When You're the Only Woman in the Room with Angie Vaux (#044)

What if the healing you've been seeking isn't found in a therapy session or wellness retreat, but in a boardroom filled with women who truly understand your journey? In a world where women still represent only 20% of the tech workforce and face invisible barriers daily, the power of authentic community connection isn't just nice to have—it's absolutely essential for both personal healing and professional success.

Meet Angie Vaux, the "badass" CEO and founder of Women in Tech Forum and Women Leaders Forum, whose remarkable story proves you don't have to choose between being a successful businesswoman and a healer. From her 12-year international corporate career to becoming a certified Theta healer, Angie has discovered something revolutionary: when women gather in safe spaces to share their authentic experiences, profound transformation happens. As she puts it, "By creating these forums, women were able to share, to learn from each other, but also to know that they weren't alone as well in some of the issues that they were experiencing."

This conversation reveals the practical magic of manifestation (including Angie's exact method for landing her dream job in Sydney), why embracing discomfort is your gateway to growth, and how to integrate intuitive wisdom into business decisions. You'll discover why the "Boys Club" still exists in 2025, what forward-thinking companies are doing about it, and the ripple effect that happens when women step fully into their power.

Are you ready to stop constraining your vision and start reaching for the stars? Listen now and discover how women's empowerment isn't just about changing careers—it's about healing the parts of ourselves that have been silenced and reclaiming the bold, authentic leader you were always meant to be.

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Website: www.womenintechforum.com
Website: https://womenleadersforum.com/
Website: https://restartintech.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angie-vaux-28561914/

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Transcript

Angie Vaux: [00:00:00] A lot of the time, society can constrain what it's possible for an individual or a woman to achieve. And I think being surrounded by like-minded, ambitious, successful women shows that actually it is possible I can go and chase my dream. I can carve out, uh, a niche for myself.

Amanda Parker: Welcome to Don't Step On the Bluebells, the podcast for personal healing and transformation takes center stage. I'm your host, Amanda Parker, and I'm a fellow seeker on the journey of personal growth. Join me as I delve into the stories of gifted healers, guides, and everyday people who have experienced remarkable transformations.

Listen in as they share their practical wisdom to enrich your everyday life. And don't forget to hit, subscribe and never miss a new episode. Welcome to today's episode of Don't Step On the Blue Bells. I [00:01:00] am here with the truly remarkable badass Angie Vaux, who is the CEO and founder of the Women in Tech Forum and the Women Leaders Forum, and today we are talking all things.

Like women empowerment, female empowerment, and the healing impact that that can have. So I am really excited. I can think of no one else who would be better for this conversation than you. Angie, 

Angie Vaux: thank you so much for the warm welcome. I don't think I've been introduced as the, uh, badass, uh, Angie before, but I love it, 

Amanda Parker: to be honest.

I'm surprised if that's the case. So I had the honor of meeting you really over the last couple of years. I was a member of your Women Leaders forum, which was a really beautiful experience getting to connect with all these really remarkable and inspiring leaders. And when I was thinking about, you know, I always think who I'd love to have a conversation with and to bring these [00:02:00] messages out, it really came through clearly that the work that you are doing is so.

Somehow so unique. You know, it's this vision that you have for what's actually possible for women in their careers and professional lives, and I really don't see anyone else doing what you're doing. And I find it having participated both in the forum and some events that you've hosted. It's just, it's beautiful the spaces that you create so that people get to feel empowered and stand in their power.

So. I am really excited just to dive in a bit, to understand what is it that, like, what's that vision that you're really working towards and how did you get here? So I'd love if you could just tell people a little bit about, you know, what it is that you're creating, what you're bringing into the world. 

Angie Vaux: So Women in Tech Forum, uh, initially started as a passion project [00:03:00] back in 2018.

To equip women with the skills, the confidence, and the network to break through the glass ceiling and thrive as a woman in a very male dominated environment. Um, I've always worked in corporate myself. I've had a very long successful career working for some of the biggest. Tech, uh, brands in the industry.

