Ambition is a Dirty Word
Olivia Mae Hanlon has honest conversations about the chaos, courage + ambition behind building a career and business you love 💫
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Nobody Claps for Consistency (opens the original)
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In January 2025, I started going to the gym properly for the first time in my adult life.Don’t get me wrong, I’ve joined gyms and attended classes before, but it was always the type of situation where I’d buy the leggings, go a few times and then let the direct debit run for 8 months before deciding it may be time to cancel and try something new.For the first few weeks, I’d always feel brilliant. On top of the world even. Not because anything had actually changed, but because deciding to start a
Good Girls Wait Their Turn (opens the original)
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I was maybe eleven the first time I got rejected from something I’d auditioned for.I don’t even remember what the show was exactly, I just remember the feeling of scanning the final set list and not seeing my name where I wanted to be. What I remember more than the rejection itself is what I did with it… I auditioned again for the next one.Nobody has ever handed me anything. I’m a normal girl from a pretty typical background, a genuinely happy childhood (nothing too dramatic to report) but nothi
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