BETH THOMAS RECOVERING PERFECTIONIST HReaderi, I spent Friday at the Super Speaker Showcase, and I still haven't quite worked out what happened. There was I, in a room packed with professional speakers – most with tons of experience, polished presentations, years of getting better. All watched by VIP bookers from top agencies across the UK and beyond. High stakes. High expectations. Absolutely no pressure! Ten speakers. Fifteen minutes each. Nearly everyone used their entire time slot. But...

BETH THOMAS RECOVERING PERFECTIONIST Hi Reader. By the time you're reading this, I'll be deep into running the Super Speaker Showcase with my friend Michelle Mills-Porter. Not speaking at it. Running it. And there's a story here I need to tell you. I applied to speak at this showcase twice. I didn't get in the first time. That hurt. I didn't get in again the second time either. But I made the reserve list. That might not sound like winning. But it was moving forward. The first time was a no....

BETH THOMAS RECOVERING PERFECTIONIST Hi, Reader I blocked someone this week. A therapist, would you believe. Someone in a position of authority who should have known better. They'd been leaving comments on my TikTok videos that were not just incorrect – they were harmful. I love a good debate as much as anyone else. I'm all for exchanging ideas, challenging each other, growing together. But this wasn't that. This was someone using clinical language in an unhealthy way to cause damage....