The spark* blog
Thoughtful insights for socially responsible entrepreneurs who give a ****! Honest conversations about impact, wellbeing and creating sustainable change.
There is always more to your story...
My grandmother sold her business in her early eighties. She was a socially responsible entrepreneur before the phrase had been invented - and the blueprint she handed me is one I'm still following today. This is the story behind Ellipsis Coaching - where it came from, why it exists, and why the work matters to me as much as it does to the people I do it with.
You're not stuck. You're thinking alone.
She'd been running her creative business for 14 years. She knew exactly what she wanted to do next. And for six months, she'd done absolutely nothing. Sound familiar? In this post, I explore why founders get caught in the spin cycle - and what actually breaks it. Spoiler: the answer isn't more thinking.
Same desk, same thinking
Something keeps coming up in my coaching conversations. Founders who are stuck - not because they lack ideas or capability, but because they've been staring at the same four walls for too long.
Here's the thing: where you think matters as much as what you think about.
In this post, I share three founder stories - and a simple question that most of us never actually ask ourselves deliberately.
Keeping the fighters in the fight
After two decades working in London education, I learned something crucial: the people creating alternatives and fighting for change carry weight that others don't see. The BikeStormz documentary reminded me why I stepped away from frontline work - and what that taught me about keeping purpose-driven founders sustainable enough to keep fighting.
The power of AND: how to suck at stuff, be scared, feel unclear AND still get good shit done
Every founder faces moments where the choice feels binary: quit the day job or stay, launch now or wait, say yes or disappoint people. But what if you didn't have to choose? Discover how the power of AND can help you move forward even when you're scared, messy, and unclear - without waiting for perfect conditions.