Coffee Stories
Sponsored by Coffee begun during the pandemic, while a very pregnant-in-lockdown freelance mama of a two year old found most of her work cancelled or postponed (see lockdown), and the need for both a creative outlet, connection and inspiration grew.
In Swedish culture we partake in something called Fika.
It’s a simple enough idea - you take a break, breathe, and have a hot drink (usually a coffee) maybe accompanied by something sweet (buns buns buns). This is our version of having a cuppa, except we tend to treat it with a bit more revere - working days include both lunch and fika breaks, and they are taken. And meeting a friend for a fika can mean anything from a quick check in to a lazy afternoon spent sipping coffee and deep conversation.
For me, some of the greatest sources of inspiration, realisation and comfort has come from long, lazy and in-depth (often exploring wildly out there topics) conversations with my girlfriends. And so… In a bid to connect as we all found ourselves stuck and confused… I got in touch with some women whose businesses, selves, and presence online and beyond had intrigued me, and asked them some questions over a virtual coffee… The result is below, and I hope you might enjoy the read (over a hot drink of choice, while pressing pause on whatever stressors exist in your daily life) and find some inspiration too.
A new series will be coming soon, so please do check back in…
Coffee Stories: Amy Launder Talks Therapy, Gaslighting & Defining Emotional Abuse
Amy Launder is an Accredited Psychotherapist and Director of Smart Therapies, who joins us over a Coffee to chat about her profession, gaslighting, and how we define emotional abuse.
Coffee Stories: My Frugal Year
This week’s Coffee Story chat features the wonderful Clare Seal, who runs the previously anonymous Instagram @MyFrugalYear - a platform focusing on honest conversations around financial wellbeing, which she originally launched with a refreshingly honest post of her £25k debt in spreadsheet form.
Coffee Stories: Good Copy (aka You, On Paper)
Lo is an absolute gem and the one-woman-power house who launched Good Copy (You, On Paper) while still working a day-job AND homeschooling, mid-lockdown. She has also successfully negotiated flexible working opportunities for herself and others, and remains incredibly passionate about supporting other women (regardless of their reasons) in achieving the same.
Coffee Stories: Living With Endometriosis
This week I’m honoured to share a very raw and honest Coffee Story chat with the woman behind the @Endosister2021 instagram. Below she speaks candidly and in-depth about her own journey from that first period - and the pain that came along with it - to her eventual Endometriosis diagnosis (and the numerous failed treatments and mis-diagnoses on the way), surgery and beyond.
Coffee Stories: Me & My (Fierce, Unique, Vintage & Climate Friendly) Wardrobe
If you’ve been contemplating how to start investing your money more consciously when it comes to your wardrobe, and want to ensure not only longevity in terms of your purchases but protect mother nature as well as fair working conditions at the same time… Well this is for you!
Coffee Stories: Midwife Dumebi
This week I have the great pleasure of introducing you to the lovely Dumebi Pemberton - a mama of two littles (including a baby girl born in 2020, mid-pandemic), a registered midwife AND a registered nurse (with a background in gynaecology nursing). She is passionate about women’s health as well as ensuring black mothers can find themselves represented out there in the online pregnancy space.
Coffee Stories: Fall Into London
Eleni Sofroniou was an Illustrator and Designer who ran ‘Fall Into London’. She has a BA in Interior Architecture and Design, took her coffee black and preferred Netflix to Prime. As well as a million other things… Sadly we lost her a while after this interview, but her art lives on.
