between an emotion and a feeling * The dragon in Emily’s kitchen! Read her incredible piece HERE * Our experiences of visceral surges of ‘rage’ (sorry dad♥️) * How Emily managed to step away and get a handle on things in the moment * A deep dive into the importance of allowing our emotions to move through us and how to separate our emotions from the feelings and beliefs * Emily explains her wonderful ‘ABC model’ and how it caught her mid-spiral * Watch the cogs turn as I join the dots and get to grips with all this live! 😉 📣Mentions Selina Barker and her Another Way Substack & gorgeous Project You Club Toni Jones and her brilliant Shelf Help Book Club Book: ‘How Emotions are Made’ by Lisa Feldman Barrett Oliver Burkman - you can find his wonderful books and newsletter HERE Gloria Willcox - ‘The Feelings Wheel’ - You can download the PDF for FREE! 👍 📆 Back in September! Ok, that’s it folks for a little while. I’m having a little break over the summer holidays to focus on time with the kids and tinkering around in the background moving all the previous episodes of ChatStack over to here. 🎥 Previous episodes are HERE 📌Keep an eye on the Notice Board for updates and guest announcements! See you soon! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chatstacklive.substack.com
3d ago

💬 'Finding Joy & Laughter Through Tough Times'

What a FAB episode! I really loved my chat with Joanne Pearce and in true ChatStack style, there were plenty of laughs, tangents and whoopsies! Including right at the start, when I mistakenly named Joanne’s Substack and business as ‘Her Handmaid Tail’ instead of ‘Her Handmade Hustle’ - Sorry Joanne and thank you for your professional and graceful response to my mishap… and for being such a joyful, interesting, insightful and all round wonderful guest! 🥰 Please Note: This chat was recorded on Substack ‘Live’ on 16th July 2026 💬Our Chat * Cramming in jobs in the school day & Podcasting in the car! * Breast Surgery - weight loss and the slimming world community * The importance of having a good old “chin wag” * The lost art of hobbies and building human connections * How Joanne helps small businesses get seen * Substack Notes and social media - escaping the scrambling! * How my holiday helped me get back to being me * Joanne tells us how to get yourself ‘on the map’ with a Google Business Profile * How Joanne pivoted her career after Covid sank her successful wedding stationary business, practically overnight. * How we’ve each dealt with our dramatic energy shifts after surgery/diagnosis * The dreaded ‘What do you do?’ question as a multi-passionate creative * My struggle with self-worth and the shame around receiving financial support * Why trying to be our former selves will never work! * The true strength of being a women (and knowing when to rest) * Breasts, rogue nipples and the freedom of no longer wearing our bras! * The value of finding joy and laughter throughout tough times * Accepting that the mess and endless to-do lists just mean that you’re living ♥️ 📣Mentions During our chat Joanne opened up about the cases of breast cancer in her family and how she is a carrier of the BRCA2 gene. As a preventative measure, Joanne bravely opted to undergo a double mastectomy. This involved major reconstruction of her breasts, using tissue from her stomach. After which she was introduced to an amazing charity, who provide tattoos of realistic looking nipples for women following such procedures. Nipple Charity - ‘NiP’ “The Nipple Innovation Project (NiP) is the UK’s first mastectomy tattoo charity. We help breast cancer patients get their nipples (and the confidence that comes with them) back, via amazingly realistic, long-lasting tattoos. We work with a team of experienced, specially trained medical tattoo artists across the UK and Ireland to make sure breast cancer patients who want to restore their nipples can do so without the worry of cost or repeat hospital visits” www.nipcharity.org See you next time! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chatstacklive.substack.com
3d ago

💬 'Are You On Brand'

