I was delighted to write a piece for Yorkshire Businesswoman magazine on my journey to self-employment, sharing the highs, lows and the what-I-wished-I-knowns.

As you get older, the years seem to flash before our eyes and admittedly as I try and recall events and memories, they tend to blur into either pre-kids or a post-kids era! However, 2020 will be forever vividly etched in my mind.

It’s been a huge learning curve, not just in terms of the practicalities of setting up and running my own business, but personally too. I’ve learnt things about myself, my motivations and drive, what I love doing, what I excel at, and what I need to work on. It’s been an eye-opening rollercoaster to say the least!

On International Women’s Day I’ve picked out my top 5 lessons and memories involving five great female colleagues that have really inspired not only my career path, but my growth as a person – going from a care free graduate to a mum of two and female entrepreneur.