You know, I was very fortunate that, you know, I was, um, you know, one of the few women on the leadership team, you know, the youngest person in the room, you know, had all these sort of barriers around me. But I was very fortunate to break through those and I wanted to help and empower other women to do the same.

When Women in Tech Forum was born, um, you know, I, it initially started out as just hosting a few events, um, but it very quickly grew. All of our events sold out, um, you know, within a few days of the tickets going on sale. So I decided to make the leap [00:04:00] from corporate to becoming an entrepreneur and setting up Women in Tech Forum.

And when I made that leave, then COVID hit and we had. A sold out conference with Facebook back then. Now Meta, we had a sold out event with LinkedIn and I was like, oh no, I was a single mom, two children. How am I going to make this work in spite of, you know, a truly awful situation. We pivoted as a business and, uh, created a, a digital online platform and that really helped us, um, scale and impact thousands of women, not just in the UK, but also across EMEA and further afield.

Amanda Parker: Wow. I don't think I've ever heard you tell that story before. So it really like, what stands out to me as really beautiful is that it first came with the nudge just to try out a few events, see what happens, give, you know, women the opportunity to connect and you know, just watching what was unfolding.

There was clearly an appetite. People wanted more. [00:05:00] Actually, why do you think that is? What do you think people were really craving for, especially in those early days that you were able to fulfill? 

Angie Vaux: I don't really think there were any other companies, um, doing what, what we were doing at that time. So I think there was a real need.

To provide a safe space for women to connect because women, you know, certainly back, uh, then probably represented about 20% of the tech workforce. And then if you look at, um, fields such as engineering, it could be, you know. Even less. And if you're a person of color, if you're a woman of color, you might be in, you know, single digit representation, you know, the boys club.

And we don't really talk about the Boys Club anymore. But, um, the Boys Club, I still think is still very much alive in 2025. And these are networks of people within organizations to the exclusion of people who don't fit that mold. So I really wanted to [00:06:00] create, uh, a safe space for women to come together and to network and to build those relationships, but also to learn from each other because.

If you're not part of a club, whether it's a boys club or something else, um, you don't hear about the latest promotions. You don't get to network typically with the C-suite, the CEOs, and you don't really get to understand the true sort of, you know, political rhythm of an organization. So by creating these forums, women were able to share.

To learn from each other, but also to know that they weren't alone as well in some of the issues that they were experiencing, whether that be within the internal structures of an organization, but also in client facing roles. It, it was just really empowering to, to see the impact that that created. And we brought in lots of inspirational female leaders from different, you know, different tech companies who did manage to break through the glass ceiling, who did manage to pave the [00:07:00] way in.

Spite of the, the sort of structures that were built. Because if we look at sort of a, a corporate company, traditional corporate structures and companies were built by men for men. And so it's time to sort of re sort of redefine. What does an inclusive culture mean? How do you create an inclusive workforce and culture?

How do you break down those barriers? Um, how do you have more diverse hiring? So, you know, that's really how our company sort of started and all the different aspects to Women In Tech Forum developed was from a need from. From women, but also from forward thinking companies who wanted to change the sort of stereotypical male dominated environment.

Amanda Parker: Yeah. 'cause that's something really interesting, um, about what you continue to build. It's, on the one hand, there is this community base for women who are [00:08:00] working in tech to be able to grow their careers, to learn and to learn from industry leaders, et cetera. But you also host, like co-host a lot of.

Events and experiences with companies themselves. So how, how? Like, I guess that's just my curiosity. Like how does that work, Angie? Like what, what's happening there with, because that's quite dynamic and really unique. It's not just the community side of things. 

Angie Vaux: Absolutely. So we work with, um, organizations who really want to build their brand as an employer of choice for women and underrepresented groups and who want to attract more.

Diverse talent. And so we partner with them to really amplify that message to a much broader audience and connect with other amazing women and talent in the industry. And that's something we've done right from the start. Not necessarily intentionally, but as with any [00:09:00] startup, you, you, you know, learn what the market needs and wants and you, you create solutions to, to meet 

Amanda Parker: that demand.

