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Some work events fill your notebook with actions and ideas.

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Ever been in one of those online networking breakout rooms where no one speaks?

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Today feels like the perfect reminder that behind the term “Virtual Assistant” are real people with real stories.

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If you’d told me five years ago that I’d be self-employed – running my own business, setting my own rates, making big decisions without asking anyone’s permission – I would have completely dismissed the idea.

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I kicked off January by being brave – properly living by my words for 2026 – and saying yes to being interviewed for the PA Forum’s very first podcast episode for “Stories Beyond The Desk”.  And now… it’s LIVE.  Out ther...

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Since the New Year, I’ve been watching The Marvelous Mrs Maisel on Amazon Prime. First of all, if you haven’t watched it yet, where have you been and how quickly can you fix that? Secondly, I was not prepared for how m...

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Let’s get one thing straight right away – saying “no” does not make you rude, difficult, unhelpful or unkind.

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Well… I’ll start with a confession. I started writing this blog before Christmas - one of those lovely end of year reflections, neatly posted with a festive caption and a perfectly timed sparkle emoji... BUT I didn’t f...

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Well… it’s been one of those weeks.

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Over the last couple of weeks I’ve seen posts from fellow VAs about clients letting them down. Being dropped without notice, not being paid on time (or at all), spoken to badly or treated like they’re “just” support rat...

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Friday 17 October 2025 will stay with me for a very long time.  Not just because it happened to be my birthday and not just because I found myself in beautiful Bournemouth for the UK VA Conference & Awards but because it...

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