Recharge your batteries throughout the day with activities and guided wellbeing sessions designed to keep you refreshed and energised throughout the Online Festival. These sessions will help you to develop good habits so you can focus and find your place of calm. See what we’ve got planned for you below.
This will be a 20 minute guided hatha yoga class where we will be exploring calming yoga poses to really allow your whole body to relax. These will include gentle head and neck stretches, as well as a few standing poses, and end with breath work to completely relax you and get you ready for the rest of your day.
We will delve into the basics of nutrition so you can feel like a different person when you know you are eating the correct foods and you will be able to not have a sugar spike mid morning or mid afternoon. We will also explore some wellness areas including a journaling practice to get all the thoughts out of your head and onto paper.
We will be taking you through a guided meditation and visualisation session where you will learn how to completely switch off, allowing your mind to be free and for you to feel completely calm and relaxed. The visualisation will really deepen your meditation practice and we will also go into some breath work during this 20 minute session.
Lauretta and Sharon will show you how to start your day right by eating well and creating the right energy, which will have profound effects on productivity, your ability to face challenges and increase your creativity. They will talk about the power of food on well-being and happiness and give tips on making the right choices and more importantly making those healthy habits stick.
Psychologist Dr. Joy Lere is inviting you to have a seat on her couch for real talk about what it takes to develop a resilient self. Hardship can break people or make them stronger. As a human who has been living in a pandemic, you’ve faced stress on all sides. It’s time to take a deep breath, regroup, and move forward with intention and direction. Discover how to reset your thinking and put into action tactical strategies to help you recover and move forward stronger than ever.
Is your passion for your business firing you up or burning you out? 75% of professionals cite having experienced burnout – 50% more than once. Burnout does not have to be your destined trajectory. In this thought-generating, action-taking session the five most common questions that are asked about burnout will be answered:
Do you sometimes wish you had more belief in yourself? In this 20 minute session, you are going to discover the root cause of this lack of confidence that many of us suffer, and you're going to experience a very powerful relaxation session, where you're going to reprogram your subconscious mind with more positive, empowering thoughts and beliefs.
My name is Gemma Nice and I help professional women who are trapped in the unhappy unhealthy and unsatisfying work life cycle which is causing them to feel old before their time unloved by those closest to them and is though their life has no meaning. I to suffered with my relationship after many years of trying and now we have overcome those factors and have been together for over 20 years. I have suffered trauma through a miscarriage but we got over that and made our relationship stronger.
The real problem is that no matter how many therapists you see, courses you take or conversations you have nothing seems to change. You have this sinking feeling in your heart that the rest of your life is going to feel like a repeat of the time before. I am a 38 year old with 2 children. I was born in Brighton and I love outdoor walks and being in nature and I love spending time together as a family. We have backpacked around the world for 7 months in 2006. That was the best trip ever. We as a family love to travel and the children get to see the amazing world. I am into healthy eating but also am partial to chocolate. I love reading romance novels and health magazines. I love my life and everything about it.
Lauretta and Sharon are sisters with a passion for healthy plant based food without being hippy dippy tree huggers.
Sharon was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease just before her son was born over 5 years ago. She was covered from head to toe in a chronic rash and at times was wheel chair bound. On a concoction of very toxic drugs and steroids Sharon decided she needed to find another way to get her health back.
After lots of research and a lot of trial and error Sharon found a high raw vegan diet with lots of fruits and vegetables made a massive difference to her health. She now has no rash is nearly off all drugs and back running. Her sister Lauretta decided to go along for the ride and support her. After vegan cooking courses, lots of juice detoxes they both feel better than ever and are passionate about others finding their mojo too.
Lauretta and Sharon are also an established comedy double act and write and perform and act.
Lauretta and Sharon are sisters with a passion for healthy plant based food without being hippy dippy tree huggers.
Sharon was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease just before her son was born over 5 years ago. She was covered from head to toe in a chronic rash and at times was wheel chair bound. On a concoction of very toxic drugs and steroids Sharon decided she needed to find another way to get her health back.
