Author Archives: choccyscrumptious

The Answer May Not Be What (or Where) You Think It Is…..

The thing that I love most about life, is that you never know what is around the corner. You head off in a certain direction, and sometimes things go the way you think and sometimes they don’t – but nothing is ever a waste of time… If you have read my previous posts for Gingerbread’s […]

“Think of yourself as one business with multiple components”

Apparently there are limits to what one person can achieve in 24 hours – not that I really like to admit this!! Being a very positive person and having lots of ideas and being reasonably skilled in a number of areas, and not feeling that being a single parent is an excuse to stop me […]

Taking Inspiration (for Self Belief and Business) from Wimbledon

I am fascinated by the mental toughness of top sporting professionals – and this is in high definition at the moment with Andy Murray and Laura Robson at Wimbledon. Andy in particular I think is amazing. These sporting professionals have the ability to keep on believing and being positive – and this is something I […]

The power of positivity

My previous (and first) post for Gingerbread was very well received – thank you. The recurring piece of feedback that I received was the fact that I was so positive – so I thought I’d write a little bit about how I’ve got to this point, and how it feeds into my businesses and family […]

“Out from the ashes, grow the roses of success”

It has been exactly one year since my husband and father of our two sons (8 and 11) moved out of our home. This anniversary also marks the launch of our new business ChoccyScrumptious! I am now a happy single mum with a new business and two bright and cheerful children who are excelling at […]