The Empowerment Project

21/09/2026

🙂 It can be a challenge for a business to gain traction in the first few months to a year, so we rely on enthusiasm and a few 'wins' to keep us encouraged.

BUT — a question I often hear in that first year is ☝️

Is this normal?

And yes — you are not the only one up late at night thinking you're the only one whose inbox isn't lighting up or whose phone isn't ringing! 😔

I work with women who build fabulous businesses but can find it really hard to grow, and they start thinking they're doing something wrong — that the quiet, and how hard it is to get clients, must be down to them. Nearly every one of them ends up doubting themselves, or the business, or the product. 🙃

BUT — it's not that. Most of the time it just means not enough people know they're there yet, and they're just a little too shy to make those needed changes and be bold enough to 'show up' out there.

Not showing up enough for people to remember us, or clearly enough to attract the 'right' client for our service or product, is a big reason getting clients feels so elusive.

We just need to do a few little things more consistently, so people get to know us well enough, and trust us enough to pay us and let us help them through what we do.

Again — a few small changes and things start to happen. 💛

I share this sort of thing and ideas and inspiration in our free group every week. We share inspiration, and there are a lot of women in the same boat. Come and join us The Empowerment Project | Women Getting Unstuck

Or if you'd rather just talk it through, let's have a good chat about what's going on and where to next. 🎯 DM me or check out the first comment below with the link for a free Clarity Call😊

18/09/2026

😇I get to work with interesting women who are juggling a lot and working through challenges to improve their business, careers or life in general and the bonus is getting to travel through some of New Zealand’s beautiful scenery.🌿

Helping women get unstuck and move forward is my mission 💗 and you can find out more in the first comment 👇

Join our fb group. The Empowerment Project | Women Getting Unstuck

15/09/2026

☝️How is it the last quarter of the year already?

😉You know that feeling when the year just… went? Flat tack every day, then suddenly it’ll be December and you’re not sure what you truly achieved and what you want to do next!

🚀I’m running “Future Clear” so we can stop and sort that out — an evening to get clear on what you want next and make a real plan (vision board included, and yes, we’ll have a laugh doing it).

Come set yourself up for 2027 properly!👏🏻

Monday 9 November, 6–8.30pm, Lincoln Event Centre, $45.

👉Message me, book through the link in bio or with selwyn.govt.nz/events — I would love to see your face in the room.


 #2027 WomenInBusiness Lincoln Selwyn Christchurch Canterbury

14/09/2026

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏!

A lot of the women I work with are doing well in their businesses. They’ve grown steadily, built a good customer base and know what they’re doing. But when sales slow down, or the clients fall away, its really common for the questioning to start ... What’s changed, is it me, my product or the algorithm, what do I need to do more of less of etc etc?
Am I doing something wrong?

👍 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙤'𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 3 𝙤𝙧 4 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣, 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛.
We talked about separating what she actually knew from what she was assuming, because when we don’t know the reason for something, our minds can very quickly make assumptions that may not even be right. Once we took that out of the equation, she could see a few simple things she could tweak and try, rather than feeling she needed to change everything.

𝘼 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧, 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 😇

Have you ever found yourself questioning everything when business slows down?

Share in comments below or request a free Clarity Call! Struggling along can be painful!🥹



The Empowerment Project | Women Getting Unstuck

09/09/2026

Do our FREE Network Meetups make a difference to your day???
I think so!!

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Better still. For personal mentorship 👉👉👉https://form.jotform.com/janeelleyempowermentproject/clarity-call

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08/09/2026

ONLINE meetup is tonight at 7.30pm!☝️

🤔 Have you got an idea that keeps popping into your head? You think it could work, but then you start wondering how you'd fit it in, whether now's the right time, whether you can actually pull it off — so it just sits there on the "one day" list.

I had a project doing exactly that to me — a community programme I want to get going. It needs more than just me to happen, and I wasn't sure of the steps, so I did the thing I get my coaching clients to do. I made a mind map.

I put the project in the middle and got every piece out around it — what I actually want from it, who else it needs, where it fits with everything else, all the bits swimming round in my head. Seeing it in one place changed everything. It went from one big overwhelming thing to a handful of steps I could actually start on — including the people I need to bring in.

😇 If you've got something you keep putting off, try it. Grab a piece of paper, put the thing in the middle, and get every piece out around it before you get bogged down in the how. Once it's all laid out in front of you, it stops feeling so stuck 🗺️

If you'd like ideas and support alongside other women in business and corporate roles, come along to our Empowered Women's Network online tonight at 7.30pm. Once the women come in we just naturally evolve the chat to the needs of the moment....will it be about Mind Maps tonight or something else - maybe how to get your business out to more people??

Click the link in comments and join us at 7.30pm to find out for yourself! It's FREE and you are welcome, even if it is a first time for you!

💛 Link's in the first comment.

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01/09/2026

☝️Have you been thinking about updating your goals, creating a new vision and mapping out the pathway to achieving them - but just don’t know where to start?!🚀

😊Then this opportunity is made for you! Come and join us at Lincoln Event Centre on Monday 9th November at 6pm!

Step back from the everyday and gain clarity on what you want your life to look like in the years ahead. Guided by Jane Elley from The Empowerment Project, this inspiring workshop explores practical goal setting and creative vision board techniques to help you shape what comes next. Whether you’re...

01/09/2026

FREE Empowered Women’s Network meetup is tomorrow morning — come and join us.😇
Wednesday 2nd September, 11am at the Wigram Hotel. 🚀 Grab a ☕️, and join women like you for some fabulous ideas, inspiration and to share what you do too!👍.
Whether you're in business, working from home, or just keen for a bit of connection with other women, you're welcome. Come on your own or bring a friend along.
Have a watch of the wee reel I made — it'll give you a feel for the group and the sort of women who come along. Then come and see for yourself.
See you there.😊. Check the link in comments 🔗

29/08/2026

😊What a lovely evening with the West Melton Women’s Group this week!✨

I was so pleased to be invited along as their guest speaker and to meet such a lovely group of women. 💕

I shared a little about my own journey — from building my first business over 29 years, through to creating ‘The Empowerment Project’ and why helping women get unstuck and move forward in their business, career or life is something that means so much to me.

What I do today has been built from a lifetime of experience, lessons, challenges, successes, mistakes and my own journey of figuring things out along the way.
Because sometimes we don't need more information.

We need to step back, get clear on what we actually want, recognise what might be holding us back, and work out what to do next!💡

We also did a little goal-setting exercise together — and I hope there were a few ideas, realisations and personal lightbulb moments along the way! ✨

I thoroughly enjoyed being part of their evening and loved the opportunity to connect with women at different stages of life and work.

And if you're a woman in the West Melton or wider Selwyn area who would enjoy getting out once a month, meeting new people, having dinner, hearing a different speaker each time and enjoying some social connection with other women, I’d definitely recommend joining their group. 🥂

It was a lovely evening of meeting up with friends, making new connections and sharing a few ideas — all in the beautiful setting of Larcomb Vineyard 🌿🍷

Thank you for having me — I thoroughly enjoyed being your guest. ❤️