LIBRARY
If you have read ‘WHO AM I’ you’ll know by now that I have lived through some pretty dark times.
If you want to check out how I turned my mental health – and life – around despite a total breakdown, that’s blogs #1-4.
Or, for a pick and mix of my entrepeneurial activities start with any post from #5 onwards.
Whichever posts you choose, I promise you raw, unpolished, and honest text documenting my personal and professional growth.
Perhaps you’ll think I am too candid, but it is the only way I know how to be …
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#5 Kaizen at Carew
In the car, walking the dogs, at the supermarket … if you’re anything like me you’ll find yourself constantly serenaded by the dulcet tones of some self-improvement guru or entrepreneur via podcasts and audiobooks. Whilst listening I’ve heard multiple speakers rave about the Kaizen philosophy. Translating to “change for the better”, Kaizen is most famous…
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#4 Clueless about dentistry
Shifting from trainee lawyer to dental practice owner I didn’t know anybody in the industry other than my husband, Melbourne. In truth I didn’t even like dentistry, and had zero interest in it. I was isolated, clueless, and struggling with the self-inflicted loss of my legal career. A career I’d fought against the odds to…
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#3 My story …
I’m a 41-year old white, straight, female living in the UK. I’m aware of the incredible privileges in being born white, British and middle class, and for that I am immensely grateful. At times I have relied on the giant safety net that underpins British citizens, and without the NHS and welfare benefits I am…
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#2 Who am I?
Who am I? This depends on who you ask … so I asked! And this is what they said: What would the descriptions of you look like? Can you believe I even struggle with my own name!!! I wear “Joanna” as armour – she is the confident, glamorous businesswoman that buzzes with energy, speaks effortlessly…
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#1 In for a penny, in for a pound!
I have pledged to post bi-weekly on LinkedIn, and as I am not one to do things by halves I am also jumping in and starting this blog. If I felt exposed posting on LinkedIn, this is a whole other scale of discomfort, or dare I say, distress! So the obvious question is why publish…
JOANNA CAREW 