I've always been so amazed at the partnerships that you've created and, you know, they host the space for these conversations. And I guess especially, you know, with the trend, uh, coming out of my native land, which we don't need to talk about all of that now, but there is this trend and kind of backlash to what some are calling like woke culture, which is really just trying to have more representation of people who are not automatically represented, but it.

Seems that this is still important, especially in the businesses that you're working with. They still want to bring that forward. Is that a lie that I'm making up? 

Angie Vaux: It's an interesting, uh, topic of conversation. Um, it's really disappointing that in 2025 that we are seeing such a reversal on, [00:10:00] um, diversity and inclusion.

And if you look at the space that I'm in, a lot of, uh, companies in our ecosystem are no longer in existence, and this is. Partly because of that, we are seeing as at Women in tech form a big shift in the industry away from diversity inclusion, um, particularly for American headquarter companies, not all of them.

Um, and it's those companies, you know, we love working with that are really sort of define what's happening in the world and, and, and on the sort of. You know, on a geopolitical level to really say, actually, you know, we're pressing ahead with this. But it's those companies that continue, um, their commitment to diversity inclusion, creating that culture of belonging that will win the war for talents.

Um, because you know, in the UK in particular, you know, you still have the new generation coming through. They still, uh, value [00:11:00] companies that focus on sustainability, diversity. So I think it's, it is really important. So the market is constantly shifting. It's, it, it, it's literally interesting to see what will happen in the next six months.

One year, two year and beyond. 

Amanda Parker: It's really fascinating and I can say just from my own experience participating like in the Women Leaders Forum for example, and you know, having a place to, to go and connect with others, you know, it took me a while 'cause it takes me a while to like find my groove and to find that trust.

And then once I started showing up to the different meetings, I just felt. At home. And it was such a mindset shift for me of, you know, my imposter syndrome kicks in high gear when I'm first starting something new and I'm like, uh, am I even a leader? And then when I get over that, that whole inner voice and find myself in that room, you know, the mission of the organization really felt so [00:12:00] clear to me because suddenly I felt like I was surrounded by friends.

Surrounded by people that I trusted, that I knew, that I felt comfortable with, where I didn't have to pretend to be, you know, someone else. And that just opens up so many connections in a beautiful way. So. Just having that space to connect with people in different industries, different seniority levels, where you can share what some of your hopes and dreams are, the things you're working on, and they say, oh, wait a minute.

I know someone in such and such a company. So from my own perspective, this feels like I can see the, the healing potential of that. But I'd, I'd love to hear from you what. What is this, this healing, there's like an undercurrent of healing that happens through the work that you're offering. How do you see that?

Angie Vaux: So it's about, uh, empowering women to, to, you know, realize their dreams and helping them optimize their full potential, whatever that means to them personally, [00:13:00] but also to dream big as well. Uh, a lot of the time society can constrain. What it's possible for an individual or a woman to achieve. And I think being surrounded by like-minded, ambitious, successful women shows that actually it is possible I can go and chase my dream.

I can carve out, uh, a niche for myself and also sort of. A space for sharing as well. You mentioned imposter syndrome. You know, maybe women wouldn't apply for a job because they didn't tick all of the boxes, whereas a man would just go ahead typically and apply for the role. So the more we sort of share those experiences, those thoughts, those things that can potentially hinder us.

That's not just external barriers in society, that's also our own internal barriers. And the more we share and realize actually we're not alone, the more we can encourage and support each other. And you may not have that [00:14:00] infrastructure within your organization that you work for. Uh, you may not have that safe space.

And so by creating that, you are empowering women and it creates that ripple effect. Then you're sort of. They empower more people and together we rise together, we elevate ourselves and also human consciousness, you know, every individual that comes on this journey and also our allies tune, you know, very, very important on this.

That's how we can drive true change in society and in the world that we live. 

Amanda Parker: Yeah, it's, it's so powerful just to be in a room with people who you feel like just get you or just accept you. That alone, just being able to show up and with whatever the hardship or whatever the goals or the dreams or you know, whatever might be at the center and just be welcomed into a space where people say, oh my God, me too.

