Episode 26:
Naomi Smith | Taking Leaps and Bounds
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Naomi Smith is CEO of Home-Start Camden & Islington, an organisation that offers emotional support and practical help to parents of children under five who are struggling.
She is also the Founder of Wordsmiths: Writing for Wellbeing, a social enterprise which aims to improve confidence, creativity and self-expression through a series of cathartic writing workshops.
Naomi is a mental wellbeing advocate with a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and masters degree in Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. The combination of these two disciplines form the basis of Wordsmiths.
In this interview, Naomi talks about her worries and challenges as a CEO and business-owner. She shares her big leap of faith from manager to CEO ,and how she was able to achieve this because of her experience in business and not being afraid to fail.
Naomi talks about experiencing imposter syndrome and being worried others will think she is not good enough. When she feels like this, she always looks at her CV to remind herself of how far she has come.
She has a charitable heart and being able to help people motivates her. Naomi believes when you help others to grow and be better, it in turn helps you to grow and be better too!
You don’t want to miss:
- How she came up with her business idea
- How she deals with imposter syndrome
- Why she is so deeply involved in mental health advocacy
- How mentoring has helped her grow and develop
Song mentioned in this episode:
- Such a Loser by Garfunkel And Oates
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