Keynote Panel - The After Work Club (Newcastle)

Her Path to Success: Lessons from Life Coaches and Mentors

Panel: Laura Jones, Sarah Pike, Kelly Phinn, Kate Simpson MBE

Join us for the Newcastle Power Panel, an evening dedicated to networking and inspiring business growth.

Hosted by Amy Washbourne (Owner & Director of Bloom Digitally), this engaging event will feature four accomplished women in business sharing their successes, challenges, and invaluable advice.

What you’ll discover:

• Strategies for overcoming challenges in business
• Insights into finding and maintaining motivation
• Tips for achieving personal and professional goals
• Lessons learned on their journeys to success

Laura Jones

Laura Jones is a Life and Business Coach who specialises in guiding high-achieving, successful individuals—particularly those in the public eye or at the top of their industries—through life’s most challenging transitions.

With a foundation built on discretion, privacy, and non-judgment, she offers a safe, confidential space for clients to grow and thrive. Drawing from her own transformative experiences, Laura is deeply committed to giving back to the community and aspires to be a philanthropist, using her insights and success to help others. Her mentorship empowers clients to navigate obstacles with clarity and resilience, all while maintaining peak performance and a deep sense of purpose.

Kelly Phinn

Kelly Phinn is a Registered Healthcare Professional and Positive Psychology Coach, dedicated to helping busy, overwhelmed professionals create new and better ways to support their wellbeing, using tools for Resilience, Peace & Happiness!✨

Kelly helps people achieve transformative results by leveraging their unique strengths so they can thrive in their life, career and business.

After a lengthy career in the NHS, Kelly embarked on a journey of self-discovery which lead her to create her coaching and therapy business, giving her greater autonomy, joy and purpose.

Kelly now channels all she has learnt into guiding and supporting others.

Her mission is to Positively Impact and Empower More People!💫

Sarah Pike

Trained by world leading divorce coach Sarah Davison, Sarah Pike comes fully equipped with specialist tools and techniques to help dial down the negative emotions associated with break up and divorce, enabling you to move on from any stage of a break up.

A survivor of domestic, narcissistic and financial abuse over various relationships as well as experiencing her own divorce ten years ago, she is walking proof that you can heal for real and divorce does not define you…

With an exciting year ahead, 2025 sees Sarah write for North East Luxe Magazine, write a chapter in Sara Davisons internationally released new book - as well as working on a new podcast to be launched in the Summer.

Sarah’s favourite phrase is and always will be “You might have made your bed, but you can always get out and change the sheets.

Kate Simpson MBE

Kate’s career has spanned a series of senior HR roles in a number of different sectors (including textiles, engineering, and oil & gas), where she provided HR support to the group’s businesses globally across Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

Her MBE, for Voluntary Services to the Armed Forces, was awarded in 2020.

Kate set up K8 Coaching and Consultancy in 2017 with the aim of supporting individuals and teams to thrive in challenging business environments by helping them develop personal plans, skills, and strategies to win at work and learning to manage themselves and others well. She achieves this through one-to-one coaching and mentoring, facilitating events and running workshops. Her mission, in business, is to be for others the person she wished she’d had on her side both when she was building her career and when working at a senior level.

What to expect:
🥂 A complimentary arrival drink
👥 Networking opportunities with professionals from a variety of industries before and after the panel discussion
🎤 A chance to have your questions answered by our empowering female panel

We really look forward to welcoming you all!

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Event sponsor: WeRoad

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