Like I really, I understand. I have found in my own journey that, um, whatever [00:15:00] it is that I wanna learn, however I wanna grow, if I put myself into those rooms with people, I haven't always put myself in the rooms with the experts. I have to be honest. I usually put myself in the rooms with the others who are like, trying to figure it out too.

But I've learned from that also that it's, it's often better to be in the room with people who have actually done the thing that you wanna do. There's a lot more inspiration in that. I'd love to hear from you just how you know, in all of the work that you do. How do you understand or how do you decide, I don't know if it's you deciding on your own, like what's important to create or what's important to bring in so people have access to?

Angie Vaux: That's a great question, and it's a, it's a combination of, you know, different sources of research and information. Um, you know, from. At the beginning, I've drawn a lot on my own lived experiences as, um, you know, a female leader in the tech industry. You know, I've also had a, a very international career as well, having spent [00:16:00] 12 years in Asia, you know, lived in mainland Europe, spent a lot of time working, uh, in North America.

You know, I have a lot of lived experiences on, um, you know, what worked for me, what didn't work, you know, what's needed in the workplace. I also am an executive coach as well. I coach a lot of people. You know, you understand the unique challenges that people face. Um, and then I work with. Tech companies and other, not just tech, but um, but companies of all sizes to understand what they need and want from their workforce and what the workforce wants from them.

So when you can blend all of that knowledge, experience, feedback, insights, um, then you can create something really powerful. That empowers and supports women at every level of their career and, and every industry sector as well. It's not just limited to tech, you know, women Leaders Forum. We have, uh, lots of different [00:17:00] industry sectors represented.

Um, and it's also been open to, uh, to changes as well. We're always very open. We, we put together a program and a strategy for. The upcoming financial year, but we are not afraid to pivot or integrate new things into that strategy. You know, particularly when you look at the, the geopolitical landscape and, uh, how quickly that changes, how quickly tech changes.

Being a small organization means we're very nimble and very quick to, uh, to pivot where we need to. Uh, and certainly that's been the case, uh, certainly in the last 12 months. And being able to do that, I think is, is good for everyone. 

Amanda Parker: And so I know a little, uh, like. Bit of your secret history, which is that you're also a healer, have some experience.

I don't know if you, uh, you know, claim that title, but I would love if you're open to share a bit about that healing experience and healing work that you've [00:18:00] explored in your journey as well. 

Angie Vaux: Absolutely. And uh, and my healing journey really started, and again, it was very unintentional where when I moved to, uh, Asia in 2005 to Singapore.

And I've always been very sporty, used to do a lot of long distance running to play on the, the national rounders, uh, team. When I moved to Singapore, I don't like running in the heat, so I had to find something else to do. And I also don't like, uh, gyms typically. And so I stumbled across, uh, a yoga studio.

Interesting. It was called whatever, uh, in China out, it doesn't exist anymore. And uh, so I was like, I never really fancied yoga. I just thought it was for old people back then. And I went to an Ashtanga yoga class and I literally couldn't do any of the postures. You know, I could barely touch my knees, let alone my toes.

Been a very competitive person, which is also the antithesis of [00:19:00] yoga. You know, I, I, I kept going back, so I'm not used to not being able to do things to, to such an extent. So I think much to the frustration of my yoga teacher, I kept going back. And so I, I built my practice up to, uh, to sort of, you know, five times a week I could do the primary Ashtanga yoga series.

It's a very athletic form of yoga, so it was initially, uh, designed for teenage boys in India and it, with Ashtanga, it's very. Spiritual, um, you know, a lot of meditation, uh, aligning movement with breath work. So then I started going on, on retreats in Asia. So I go to India, to Bali, to Thailand. And those were very traditional retreats that I went on, and that's when you really got into meditation, the careers, Aveda, um, you know, physiology, you know, the whole sort of eight limbs of yoga.

And [00:20:00] so from then I decided I wanted to really understand more about yoga. And so, uh, I started to become a, a yoga instructor. So I did the, uh, was it 350 hours, uh, with Yoga Australia. Whilst I was still working and I was pregnant with my first child as well, lots of weekends intensives, um, which is amazing.

