Ep 13 - Georgina speaks to Kirsty Van Den Bulk founder of Opening Door Consultancy, mum and one of my biggest supporters

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Kirsty set up Opening Doors Consultancy a year ago – before the first lockdown - after a family move to the Netherlands didn’t happen. She found herself unexpectedly unemployed, but she didn’t panic instead she looked at her skillset and realised helping people speak with confidence was something she was passionate about which would also fit around school hours.

Ironically though lockdown meant she had to put everything on hold as her 3-year-old daughter needed her – this meant the business didn’t start up again until January this year. Kirsty looks on the positive side though as she had time to work out how to move her business from face to face to online. This is something she has successfully done, and you can get lots of tips on how to feel more confident speaking on camera or video conferencing.

As a child, she had to have speech therapy after an operation, and this led her to study at drama school and become a working actor. After a ‘lightbulb realisation’ that might never be able to afford to buy a house on what she earned, she went back to study at university. But, after working hard on an essay it was returned with red pen all over it – this caused Kirsty to have a dyslexic breakdown and led her to get officially tested for dyslexia and dyspraxia. She was 37 years old!

These life experiences explain why Kirsty is so caring and an all round confidence booster. She knows her stuff and I have certainly benefited. There are some really useful tips in the interview so get listening! I wish I’d practised with my new bit of tech before the interview too as… yes you’ve guessed it there was a malfunction just at the end of the interview. The lesson is always to listen to Kirsty she has great advice…;) The interview was recorded Thurs 6th may@11.30am BST.

Website: www.openingdoorsconsultancy.co.uk/
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