Hello! I’d like to start by apologising for the terrible picture quality on my side, no idea what happened there, as it did NOT look like that during the live! Also for my recent inconsistencies with these ‘live’ chats. I have tried really hard to stick to a regular schedule, I don’t know why I find it so difficult! 🤦🏽‍♀️ Please Note: This chat was recorded on Substack ‘Live’ on 23rd June 2026 Anyway, you may or may not have noticed/give a shit that I did NOT in fact speak to Helen Morris last week (Tuesday 16th June), as stated in my last one of these posts. I can’t even tell you why now, but I can only assume I was contending with yet another migraine or fatigue/kid’s demands or something like that. I will endeavour to book Helen back in because I would really like to chat to her. ☺️ My Guest This Week My ‘live’ chat this week was with the lovely Fliss Lee - Brand Coach and Strategist, and Founder of Honest Folk - “helping you bridge the gap between where you are now, and the next level of your business, whatever that looks like for you.” “Honest Folk exists to demystify the world of “brand”, join the dots that are in your head, and help you lean into what makes you, ‘you’.” I discovered Fliss through her online community - On Brand - “A space for creative business owners to regularly work on their business, with structure, support, and momentum behind you.” 💬What We Chatted About * Breaking away from the “shoulds” when it comes to running our own businesses * Why creative careers aren’t viewed and respected as “proper” jobs * The importance of HUMAN creativity and the feelings behind our ideas/designs * How Fliss went from corporate employment to running her own business * The importance of community and connection with other creatives * The value of the support and accountability within a community * How working on your own can become very lonely and isolating * Fliss’ experience and opinions of Substack so far (being relatively new here) * Why sharing our “shit bits” is so important in combating comparison * The balance between your creativity and business being side-by-side * Why trying new things isn’t a waste of time and doesn’t mean your failing * How your branding needs to be fluid and grow with you and your business * Some great ‘top tips’ from Fliss and why your ‘brand vision’ is key to your marketing messaging! See you next time! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chatstacklive.substack.com
3d ago

💬 'Finding Simple & Calm'

Hello! That’s TEN episodes of ChatStack ‘Live’ now people! 🎉 And what a great chat it was this week, with my lovely guest Sophie Ingleby 🥰 Please Note: This chat was recorded on Substack ‘Live’ on 12th June 2026 About Sophie For those who don’t already know, Sophie is paving the way for “the knackered parents and neurodivergent business owners with buzzing brains and those who struggle to get out of bed some days, are burned out and overwhelmed.” She helps people who’s body, brain or life was never build for the “traditional” 9-5. Me! 🙋🏻‍♀️😉 Sophie offers a calm and nurturing space through her Substack: ‘Finding Simple & Calm’ “A cosy forest retreat with space to breathe and just be. A gentle community for neurodivergent creative small business owners & mothers who want lived stories, strategies, tools & resources, and all the support to build a slow, sustainable business that’s baggy enough to live in.” See you next time! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chatstacklive.substack.com
3d ago

💬 'Turning Ideas into Action with Three Beams Thinking'

Hello Everyone! Another awesome ChatStack ‘Live’ this week, with the fabulous Sophie Greenwood ☺️ Sophie is a business planning and operations expert and Founder of ‘Three Beams Thinking’ - Working at the point where creativity meets organisation, Sophie helps people turn their ideas into action. “Supporting small businesses to thrive in ways that feel realisticand aligned to where they want to go.” Please Note: This chat was recorded on Substack ‘Live’ on 4th June 2026 I really enjoyed our chat and loved that Sophie was happy to roll with my relaxed, un-planned style. We certainly didn’t run out of things to say and I loved hearing Sophie’s perspectives on AI, creativity, the importance of human connections and input. As well as her refreshing take on Networking. I first met Sophie whilst attending one of her lovely workshops - Networking Skills for Small Businesses - which I got so much from and do highly recommend. That particular workshop is next running in September (which will be here before we know it), but there are others before then. See you next time! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chatstacklive.substack.com
3d ago

💬 'Unlearning a Lifetime of Expectations & Conditioning'

Hi everyone! ChatStack was back this week, with a great ‘Live’ episode. Discussing ‘UnLearning’ with the fabulous Lee Griffith 🥰 Please Note: This chat was recorded on Substack ‘Live’ on 26th May 2026 Lee writes about unlearning a lifetime of expectations, conditioning and rules. She helps people who want their work and lives to matter without losing themselves in the process. I love the ethos and messaging around Lee’s coaching business and she has helped me personally (at the end of last year) to gain a LOT of clarity and insight. Particularly around my learned expectations, conditioned beliefs and all the ‘shoulds’ I carry with me. See you next time! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chatstacklive.substack.com
3d ago

