Creatives Like Us

In this episode of Creatives Like Us I sit down with Helen Welch, founder of London Furniture School and a woodworker of 42 years. Helen shares how leaving school early led her to a community carpentry scheme which set the course for her career. We talk about her journey through building control back to making, what it's like being one of the few women and people of colour in craft industries, and why visibility matters so much in changing that. Helen also gets real about business, community and what she'd tell her younger self. 
Connect with Helen:
 🔗 https://furnitureschool.co.uk/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-welch-lsf/
 📸 Instagram: @_london_furniture_school
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Today's guest is Jasmin Dhillon, an ACCA-qualified accountant who built her early career at global brands including Starbucks and CBRE before carving out a thriving path in property.
In this episode we explore creativity in business and the unexpected ways it shows up in how we make money. Jasmin shares how she weaves creativity into her property career and challenges assumptions about what creativity looks like, particularly for women of colour navigating an industry that doesn't always reflect them.
She started investing eight years ago, launched her own Airbnb management business. Alongside her property ventures she co-hosts a podcast championing women in property and is a passionate advocate for public speaking and financial education, using her platform to build diversity, confidence and community across the industry.
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Women in Property Podcast
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In this episode Angela sits down with Kira Matthews (Kira the Bold), a creative coach who helps people pitch themselves to brands and overcome rejection.
Kira shares how a viral post about audacity took her from 5,000 to 25,000 followers in a month and what that number really means to her. She talks candidly about leaving a fast paced career in fashion styling that wore down her self esteem and building a coaching business from scratch when nobody around her thought it was a good idea.
The conversation digs into the client relationship building process behind partnerships and why following up isn't pushy, it's just good business.
Kira also opens up about confidence, being neurodivergent and feeling emotions deeply, growing up working class in East London and navigating the fashion industry as a black woman. She closes with practical advice on building social and cultural capital when you don't have generational wealth behind you, plus details on her upcoming three day event in East London this September.
Connect with Kira:
www.kiramatthews.com
Instagram: @kirathebold 
LinkedIn: Kira Matthews
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What does it look like to build a marketing agency, run sell-out networking events, mentor young creatives and go into schools to teach kids how to start businesses – all before your 21st birthday? Meet Kemar Sisimayi-Dyke of Nova Connects. 
In this episode Kemar shares how a viral TikTok jewellery brand led him to discover his real purpose, why he sold it and what that decision taught him about doing things for the right reasons. We talk about the story behind the Nova name, his Building Brands Through Connection networking events, working with names like the Sidemen and Elephant Man and the school workshops where kids go from nervous to pitching their own businesses in a matter of weeks. 
Honest, energising and full of the kind of insight you don't expect from someone who just turned twenty. 
Find Kemar at connectswithnova.com or @nova_connects on Instagram
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In this episode Angela is joined by Ashwin Chacko, also known as Wacko Chacko – a positively playful, award-winning illustrator, author and motivational speaker based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 
Ashwin shares the journey from drawing as a five-year-old in India to building a full-time illustration career in Ireland, and everything in between — advertising, art direction, freelance pivots and a very intentional leap of faith in 2019. 
Ashwin opens up about his path from graphic designer and art director to full-time illustrator, and the moment in 2020 that gave him the clarity to define his purpose and develop the signature style he's known for today. He also shares the story behind his brand new publishing house Bad Book Press and their debut picture book Moon Moon Can't Sleep, as well as why he started The Fruitful Life podcast and what he hopes listeners take away from it. He's honest about 2025 being one of the toughest financial years of his career and what kept him moving forward — and he closes with the advice he'd give his teenage self.

Find Ashwin at:
You can find is work here: www.whackochacko.com 
Or follow him on social media www.instagram.com/whackochacko 
Twitter: @whackochacko 
Youtube: @ashwinchacko 
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