After lots of research and a lot of trial and error Sharon found a high raw vegan diet with lots of fruits and vegetables made a massive difference to her health. She now has no rash is nearly off all drugs and back running. Her sister Lauretta decided to go along for the ride and support her. After vegan cooking courses, lots of juice detoxes they both feel better than ever and are passionate about others finding their mojo too.
Lauretta and Sharon are also an established comedy double act and write and perform and act.
Dr Alka Patel is a GP, Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Coach, Speaker, Author and Podcaster. As the CEO and Founder of Lifestyle First® and the Creator of The L.I.F.E.S.T.Y.L.E. First Method® she is changing the way we define health in an unprecedented way. Dr Patel amplifies health as a skill and a business asset so that inspired individuals and bold businesses can create compassionate lifestyle changes for happy, healthy living and connected workplace wellness. She provides strategic programs for workplace wellbeing to ensure that impactful lifestyle changes are embedded into the workplace culture to support physical and emotional wellbeing with enhancement of productivity and performance. Dr Alka Patel is a Regional Director for the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and Wellbeing Committee Member for the Royal College of General Practitioners
For more information visit www.dralkapatel.com
Dr. Joy Lere is a licensed clinical psychologist and consultant who practices at the intersection of behavior and business. She has previously served as an Associate Clinical Professor in Clinical Psychology at George Washington University and has held research and clinical positions with Penn Medicine Princeton Health, the Department of Defense, and Children's National Medical Center. Dr. Lere has worked internationally to set individuals and organizations on the path to success through self-awareness.
Bianca Riemer is a Women's Leadership Coach who helps women in Finance get promoted to senior leadership positions. She has two decades experience in financial services, working as a Chartered Accountant at PWC and as an Equity Analyst at Morgan Stanley. She initially got a bad fail in her final accounting exam and suffered from extreme imposter syndrome and burnout at the beginning of her stockbroking career. After she got help, she stopped working long hours, got promoted and won numerous accolades and awards, including 3 Starmine Analyst Awards. Today, she uses a multi-modality approach consisting of coaching, hypnotherapy and energy healing to help women make quantum leaps in their confidence and their careers.
Women in Finance Online Festival is pleased to be offering on demand financial literacy lessons and resources to help attendees who are homeschooling through the pandemic. Financial literacy is a key aspect of education providing young people with the knowledge of products, services and how to use them to set them up for a future of financial resiliency.
Access resources including:
OUR STORY
KiKu is a Japanese word with many meanings. For us, it means to LISTEN to ASK to HEAR. Founded by Susie, Alex and Richard, we love the fact this one word simply defines what makes us more than your usual coaching agency.
HOW WE SEE IT
The client must feel heard and understood, they need to own their goals and outcomes. When someone is prepared to put the work in to discover what they really have potential for and to own their own narrative, they will enjoy huge rewards.
KiKu & WOMEN IN FINANCE
We’re delighted to be offering free coaching to delegates of the WiF Online Festival for the first time! We unfortunately won’t be able to meet you face to face, but can still conduct the sessions via video.We have three different coaches available.
Have a read through their biogs and links to book your session with the coaches will be made available closer to the event.
We look forward to working with you!
Susie has been a nurse for 20 years spending some considerable time mentoring in the NHS. She specialise in leadership, holding a masters degree in the subject, and has significant medico-legal experience.
Susie coaches anyone who wants to become better, as she believes everyone should have the opportunity to grow.
Alex is a performance & career coach dedicated to supporting her clients to live their best lives, by helping them to maximise their potential in ways that are healthy and sustainable. Ultimately, her goal is to support her clients in making sure they feel good in their job and in their lives!
In her 19-year career, she ran market research projects across the world for a large variety of public and private sectors – helping her clients understand consumer mind-sets and behaviours and advise on how these should affect key decisions within the organisation.
Richard spent 20 years in the Charity Sector working in fundraising and marketing for CRUK and Macmillan Cancer Support. He was Chair of the Institute of Fundraising , is a trustee for the Tony Ellisher Foundation and acts as an advisor to Guys and St Thomas’s Charity.
He currently practices coaching and mentoring helping people to excel in their role whilst working through the challenges, difficulties and opportunities of senior leadership. He is totally committed to helping individuals thrive and grow through the exploration of learning, insight and self-awareness.
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