Our Project

Confidence Academy for Mums  is a workshop designed to inspire and empower mothers to excel in every area of their lives.

The challenges mothers face on a day-to-day basis can be very distracting and often steal the energy they should be focusing on achieving their goals. On top of that, mothers (and women in general) usually face inequality and discrimination in the workplace, battling against an unwelcoming market and hitting glass ceilings. But that doesn’t mean women have to accept the role of victims — you are strong and powerful to create your own reality and challenge the stereotypes and barriers imposed by society.  You are accountable for your actions and responsible for how you play the hand you are dealt.

Tapping Into Your Tree of Life- Creative Writing workshop

My work as an National Career Service Adviser at various Job Centres, I realised that, whilst most of the job-seekers were demotivated and had self-esteem issues, there was no department responsible for dealing with such handicaps. With that in mind, I decided it was high time someone acted on the matter and thus Holistic Support was born. Holistic Support is a social enterprise committed to promoting well-being. We strive for equity and equality and want to bring about social change and raise consciousness. We believe in equipping people with tools so they can be their best selves and in empowering the community so it can grow stronger together. As a life coach and wellness workshop facilitator, I've come to realise how powerful the Tree of Life is in dealing with emotions and, since the Tap into Your Tree of Life - Creative Writing project was so successful and since my biggest passion is to help (all) people find their path and thrive in their lives, I figured it was about time I introduced the Tree of Life to kids.

Sophia - testimonial-

Taking part in ‘The Tree of Life’ workshop was a great experience for me. Meeting other women from all walks of life and sharing our stories felt very therapeutic. The workshop helped me to rediscover the writer in myself.

Using the ‘Tree of life’ metaphor, we were encouraged to draw out inspiration from our own ‘soil and roots’ Through doing this I was able to write a poem about my story and journey so far, which felt very liberating. 

As a song writer I was asked to run one of the sessions, which I very much enjoyed. We were focusing on the manipulation of language, the bending of words and incorporating different languages for those who are multilingual. Overall understanding that you can make up your own rules when writing creatively 

After taking part in the workshop I felt like I didn’t want it to end. Being around very inspirational women and hearing their journey’s, making new friends. It’s definitely something I would love to be a part of again.

We believe teaching a person how to fish yields more benefits than simply giving them the fish, which is why, during our sessions, we offer you the necessary tools to foster lasting changes and thrive in your lives. We help you create opportunities to make the future you deserve come to fruition and usher you towards building confidence and self-esteem to deal with your stress levels and focus your misdirected energy on positive discipline, personal and professional growth.  We also provide you with a safe place to talk about your problems and with a support network because we believe that failure is not failure when you have support. By making sure you reconnect with your inner selves and discover your true goals, we can help you break the mould and grow to be your best selves yet. Our workshop provides hands-on learning through the use of creative visualisation, affirmations, role-playing and other self-empowerment techniques which have proven to be effective.