And then I started teaching yoga, uh, just at weekends at the same studio. And then when I traveled with work, so I used to travel about 20 hours a week of flying time to literally travel from one end of the earth to the other every week. I used to teach yoga in the offices that I went to. Um, so sunset yoga, you know, in a park or a roof terrace is a great way to connect with other, you know, the leadership team and in the company.

And then I decided I wanted to teach yoga full time. So I quit corporate life and taught [00:21:00] yoga for a year, uh, in Singapore and Malaysia. And then I also trained to be a mindfulness instructor, so I went through the whole meditation training. I did my 500 hours for yoga. You know, I've pretty much got every yoga certification going, sort of prenatal teens, children, um, Ashtanga Hot, you know, the list goes on Haer.

But then I decided that, you know, teaching yoga full-time wasn't for me. I enjoyed the intellectual stimulation of being in a corporate world and then. I moved back to the UK and didn't really find my yoga home straight away. But what I did stumble across was, um, something called theta healing. So, uh, so again, I was quite intrigued.

So, um, so yeah, so then I, I discovered I, I've always been quite spiritual. Um, so then I sort of discovered another sort of hi hidden talent. The ability to, [00:22:00] you know, read people and look into the future in the past, or, you know, see challenges that people have got and, uh, you know, use the universal energy to, uh, to sort of invite healing.

Uh, I don't really talk about it first time publicly, I'm actually talking about it, but, um, I do stumble across clients and usually they find me. I really enjoy doing it. Um. Yeah, so it, it's nice actually because it does, I am able to switch it on and off, which is good because sometimes it can be a bit overwhelming if it's just there the whole time.

Um, so it's sort of there on demand. Um, yeah. 

Amanda Parker: What I find really fascinating in your journey, and I so appreciate you sharing. 'cause I'm learning, like I feel like I know you, but now I, I am just learning so much about you. Um, and I really, I love that you went through the part of your journey that you were really [00:23:00] doing, like corporate lifestyle, like you were a businesswoman traveling a lot.

You brought all of that yoga and almost that more softness into the corporate spaces that you were in. So it's really powerful. 'cause that's often, often, not only, but thought of as maybe a more feminine energy that you were also bringing into like the leadership landscape where you were, I love this, you know, that you followed.

That intuition or that calling to really do the yoga full-time, gave it a fair shot and then decided when it wasn't working and then moved back into a more corporate space. Like this is what I find so powerful. 'cause you have that healer energy. You have that energy of someone who's really. Here to do good and to create like positive impact.

And you're doing it in a corporate setting. And I know that you're not in the corporate world right now. You, you're in the startup world, but Well, you're in many worlds, to be honest. [00:24:00] But I think that there's this, um, belief that we're supposed to choose one or the other. I know I've certainly had that myself.

It's like you're either a healer or you're a businesswoman and like for some reason there's no overlap. And I feel like you're also just pioneering that there is, that you can do that. 

Angie Vaux: Absolutely. And I've worked with a lot of boards of, um, publicly listed companies. Whilst I've been in startup world, and again, it's not something I've promoted to really use mindfulness as a tool to, uh, to drive elevated levels of performance.

I love, and I've done sort of like two day workshops with, um, with boards predominantly full of skeptics. So it's been one person that's sponsored me into a board. Which is typically all male, not all male, but at least 75%, you know, going into this very [00:25:00] skeptical room. Um, and, you know, gosh, a waste of my time and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, um, to really just even seeing.

The impact on people's faces from when they just arrived in the room to, you know, even at lunchtime, just to see sort of, you know, some of the stress starting to melt away. The shoulders dropping a little bit. And I think that's the uniqueness that I bring is that, um. I have sat in their shoes before. You know, I've worked at board level.

I, you know, worked for some of the biggest companies in the world. So when I deliver sort of boardroom workshops, it's very much in a sort of just enough way. So take easing them in gently so that I'm not necessarily deemed as being, you know, this woo woo kind of person. And who are you? Look like them. I, you know, dress to a degree like them so I can be quite corporate, you know, sort of integrate that.[00:26:00] 

Into, to them to help, um, you know, improve their performance, but also their wellbeing. But then the, the knock on effect that, that then has on their teams, um, and, you know, on the people in their border lives is, is, is quite phenomenal. So that's, that's something I enjoy doing as well. 

