Jane Byrne owns Studio Dancewear in Carlow town, Ireland, where she sells an array of dance wear and training aids as well as the ballet shoes you see the professional dancers tiptoe around in, pointe shoes. She’s busy at the moment, very busy, thanks to Brexit - something she wasn’t quite expecting. Brexit has given her new notoriety in her sector because she’s had the patience to deal with all the supply issues and increased charges it’s brought to businesses receiving stock from across the Irish sea.

They say when life gives you lemons make lemonade, but what do you do when life gives you a rare brain condition? Why, rebuild your life, start your own business and explore your creative side of course. Here is the inspiring story of a Dublin mum whose health diagnosis led to an uphill battle and a new start when she got there.

Now is a time for Deep Listening. If there was ever a time to STOP, a time to take notice of what is really going on for ourselves and in the world at large, it is NOW!. A time to reflect and take the opportunity to go inward and tune into ourselves to see how best we can move forward. Ironically, to retreat is often the best way to move forward in this life full of paradoxes!. I have a gift of a beautiful healing relaxation to help you with this, from my heart to yours.

Looking for gifts of self-care this season? Tune in to the great gift that we already give ourselves about 25,000 times a day. Learn 3 key elements to enhancing this gift and how you can reduce stress, increase productivity and your mood.

How the Tweetinggoddess worked her magic on my confidence and bank balance.

This month brings the anniversary of my first year in the business. I should have been celebrating this fantastic milestone but the month started with me feeling deflated and finding it hard to get time to work, and to motivate myself when I was working. I half wanted to just let the occasion pass me by, and then I thought back to all the amazing experiences last year and the valuable lessons learnt.

Wednesday the 5th of April 2017 will go down in my life story as the day I completely stepped out of my comfort zone and into a new me. I nervously got on stage in front of 250 women and told my story.

I felt like a little kid when the plane landed. I was about to step onto Irish soil for the first time in my life! Just the previous year, I set up my first vision board, and in plain view, I glued “I-R-E-L-A-N-D” in big red letters. So I wouldn’t miss it.

A Story of Social Day to speaking moment It’s not every day a white-knuckle ride through the streets of Birmingham leads to an International Speaking invitation!

I gatecrashed a Twitterparty ...and discovered a wonderful world of new friends and serendipity!

Firstly, let me say, my knowledge of social media has been gained primarily from experience, reading articles, a few workshops, and following those who are savvy in this business. I wasn’t extremely fond of Twitter when I started out but I listened to the advice of those around me and they all said the same thing, ‘engage!’