Hi, I'm Adela Mei Jackdaw. I support business owners to master digital technology and achieve sustainability and have a positive impact on people & the planet.

With my background in sustainable web design, ethical digital marketing, and organic content creation, I have been supporting SMEs with digital transformation since 2014. I Founded Jackdaw in 2020 to help SMEs embed sustainability into the core of their operations to help build a better more sustainable future.
 

Auxilium Business Consulting Ltd, founded in 2017, provides strategic business consultancy to service-based businesses all over the UK.

Led by Alex Hughes, with 30+ years of experience in finance, sales, business management and operations, Auxilium support SMEs to navigate their growth challenges, review their practices and improve efficiencies.

Specialising in sustainability, Alex guides SMEs to integrate sustainable practices, leveraging her extensive experience and Auxilium’s silver CSR-A accreditation. 

By highlighting and implementing all of these practices, Auxilium supports businesses to grow by attracting like-minded clients, suppliers and stakeholders to foster sustainable growth while contributing to a greener planet and future.

Alex Standley is an award-winning Personal Stylist & Sustainable Fashion Consultant with 20 years’ experience in the fashion industry. Driven by a passion for sustainability, dopamine dressing, and female empowerment. 

A graduate of the London College of Fashion, she spent 15 years as a Fashion Buyer for major brands like M&S. Alex specialises in transforming her clients' style to enhance their mood and confidence. 

She is also a public speaker, and has spoken at TEDx St Albans and The Good Clothes Show, advocating for sustainable fashion. Committed to promoting secondhand clothing and conscious shopping, Alex collaborates with charities and sustainable brands to make a positive impact in the fashion industry.

Award-winning PR expert Amanda FitzGerald is known as The Ultimate Door Opener, and more recently as Major Visibility.

Amanda’s passion is turning female entrepreneurs into unstoppable media-friendly PR machines for their brands and businesses.

Amanda spent the past 10 years helping to transform and inspire business owners, experts and entrepreneurs so that they get highly visible in their industry as they reach their dream influencers, using articulate and punchy pitches that get straight to the point so that they can share their message with millions as they become famous in their field using the power of PR.

Andrea Rainsford knows first-hand the power of connection, resilience, and taking bold action. Having spent 14 years in the corporate world, including key business development roles at Ernst & Young and Eversheds, she built a reputation for driving growth, securing high-profile clients, and creating meaningful relationships.

Andrea’s expertise lay in not just winning business, but in truly understanding people—what makes them tick, what drives them forward, and how we achieve more together than we ever could alone.

But life had different plans. After leaving the corporate world due to unforeseen challenges, Andrea had to rebuild—not just her career, but her entire approach to business and life. She turned her passion for connection, collaboration, and growth into her own business, dedicated to helping women thrive through affinity, support, and shared success. Come along, be part of the conversation, and get ready to take action.

Caroline Tyrwhitt is a food relationship coach. She combines her expertise of being a recovering yo-yo dieter and an NLP trainer to help women lose weight without dieting, and keep it off. 

Using the transformational power of NLP and other mindset tools, Caroline helps busy professional women go from disillusioned dieter and become an empowered eater instead. She shares many of the tools and techniques that she uses with her clients in her bestselling and award winning book The Mindset Diet. Through a series of coaching activities, she takes readers on an inner journey to unravel the unhelpful thoughts, beliefs and habits they have collected over the years. If you’d like to rewrite your food story, connect with Caroline at her website below or via the links in the main show notes for Episode #005

With over 30 years in the NHS, including 12 in senior management, Carolyn Cowperthwaite of C.C. Coaching U.K. Ltd brings a unique blend of clinical expertise and leadership experience to her executive coaching.  

Carolyn's focus is empowering high-achieving professionals, to navigate complex challenges and unlock their full potential. She specialises in stress reduction, leadership development, clarity and focus, and achieving sustainable work-life balance.

As the author of The Grief Book, Carolyn possesses a deep understanding of human resilience and applies that knowledge to fostering personal and professional growth

Having experienced first-hand the crippling effects of a Midlife crisis, the loss of confidence, identity and purpose, Carrie Frost The Midlife Transformation Coach knows how scary it can be to question "is this it?"

Carrie spent over 3 years putting herself back together, delving deep into the world of personal development and mindset to heal and rebuild.

Carrie now helps other Midlife women who are feeling lost and stuck in their lives, ditch the crisis, rebuild the confidence and reignite the passion and spark for life they thought they’d lost through her 121 and group coaching programmes.

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Cary J Hansson is a fifty something mum of three, an ex-dancer, actress, waitress, cleaner, TV presenter, double-glazing sales rep, fax machine operator (what's a fax machine?) You name it and she's cleaned it, served it, sent it or sold it. 

She lives in Sweden, swims in the sea year round, paddle-boards under midnight suns and has learned to sail. 

The author of six books Cary's work has been shortlisted in national and international competitions. 

She writes stories about ordinary people, living lives of extraordinary courage and indestructible humour. She promises only two things: no knights in shining armour and no flying cars. Her characters save themselves, as in the end we all must do. 