Amanda Parker: I mean, just listening to you talk, my next question is like.

Why don't you advertise that? Like I'm listening to you, I'm like, well this, this feels like a gift that you have that is extremely valuable to many. 

Angie Vaux: I mean, when I started doing this, I mean this was very much in the early days, so back in 2018, and this was when wellness wasn't really, um, well established, you know, in companies, you know, it was all about who can work the longest and the hardest, and who's on email.

10:00 PM and then again, it's 6:00 AM in the morning. And so society has evolved. You know, being a, an entrepreneur and a business [00:27:00] person, you also have to be careful. You can't be all things to all people all of the time, uh, because then it dilutes your overarching sort of message in USP. So I think, you know, I've, I've decided to, to focus on, you know, women in Tech forum, women leaders forum.

Another business that I have as well at restart in tech. Um, and you know, I think sometimes the opportunities do just. Arrive and there is, if you dig deep enough on our website, there is an eight part mindfulness course on there as well, um, which I absolutely love delivering. Um, so had a lot of clients go through that.

So I think it's, yeah, maybe something for the future. I am starting to teach yoga again as well. I have a milestone birthday coming up in a year and uh, that is one of the things on my list. And I'm a kind of person, as soon as I write something [00:28:00] down on the list or share it with somebody, then it's like, oh, great.

Yeah. Great. Well, we've got this space here. We've got this space here. 

Amanda Parker: So what I'm hearing between the lines is that you are a magnificent manifester.

Can, can you tell us all how to make. That list, because I think everyone listening would wanna know how to do that. 

Angie Vaux: But I think, yeah, first of all, you have to write your list as well. Mm-hmm. So, because a lot of us have lots of great ideas that are going around in our head. So I think the first thing to do is to actually get them into pa down on paper and then really look at, um, you know, what does that mean to you?

Uh, you know, do you really want it? First of all, what does it look like? So I think you really have to sort of visualize yourself. Um, just a random story and in the interest of sharing, uh, I moved to Singapore in [00:29:00] August of, uh, 20, uh, 2005. My goal. Before I went was I want to move to Sydney, Australia. August, 2007, I, uh, I'd been on a couple of business trips to Sydney.

Oh yeah. So, no, when I moved in 2005, I'd never been to Sydney, so I made sure my first business trip, 'cause I had to travel all over Asia all of the time. So, uh, my first trip was to Sydney. Then I met the then COO and said, uh, my, my goal is to move to, to Sydney in the next couple of years. So it was the first thing I said.

He then became the, the CEO, uh, for apac, which is great. I, I visited all the places I wanted to go. I took pictures and actually printed them out back then, uh, and had them. In my bedroom. It's the first thing I looked at when I woke up in the morning's. The last thing I looked at, uh, when I went to sleep and two years pretty much to [00:30:00] the day, or certainly week I was on a plane to Sydney, but where I stayed for the next four years.

And I think you really have to believe it as well a lot of the time. You know, when we look at manifesting our dreams, we may not necessarily believe it fully internally. There may be some blockages. So I think, you know, really. Embracing your vision, your manifestation, what you want to achieve, but also taking action as well.

Um, you can't, man, in my opinion, you can't really manifest a dream without taking meaningful action. So what are the small, you know, first journey steps, second journey steps that you can take in order to reach your goal? Um, and I use this in coaching as well. I have a whole sort of methodology to help clients.

Um. You know, take control of their career, manifest their role and their pay of their dreams. In fact, we've got session on this tomorrow with women leaders for session number two. So I think there's a lot of things, but you [00:31:00] have to get your internal and external system aligned to your goal. It's not just external, it's you really need to.

Think about yourself as well. 

Amanda Parker: Okay? So you do have your coaching advertised, right? Because someone's gonna listen and go, oh wait, she knows how to help me get my career. But I, I think what you're saying is really important, just that we, 'cause there's a lot of goals. First of all, you've shared that, um, you can't be everything to everyone.

