Women on a Mission with Sue Revell

Bnar's extraordinary story starts with fleeing North Iraq as a child refugee in 1998.  A child of parents who were targeted for their involvement in the Kurdish resistance, one of her early memories of arriving in the UK is her mother telling Bnar, and her siblings, that their role now was to become someone who can help others and give back. And so she did. Bnar tells the story of how she has give...

What if today is the day you say YES?!  What if you were to decide, right now, to say yes to invitations, yes to challenges, and yes to stepping up into whatever is next for you. Stepping up is a choice. And it's not always a choice that we feel ready or equipped for. It demands honesty, commitment and courage. In this week's solo episode we look back at my conversation with Sarah Day, CEO of Prac...

    Helping others to be more and be better is something that comes naturally to Sarah Day. If mission is the thing we can't not do, then Sarah was quite literally born to her mission. She has spent a lifetime surrounded by people who understand that by giving of ourselves we can help others to thrive too. But that doesn't mean it was easy, when it was Sarah's turn to step up. On the one hand, she...

Whether you've just found us, or you're a seasoned expert listener returning from Season Two, welcome to Season Three of the Women on a Mission Show. In this short bonus episode, I introduce you to my guests for Season Three, and tell you a little about who they are, why I've invited them to join me and what you can expect from our conversations.  Welcome to: Sarah Day , Chief Executive of Practic...

    Sometimes we don't yet know the detail of our calling, we just know we're here for 'more', and we heard a lot about 'more' in Season Two.  It was a common theme, running through many interviews, as each guest shared their own unique experience of being called to do and be more, in their mission. For some guests, it called into question who they are; for others, there was a sense of looking to...

  Ready for more.  Deep down, you know that where you are now is no longer enough, but you don't yet know what "more" looks like. What do you do when you absolutely know you aren't in the right place to be your best self, but you can't yet see what lies ahead or the path to your escape? This is an episode about finding your voice so that you can speak up and be heard. When you're no longer afraid...

    Have you ever felt like there's something more ahead for you but the path to get there just isn't clear? It's a strange kind of stuckness when you have the sense that you are meant to do more and be more but you don't yet know what 'more' might be. Karen Laos felt like a racehorse behind the gates, all fired up and ready to go but the gates just weren't open.  The more that things expanded aro...

  Money.  A taboo topic that's still in the Top 10 of subjects to avoid in polite conversation. Particularly if you're a woman. Money is a really loaded topic and, given the connection we often create between money and self worth, a troubled relationship with money can often mean a troubled relationship with our mission, and ourselves. The good news is that it doesn't have to be that way. We can d...

    If there's one thing that catches everyone's attention, it's our level of ease and willingness (or otherwise!) to talk about money. For many women it's a real struggle and yet, when we truly understand our relationship with money, so much more becomes possible for us in our life, our business and our mission. Tara was at rock bottom. Running her small business had led to bankruptcy. For Tara t...

  If you've ever had a moment where you're so completely infuriated with how things are, that you just can't stop yourself from changing things up, you'll immediately identify with the fury that Emma described in last week's interview. When it comes to stepping into our mission, there are many reasons we can feel compelled to step up and take action. Sometimes it's because our vision is so big we...

    A mission driven by fury. What a place to start! Sometimes the reason we stumble on our mission is because something needs doing and no-one else is doing it. So we just start and keep doing what needs to be done, one step at a time. That's Emma's story. She took one step at a time to change the world of publishing because she could see what would be possible if publishers learned to code. Frus...

  Have you ever had a moment where you realised that you're not 'done'?  Where you felt deeply aware that what you are doing just isn't enough and that there is something else you are here to achieve? That you have more to do and more to BE? There's something really powerful about realising it's time to think, dream and BE bigger in your mission. Time to show up differently. Time to stop waiting f...

