Five years ago I stood in a much smaller room hoping this would become something worth being proud of.
Yesterday it was that and SO MUCH MORE. For the fifth time!
The biggest thank you to our incredible speakers – Desislava Dobreva, Ben Franklin-Graham, Samanah Duran, Shari Teigman, Nikki Whittle, Ruby Raut, Samantha Ayris, Lyndsey Meredith and Leah Gregory. You gave something of yourselves yesterday that I know is going to resonate for a very long time.
To our headline sponsor Nicola Peake – none of this happens without you. Your session and our fireside chat were sensational.
To Atlanta, Liz, Lins and Kerry – you held everything together in ways nobody saw. Thank you.
To Ged Mills and Content Creators, Amy Mantle and Love Media Group, and Vicki Head – you captured every moment of this day and I am so grateful.
And to voco Manchester – the room, the food, the service. Perfection.
Yesterday was the fifth Marketing and Sales Summit. It will not be the last.
MSS27 is open now – early bird tickets £99 plus VAT. Link in bio 💜
#checkyouout
I'm joining @eveappeal to #getlippy about gynaecological cancers! All through May the Eve Appeal is breaking down the shame around gynae health and raising awareness of the FIVE gynae cancers - CERVICAL, OVARIAN, VAGINAL, VULVAL and WOMB (endometrial/uterine).
Every year in the UK over 22,000 women and people with gynaecological organs get diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer. That's 60 people getting that life changing news every day, and in 2021 I was one of those people. All too often these cancers are picked up late because we aren't taught how to know what's normal for our bodies or the signs and symptoms to look out for, and because shame and stigma make it more difficult for people to notice symptoms and get checked quickly.
We are Getting Lippy to open up conversations and break the cycle of shame. No more whispers, no more stigma. Will you join us? Find out more @eveappeal 🧡
And all of this ⬆️ is why it's so important to keep on with my #putupmyposter campaign and my
#putitonpackaging campaign to raise awareness 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
So so proud of my fabulous client Del and what she pulled off yesterday. Del hosted a room of nearly 100 people for her annual Sales & Marketing Summit and for the entirety of the day all I saw were people approaching her and saying thank you. Thank you for the energy. Thank you for the learning. But more importantly thank you for the conversations. Because conversations were happening in this room around women building businesses that many had not had before. Because this event was about more than surface level Marketing- it went deeper than top line sales strategies. It dived into building something sustainable. It dived into building businesses that last and creating legacies and building something as a founder that has legs without us.
Del and I had spoken in the planning of the event about the need to support female founders with ‘real business’ insights, to show business owners who’d been around a bit what the next level could look like- as she wanted this event to really drive growth, not just be a nice day out.
The speakers nailed it and the convos that followed were fire 🔥. We talked exits, energetics, scaling and surviving. THIS for me, are the kind of rooms I want to be in. Not events that are just nice to be at, but ones which actually help me see what’s possible and move the needle on me growing something of real value.
So - thank you Del- and all the fabulous speakers! @desdobreva@nicola.peake_peake.event.group@iamleah.co.uk@shariteigman@benfranklin_official@rautruby@lyndseymeredithonline@samantha_ayris@samanahduran xx
It was brilliantly curated and you brilliantly predicted what we all needed to hear. Xx
#businessgrowth #femaleentrepreneur #femalefounders #marketingforgrowth #smallbusinesssupportingsmallbusiness
Thank you @delparsonscoaching for creating a room that felt intelligent, ambitious, warm and genuinely supportive all at once 🤍
I was surrounded by women with completely different stories, businesses and personalities but one thing connected all of them:
presence.
Not just visibility.
Not just branding.
Presence.
And once again it reminded me why image, identity and the way we show up matter so much more than people think.
Because before people buy into your business…
they buy into your energy.
Del, ALL of Your speakers were exceptional 👏🏽
A special mention has to go to @rautruby , founder & CEO of WUKA (Wake Up Kick Ass) 🔥hearing from a woman who built such a disruptive, purpose-led brand was incredibly inspiring. Of course, being a woman myself and having two growing up girls I adore her even more, thank you for what you’ve done🫶🏽
Del, thank you for havin me🌹
Paulina x
#mss26 #personalbrand #imageconsultant #authenticbranding
🌊 Looking for a fun May half-term activity for 9–14 year olds? 🌊
WUKA is hosting an exciting Pool Party at the iconic London Aquatics Centre on 30th May — and tickets are selling fast
The event features special guest Hannah Miley MBE (3x Olympian & Commonwealth Champion) and is designed to help young people build confidence in the water while learning about periods in a fun, supportive environment.
📅 30th May
👧 For ages 9–14
🏊 Perfect May half-term activity
A brilliant opportunity to build confidence, have fun, and learn in an empowering environment.
Tickets are limited — book soon!
🇳🇵Nepali Women are amazing!! Checkout @wukawear and how you can support period education and support around the world!
#nepaliwomanownedbusiness #nepali #wukawear #nepaliwomanowned #womanowned
Real connection changes people.
Not through big speeches or perfect words,
but through honest conversations, shared stories, and moments that stay with you long after the event ends ✨
At DYG, some of the most powerful moments happen naturally.
One conversation. One perspective. One reminder that we’re all figuring life out together 🌱
DYG 2026 is a space to meet, connect, reflect, and grow with others on a similar journey 💛
🗓 23 May 2026
📍 Sandhurst Community Hall
Come be part of it 🙌
Tickets & info: dyghub.co.uk
#DYG2026 #DiscoverYourGift #DYGHub #TogetherWeRise #Community
Nearly 1/5 of the parents told us their girls missed 16 days for school because of period.
That’s is more than 2 days every month. This is not a small number.
We need to talk to school how they are supporting young girls so they don’t miss out on growing up like boys
This was our survey done with @autisticgirlsnetwork@robynstewardautism@festivalofthegirl
Westminster Announcement: Ruby Raut Joins the Panel
The room is set.
We’re proud to announce that Ruby Raut, Founder of WUKA, is joining the EVAS Westminster panel.
Ruby has built one of the UK’s most recognised sustainable brands, but she hasn’t just grown a business. She’s shifted a national conversation.
Taking a topic that was once avoided and putting it firmly into the mainstream.
Into homes. Into retail. Into policy.
Championing menstrual equity. Challenging outdated systems. Driving change at scale.
She represents a new generation of founders, commercially strong, purpose-led and impossible to ignore.
A powerhouse. A gamechanger.
This is exactly what the EVAS platform is about.
Bringing together the women who aren’t just part of the conversation…
but are redefining it.
The Westminster Reception is now fully booked.
And that tells you everything you need to know about the room.
Founders. Buyers. Partners. Decision-makers.
The people shaping what happens next across business and supply chains.
Not just another event. A different kind of room.
#checkyouout
I was invited to @eveappeal launch of their awesome campaign #getlippy in Covent Garden yesterday. It's all about raising awareness and starting conversations about gynaecological cancers. Lots of companies have got on board and they will be donating money from sales of certain items during May 💋
There was a great panel, in a room full of inspirational women, having purposeful conversations and lots of laughs 🧡
I was so pleased to meet some of the amazing women that I know through my campaigning. It's nice to finally meet face to face, and to receive so many lovely comments about the campaigning I do 🧡🧡🧡
#gynaecancer
#boobsandbush
#putitonpackaging
