“Emotionally Intuitive and Flawlessly Efficient” .. we are so proud to introduce you to our lovely “admin guru” Carmen O’Connor

“When I first found out I was going to be a mother, over 5 years ago, my world completely changed. Up until that point, I had been trying to work out what my “why” was, scrambling in different careers to make sense of how to use my God-given strengths to help others. I soon realised that I now not only needed to do something that I loved, but something that would provide for the little person who was about to enter my world. I started thinking back on my life and what had really given me that “spark” every day, and thought blissfully to my early days of studying when I worked part time as a personal assistant for a high-powered business woman. The excitement I got from helping someone else organise their world and put systems in place that would help them thrive sparked the idea that maybe I could do that again, in my own time, in my own way. In that moment, my business was born.

More so than being a business owner, becoming a mother was one of the most beautiful yet challenging things I have ever experienced. In the last year, in particular, the juggle to love and raise my children by giving them undivided attention and love all the while keeping my business afloat to provide for them really began to overwhelm me. I was consumed with guilt that I wasn’t there for them full-time, yet also had a burning desire to build the very special business I had built in order to give my children the very best. The stress, exhaustion and relentlessness of it all was catching up with me quickly, and I knew I had to do something. I couldn’t have signed up for the Strongest Story course at a better time! Not only was I reminded of the value that I have as a woman of God, but that I actually had a significant role to play in my children’s lives and those of my clients. I felt affirmed that I have, in fact, been using my strengths in the very best way – that my God-given strengths of organisation and order are being fully celebrated through my business and my role as a mother. I certainly have not figured it all out, and I am a long way off from getting the juggle right, but knowing that I am on the right path has encouraged me to be the lead character in my own story – and that has been one of the most precious gifts I could have been given.”