Women Inspired Networking Conversations

If you’ve ever said “networking just isn’t for me” — this episode is going to change your mind. This week I sat down with Julie Clarke, family and wedding photographer and brand new WIN leader in Mildenhall, for one of the most honest and relatable conversations I’ve had on the podcast yet. Julie moved to the UK from North Carolina in 2021 knowing absolutely nobody. She had to rebuild her business...

Let me tell you about the summer Gemma nearly gave up. She’d been self-employed for two years. Her youngest had just started school. And she spent the entire summer holidays applying for jobs because she just couldn’t see how to make it work. Then in September she came to her first Women Inspired Network (WIN) event. She met a client. That client is now one of her biggest. And every single client...

Leah Scott is the founder of Bravely Together, a health coaching business supporting medical mums — mums of children with complex care needs. Her own story includes losing her daughter, watching her twin boys undergo bone marrow transplants and chemotherapy before their first birthday, and flying to Italy for their treatment. And through all of it, she kept going. She built a business. She found j...

So you've got the idea. You've got the passion. But every time you sit down to actually start, you feel completely overwhelmed and have no idea where to begin. This episode is for you. I sat down with the brilliant Danielle Marshall from Danielle Marshall Business Solutions for one of the most practical and genuinely useful conversations I've had on the podcast yet. Danielle has spent years helpin...

What would you do if someone in a position of authority told you that you would never be successful at anything in life? For Evie Capon, that moment became the fuel for everything she’s built since. Evie is the founder of Little Voices Suffolk, a performing arts franchise for four to eighteen year olds, a national franchise award finalist, and co-founder of The Opportunity Stage CIC — all by the a...

Behind the Scenes of WIN: The Reality of Running a Networking Community Everyone sees the events. The connections. The reviews. The smiling faces. What they don't see is everything that happens before any of that. In this episode I'm pulling back the curtain on what running Women Inspired Network actually looks like day to day. The nap-time work sessions. The last minute venue changes. The refund...

We need to talk about the event that nearly broke me. I arrived to a packed café, no reserved space, a manager who shrugged and said “just pick a table” — with twenty women on their way. I was pulling furniture across the floor, apologising to first-timers, and trying to hold it together on the outside while quietly falling apart on the inside. And then it turned out to be one of the best events w...

I'll be honest with you — when Sharon Buckley first offered to run our online networking events, I wasn't convinced. I come from a sales background and I've always been a face-to-face person. The idea of replicating the magic of our in-person WIN events through a screen? I genuinely didn't think it was possible. I was wrong. In this episode I sit down with Sharon Buckley — grief therapist, burnout...

In this episode of Women Inspired Networking Conversations, I'm joined by the incredible Emma from Start Strong Fitness CIC for the most honest conversation about juggling business around being a mum. Emma is a pre and postnatal fitness specialist, mum of two under two, and the founder of a CIC offering free grant-funded exercise classes for parents and babies across Colchester, Ipswich and Stowma...

In this second episode of Women Inspired Networking Conversations, I'm joined by the wonderful Gemma Gooch for a really honest chat about our very first networking experiences — the nerves, the awkward moments, and what we wish we'd known before walking through the door. We talk about what makes Women Inspired Network events so different from traditional networking, why creating a welcoming and su...

This podcast episode introduces Women Inspired Network (WIN) and its founder, Martina. It covers Martina's journey holding networking events, her experience of building someone else's dreams, and how Women Inspired Network has evolved. You will find out what makes WIN so different to conventional networking, such as no public speaking and no sales pitches, as well as the focus on small group netwo...