So there's really something powerful about narrowing that focus and getting clear, whether that's in your work, in your life, in. The things that you want or the kind of business that you're running, so you're getting that clarity and then especially when it comes to things you just wanna create or the way you wanna see your life.

Writing it down and starting to allow yourself to believe that this could be possible. 

Angie Vaux: Absolutely. And I also think that, you know, we need to look at what sacrifices am I willing to make in order to achieve this [00:32:00] goal? Um, or what things no longer serve me, what am I willing to let go of? A strange thing at the weekend, I cleared out my wardrobe.

Why did I do that? I wanted to let go of some clothes so I could buy some new ones. 

Amanda Parker: That's a good nudge. I've been sitting on that one for a few weeks. 

Angie Vaux: Absolutely. Because there, there was isn't anywhere else, but any new clothes to go. So I, I was quite brutal with my wardrobe. Um. I thought the more brutal I would be, the more clothes I could buy.

Amanda Parker: Well, it's like, it's really the perfect metaphor, honestly. It's like what do you need to get rid of? What beliefs, what you know, behaviors, patterns, relationships, like business relationships that really aren't serving you so that you actually have the space for the things that you want to be able to come in.

I, I feel I've really been going through a, um, a cleansing process like that myself, just with, I mean, it's been a bit hard, but [00:33:00] now I feel like it's like a little bit of an addiction. I'm getting really used to being like, no, I don't want this, and this is done, and we're ending that now. And I'm like, okay, are you just trying to get rid of everything or is this still, you know, but it really feels aligned to.

Let go of so many things that, that are not really fitting, and it's not even because they won't come back again or won't fit later. It's just for me to be able to see clearly and really stay focused on what matters to me. Right now, I have way too much noise in the system, and so I'm really like, that's been a huge focus.

So the, the closet metaphor really is a perfect. Illustration of exactly that. Like my closet is like overflowing right now. And I'm like, oh yeah. Okay. 

Angie Vaux: Absolutely. And, and also I think having a, a clean, tidy, organized space also indicates an organized mind. And, you know, we've just moved [00:34:00] our podcast from a room upstairs to down here, which is much more tight and organized, whereas my desk was actually quite messy, which is indicative of, uh, I've got messy thoughts for work and therefore my space is messy.

So I think, you know, those, those small acts of just organizing things, putting things in order, you are also creating the mindset and the tools and the systems to manifest. 

Amanda Parker: I know that we, we brushed a little bit on, um, the, the healing sessions that you also offer. It's not that you're advertising that, but people do come in and I think most people listening to the podcast really do have that understanding of how things come into our life.

Um. What's, what's some of the healing, if you can share maybe that you've seen, like if there's a result or some kind of transformation that you'd be able to share, just to have an idea of, of what your work looks like in the [00:35:00] world. 

Angie Vaux: So I think first of all, to undergo any form of, of healing, um, you have to be really open.

And also your spirit. You, you know, your, your sort of higher self will guide whether that healing is appropriate for you in this moment or not. With beta healing. Um, it's not meeting the healing. We use a much bigger energy, creator's energy, whatever creator means to you. It's, it's almost like if you imagine a tree with all of its branches, some form of healing or therapy might look at the individual branches.

Sort of, you know, solve those problems or help heal. But with Theta, we really look at the root. Cause of the healing, um, which may be from this lifetime, it may be from, uh, it may be ancestral. Uh, and so with theta healing, it really gets to the root cause and then heals from there so that all of the [00:36:00] branches will also heal as well.

You know, it can be quite, not traumatic, but a lot sort of releasing, releasing things that just sort of held in the body. Um, and sort of releasing that can be very freeing, very empowering. Um, I did how many years of training? Maybe two years of training, um, before I started practicing. Um, and it was just transformational for me as well.

The, the, the positive impact it had on my life was, was huge. And also with, with all the people I, I studied with as well, to see the transformations and also the trauma. Uh, you know, some of which they're aware of, some of which they weren't. Just be sort of healed over time. Was was incredible. Mm. 

