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She says women in business must learn
how to build their businesses around
their lives, not their lives around their
businesses.
“My advice to others is to be the leader
you would have wanted to have leading
you during your career,” says Angela.
“Really guide and impart the great
wisdom you have developed over time on
the leaders of tomorrow.”

She also recommends business
leaders must find the passion that
will keep them moving forward,
especially during those difficult
days.
“Revisit that passion regularly, to either
“Instead of pulling into the drive- remember who they really are anymore get reignited with the ‘why’, or decide it’s
through, I pulled into the parking lot and or know what they want their life’s next time for a ‘new’ passion,” says Angela,
sat there and cried because I wasn’t sure chapter to look like.” who continues to find passion in her
I could afford that latte,” she says. “I knew To assist them on that journey, Angela work and hopes to share her thoughts in
I could, but I didn’t have the mindset at typically hosts retreats in a comfortable additional books after her first, Living Out
that particular time, and it really became venue that is bright and airy, such as Loud, became a best seller.
one of those ‘How do other women do Cutten Fields golf course and Redstone “For me, I think the next five years looks
this?’ moments.” Winery & Restaurant in Beamsville. like I will be still growing my business and
It was after this revelation that “I always say one of my superpowers is working with women who are ready to
Angela began her journey towards really creating a safe space for people make changes in their lives and don’t yet
have the clarity of what they want their
a new career which came into focus because I know what it’s like not to feel life’s next chapter to be – or how to go
around 2016 while enjoying a quiet safe,” she says, adding that participants after it.”
moment with her husband, Gord, are always reassured complete
confidentiality. “Nothing that is said in
sitting in a small plaza in Madrid. the room goes anywhere else because I
“Something kept coming back to me, and want everyone to feel safe that they can
Gord said, ‘Tell me about it’, and that’s put their voice into that room.”
where the vision of Angela Unlimited Angela, who shared her insights at
came from,” she says, describing the Chamber’s Women’s Leadership
her desire to create a company to Collective event this past fall at Langdon
provide other accomplished women an Hall, finds inspiration in helping other
opportunity to look at the next chapter women so they do not have to face
in their lives. “I’ve met so many women struggles alone.
who’ve worked their way through the
jobs they thought they wanted and then “Women tend to take on ‘stories’ and
reach a stage in life and think: Is that all? ‘identities’ others have given them.
What do I do now?” These start in childhood and continue
But bringing her company vision to throughout our lives,” she says. “The
more we live by the stories that others
fruition took time and consultations with have created for us, the less we are our
female friends over coffee and snacks, authentic selves and that is very stressful
all of whom wholeheartedly agreed she and challenging.”
was on to something, and in the past few
years since its creation, Angela Unlimited As women leaders, Angela often tells
has continued to provide thoughtful her clients that it’s OK to put themselves
guidance to many women in need. first.
“My journey as the founder of Angela “It’s not selfish to take care of yourself.
Unlimited has been a rewarding one as You can’t give from a space of being
I get to work with mature women who burnt out, not feeling well, or not being
are at a season of transition,” she says. all of you. We can for a while and then it
“Most of them feel alone and may not catches up with you.”

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