Live Q&A

12:20-1:00pm - From Survival to Sustainable Success - Jan Roberts

14:00 -14:40 - Live Q&A

More to come…

The Q&A returns to Community Corner.

This year our panel is made up of 3 incredible small business owners. Each with their own journey from corporate to becoming an entrepreneur.

This Q&A is perfect for those looking to carve their own path into the world of self employed. For those already running a business but feel:

  • The struggle of working alone

  • The desire to do it all

  • Burn out is inevitable or already there

  • That focus is elusive and balance impossible

  • That the to do list runs their life and there’s no escape

Come ask your burning questions in a safe space, where everyone around you feels the same, has been through it or is going through it too.

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Meet the Q&A Panel

  • Your Host -Toni Jones

    Founder of Shelf Help and Author of You: a beginners guide to self help

    Toni Jones is a journalist, author and bibliotherapist who supports wellbeing through words. She’s the founder of the world’s first self-help book club - the Shelf Help Club - and has spent the last 10 years reading, doing and sharing self-help (including reading 1000+ self-help books herself).

    She regularly interviews bestselling authors and wellbeing experts including: Marie Kondo, Steven Bartlett and Gretchen Rubin, and is on a mission to rebrand self-help as something to celebrate as well as to be done with friends.

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    Laurie McAllister

    Marketing Expert and Founder of Girl & Tonic

    Laurie is a long-time marketing geek, leading marketing for The Lions’ Den, lecturing at Norwich University of the Arts and working on a few other lovely projects through her consultancy, Plenty Marketing. Now almost 10 years sober, she is an advocate for alcohol-free living, with a particular interest in wellbeing, behaviour change and creating spaces where people feel supported to make meaningful shifts in their lives.

    She founded the blog Girl & Tonic, which attracted over a million views, and has been featured by the BBC, Stylist and other national media. Laurie is also a trained sober coach, hosts Virtual Sober Club for Sober Girl Society, teaches yoga and is a keen, if very average, runner.

  • Smiling woman with long brown hair wearing glasses, a light gray T-shirt, and blue jeans, standing indoors near a green wall.

    Farron Davis

    Owner of Glass House Studios and Founder of The All Is Well Festival

    With over ten years of experience in Creative, Marketing and Branding roles, Farron has worked in-house across a range of brands.

    Alongside teaching yoga and freelance brand work, Farron lectures part-time on the Fashion Marketing and Business course at Norwich University of the Arts, supporting and guiding students as they build their careers in the creative industries.

    As founder of glasshouse studio, which began as a summer pop-up series before becoming a permanent fixture in the local wellness community, earning a nomination in the Muddy Stilettos Awards. Most recently, she curated her first wellness weekend, all is well, bringing together creativity, movement and connection through a thoughtfully designed experience - described by attendees as an “urban retreat” and a moment of calm amongst the city.

    Passionate about the intersection of creativity, business and wellbeing, Farron is interested in how brands, communities and experiences can build stronger connections and create more intentional, meaningful ways of living and working.

  • A man sitting on the edge of a boxing ring in an indoor gym, wearing a black jacket, white athletic shoes with red and blue stripes, and tattoos on his legs and hands. The ring has black ropes with white text 'BOXRAW' and 'USTILL' and a large sign with the word 'HUSTLE' visible in the background.

    Leanne Whitman

    Founder of Calm Studio and LW Wellness

Meet the Speakers

  • Smiling woman with long brown hair wearing glasses, a light gray T-shirt, and blue jeans, standing indoors near a green wall.

    Jan Roberts

    From Survival to Sustained Success - 12:20-1:00pm

    Founder of Neuromind, Jan, will be speaking in the Community Corner about the realities of being a neurodivergent woman in business, including practical strategies for managing energy, reducing overwhelm, recognising personal strengths, and building more sustainable ways of working.

    From classical ballet dancer to business owner, it hasn’t been a linear journey. Jan will be sharing some of the humour, challenges, and unexpected insights that have shaped that path, and hopefully offering reassurance that even when life feels like swimming against the tide, the very traits you may have struggled with can also become some of your greatest strengths.

  • A man sitting on the edge of a boxing ring in an indoor gym, wearing a black jacket, white athletic shoes with red and blue stripes, and tattoos on his legs and hands. The ring has black ropes with white text 'BOXRAW' and 'USTILL' and a large sign with the word 'HUSTLE' visible in the background.

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