Successful Keynote Speaker Tips: #1 Respect the Crew!

2023 was a real pinnacle in terms of my keynote speaker life (so far) 😉 Two dozen gigs for organisations that care about the things I care about – social mobility, women in business, resilience – and the real icing on the cake: hosting the UK Social Mobility Awards! Throughout this time, a lot of […]

Make the Leap! The Power of Embracing Change

A photograph of a tandem skydive. Toni is attached to the instructor - they both have their arms out and are smiling.

Make the Leap! The Power of Embracing Change As someone who specialises in speaking about reframing fear and embracing change, I realised I was failing to follow my own advice – delaying a decision to fully focus on keynote speaking and stand-up way beyond when I knew I needed to do it. Feeling the fear? I don’t […]

Interviewing Rachel Riley for KAYBE Talks

Rachel Riley, Kris Britton and Toni Kent

“Hey Toni, what would you ask Rachel Riley if you had the chance to interview her?” I thought this was a rhetorical question from my good friend Kris – Founder of marketing agency KAYBE and former guest on the Challenging University Podcast. Turns out he actually meant it. He was trusting me to join a […]

Read all about it!

Well….turns out there’s a lot of us ‘analogue’ people out there! After yesterday’s post I had some great suggestions of the power of using pen and paper and one that was a new one for me: “My phone turns grayscale from 9-7”

Analogue Tips for a Digital World

A picture of a Cassette Tape to represent analogue tech

Switching off when you’re constantly ‘on’ Firstly, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who engaged with yesterday’s post about my floatation tank experience. My favourite one was: “I really enjoyed this post & know where I’m taking my wife to next – I think we could both do with some time in a very salty […]

Floatation, Equilibrium and an Egg

Floatation tank

When I first sat down to write this piece, I was going to begin with how I’ve been trying to bring some balance to my mind since hitting my late 40s. And then it dawned on me that it’s something I have long tried to do – it’s just that the activities I pursue have […]