UK's leading mind & money mentor urges women to quit 9-5 if they want to close pay gap this International Women's Day

The World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap report told us that gender parity is 200 years away but on the eve of International Women’s Day (8^th March 2018) where the campaign theme is #PressforProgress, the UK’s leading Mind & Money Mentor Laura Powner is encouraging women to achieve the income level they desire through starting their own business.

Laura (35) has 17 years’ experience as a qualified chartered accountant and has worked with businesses of all shapes and sizes to help them manage their money. Since 2013 she has worked for herself, specialising in supporting women to overcome their blocks around money through mentoring them on all aspects of business strategy and improving their mindset. Based in Yorkshire UK, Laura has a global business and works with women all over the world, as far afield as Pennsylvania and as local as her village Deli owner.

Laura said: “We know that the gender pay gap is very real and won’t close overnight in the corporate world. My passion is helping women to recognise how they can establish a business which will help them to earn more money whilst also doing something they enjoy. I run my business with a laptop from my kitchen table and the online world has opened up a huge opportunity for other women to do the same.”

A busy Mum to two children under eight who are both home-schooled, Laura understands the pressures of juggling a family and a corporate career. She explains: “Women are continually fed messages that it is impossible to ‘have it all’ and there are thousands of women who feel torn everyday leaving their children with childcare providers because they believe the only way to succeed is to climb the corporate ladder. I mentor women to quit the 9-5 corporate rat race to start a business they love, that fully supports their families and the lifestyle they want to lead.”

Having been through this journey herself, Laura understands all of the steps involved in making this leap and helps women to overcome the fear factor which she believes is purely to do with mindset. Laura said: “In all my years of working in and around business, the one thing that consistently makes the difference in a financially successful one is the mindset of the business owner. Alongside my mentoring, I use Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) which is a form of hypnotherapy that helps to clear mindset blocks, I liken it to a mindset hack, reprogramming the brain and helping women overcome the things that are holding them back from making more money.”

As well as helping women to take the seeds of a business idea all the way to launch, Laura works with established women in business to help them with their product or service offer and pricing structures. There are three elements to Laura’s approach:

Mindset – it starts with the individual, their existing story around money and business then reprogramming it through Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT).
Money – setting some precise goals around the income desired and setting actions for how to earn it.
Strategy – everything from basics such as how to set prices and who ideal clients are, to highly technical issues such as business structuring for tax efficiency.

As the hashtag #PressforProgress spreads around the world on International Women’s Day Laura hopes that by sharing her story and her experiences she will inspire other women to see that it is possible for them to achieve financial success without compromising other aspects of their life, such as family time.