Reclaim Your Voice

What happens when the thing someone says to break you ends up being the reason you finally build something of your own?
This week I'm joined by Nikki Clements, a vision led brand strategist and designer who helps women bring their business ideas to life and, more importantly, actually understand and own what's been built for them.
Nikki takes us back to where it all started, from a childhood love of design through 18 years at the same publishing company, and the phone call that finally pushed her to leave employment behind for good. We talk about how old experiences and grief can quietly teach us to stay small, what it was like to be known online as the Lead Magnet Queen before pivoting back to branding, and why owning your brand has almost nothing to do with a pretty logo.
This is a conversation about identity, ownership and what it really takes to stop editing yourself and start being seen.
In this episode we cover:
Nikki's journey from junior designer to running a design and marketing team over 18 years
The workplace call that finally pushed her to leave employment and go all in on her own business
How childhood experiences and grief can quietly teach us to play small
Becoming known as the Lead Magnet Queen, and the pivot back to branding and her roots
Why owning your brand is about far more than a logo or colour palette
Finding the thread that connects who you are, what you do and who you serve
What it really means to take ownership of your business and your brand
Being the person everyone else leans on, and learning to ask for support herself
What reclaiming your voice means to Nikki today
Connect with Nikki:
Website: brand-you.co.uk
Instagram: @brand.you.design
Facebook: Nikki Clements 
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What happens when the roles that made up your entire sense of self disappear all at once? In this episode of Reclaim Your Voice, I'm joined by Vicky Barclay, the creator and owner of Silver Snail Jewellery, a handcrafted silver clay jewellery business based in the East Midlands.
Vicky takes us through a career that spans local government, a masters in fraud investigation, university lecturing and senior management, right up to the redundancy that pushed her into self-employment. We talk about what it actually felt like to lose the titles she'd spent decades building, from Brown Owl to district commissioner to senior manager, and why she describes that loss as grief rather than freedom.
We also get into her time studying abroad in America, living with depression, and the moment she started calling herself a jeweller before she fully believed it. If you've ever felt like your confidence has to come first before you can claim a new title, this conversation will challenge that.
In this episode:
Vicky's 18 years in local government and why she went back to study in her thirties
Studying abroad in America and what six months alone taught her about herself
Leaving academia, being made redundant, and what came after
Living with depression while building a business from scratch
Why she had to call herself a jeweller before she believed it
The thread of teaching that's run through every version of her career
What silver clay actually is, and how she uses it to make jewellery from recycled silver
Connect with Vicky:
Instagram: @thesilversnail
Website: www.silversnailjewellery.co.uk
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What if the hardest thing you've ever been through isn't something to recover from, but something to build from?
In this episode I'm joined by Leah Wren, the Comeback Story Coach, who helps mums in business make an incredible income without it costing their time with their children or their healing. Leah's work sits at the intersection of nervous system regulation, subconscious identity work, and business strategy, and the combination is unlike anything I've heard before.
Leah shares the deeply personal story of her daughter Maggie May, who was born with leukaemia and died at just 18 months old, and how that experience, along with years of burnout as a social worker and eventually becoming a single mum, shaped everything she now teaches. This is a conversation about grief, identity, worthiness, and what it actually takes to build a business that works for your life, not against it.
We cover:
Why the women who've lived through the hardest chapters are often the ones capable of building the most extraordinary businesses
How subconscious patterns and money mindset quietly shape every decision you make in business, without you realising it
Why your nervous system won't let you hold on to income your identity doesn't believe you deserve
The real cost of playing it safe, to your body, your family, and your future
Why pretending you're fine is the most dangerous strategy of all
What rest actually is (and why exhaustion and collapsing are not the same thing)
What reclaiming your voice really means when you've spent years saying what you think you should say
Leah's honesty in this episode is extraordinary. If you've ever felt like you're swimming upstream in your own life, this one is for you.
Find Leah on Instagram: @comeback_story_coach_leahwren
 Website: leahwren.com
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This week I'm sharing a taster from the very first live session of The Voice Collective, my brand new group coaching programme which just launched. I'm pulling back the curtain on one of the most requested topics inside my VOICE framework: what actually happens to your voice, physically, when nerves take over.
You'll learn why your voice can go higher pitched, thinner, or shaky under pressure, and why none of that has anything to do with your knowledge, your competence, or your character. It comes down to your nervous system and the vagus nerve, and once you understand the mechanics, you can start working with your body instead of against it.
In this episode:
What happens in your body when the fight, flight, or freeze response kicks in
Why the vagus nerve directly affects your vocal folds under perceived threat
The difference between chest breathing and diaphragmatic breathing, and why it matters for your voice
Why pushing your voice into an unnatural register can cause real vocal strain over time
The reframe that changes how you think about a wobbly voice for good
If this resonates, book a free 20 minute clarity call (link below) or watch out for a brand new resource dropping soon.
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What if the reason you're stuck has nothing to do with strategy, effort, or ability?
In this episode of Reclaim Your Voice, I'm joined by Rachael Parland, known as Rachael Rocco. She's a four-time number one bestselling author, identity alchemist, and mental health empowerment mentor who helps people break free from the subconscious patterns that have been running the show since childhood.
Her message is simple. When you change your identity, you change your life.
We talk about why so many capable, driven women hit a ceiling they cannot seem to break through, what the subconscious mind is actually doing when you try to move forward and can't, and the groundbreaking research Rachael is doing with a neuroscientist to show that this work creates visible, measurable changes in the brain.
Rachael also opens up about her own extraordinary journey through grief and what reclaiming her voice has truly looked like for her.
If you've ever felt like you're doing all the right things but something invisible keeps pulling you back, this one is for you.
In this episode:
Why limiting beliefs form between the ages of 0 and 7 and how they follow you into adult life
The difference between mindset work and identity work
What happens in the nervous system when you're triggered into an old pattern
Why even the most successful women can hit a subconscious glass ceiling
The connection between language, identity, and behaviour
The neuroscience research Rachael is doing to validate this work
Her work with neurodivergent young people in schools
The books that started Rachael's own journey
What reclaiming her voice has looked like in her own life
Books mentioned:
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma
The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
Connect with Rachael:
Facebook: Rachael Rocco
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