When you shuffle off this mortal coil, what would you prefer to be remembered for?  Your restaurant choices and changing room battles, or the legacy you created to make a real difference? Realising she wasn't 'done' changed everything for Maggie Landes MD. She stepped out from the crowd and into her dis-comfort zone, where the rewards of creating an impact far outweighed the risks of doing and bei...

  Have you ever looked at someone further along the path to you, and wished you were them? Or looked at them and allowed your mental monkeys to convince you that you could *never* be them? That you'll never be able to do what they do? That you'll never have what they have? That you'll never be who they are? What if, rather than comparing yourself with the person you see, you looked beyond them to...

Your mission demands your boldest, bravest, most brilliant self.  How ready are you? Whether you see it as a mission, or a calling, or simply that thing you "can't NOT do", right now it requires you to think, dream and play your biggest game. Your Mission Matters is my free guide to help you self-evaluate where you are and where you want to be in your mission.  More importantly, it helps you to pl...

    When Suzanne was reading Richard Branson's books at 18 years of age, neither of them could have had any idea of the personal impact he would later have in her career. She went on to have first-hand experience of working with the entrepreneurial giant whose own mission personally inspired Suzanne to help small business owners to have access to affordable legal protection. This episode is all ab...

  If you've ever been through an experience that re-defines who you are, you will recognise some of the questions posed in this episode. Whether it's illness, relationship change, loss, redundancy, or another life-changing event, we eventually reach a point where we need to make sense of what has happened and work out what's next and how we get there.  We find ourselves at a point where we have to...

    It's not an easy question to confront, but for Dr Liz O'Riordan, it wasn't optional.  Having experienced breast cancer from both sides of the operating table, and been robbed of the personal and professional future she had dedicated her whole life to creating, Liz was not only left rebuilding her physical, mental & emotional wellbeing but also her very life purpose. Liz's new mission is changi...

    If "I am.." are two of the most powerful words we can use, then perhaps it's reasonable to assume that "Am I..?" is one of the most powerful questions we can pose. We often talk about the importance of mindset, but if we really want to change the world there are two even deeper levels we have to explore, and the first of these is the question of our identity. Knowing who we are and who we need...

As questions go, it's quite a biggie…. and it's a hard question to ask ourselves without creating thoughts of expectation, enoughness, maybe even FOMO, if we're not immediately sure of the answer. In this episode, Catherine Watkin – one of my earliest mentors since setting up in business - begins by asking herself this very searching question, and then takes us on an honest and insightful explorat...

Whether you've just found us, or you're a seasoned expert listener (no pun intended!) returning from Season One, welcome to the second season of the Women on a Mission Show.  In this short bonus episode, I introduce you to my guests for Season Two, and tell you a little about why I've invited them to join me and what you can expect from our conversations. Each one of them has a precious story that...

If there's one thing the Women on a Mission in Season One have in common, it's that 'the thing they can't not do' involves being true to who they are.  Each guest revealed their own unique perspective and experience of being a woman on a mission, and almost without exception talked of the importance of speaking truth, being authentic, and being true to the calling of your heart.  As I look back ov...

Fear of stepping into the unknown can be paralysing. To dance with uncertainty takes courage, love, and a willingness to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. In this solo episode, we look back at my conversation with Ann Skinner - The Heartworker and explore how upgrading the questions we ask ourselves can have life changing results.  

Stepping into the unknown can be the hardest part of your mission, particularly when your calling is so compelling that you can't not respond. Ann's journey as a heart-worker involves so much more than the beautiful doodles she is known for. In this episode, she shares the challenges of being heart-led and the literal ups and downs of living life on many levels.   ABOUT MY GUEST: ANN SKINNER Ann S...

If you've ever judged yourself, maybe for being too much or not enough or simply just for being you, you'll know the prison that contained female tech founder, Aimee Bateman, until she decided to break free. This week's Insights episode looks back on our conversation (Episode 11) and suggests how, in setting ourselves free, we can become the person we know we were born to be.