💬 'Talking All About YOU! 📚

Hello! So… I got myself in a bit of spin about this one, thanks to all the promo building up to this week’s episode. When I started marketing it as a bit of a “pinch me” moment (having Toni Jones as a guest), I started getting all anxious and nervous about it and putting WAY too much pressure on myself! 🤦🏽‍♀️🥴 Please Note: This chat was recorded on Substack ‘Live’ on 12th May 2026 I even broke my own rules of the ChatStack model - minimal planning, a very loose structure and just a casual chat! Forgetting that Toni is someone I’ve had many chats with before and is a friend, who just happens to be publishing a book. Old anxiety and insecurity habits crept in and I went all silly and “star struck”. 🫣 Anyway, Toni was fab and I soon relaxed into it… even though my brain forgot how to form sentences at times and many, many words seemed to have disappeared entirely! Does anyone else get like that? About My Guest Toni Jones is a journalist turned bibliotherapist and the founder and editor of ‘The Shelf Help Clubhouse’ – The world’s first dedicated self-help book club - designed to support you in reading, reflecting and applying self-development. Over the past 10 years, Toni has read over 1000 self-help books, interviewed hundreds of authors and wellbeing experts. Including Gretchen Rubin, Hal Elrod | Author + Speaker, Dr David Hamilton and Ella Mills (Deliciously Ella). All of which has now led to her to writing her debut book, YOU – “The Beginner’s Guide”. ‘YOU’ is a bite-size guide that distils the most valuable lessons from a decade spent immersed in the self-development space. Toni has developed a brilliant three-step framework – the Connected Self MethodTM - which features expert tools designed to help people get to know themselves better and support their journey towards Self-Discovery, Life Design, and Life Support. “Self-help isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about getting to know yourself and then designing a life that fits” – Toni Jones Thank You Thank you so much to everyone who tuned into ChatStack ‘Live’ and apologies for not managing to invite questions in the end… we just had too much to talk about! The time went too quickly but we managed to cover a lot of juicy topics during our time together. Thank you Toni for being a fabulous guest and for supporting me through my wobbles and helping feel more at ease. 💛 See you next time! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chatstacklive.substack.com
3d ago

💬 'Finding ways to work WITH your neurodivergent brain, that also support your nervous system'♥️

Hi! Can I start by saying that I apologise upfront for the enormous amount of ‘hair play’ and nail biting from me this week. I have no idea what that was all about, I can only assume I had some pent up energy and was therefore being a total fidget bum! 🫣 P.s. If you stick around right to the end there’s a delightful “old person” f**k-up to enjoy, as I try to END the video! 🫣🤣 Please Note: This chat was recorded on Substack ‘Live’ on 28th April 2026 My Guest This Week The lovely Allegra Chapman (she/her) kindly jumped in at very short notice and joined me on this week’s ‘Live’ chat - Thank you Allegra! 🙏🥰 Allegra is an author, columnist, former publishing editor and creative therapy practitioner. Her publication and membership on Substack is Creative Fix. “A creative sanctuary, where you can discover ways to use writing, art and crafting for healing, self-expression and connection.” 💬Our Chat I really enjoyed my impromptu catch up with Allegra and we dived straight into lots of juicy topics such as, the importance of valuing our unpaid work, parenting and our creative pursuits. How hopping around from one project to another isn’t failure and how recognising that sometimes it’s the process we need and not the finished result. I was interested to hear how Allegra discovered ways to develop her creative practice that supports her brain and nervous system and works WITH her needs, rather than constantly fighting against herself. How she went from “I can’t do this” to writing three books and making a living as a writer. Her new book Divergent Creatives is out now - which Allegra describes as, “The guidance, reassurance and confidence boost I wish someone had given me 20 years ago.” Breaking down the limiting beliefs that our culture teaches us about creativity and differences. We discussed the importance of recognising and accepting how our brains work differently and the book includes practical tips on building a creative habit that actually works for you, instead of trying to follow someone else’s blueprint. ⭐️Bonus Content (not in the recording) Working With Our Energy We briefly talked about the importance of working with our energy and checking in with our capacity - being flexible, self-compassionate, kinder, not pushing ourselves too far and breaking the vicious cycle of burnout. Which of-course led me to mention Selina Barker and her fabulous Journal ‘Time To Thrive’ ♥️ Which teaches us how to manage our energy - across the 5 different zones - and use the tools and techniques within the journal to reclaim your energy and build a life in which you can truly thrive! How This Has Helped Me Personally Over the past couple of weeks, whilst I’ve been going through a very challenging and emotional life event, I have felt so lifted and supported by the fabulous people in Selina Barker’s membership! This gave me the extra strength and motivation I needed to put into practice some of the fantastic tools I’ve learned from the Journal. It has enabled me to pause, notice and recognise which of my energy zones is depleted at any given time... even throughout the chaos and upheaval of such a big life event! 😬 I’ve been able to mindfully notice what specifically drains my energy and make more conscious and measured efforts to refuel that particular area of my wellbeing. This focused approach has helped me to stay connected to my body, prevented me from spiralling into overwhelm and enabled me to make better choices about where to expend my energy… AND to PROTECT that energy and value my overall wellbeing much more than I ever have in the past. See you next time! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chatstacklive.substack.com

'Live' chats with various guests, talking about the hottest topics of the moment. Whether that be the juggle of modern day life, or the ever-changing scope of parenting challenges. Nothing is off limits, blips are inevitable and tangents are encouraged! chatstacklive.substack.com

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