Denise Greene is founder and CEO of the charity Beyond Boundaries Foundation. With the motto “Don’t just exist – choose to live”, Beyond Boundaries Foundation’s mission is simple but powerful: to provide access to life-changing complementary therapies and techniques for vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals.

The fully registered charity is passionate and focused on helping to relieve suffering and support rehabilitation for those facing physical, emotional, and mental health challenge - all as part of an integrated approach with mainstream medicine.

Denise said: “Every person we help brings us closer to transforming lives because everyone deserves the chance to thrive beyond boundaries.

“But we can’t do it alone. We need passionate practitioners, business sponsors, and individual supporters to join us.”

Mother. Motivator. Mariner. Marketer. Felicity Ashley embodies transformation and resilience. As a mother of three, with a 20-year marketing career, she rowed across the Atlantic, battling cancer without her knowledge.
She now inspires organisations and leaders facing challenges or transformative change to become more resilient, inclusive, dynamic, and productive. ‘Mindset over matter’ is a mantra which has enabled her to navigate adversity, thrive amidst change, seize opportunities, and surpass goals.
She tells her story with humility and candour. Beyond the tale of triumph against the odds, she shares actionable insights and strategies to effect positive professional and personal transformation.

I'm Gemma aka The Movement Maestra from Barcelona, happily settled in Hertfordshire with my second husband and child-free by choice.

I love nature and I tend to look for 'light' even if it's dark - like a sunflower. Otherwise, I'm happy teaching Mindful Movement, Networking, Learning or Sleeping.

After years as a #GymAddict, both as a Participant and as a Personal Trainer, I found that Desk Breaks offer a beautiful opportunity to add #MindfulMovement towards our overall #Wellbeing, instead of sitting at our desks for hours, and then going for a 5k run or strenuous sessions to run a Marathon or climb Mount Everest as a 'one off' tick in a 'goals list'.

To integrate movement and nutrition with mindset to transform your lifestyle, check this 6 months programme 

 https://ifdietsdontwork.co.uk/beyond-the-scales

Ever thought it’s crazy that a man can be a silver fox, but a woman who chooses to go grey is letting herself go? 

Helen Johnson is the host of the Happier Grey Podcast, which was created to fight this stereotype. She’s a huge advocate of ageing well, by focussing on diet, exercise, and friendships, rather than trying to look 25. 

Helen worked in full-on corporate and charity marketing roles for over 30 years, before setting up her own business, Remix Marketing, in 2020. Giving her a much better work-life balance, with far less stress.

Jo Brianti is a protection specialist who demystifies global privacy regulations for organisations worldwide. 

With extensive GDPR expertise, she transforms complex compliance requirements into practical solutions. 

Jo is also Mum to 17 year old twin boys, who loves her garden, good food and travel.  Jo loves the gym and long country walks accompanied by her faithful border collie.

Pro-Ageing Promoter Philippa Taylor helps you transform Midlife meh to Midlife mojo so you feel fab naturally, which in turn gives you more bandwidth to do more of what you love for longer. Supporting your health span using her CHARM approach makes Midlife self-care simple, time-efficient and effective. 

CHARM stands for Community, Hydration, Activation, Relaxation and Movement, all coming together as proven small steps you can take every day to feel fab naturally. 

These five, no-faff, daily habits will help you to feel fab so you can use all your wisdom and experience, be more visible, and serve your family, your community and the world.

Wellness activation using unique, evidence-based products helps to give you more choices about how, when & where you show up, without having to take wellness challenges like a lack of good sleep, low energy and aches & pains into consideration. Age is just a number…

Sapna Pieroux is a multi-award-winning brand consultant, author and speaker, working with ambitious leaders and teams on their personal and business brands, so they can show up with clarity and confidence, and increase their influence, income and impact. 

Her Business Book Award-winning, best-selling book ‘Let’s Get Visible!’ details the VISION Process®  - so powerful she can rebrand a business in a day and it has now been adapted as a framework to build personal brands.

Sapna has partnered with Rethink Press, been a mentor in two business coaching groups, and guest-lecturer at the Universities of West London, Northumbria, Brunel and Hult International Business School.

Passionate about empowering women and girls, Sapna is a volunteer stylist for Smart Works and has also spoken about her breast cancer journey, to raise funds and awareness.
 

Sarah van Dort is a personal stylist dedicated to empowering Midlife women to embrace their unique style, rediscover confidence, and step into the next chapter of their lives with a renewed sense of self.  

Sarah works closely with women navigating this transformative stage, offering tailored services such as colour analysis, style makeovers, wardrobe editing, and personal shopping.

With her warm, bubbly personality, Sarah creates a supportive and inspiring environment where her clients feel seen and celebrated. She believes style is a powerful tool for self-expression and confidence, particularly for Midlife women who often prioritize others at the expense of their own identity. 

Sarah's mission is to provide her clients with the practical tools, expert guidance, and fresh perspective they need to build a wardrobe that reflects their true selves and supports their evolving lifestyle.

