Dreaming And Doing With Nicky Raby

Erica is a stylist, fashion journalist and brand consultant with over fifteen years of experience in the industry as Fashion Director on national newspapers and magazines including LOOK, The Sun and The Daily Mirror.In 2012 she started writing The Edited as a way of keeping her creative juices flowing while on maternity leave with her second child – and it’s now grown into an award-nominated site with a loyal and engaged audience.WebsiteInstagramTwitterPinterestFacebookFollow @nickyrabyWork with Nicky

Michelle is committed to helping you transform your finances, make more money and take control of your life.WebsiteFollow @nickyrabyWork with Nicky

Kim Palmer is the founder of Clementine - an app by women, for women who want to feel more confident, sleep better and wave goodbye to the stresses of daily life. Kim juggles this with a career as a strategy director for Wunderman, a digital agency in London and family life with her hubby and two little boys.WebsiteInstagramTwitterLinkedInFollow @nickyrabyWork with Nicky

Lucy is a Hay House author and the first and only Comparison Coach. She helps people all over the world go from compare and despair to #comparisonfree in their life and business through her unique, specialist coaching experiences and events.The one thing that unites her clients is, whether they are a pop star or a pub owner, they share a desire to live on their own terms, pursuing their version and vision of happiness as audaciously as possible.Lucy's bookFacebookTwitterInstagramFollow @nickyrabyWork with Nicky

Ingrid is a former corporate lawyer who took a step away from her career to have babies, and then found it didn’t quite fit the same way when she was ready to go back. Now she works with Dec + Dash Consulting to help small businesses get their legals sorted without the hassle and stress. She currently lives in London with her husband and her two energetic boys.Facebook<.a>InstagramWebsite (currently in progress)Follow @nickyrabyWork with NickySupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickyraby)

Christabel who is half Danish half Australian moved to the UK 10 years ago to develop her love for theatre, film and fashion work. Formerly a costume & set designer, textiles artist, stylist and DIY lover, Christabel now lives in Somerset with her husband and three children. Christabel launched The Mother Maker in 2017 to celebrate and support mums in the creative industries. With the launch of their online marketplace in November of last year, she now spends her time curating the website, by hand selecting independent mum run brands and products that she loves. With everything from art & prints, stationery, books, beauty & skincare products, fashion & accessories, children’s clothing, homewares and lifestyle items, Christabel is on a mission to get society to change their buying habits and to not only recognise the work of these small emerging brands but to continue to campaign for more people to shop independently. She believes that by shopping independently and especially from mothers we ca

Emily Brooks is a Designer and Psychotherapist. Her greetings cards and paper goods are stocked online and in retailers across the UK, and she is the founder of The FIT Program, a Focused Identity Therapy course that helps people to uncover identity, combat fear and re-focus their future.EmilyWebsiteInstagramTwitterThe FIT ProgramWebsiteFacebookInstagramWork with NickyFollow @nickyraby

Lacey is a hairdresser and co founder of Hunter Collective.Lacey built HC to create flexibility, transparency and freedom in her work-life balance. HC is a co-workspace, created for the hair/beauty and fashion industries. They are proudly brand-neutral and technology-focused, which she hopes will encourage and support members to build their businesses limitlessly.Her personal goal is to empower women in the industry and share the real-life tests of having a business and a family. She is still working with clients and adores the incredible talented HC members and brands who have joined the community.WebsiteInstagramWork with NickyFollow @nickyraby

 Anya is a Pilates teacher, writer and speaker focusing on perinatal physical and mental health. Anya trained as a Pilates teacher before becoming a mum, after a sudden bereavement forced her to assess what life really means and prompted her to choose a "passion-led" portfolio career over her full-time editorial role in book publishing. Anya is on a mission to empower women with the tools to travel smoothly through motherhood mayhem, with pelvic floor and sanity intact.She's the author of four books: My Pilates Guru; A Little Course in Pilates; Pregnancy: the Naked Truth and The Supermum Myth: Overcome anxiety, ditch guilt and embrace imperfection. (All these books were magically written by pixies while she was sleep deprived and juggling babies.) Her fifth book, Pilates for Pregnancy comes out in September.She has two boys, Maurice 6, and Freddie, 3, who make the freelance mum-juggle totally worth while. Most of the time. A freelance mum doing the self-employed mum krypton factor every day!Web

Christina is Mummy to the 4 year old Little Man and 2 year old Little Miss, and lives in South London with her husband. She runs THIS MAMA DOES as well as being an agent representing writers and directors in film & TV, and works part-time for online marketplace ALL by MAMA. Christina is surviving this motherhood lark on too little sleep, too much coffee and definitely too much gin!WebsiteInstagramFacebookTwitterNew range of T-shirts - QUEEN OF EMPTY THREATS, THIS IS NOT RELAXING, SPONSORED BY COFFEEWork with NickyFollow @nickyrabySupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickyraby)

