Are you looking up to successful women role models thinking they are so far ahead from where you are that there’s no point of even trying to do something? Do those women make you feel exhausted and even less motivated to make changes in your own life? I know how...
“Try to enjoy the pain” I told my best friend when she was going through a tough divorce. She couldn’t believe what I was saying. How could I be so heartless and not offer an easy way out of her struggle. That’s what friends are for, right? I had gone through a...
I grew up in Finland, the self proclaimed capital of hardship. Winters were harsh and work ethic strong. I remember the winter mornings when it was still pitch black when I got up to go to go to primary school . It might have been -20C outside but that was not a...
The funny thing about fear is that it’s all in our head – and in the pit of our stomachs. I know this because I struggled with anxiety disorder for about seven long years in which I desperately looked for ways to eradicate fear from my life forever. I hated it so...
When I was 13 I knew I wanted to be a business owner, it was in my blood. Our neighbours owned a few small businesses and I got an early opportunity to sell flowers & fish at a market, candy and hot dogs in kiosks, and to wash dishes in a Chinese restaurant. I...
When I started my DrivenWoman journey last January my first goal was to define my purpose. I felt that I’m kind of drifting, not sure if it’s me or someone else who is pulling the strings in my life. This June, I was in Roxanne Hobbs’ Daring...
