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Opening Closed Doors


Everybody has a story. Your story matters

Opening Closed Doors is a podcast about life journeys. Inspiring conversations with people who have chosen to open a closed door and shut another behind them. Stories of rejection to appreciation, loss to discovery, pain to purpose.

Everyone has a story and everybody's story matters.

Everyone has a story that will resonate, inspire and educate.

Certified holistic life coach, Sophia Nicholls, is the host of the show. She  is an international speaker with over 20 years in leadership and advocacy. As the host, Sophia Nicholls will guide you through these inspiring stories.

If you would like to work with Sophia towards achieving your purpose and life goals, book a free 20 min 121 discovery call. Follow this link 

Jun 5, 2022

‘You Can Do It!’

Dr. Julie McFarlane takes us through her exciting life story of hard work and perseverance, from used- car sales to the academic seat of Sterling University.

Having experienced the joys of having a supportive mentor, Julie guides us through her world of ‘coincidences’, family loss and how her love and passion for education extends to her students.

Julie shares her journey towards a successful career in education, research, student support and entrepreneurial consultancy.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

‘When you put your mind to it, You Can Do It!’

Take a step back from where you are, take a rest and give yourself time to breathe, re-focus your attention on what really matters’ 

ABOUT DR JULIE MCFARLANE

Dr Julie McFarlane is the founder of the Academy of Enterprise Education (AEE) an online enterprise academy for adult learner. She is an academic living in Scotland who has spent the last 15 years developing higher education programs for students across the world. In that time, she has had the pleasure of watching many of her students go on to create successful businesses and launch careers in a variety of sectors and locations. In her academic life, Julie was the postgraduate Director for the Leadership and Organisational Performance (LOP) master suite at Heriot-Watt University (HWU), the Consortium Director of HWU’s two Erasmus Mundus programs and most recently, she was Director of Learning at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship (HCE) at Strathclyde University in Scotland.

 

Social Media Links:

 

AEE (@academyofenterpriseeducation) • Instagram photos and videos

(2) Dr Julie McFarlane | LinkedIn

Home / Twitter

NEW HOME - AEE (aoee.co.uk)

Julie McFarlane | Facebook

Academy of Enterprise Education | Facebook

 

Contact Details:

Dr Julie McFarlane

Julie.mcfarlane@aoee.ao.uk

Dr.jmcfarlane@outlook.com

+44 (0) 7880 501 812

 

ABOUT SOPHIA NICHOLLS

 

Sophia is a transformational holistic life coach, mentor, Clubhouse Club Founder, Global Virtual Summit convenor, Host, Moderator, International Speaker, Educator, Disability Advocate and honoured with outstanding leadership award. Through coaching Sophia inspires and empowers her clients, to move from surviving to thriving. She provides space for discovery towards the life they dream of changing perspective and providing clarity to move from self-sabotage to self – love & purpose opening doors into the life they truly desire.

If you would like Sophia to help you get ‘unstuck’ or move from ‘surviving to thriving’ , book a free 30 min call: https://calendly.com/sophianicholls/30min-investigation-session

 

 

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References:

 

Books for Personal Development

 

The Miracle Morning – 6 habits that will transform our life before 8am by Hal Elrod

 

Books for Entrepreneurship

 

Beermat entrepreneur – Turn Your Good Idea Into A Great Business

by Chris West

 

Lean Start up – How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries

 

Testing Business ideas - A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation by Alexander Ostewalde