Monica Kade is highly sought after for her work with entrepreneurs, which helps them to find clarity, fine-tune and express their personal business message. She has a rare ability to connect her clients to the space within them, so they realise the solution to their question. She has 12+ years in communications and publishing. Through her work, she supports people to express themselves and be better communicators professionally and personally. Her offerings include masterclasses, one-on-one sessions, and copywriting.WebsiteInstagramFacebookWork with NickyFollow @nickyraby

Jessica is a Publishing Coach & Consultant who has spent 20 years working in the UK publishing industry. During that time she has worked for a number of major multi-award-winning UK publishing houses, working with hundreds of authors and created countless bestsellers. When she left to start her consultancy she was a Board-Level, CIM qualified Marketing Director, with experience of publishing everyone from first time debut authors to household names like John Grisham, Stephen King & Stephen Fry. In two decades she has worked on pretty much every kind of fiction and non-fiction genre, learned everything about publishing AND become a marketing & promotion ninja.WebsiteInstagramFacebookPlan Publish & Promote Facebook groupWork with NickyFollow @nickyraby

In today's episode, I talk to my lovely friend and actor Indra Ové. You may know Indra from the small or big screen; her credits include; Interview with the Vampire, Resident Evil, Marcella, The National Theatre, The Young Vic, The West End...these are just a few. 

As a Positive Psychologist and Success Coach, Niyc is on a mission to help a million women change their lives using Positive Psychology by the year 2020. She recently won Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the UK, and proudly travels the world speaking, coaching, and helping women create more joy, personal power, and unstoppable success within themselves and their businesses.She has helped thousands of women through her coaching programs in the past few years alone, and has a reach of more than half a million on social media. She has been appointed as a Supporting Partner at United Nations Women UK and as an ambassador for their Onebracelet campaign to end violence against women. She is media trained, and regularly speaks on stage in front of audiences of thousands in places including Hollywood, Amsterdam, Miami, London, Dallas, Orlando, Rio, and Sydney. Niyc is one of only 20 women in the world to have been invited to spend a week on Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson for the first ever women’s entreprene

Kay Fabella is a storyteller and business strategist, who crafts words for purpose-driven entrepreneurs to pivot with purpose and connect with the people they were meant to serve. She's a world-recognized speaker, author and trainer who's been featured in international media like the Huffington Post and El País. She's also a co-founder of a bilingual brand & website agency, Brand in a Bottle.A Los Angeles native based in Madrid, Spain, she works in English and Spanish to create meaningful communication strategies that connect brands with their buyers and believers. When Kay's not making brand story magic, you can find her with her Spanish husband and their cat, eating her way through Europe, or jet-setting between LA and Spain. Connect with her at Kay Fabella or Brand In A Bottle.'About' Page Audit guideKay FabellaWebsite | FB | FB Group | IN | LIBrand in a BottleWebsite | FBStory Lab (1:1 Services)Story School (Group program)Work with NickyFollow @nickyraby

Dr. Pragya Agarwal, an academic and a creative strategist, helping others re-ignite their creativity and launch their creative careers and businesses.The Art TiffinWebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookHedge & Hog PrintsWebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookRaising Creative KidsFacebook groupWork with NickyFollow @nickyraby

Esther Walker has been a journalist for 15 years and has worked at The Times, The Evening Standard and The Independent. She started a successful cooking blog in 2007 called Recipe Rifle and wrote two books, The Bad Cook and The Bad Mother. She continues to freelance and has a new blog called The Spike. She is married to fellow journalist Giles Coren and they have two children.WebsiteTwitterInstagramWork with NickyFollow @nickyrabySupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickyraby)

Frankie is a freelance graphic designer working with clients across the arts, media and charitable sectors. She’s also a mum of one, and founder of Doing It For The Kids — an online (and increasingly offline!) community by and for self-employed parents. Through the DIFTK blog, Instagram and closed Facebook group, Frankie gives self-employed parents a safe space to vent, share advice and experiences, and ultimately cheer each other on through the madness that can be freelance life and parenthood combined. She recently launched the DIFTK Shop selling reward charts and stickers for parents, helping us to recognise our achievements both personal and professional.WebsiteDoing It For The KidsInstagramFacebook groupMy reward charts and stickers in the DIFTK shopWork with NickyFollow @nickyraby

Holly is a TV actress, award winning vlogger, business and mindset coach to female entrepreneurs, a speaker, founder of The Happy Me Project online course and live workshop and Mum of two girls.WebsiteThe Happy Me ProjectTwitterInstagramWork with NickyFollow @nickyraby

Annie Ridout is founder and editor of The Early Hour, as well as a freelance journalist (The Guardian, Red Magazine, Stylist), copywriter and blogger (BabyCentre). She speaks about parenting, feminist issues and mornings on BBC radio and TV, and was on a panel at last year’s Stylist Live. She’s a (nearly) full time mum to her three-year-old daughter and one-year-old son.WebsiteFacebookInstagramShow notesWork with NickyFollow @nickyraby