Dubai, 2012: theCAT is now the monthly columnist at the Mother, Baby, Child magazine. The column “Creative Enterprise” being business tips and personal empowerment tips to mum-trepreneurs who read the magazine. Each month, theCAT will post the published column on this website. You can also read the published article by clicking on the image below.

Are you a struggling small business owner, so engrossed in work that you forget to look ahead and see where you are going. Perhaps you are a creative entrepreneur who is stuck in the business incubation bubble. Or you could be a jaded mother, where the stress of taking care of a family has taken over your identity as a magnificent being. Of course, your business could be so successful that it is in auto-pilot and you now have enough time to spend with the family. Well done!

After years of writing, designing, creating and working in various sectors and now having my own businesses, I have come to the stage where I want to give back to the community. Through this column, I will be bringing in experts in various fields to share with you business advice or self-empowerment doses of information that may help you move ahead.

Who you are on the inside determines how your outer world is going to shape. So mum-preneurs, today I introduce Evelyne Thomas to you. This UAE based co-active coach is a certified trainer of Springboard®, a UK award winning women’s professional and personal development programme. If you have lost sight of the bigger picture of your life, Evelyne will teach you how to make the necessary changes over a three month period.

Evelyne shared with me that for her, coaching came as a natural progression after much self-development work in her life. “Counselling tools led to training in Co-active Coaching which basically means that the coach and client work together in a collaborative manner. I’m big on helping women regain their vision, through small but concrete steps in order to reach their goal.”

So ladies, don’t let life pass you by. Dive in the Springboard way. Make it a new year resolution! You can contact Evelyne on www.eltcoachingandtraining.com