ARE YOU READY TO RISE?

Georgia is an intersectional global feminist, contributing author for Rise: An anthology of women’s stories volume 3, City Co-lead for Intersectional uprising (Brighton area) and a domestic abuse ambassador for Rise UK. 

She began her feminist journey from a young age (before she knew the word existed) where she was quick to recognise the gap between the boys and girls and how they were treated differently. This was only the beginning, but she knew she had do something about it. 

Growing up as a feminist came with some challenges especially at the age of 17 when she was a victim of a coercive control which lasted 5 years. For the first time she has bravely shared her story this year in Rise: An Anthology of Women's Stories Volume III, collated by Katie. She is looking forward to sharing her story of her feminist journey,  the challenges she has overcome, her experience of coercive control and what she does to raise more awareness about this type of abuse. Georgia hopes to inspire people to speak out and raise awareness. 

In her free time you’ll see her travelling, hiking with her partner, attending theatre shows and checking out charity shop gems!  

Susan was born and raised in Norwich, although she left 3 times from the age of 23 to work at sea and see the world. She also lived and worked in Spain for 4 years, finally settling back to her roots and true " Home" in 2006 aged 40.

Her career and passion of a hairdresser, spa manager, and the setting up and running salons 5 times including in Spain took its toll on her health. She was a workaholic who was married to her job, and a heavy social drinker for decades to alleviate stress. She also loved to party, and was in a toxic marriage. She  lived her life at what seemed 200mph for decades. With poor sleep, not eating properly, and not looking after herself, she never listened to her body.

She knew one day her body would wake her up. In 2008 she found a huge lump and knew... breast cancer. Grade 3, Oestrogen Receptor Positive (Hormone fed) tumours. Her right breast was FULL of tumours, heading towards her right lung. It was 95% lifestyle and 5% genetic. She vowed to fight.

Susan celebrated her 60th in January! She was never expected to get this far. Her story and journey will inspire, motivate, lift, and  rise you up.

"We never know how strong we can be  until it's the only choice we have.

Katy is a counsellor  and psychotherapist with a couple of side hustles. She immerses herself in amateur photography, outdoor adventure and barbershop singing.

She specialises in supporting women with their fertility, maternal health and the whole journey into menopause. Katy has over thirty years of experience supporting young people and adults with Autism and/or ADHD/ADD and other neurally different issues and finally supporting adults with the journey of living with chronic illness (pain management) through to managing terminal diagnosis and preparing for death. 

She is about to turn a new chapter in her life - a chapter that she has had no life experience of and she doesn't know how she is going to navigate it.

Katy lived with undiagnosed adenomyosis and endometriosis until she was forty-eight years old, with symptoms starting as early as thirteen. She had a total hysterectomy two months before her fiftieth birthday in December 2026. She lives her life as a childless woman.

Katy is passionate about women getting heard and being taken seriously when it comes to their health. 

www.katyshoot.co.uk 

Rosemary has been running her own heart centred business since 1993!   She never wanted her own business but when the nursing career she loved abruptly ended due to a health challenge she was devastated and had to totally reinvent herself. She found massage and began a career in holistic therapies, absolutely loving how human touch and listening to someone can totally change their health, happiness and future, and even the future of their family.

More challenges with her hands forced Rosemary to retrain several times, each time finding something new. She learned to go with the flow, not to fight what she couldn’t change and find a silver lining in painful health challenges.

She eventually discovered business and money coaching for heart centred women, something that truly brought healing to both herself and her clients.  She has now helped hundreds of women find peace with money, be able to charge our worth, have money conversations and ask for what we want in life. 

Her own money life has been a big teacher and challenge. She has learnt to be vulnerable and help her clients to explore their most deep guilt and shame too. To realise the beliefs that are running our lives are not even our own, and we can choose a different path each day and a new exciting outcome. 

In 2013 she founded her own heart centred business networking group, Winning Women.  It is the community that she always wanted for herself.  A place to make friends, find business support, and to celebrate herself and each other. Her biggest joy is coaching and mentoring other sensitive women to overcome self-doubt, money fears and step into confidence, loving who we are and of course, financial success. 

Amanda Hart is a multi-award-winning author, mentor and media voice known for her work in deep personal reinvention, identity change and emotional leadership.

With over 30 years of experience, Amanda is recognised for guiding people beyond survival patterns and into lives shaped by clarity, self-trust and purpose. Her work sits at the intersection of emotional intelligence, intuitive insight and lived experience, offering grounded transformation rather than motivation or performance.

Amanda was awarded Intuitive Coach of the Year 2024, Authorpreneur of the Year 2025, and Health and Wellbeing Businesswoman of the Year 2026. She’s a bestselling author, international speaker and media contributor. Her bestselling memoir Sue Me was endorsed by Professor Evan Stark and other leading authorities for its clarity and impact. She later signed a three-book publishing deal with Orion Publishing, one of the UK’s leading publishing houses.

Her media career spans television, radio and print. She was a finalist on Channel 5’s Britain’s Psychic Challenge, hosted The Soul-Searching Show on radio, and was a columnist for Soul & Spirit and Best Holistic Life magazines. She continues to be featured across podcasts, press and digital platforms as a trusted voice on reinvention, emotional recovery and intuitive leadership. She was also selected as one of ten key people for Winning People, a UK-based philanthropic film project (currently in post-production), celebrating authentic leadership, emotional intelligence and social impact.

Her work is currently entering a new phase of visibility, with major media features, live events and national projects converging across 2026–2027.

Amanda is the creator of the feature documentary The Healing Starts Here, currently in production, with a planned UK cinema tour accompanied by live Q&A panels and teaching seminars. Alongside this, she is developing The Hub of Healing Hearts™, a national community-based educational initiative focused on emotional literacy, self-trust and generational pattern change.

Her flagship mentoring programme Returning to Yourself™, supports women through profound identity shifts and life reinvention, alongside curated retreats and immersive group experiences in the UK and Europe.

Amanda is also an Ambassador for See Through NPD, contributing to national awareness around narcissistic abuse, coercive control and systemic change. She is recognised for her calm authority, depth and integrity and for creating spaces where people can reclaim who they are without pressure, performance or collapse.

Amanda speaks on identity change, emotional resilience, coercive control awareness and the deeper process of personal reinvention.

Trusted Media Voice on Identity Reinvention & Returning to Yourself™
www.amanda-hart.co.uk

Winner: Health & Wellbeing Businesswoman of the Year - 2026

Winner: Authorpreneur of the Year – 2025
Winner: Intuitive Coach of the Year – 2024
Best-Selling Author: Sue Me

Best-Selling Contributing Author: Retire Inspired 2

Ambassador: See Through NPD