05/06/2026
Did you see yesterdayâs post? Were you curious why I dressed like this - with intention - my true authentic self ? Well I did something new. Something that wouldnât have even been on my radar ten years ago.
I attended the inaugural meeting of the Women on Boards CIC Network East Midlands.
Ten years ago, I wouldnât have walked through that door. I wouldnât have signed up. And I certainly wouldnât have believed I had anything worth offering. I might have even been anxious about the other women in the room.
But building my cabi business changed all of that. Resilience, people skills, leadership, wins and yes, hard lessons too, gave me something I didnât see coming. Self-belief. Real, earned, unshakeable self-belief.
So when I sat and listened to the panel at the launch last month and heard about this programme, instead of talking myself out of it the way the old me might have, I signed up.
My friend Payal Walker, Founder and Co-CEO of Women on Boards CIC, helped me see what I hadnât seen in myself. That my experience across many fields and many years has genuine value. Youâre never too old, nor too wise, to realise you have wisdom worth sharing. So here I am to learn more and meet women who feel the same.
I love a challenge. And Mandy? Sheâs only just getting started.
