Women on a Mission with Sue Revell

How much resilience does one person need is an interesting reframe on the oft asked question, how much can one person take.  When you have survived some of the toughest times as a loving human; challenged inequity in and through the legal system, and taken on politicians on major issues of injustice during a global pandemic, you might be forgiven for taking a well earned rest or pivoting into a le...

On Day Six of our Success in Six series, the focus of our final day is on what success looks like in your mission as we go into 2023. Our six final questions will help you to summarise what you have discovered this week and set out your next steps. If you'd like to collate your thoughts as you listen, you can  download a simple journal here .  If you haven't already done so, do make sure you sign...

On Day Five of our Success in Six series, we are shining the light on how you can be the best version of you in 2023. Having thought about the biggest dream you have for your mission, our next six questions help you to think about who you need to be to deliver it, what you want to be known for and how you want to be remembered. If you'd like to collate your thoughts as you listen, you can  downloa...

On Day Four of our Success in Six series, we're shifting the focus to look at what you have achieved and how you have grown and developed personally this year.  It's the last episode that looks back at 2022 and it's the first of our episodes that are all about YOU! If you'd like to collate your thoughts as you listen, you can  download a simple journal here .   Wherever you're doing your Twixmas l...

On Day Three of our Success in Six series, we're looking back on what you've achieved in your mission during 2022.  Our next six questions focus on what's gone well, what you've learned and what you might do differently moving forward. They will help you to reflect on the year that is past, in a way that helps you to develop your plan for 2023. If you'd like to collate your thoughts as you listen,...

On Day Two of our Success in Six series, we're turning our attention to what your mission is, who you serve and the difference you are making. Our first six questions are intended to refocus your thoughts and intentions on what is really important and how you could make an even greater impact in the world. If you'd like to collate your thoughts as you listen, you can   download a simple journal he...

It's that time of year when we don't really know what day it is, and we can't decide whether to look back or forward! And in that wonderfully and gently discombobulated state, we can do some truly creative, non-judgemental thinking. So here is a mini-series with six shortie bonus episodes to guide you as you reflect on the end of this year and plan for the beginning of the next.  Six Days. Six Min...

Her compelling mission to rectify injustice is written through Rachel Flower like words through a stick of rock. Her survival through some of the darkest times as a daughter, sister and parent navigating grief , loss and pain; her experience of growing up in the working classes and building a professional career as a lawyer, strategist and entrepreneur; and her heart for people and fighting injust...

Normalising a conversation is a curious thing. Part of us wants to talk more, listen more and experience the healing power of not being alone in our experience.  Another part of us doesn't know if we're ready for what that might mean. What if it's not just our story to share? Or we're not in the right time or place to cope with the response? In last week's interview (#073) I talked to ITV presente...

Normalising conversation about any taboo topic is a challenging mission. And when that topic is something you have deeply personal experience of, it takes the challenge to a whole new level: especially when the topic is as complex and emotionally charged as living with infertility. It's an intense experience that changes lives and challenges relationships - with partners, family, friends and (espe...

Are you living your best life? What does that mean for you? For some people it's about power, money or status and all that they dream that will bring. For other people it's about the quest for fulfilment, answering their calling and realising their full potential. In last week's interview (#071) I talked to Chief Fire Officer for Cornwall Fire & Rescue, Kathryn Billing. During our conversation she...

When you're truly brought up to believe that women can do anything, anything really is possible – including becoming the Chief Fire Officer. Driven by a heart for service, a love of community, and a deep desire to make a difference, Kathryn built a varied and interesting career, until her pursuit of improvement led her to discover that not all women in the fire service shared the same experience....

Are you taking up your own space in the world?  And what does it mean, for you and your mission, when you diminish your presence through your physical movement and positioning, the language you choose or the thoughts you allow to occupy prime space in your mind? In last week's interview (#069) I talked to Chief Executive of the British Exploring Society, Honor Wilson Fletcher. During our conversat...

Imagine being the Chief Executive of an organisation that exists to take young explorers to extraordinary destinations - in the world AND in their own lives. Where the very raison d'être is to explore possibility, take young people out of their comfort zone and change their lives for the better.  What an opportunity to make a difference! An opportunity made all the more exceptional when you're a w...

What does it mean to settle? And how do we navigate our way out of stuckness in order to live and lead a life with more impact and greater fulfilment? In last week's interview (#067) I talked to Chief Executive of Manufacturing Wales, and Business News Wales, Heather Anstey-Myers. During our conversation she shared her personal story of navigating a challenging childhood, and how a throwaway phras...

Carrying the weight of family expectation can be an enormous load to carry, for any child.  Whether those expectations are high or low, they lead to assumptions that determine the behaviours, beliefs and values of the growing child, particularly if that young person perceives those expectations to be of limitation rather than ambition. At the moment where everything changed for Heather, she was wa...

What is grace? And how would showing more grace toward each other create a better world for future generations? In last week's interview (#065), body therapist and author Olukemi Ogunyemi shared the story of her upbringing in Scotland as a mixed-race child: highlighting both the trauma of experiencing racial abuse and the responsibilities of individuals, communities and organisations to raise awar...

The moment where George Floyd died, and the Black Lives Matter movement was born, changed the trajectory of a lifetime for Olukemi Ogunyemi. Racism, violence and abuse, further complicated by the trauma of living with anorexia, were layers of a lifetime that she consigns to not knowing any different; until international outcry and condemnation gave permission for a completely different conversatio...

Ready to meet our next set of guests?  Whether you've just found us, or you're a seasoned expert-listener, welcome to Season FIVE of the Women on a Mission Show.  In this short solo episode, I introduce you to my latest guest list. I'll tell you a little about who my guests will be, why I've invited them to join me and what you can expect from our conversations.  Welcome to: Andrea Byrne, ITV Pres...

Looking back on Season Four, if there is one thing that the Women on a Mission have in common, it's bravery. It's easy to think that if our mission is enormous we personally need to be one million percent braver to fulfil it, but throughout these interviews we repeatedly see the value that just being a little braver can achieve. Especially if those around us choose to be a little braver too! As I...

Are you a compulsive helper and, if so, what drives you or compels you to help others, even when helping results in your own needs being ignored and neglected? In last week's interview, business psychologist Jess Baker shared her own journey as a super-helper. Her mission to help others was to become her life's work, even though this has often been to the detriment of her own wellbeing. Looking ba...

Wanting to help people has long been the driver behind many career and life choices, but what happens when you don't know how to stop? What happens when you're so compelled to be helpful that you can't say 'no' to helping, even when helping would have a negative impact on your own needs or the needs of those closest to you? Jess has been confident of her own mission, to help people, since she was...

If you could ask yourself one question every day that would make a real impact on those around you, what would it be? What would be possible, for you or your team, in your business or organisation, if you stopped to ask yourself how you – as a leader - could make it easier for everyone else to do a great job? In last week's interview, Ali Bulman shared several examples of how she does this as she...

If you're thinking of starting a podcast, or launching any content that will draw you out of your comfort zone, this third episode in the birthday bonus trilogy is for you! It's been a year of learning, that's for sure, but maybe not in the way I expected.  If those four years of podcrastination and personal resistance were based on fears about technology, the real learning is much more personal –...

For many of us, standing out isn't easy.  It's much easier to fit in, make yourself small and blend in with the crowd. Childhood memories of "being seen by not heard" still run deep, despite also being the child who was expected to sing on the chip shop counter on Friday, and sing louder in the choir on Sunday! Imagine then, the challenge, when your mission is to stand out. To think, dream and BE...