📸 credit: Rachel Burt
I like to imagine The Rebel Rousers as a cosy community coffee shop, with mismatched comfy chairs, a shitload of fairy lights, bookcases heaving with novels about unconventional heroines, a napping room off to the side and a creative studio out the back filled with every colour paint imaginable.
It’s a space to gather where you can be yourself, where you don’t have to mask, where you don’t have to dull down your sparkle to make other people feel comfortable and to just put down the weight of the world for a while.
I’m a life/biz/creativity coach, podcaster, writer and all-round rebel rouser for creative and multi-passionate women. I’m a fat, sweary Welsh woman, I bloody love the Eurovision Song Contest and I also have a bit of a stationery problem. But more on about me in a bit…
Now, marketers tells me that I’m supposed to use this page to prove I understand your “pain points” (YUK), showcase my expertise, and paint myself as the ultimate solution to every problem you’ve ever had.
It’s gross, it’s manipulative and it’s also just bullshit. If you’re getting in your own way, if you’re stuck on a project, or if you’re trying to figure out your next moves in life, then I definitely have some ideas.
But if you’re in the middle of the desert and your car has just broken down, or if you’re trying to explain quantum physics to a group of toddlers, then I am seriously not your woman. (Though I do give bear good hugs).
If you’ve landed here, I’m pretty sure we’re both trying to do the same thing:
We’re trying to build a life where we feel wholly ourselves, where we spend as much of our time and energy as possible on the things that really matter, that light us up, make us feel alive and feed our souls.
We’re not interested about having an outwardly impressive life and we don’t give one flying fuck about the Joneses, we’re not about doing things impress other people.
The only person we truly want respect from is is ourselves and if we’re totally honest - our fabulous eighty-seven year-old selves.
But it can be pretty fucking hard living a life true to yourself and not the life others expect of you, especially as women.
If we’ve been socialised as women, we’ve been taught in a million different ways - reinforced through a thousand different cuts to:
be a good girl
not to take up space
put everyone before ourselves
to prioritise our own projects when everything else is done (ha!)
prioritise everyone else’s comfort over our own discomfort
to shrink and fit into an easily understandable box
be grateful for what we have and don’t ask for more
And are so many empty spaces in the world, meant for brilliant, wonderful women with creative, unconventional and world-changing dreams because of this.
Women the world doesn’t get to see because they bought into the (very convincing) lies of their inner dreamshitters and the bullshit of external fuckery (systemic oppression) and ignored the whisperings of their inner rebel rouser.
And the list above? They’re pretty much the exact OPPOSITE of the things we need to do, if we want to chase our dreams, build a life that is wholly our own and walk the path that feels true for us.
which brings me to the work I do, and why:
📸 credit: Rachel Burt
I’m working to create a world of colourful, rebellious, creative + fabulous women who are owning their gifts, finding and following their unconventional callings and making the world a brighter place through the things only they can do.
I’m a life/biz/creativity coach and I’ve spent the past 12+ years partnering with creative and multi-passionate women to help them chase their dreams instead of their own tail and help them become less of their own dreamshitter.
I’m a Messy Rebel, neuro-spicy and an absolute nerd for all things getting shit done, getting out of your own way and living life on your own terms.
(Don’t worry, I’m not normally this depressing. I do everything with a side serving of irreverence; after all, I did create a Bristol Stool Chart for Getting Shit Done!)
Yep, I’m being serious!
there are two main quotes that guide The Rebel Rousers:
“I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” Bonnie Ware on the top regret of the dying.
“The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because that's where you'll find the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared” - Les Brown
rebel rousing
I was working in the non-profit work and seriously burnt out. I knew there had to be a different way of doing things and got curious about working for myself. I discovered the world of self help world, and soon got sick of the bullshit. I learned the hard way that sometimes you have to create the very thing you crave. So Rebel Rousers was born, primarily as a blog to help fellow burned out women find a way of building a life that lit them up.
courage making
I started The Couragemakers Podcast because I was craving honest and real stories of dream-chasing with everyday people like me, and fed up of only seeing the fairytale rags to riches stories. At this point I’ve been coaching for a couple of years and feel like I’ve found the thing I was meant to do.
pep talking
I started The Daily Pep!, a daily, short and sassy podcast because I realised just how much courage, energy and grit it takes to keep going as unconventional and value-driven women. 6+ million downloads later and it’s fair to say it has touched a nerve!
experimenting
I enjoy working with the most fabulous and eclectic women around the world while experimenting with being location independent and living around Europe. Alongside my coaching work, I am enjoying running group workshops and programmes, have started creating fun DIY digital experiences (like my Solo Adventures!)and I release my Rebel Archetype Quiz to help fellow creative women find out more about their superpowers and kryptonite.
enjoying
The Rebel Rousers is still going strong in its second decade! I still absolutely adore the coaching work I do with clients, I’m enjoying seasonal group programs and I’ve opened my online shop (and occasionally my pop-up shop full of physical products and goodies). I’ve just finished the chapter of being location independent (a dream I’ve held for a longtime) and I’m relocating to Liverpool to put down roots, find local community and continue building a life I love.
curious about working together?
Make Shit
Happen
A 4 month day 1:1 coaching programme to actually take your idea out of your head, nine notebooks and off your someday pile into the world.
Unstick Your
Shit
A 90-minute coaching session to get unstuck, find clarity & build momentum.
Keep Shit
Rolling
Dedicated and regular space to get unstuck, brainstorm and find ways to get shit done.
Curious about working together but not sure which package fits you, and you want to see if we’re a good fit?
There’s no pressure, expectations or obligations; think of it like a really good virtual cuppa where you share more about where you’re at, I’ll share if I think I can help, and we’ll see if we’re a good fit.