Transform Your Life Business and Health Podcast

Welcome to my new podcast - my name is Celia Gaze and I am the Founder of the multi-award winning The Wellbeing Farm Wedding & Events Venue based in Bolton, Lancashire (www.thewellbeingfarm.co.uk) and author of Why Put a Bow Tie on a LLama? I cover the story of how after having work-related stress I quit my job, got hold of a run down far and transformed it. In this podcast I describe my journey - I faced nearly every type of challenge, tribunals, court hearings, numerous staff and property issues, system problems and near bankruptcy and survived to tell the tale. I have learned that successful business ownership is a combination of mindset, business know-how and health and I have developed resilience, patience and learned to embrace failure for the lessons it carries. My book and this podcast describes my story and acts as a roadmap to help you and other people find their inspiration and live their dream life.

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Episodes

Episode 8: How you can take a month off your business

In Episode 8 of the Transform Podcast I talk about how putting systems and processes in place in my business enabled me to take a month off my business, emails and phone calls and to stop worrying and to reconnect with my purpose. Traction: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business/dp/1936661837/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=56859155887&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIl_ntvoj95QIVQrDtCh0GXQJIEAAYASAAEgI6xvD_BwE&hvadid=259045289970&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1006509&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvq...

Nov 22, 2019•19 min

Episode 7 - Transform podcast - How putting a bow tie on a llama transformed my business

In episode 7, I continue to tell my story of how putting a bow tie on a llama transformed my business. I talk about the highlights and downturns of running my business and the moment I realised things needed to change. I talk about how the idea of weddings came about and how me struggling to pay a vat bill made me realise things had to change. I discuss how an article was pivotal to me: James Cox, It’s all in the positioning: what to do you’re your business seems to be losing focus, 26 June 2014...

Nov 04, 2019•21 min

Episode 6: How to achieve work life balance when you run a business

Why maintaining work life balance is so difficult for entrepreneurs and I discuss Bronnie Ware's top 5 regrets of the dying. I also talk through my inability to switch off and how I maintain work life balance through: (1) a good morning routine; (2) sleep; (3) meditation; (4) visualsation; (5) journalling; (6) reading; (7) learning and personal development; (8) diet and exercise; (9) spa days and treatments; (10) quality family time; and (11) working in hotels....

Oct 29, 2019•22 min•Ep. 6

Episode 5: The top 10 things I wish I'd known before starting my own business

So in this episode I describe how I’ve been on a massive journey and I wrote my book to pave the way for people to set up their own business and also to cope with the overwhelm which comes with riding the entrepreneurial roller coaster. I’m going to cover the 10 things I wish I’d known before starting my own business? (1) How difficult it would be to obtain planning permission and to be prepared for the bureaucracy. (2) How important it is to keep your business plan in a simple format if you wan...

Oct 22, 2019•27 min•Ep. 5

Why finding your niche is key to success

So why is finding your niche in business key to success. When I opened my business in March 2013, because the building work overran in terms of the building expenses, I had to find a way of getting money in quickly. So the business plan that I had written and developed was almost thrown out of the window while I scrambled together to do whatever I could to get money in. I ended up doing whatever I could to survive: Llama trekking Parties Weddings Corporate events Butchery courses Lifestyle cours...

Oct 14, 2019•19 min•Ep. 4

Episode 3: How to make your business stand out

Transform Your Life, Business and Health Podcast: Episode 3 – How to make your business stand out In this episode I cover why I felt the need to make my business stand out and to put a bow tie on a llama. To survive in a competitive environment you have got to be different. You’ve got to find a way that just makes your business stand out from the crowd. Be a Flamingo in a flock of pigeons - stand out, be different and be unique. You’ve got to almost use a combination of all your resources, all t...

Oct 06, 2019•29 min•Ep. 3

Episode 2 - My Story

In episode two of the Transform Your Life, Business and Health Podcast I focus on telling my story. Using the Hero's journey framework (taken from the Female Entrepreneur's Association) - I explain using the framework my story from suffering from work-related stress and corporate burnout to transforming a neglected farm into The Wellbeing Farm. I cover the following stages: 1. Desire for change / transformation 2. Stepping into the unknown / overcoming fear 3. Committing to the change 4. Difficu...

Sep 29, 2019•40 min•Ep. 2

Introduction to my Transform podcast

My name is Celia Gaze - author of Why Put a Bow Tie on a Llama and Founder of The Wellbeing Farm and welcome to my new podcast. In this trailer, I'm going to share with you who I am, my background, what I'm going to focus on in my Transform podcast and most importantly why a bow tie-wearing llama is talking into a microphone in my podcast image!

Sep 21, 2019•4 min•Ep. 1

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