I was lucky enough to be invited to be an Executive Contributor for Brainz Magazine in 2020. Here is my latest article about identifying why you do what you do, and what difference it makes to your business. Enjoy! Marisa ..read more

For me, everything starts with conversation. Creating those valuable connections in our businesses is part of the joy of being a business owner, so I was delighted to be invited to chat to Tom Bailey, Founder of Succeed Through Speaking and the Flow & Grow Expert Interviews podcast. Listen closely as we discuss everything from authenticity in your marketing to failure and success.  You can listen to the full interview here: https://apple.co/3hCBcMr You can watch here: https://youtu.be/A2_87qggVvE Tom Bailey, founder of Succeed Through Speaking, interviews Marisa Guthrie. He ..read more

So, 2020 is behind us, and the world has changed forever. Covid is still very much defining our lives as we have to stay at home and change the way we work, and interact with others. Many of us are homeschooling, and we are constantly being told by the media that a recession is coming, and not just any old recession (we’re used to those by now!) but the ‘worst recession for 300 years.’ So is now really a good time to start a business, or develop a new arm of your existing business? What no one seems to talk about is the fact that many businesses start in recessions and go on to be very success ..read more

What was the last thing you bought, and did you really need it? For many years we have been told, either consciously or subconsciously, that buying things will make us happy. In fact you could say that the Capitalist system relies on us buying or consuming. Not only does this not lead to happiness as we have been consistently told, but all this consumption is having a devastating impact, not only on our planet, but also on its people. In this workshop given in October 2020, I look at what consumerism is and whether we can create a better, more fairer society through what we buy, or choose not ..read more

 Before I became an entrepreneur I studied philosophy at university. I wanted answers to the big questions, “Why are we here?” Why do people behave the way they do?” and “What does it mean to live an authentic life?” You might think that this doesn’t have much to do with business coaching, but actually when we align our goals and actions with our beliefs, and how we see the world, our work begins to take on a different meaning. In this blog, I want to explore what it means to live authentically, and how being our real, true selves in our work, will not only transform how we feel about our ..read more

When we went in to lockdown I noticed a Tweet by journalist and author Caitlin Moran where she said she was going to start making a list of businesses who had treated their customers and staff well during lockdown, and those that hadn’t so she knew who to support in the future and I don’t think she has been alone. This crisis has exposed the businesses who really are purely focused on growth in profits, with a total disregard for human kindness, let alone dignity and ultimately safety. So how did we get here? This talk I gave on 30th May 2020 as guest speaker at Oxon Hoath Retreats explores wh ..read more

We find ourselves in a new world where everything has been turned upside down in a very short space of time. Things are changing from moment to moment and none of us know how we are going to be affected. When we are facing such unknowns it’s easy to feel powerless. But the truth is we do have power. So while we can’t control what happens, we can control how we react to this new normal. I can’t tell you what the global lockdown is going to mean to your business, but I would like to share some simple tools and ideas to help you through this time. These are things I am doing myself too so I am pr ..read more

Marisa with longtime mentor and friend Anni Townend. Photo courtesy of Katie Vandyck of 100 Designs Business mentor Anni Townend has been my mentor and friend for nearly 15 years. She recently interviewed me for her fantastic podcast series Leaders In Conversation. We talked about how I became a leader in business, as well as my love of the wild, my work with millennials and what we can learn about relationships from horses. I hope you enjoy it. Marisa ..read more

As an independent business owner, I spend quite a lot of my working day on my own or working one-to-one with clients, and this is just how I like it. However, it wasn’t until I read Susan Cain’s bestseller “Quiet – The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” that I realized that I had completely engineered my working life around the fact that I am an introvert. Now you may find this surprising. As a businesswoman and entrepreneur I am ‘supposed’ to be an extrovert, good at putting myself out there, ‘selling’ myself, and if you met me (for those of you who don’t already know me ..read more

You don’t need me to tell you that we live in times of huge upheaval and uncertainty. The institutions that we once felt we could rely on are crumbling in the face of the biggest environmental challenge human beings have ever faced, and the ongoing Brexit crisis. The pace of technology is exponentially speeding up and no one can predict where all of this is going to land in the next year, let alone the next decade. So how do we live each day and run our businesses when we are faced with such changes? And how do we rise to the challenges that the world throws at us? The answer may be more signi ..read more