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Marketing & Branding
This series of blogs focuses on marketing and branding, to help you build your personal brand and presence on the job market.


Maslow Hierarchy, Chakras & US Election 2024
As we woke up yesterday to the results of the 2024 US Election, information kept rolling down our screens about how Donald Trump made his...

Sylvie Barr
Nov 8, 20243 min read
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The Power of Compassion
Photo credit: Adrianna Geo It’s nearly a year since Hamas carried out barbaric atrocities at a music festival in Israel. Nearly a year...

Sylvie Barr
Oct 2, 20243 min read
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Equinox Musings - Balance (II)
Once more I’m drawn to write at this time of year, when the hours of daylight and darkness are the same, all over the world. Whether we...

Sylvie Barr
Sep 21, 20244 min read
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There's no place they'd rather be
Photo credit: Xingchen Yan ‘Create Balance.’ This was the theme of our creativity and problem solving session this week in my Facebook...

Sylvie Barr
Aug 24, 20243 min read
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Do you like digging?
Photo credit: Jonathan Kemper I’m not here to talk about the virtues of gardening and putting your hands in the soil, even if it’s...

Sylvie Barr
Feb 12, 20243 min read
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December Musings on Nature, Authenticity and Thriving
In the copse As the year draws to a close and we are nearing the winter solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere, I wanted once more to...

Sylvie Barr
Dec 7, 20234 min read
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What's your legacy?
Photo credits: Simon Berger & Jon Tyson This might feel heavy … And if it does, that’s because it is. Today I want to write about legacy...

Sylvie Barr
Aug 10, 20235 min read
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What a week it's been... Reflections on talent, authenticity and self discovery
As I got home last Monday after getting antibiotics to clear a chest infection, I heard of the passing of George Alagiah. Two days later,...

Sylvie Barr
Jul 31, 20233 min read
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This is driving me mad!!!
Photo credit: Yogendra Singh Insane! Nuts! Bonkers! But before I tell you what it is, let’s rewind a little bit. Last week in my group...

Sylvie Barr
Jul 12, 20233 min read
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Where Next for holisto®
Photo credit: Malcolm Lightbody After sharing my thoughts on ‘Where Next for Business?’, the session held by the Royal Society of Arts...

Sylvie Barr
May 23, 20235 min read
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Where Next for Business?
Photo credit: Raul Petri This is the title of a session organised by the The RSA (The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce),...

Sylvie Barr
May 10, 20233 min read
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77 years... a good innings?
Just a few weeks ago I was giving my two pence worth about Toblerone’s latest move. Yesterday’s news about Tupperware gives me another...

Sylvie Barr
Apr 13, 20233 min read
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She nailed it 💪🏼
Photo credit: Jamie Street This is a MUST READ... An open letter from Mary Portas to the chairman of John Lewis. This is why I do what I...

Sylvie Barr
Mar 25, 20231 min read
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Equinox Musings
Photo credit: Aziz Acharki On this Equinox day, let me share with you a few thoughts on Balance. Practising yoga has got me to physically...

Sylvie Barr
Mar 20, 20234 min read
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Another one bites the dust
Photo credit: Ashley Pomeroy Do you like chocolate? I do, so writing about this as I’m observing lent - not for religious reasons, but to...

Sylvie Barr
Mar 10, 20234 min read
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Show your biz some 💚
The tree of love, Sussex, 2017 Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! The candles, the red roses, the box of chocolates, the bubbly, the steak...

Sylvie Barr
Feb 14, 20233 min read
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Where do you sit on that curve?
I hope your week is going well. As often, I came up with an idea in the shower this morning and I wanted to share it with you. Have you...

Sylvie Barr
Feb 8, 20234 min read
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To New Beginnings
Photo credit: Simon Berger Happy Imbolc everyone! Today marks a mid-point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. From...

Sylvie Barr
Feb 2, 20233 min read
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No Mud, No Lotus
photo credit: Abhidev Vaishnav I came across this quote during a yoga challenge last month and realised afterwards that it's from Thich...

Sylvie Barr
Nov 14, 20223 min read
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Have you found your balance?
Happy Equinox everyone! Whether you are celebrating autumn or spring today, we’re all gifted with the wisdom on finding balance in our...

Sylvie Barr
Sep 23, 20224 min read
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