Happy International Women’s Day! 🤍
/International Women’s Day Portrait Series 2023
Today, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and achievements of women around the world. May we continue to support and empower one another every day. Here's to all the incredible women out there - keep shining!
Thank you to all the strong women in my life, who inspire me, who challenge me, who make me push myself.
I wanted to created a portrait series to honour us women in business. Most of us, working mums juggling running a business and family life. Here are some inspirational female entrepreneurs, business owners and mums that I’ve had the pleasure to work with, collaborate with and share a coffee with.
Thank you all for getting involved. You ladies are truly amazing. It was such fun capturing your portraits and it was amazing for you all to meet each other and form new connections. I truly believe when women support each other and cheerlead us on amazing things can happen!
The amazing women:
✨ Amy, Expert in Child Development & Owner @thelittlegymharpenden
✨ Angela, Pilates Teacher & Hypnobirthing Teacher @zing.wellness
✨ Claire, Registered Osteopath and Paediatric Specialist @body_mechanix_harpenden
✨ Jen, Lingerie Inventor & Founder@no.1bra
✨ Kate, Award-Winning Kids’ Party Catering & Occasion Bakes @feedingtimeparties
✨ Nina, Personal Stylist @edits_styling
✨ Tricia, Postnatal Doula & IBCLC @triciakingperinatal
✨ Tracey, Founder of 6week Social @6weeksocial
Tricia, Postnatal Doula & IBCLC @triciakingperinatal
American born Tricia King has called Hertfordshire home for nearly half of her life. Mum of three, Tricia lives with her husband, sons and dogs, and when she isn't working you might find her listening to an audio book or working on a crochet project. She works with her clients in a variety of ways, supporting many aspects of the perinatal journey, such as preparing for birth, optimising infant feeding, supporting parents with sleep or sharing mental well-being tools. Tricia is passionate about supporting clients through the early stages of matrescence, that transition to motherhood which can sometimes take us by surprise with its joys, intensity and challenges. Tricia's favourite parts of postnatal support are preparing tasty and nourishing meals for her clients and then sitting down with a cup of tea to truly listen to them.
You can find Tricia to book birth and postnatal doula support, lactation consultations or coaching packages.
She also provides postnatal recovery massage/closing the bones ceremonies, responsive sleep support, and mental wellbeing support.
Kate, Award-Winning Kids’ Party Catering & Occasion Bakes @feedingtimeparties
Feeding Time is a children’s party catering business based in Harpenden, which Kate has been running since 2016. She provides beautifully presented, homemade party teas with the crucial added fun factor (party hats, jokes, napkins and googly-eyed fruit all come as standard!) Feeding Time has become very well-known locally and over time the business has grown significantly.
In addition to party food, Feeding Time (and its sister brand, Crumbs) also now offers bespoke iced biscuits - as party favours and as stunning gift boxes -, “movie night boxes”, giant cookies, loaded brownies and much more.
Jen, Lingerie Inventor & Founder @no.1bra
Jen earned her title as an inspirational woman when she changed the design of the typical bra so that it actually works with the natural shape of women’s bodies– not against it. Hail the world’s most comfortable No. 1 Bra.
For over 30 years Jen has designed bras for some of the world’s biggest brands – from high end to high street, so she knows her way around a DD cup or two. She was inspired by talking to women who divulged their uncomfortable bra stories and realised that as women, we just accept that bras are uncomfortable. And the reason for this? The underwired structure hadn’t changed in 50 years, yet women’s lives and bodies have.
Jen’s revolutionary design ensures that women can now have a drawer full of bras that are so comfortable, you forget you are wearing them and not only do they deliver on comfort, but they also deliver on support and style too!
Website - https://no1bra.com
Amy, Expert in Child Development & Owner @thelittlegymharpenden
Amy Perkins is a child development expert and owner of The Little Gym Harpenden. She is passionate about promoting movement in babies and children and encouraging motor skill development and coordination.
The Little Gym Harpenden offers developmental gymnastics classes for ages 4 months - 12 years, Holiday Camps and Birthday Parties. They use gymnastics as a tool to develop not only your child's gymnastics skills but their confidence, coordination, social skills and more, in a fun and nurturing environment.
Classes deliver real skill growth through working with the children in small groups and using individualised instructions to help the children to progress at their own rate. Their award winning programme is written by child development experts and overseen by paediatric doctors and occupational therapists to bring you the best in the business. Click the link to see for yourself why over 1000 local children currently attend The Little Gym Harpenden every week!
Nina, Personal Stylist @edits_styling
Nina Whitehead is a personal stylist based in Harpenden. She works with women to help increase their style and confidence through their wardrobes. Nina will show you that it isn't just about understanding fashion but about looking stylish and feeling up to date whatever you age or size. So whether it be finding out the colours that suit you the best, editing your wardrobe so you can see what works for you or giving you styling tips for everyday looks, Nina's goal is always the same; to help you discover a style that you love so that getting dressed is easy and fun.
Claire, Registered Osteopath and Paediatric Specialist @body_mechanix_harpenden’
Registered Osteopath and paediatric specialist Claire McKenna qualified in 2008.
Claire worked for a number of clinics and sports teams before starting up her own award winning clinic Body Mechanix, based on Harpenden’s high street in 2018.
The clinic has gone from strength to strength with a dream team of experienced multidisciplinary practitioners, serving patients of all ages, from newborns to the elderly and everyone in between.
Claire is incredibly passionate about helping her patients and specialises in the treatment of pregnant and post-natal mothers and the rewarding field of paediatrics.
Claire states 'this area of work is incredibly fulfilling and being able to support woman from pregnancy, all the way to holding their new born and supporting them in those early days is truly magical’.
‘Babies and children can have such profound changes with very gentle techniques, helping their bodies be best placed to negotiate growth and development. Setting them up to be in their best health for the future is something I’ll never take for granted'.
Claire and her team look forward to welcoming you to Body Mechanix.