Sheena Sabharwal is a family and personal branding photographer, with a relaxed, natural approach to my photographer. 

Sessions with Sheena are laidback and fun affairs, showcasing you and your family or business just as you are. 

Sheena captures the moments of joy you share with your family and features you as the face of your business as you want to be seen.

Let Sheena tell your story

Keep in touch here via Sheena's newsletter for photography tips for family & branding, exclusive offers and early bird offers
https://www.sheenasabharwal.com/welcome

Full time creative since leaving school in 1989 which includes a great deal under that title! 

Singer - first artist to play the main stage at London’s O2 Arena, and recorded 5 albums. 

Vocal coach including the voice Kids for ITV, songwriter, music for health expert working with brain injury and in education.

Published author of 3 books, choir leader, director of her own CIC not for profit 

'Take a deep breath', keynote speaker and finally about to embark on a PhD 'Dr Sophie K Garner at your service! 

Steph Walsh creates animated videos to make you smile, make you think, and make you memorable. As The Feel-Good Animator, she has made 2D, character-based videos for companies and individuals for a range of purposes, from self-promotion to conferences, from marketing to internal training, corporate compliance and awareness, cyber security and digital, video CVs, book promotion and much more beside! Steph worked as an IT and management consultant for over two decades. She started teaching herself animation several years ago, when put in charge of the delivery and roll-out of internal training for an outsourcing project within financial services. Following a redundancy, she decided to stop being the best kept creative secret in a corporate environment and embraced video-making full-time. She is incredibly well-versed at sussing out the burning embers of creativity within her clients and at transliterating their timid ideas into surprisingly effective animations.

Suzanne Knowlson is a health and wellbeing life coach who is passionate about helping people transform their lives through her Four Pillars of Health and Wellbeing: physical vitality, emotional resilience, mental clarity, and purposeful living

With over 20 years of experience, Suzanne guides clients to break free from limiting beliefs, overcome challenges, and create lasting, sustainable habits. Her mission is to help people find balance, rediscover their purpose, and thrive in every area of life. Suzanne loves seeing the transformation that happens when her clients align their body, mind, and spirit to achieve true health and happiness

Flourish in Four is a 4-week transformational wellbeing journey designed to help you regain energy, build confidence, and create lasting healthy habits. With expert guidance, practical tools, and a supportive community, you’ll break free from self-doubt and step into a healthier, more empowered version of yourself

Talia Zamora’s coaching was born from a deep desire to encourage and support women from Neurodivergent families, inspired by her own experiences of living within a Neurodivergent family and truly understanding the journey. She values each person's unique worth and aims to make everyone feel valued and heard.

Talia's tailored Business and Family coaching helps clients find balance and reach their goals, making life's journey smoother and goals more achievable 

At the heart of what she does are five core values: simplicity, holistic approach, boosting self-worth, non-judgmental nurturing, and understanding of all differences.

Talia aims to continue to build awareness to the wider community, she envisions my coaching services reaching more women, guiding them toward happiness and balance. Her goal is to foster greater acceptance and inclusivity for Neurodivergent families while supporting them in achieving their aspirations

Vicki Holtom is a Living Nutrition, Reiki Practitioner, and Lifestyle Coach dedicated to compassionate care and holistic health.

In 2008, her first son, Adam, was born prematurely at 28 weeks and sadly lived for only two days—an experience that profoundly shaped her perspective on life. In 2016, she lost her beloved mum to bowel cancer, a loss that pushed her to embrace her true self and live with purpose.

Blessed with two more children, Ellis and Beth, she cherishes every moment, especially as Ellis lives with an incurable heart condition. Their journeys reinforced her passion for holistic well-being, leading her to create aebwellness. 

Through nourishing foods, movement, and emotional balance, she empowers others to thrive—not just survive. 

Wendy has over 30 years’ experience working with women business owners in all sectors helping them create business strategy that achieves growth and success.  She helps mature women become more agile in business and less risk averse, learning how to turn their talents into a commercial advantage. 

She is founder of the REFIREMENT movement dedicated to redefining retirement for women in the 21st Century, challenging negative stereotypes and freeing women to live their lives with purpose and continue to make a contribution.

Wendy has published 5 business books and numerous articles translating business theory into business practice. She holds a master’s degree in education and professional development, a range of professional qualifications and is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management.

Wendy is also an author of espionage novels and publishes the Daniel Grant Secrets series under the pseudonym of Wendy Charlton.

Zeenat Ahmed-Peto is an experienced, multi award-winning cognitive hypnotherapist and author. She helps her clients overcome past trauma to create healthy boundaries, stop people-pleasing and heal from burnout 

Zeenat helps her empathic clients develop deep, unconditional positive self-regard, so they can create a joyful life with fulfilment at work and connection at home

Too Kind: A Survival Guide for Sensitive Souls is Zeenat's first book, based on ten years' of clinical hypnotherapy experience https://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Kind-Survival-Guide-Sensitive/dp/B0D2B4KDZ5

The Authentic Connection VIP Day 20th June London.

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Too Kind Book Club  

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