Do you ever feel like you’re at the bottom of a never-ending to-do list that’s full of other people’s priorities and tasks?

That was exactly where my guest, Nicola Cameron, found herself. A solicitor by profession, Nicola had built a life that looked successful from the outside, but underneath she was completely disconnected from her own wants and needs.

After literally Googling “how do you know who you are?”, Nicola began an incredible transformation. Today, she’s still a solicitor by day, but by night she’s a published romance author with 11 novellas to her name (under her pen name Mia Coco Lanner), and she sings, dances and performs in musical theatre too!

In this inspiring conversation, Nicola shares how she let go of guilt, perfectionism and other people’s expectations to create a “first-class life” designed around her joy.

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𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Nicola Cameron is a solicitor by day and a romance writer and star of the stage by night. She is the author of eleven romance novellas and with a series about six mountain men looking for wives for Christmas in the works, she can confirm that she very much living her best life.

Nicola has gone from being buried under the weight of diary commitments and expectations (both other people’s and her own) to an enthusiastic freer of diary space and seeker of activity that brings her joy.

She is dedicated to finding “joy jewels” in her day, those little moments of enjoyment that sparkle through your day and get you through the tougher bits.

Nicola does still have a fondness for a side quest and regularly has to employ Shackles On, Shackles Off to stay on track towards her goals, but she is relishing every experience as she continues to build her first-class life.

𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate.

She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.

Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.

Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change.

When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.

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Ever feel like your days are blurring into one? Same routines, same places, same everything and suddenly life feels… flat?

In this episode, I explore why routine, while comforting, can also dull our senses and flatten our happiness, and why introducing even tiny changes can reignite joy, creativity and meaning.

We’ll dive into the proven research on novelty and happiness, explore how to make micro-shifts in both your work and personal life, and I’ll guide you through a simple exercise to help you design your very own Tiny Changes List.

Come join me in this one, you will not regret it. It might just be what you need.

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𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate.

She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.

Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.

Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change.

When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.

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All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.

I’m joined by the wonderful Suzi Lawrence who is a former client, inspiring human and all-round wise owl. She comes to share her refreshingly honest story of how small, brave choices helped her reclaim her spark, confidence, and a sense of work-life happiness.

After spending 17 years with the same organisation and climbing the ranks to Managing Director of Talent, Suzi found herself feeling stuck, undervalued, and completely misaligned with the environment around her.

Rather than diving headfirst into a huge, risky career overhaul, she worked with me to gently re-centre herself, clarify what mattered most, and explore new options on her own terms.

It’s a powerful story of how Suzi made meaningful changes to her career path based on her values and interests, WITHOUT the need for a full-blown career change.

I think you’ll love this one so come join us!

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𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Suzi Lawrence began her career in the wonderfully niche world of built environment communications working client-side and quickly rising through the ranks, and finding her true passion in supporting the people around her. She evolved into becoming the Client Services Director, where she could blend her strategic insight with her natural people skills.

Eventually, Suzi made the leap to focus entirely on people, taking on leadership of the agency’s Talent function. This move marked a turning point and resulted in her leaving the organisation she had grown up in professionally, a move bringing both challenge and opportunity. It also gave her the space to realise that her passion for helping others thrive could be something with purpose too.

In recent years, Suzi has brought that purpose to life through maternity cover roles in the voluntary sector, where she’s found not only fulfilment but a deep sense of alignment between her values and her work. Volunteering has also become a meaningful part of her life, offering new ways to give back and grow.

𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate.

She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.

Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.

Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change.

When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.

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All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.