Amanda Parker: Well, I know you had introduced me, it must be at least half a year ago.

I had asked you for a recommendation and you, you gave me the name of a woman who supported me. I think we had a few sessions together, but oh my God, it really was. Yeah, so I think part of, of [00:37:00] that gift, you know, it's not necessarily you also having to do that healing, but also helping, like, I guess that's a, a big piece of all the work you do is helping bridge and give connections and open up those doorways because that healing that I had was, yeah, really phenomenal.

It really cleared away things that had been sitting so stagnant and stuck that I couldn't quite figure out for so long. 

Angie Vaux: Absolutely. And any sort of energy blockages that you have in your body or in your chakras, you know, once, once you sort of remove that block. Energy, it allows things to flow freely and also to connect with your intuition as well.

You know, I do think intuition is really important in business and in life, and oftentimes we ignore our intuition, um, because, you know, particularly if we're much more sort of scientific and rational in our approach, you know, if we can't explain something, we often dismiss it, but sometimes those are the little nudges from somewhere.

[00:38:00] Yeah. Recommends people, they, they listen to their intuition, even if they dunno why. It will become clearer later. 

Amanda Parker: We're coming close to the end of our conversation, although I wish we had like part two and three already lined up. Um, but before I ask some just closing questions 'cause people who are listening who might be interested to join either Women in Tech Forum or the Women Leaders Forum, or you also said there's a third, which is restart in tech.

Did I get that right? Yes. For career returners. For career returners. This is like after maternity leave or after a period of pause. 

Angie Vaux: Yeah. Uh, after a period of pause. Mm-hmm. Male and female. Okay. Uh, non-binary. Um, yeah. Do you take a career break for a year, two years, five years or longer? Uh, helping them get back to the workforce and connecting with employers.

Amanda Parker: So how can people find out more if they wanna join any one of your beautiful communities? 

Angie Vaux: Please do [00:39:00] connect with me on LinkedIn, uh, and VO VAUX. Yeah, have a look at our website, women in tech forum.com, women leaders forum.com. We start in tech forum.com, right? Um, so actually no. Restart in tech.com. Okay, I'll, I'll 

Amanda Parker: post it in the show notes, so don't worry.

Yeah. 

Angie Vaux: Thank you. Yeah, so always happy to have a, a chat as well. Um, you know, people want to find out what's, you know, what course of action's best for them. Very happy to, to have a, a chemistry call. 

Amanda Parker: I would just love to ask you if there's. Someone who is maybe just starting out on their journey and they're just, you know, beginning to explore what is possible for them.

Is there any advice, maybe even something you wish you would've known when you were starting your own career and journey? Uh, is there any advice or words of wisdom you. Be willing to impart, 

Angie Vaux: I think be bold, um, you know, reach for the, reach for the [00:40:00] staff. Uh, oftentimes we sort of try and constrain our, our vision.

Um, you know, we may not have confidence in ourselves, but it's meant to feel uncomfortable when we're doing something different because that's where the growth and the learning happens. So. Embrace the discomfort and push forward. And don't be afraid to use your network as well. There are so many people, uh, around you who are happy to give advice, insights, you know, act as a sounding board.

So surround yourself with amazing people and your cheerleaders who are really going to support you on your journey. And just go for it. Don't overthink it. You know, sometimes we, you know, we get so caught up in the detail. Sometimes you just need to try it and then build from there 

Amanda Parker: and clean out your closet.

No,

uh, Angie, it has been so wonderful to have you here to share, you know, a lot of this community building and [00:41:00] work you're doing with women and also the healing side of, of the work that you do, which is ingrained in all. I'm so appreciative that you could be here with us today. 

Angie Vaux: Ah, thank you so much. It's a great chatting with you and I love all the work that you are doing as well and the energy and excitement that you bring.

So, uh, so thank you for having me as your guest. 

Amanda Parker: Thank you. And to everyone who's listening. Thanks for tuning in to this week's episode, and I'll see you next time. Thanks for tuning into today's episode of Don't Step on the Blue Bells. If you enjoyed this conversation, please give the podcast a five star rating wherever you listen.

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