
Glin & Tonic
This is more than a newsletter, it’s a weekly heart-to-heart where I share my real experiences, challenges, and reflections as I navigate my own path. Every week, you’ll receive stories, insights, and reflections designed to inspire, connect, and encourage you to lean into your own growth. It’s a safe space for exploration, where we journey together through the ups and downs of personal growth and self-leadership.
#164: Glin & Tonic - Escaping the Identity Trap
What I’m learning about identity, evolution, and expansion
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Something profoundly shifted for me this week.Â
You know when you feel something so deeply it's hard to describe?
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It was a sense that I'd transcended another layer of fear that had been holding me back. I think it was the fear of bein...
by Glin Bayley —
Jul 27, 2025
#businessevolution
#consciousleadership
#egodeath
#executivecoaching
#humandesign
#identitywork
#innergrowth
#personaltransformation
#selfawareness
#serviceoversurvival
#163: Glin & Tonic - Tasting Freedom
On quiet peace, invisible cages, and choosing one honest yes at a time
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I never started my own business so I could work all hours of the day, evening and weekend. But in the early years, that’s exactly what happened. I was in survival mode, trying to grow a business and not lose everything, incl...
by Glin Bayley —
Jul 20, 2025
#creatingspace
#creativeliving
#freedomfromwithin
#innerwork
#livefromtheinsideout
#perimenopauseawareness
#presentnotperforming
#redefiningsuccess
#selfleadership
#thepathofbecoming
#162: Glin & Tonic - From Self-Abandonment to Self-Love
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How are you raising your floor?Elevating your minimum standard for the life you are living?
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Earlier this week, I felt like I was drifting. I had space in my calendar, and it felt strange.
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Of course, I knew I wouldn’t have to try too hard to fill the space - we all have a never-ending to-do ...
by Glin Bayley —
Jul 13, 2025
authentic living
conscious living
emotional leadership
future self
inner work
letting go
personal growth
presence over productivity
self-abandonment
self-love
#161: Glin & Tonic - Stop Proving. Start Becoming.
What fearless authenticity really asks of us, and why it’s worth it.
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In my study, right in front of my desk, there’s a quote I see daily - Be Fearlessly Authentic.
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Some days I notice it consciously. Other days it’s just there, quietly holding space.
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It reminds me that to become my future se...
by Glin Bayley —
Jul 06, 2025
becoming who you are
conscious business
courageous communication
embodiment work
emotional maturity
fearless authenticity
inner transformation
negotiation and influence
personal growth
self-leadership
#160: Glin & Tonic - When Truth Feels Like Conflict
On staying true to yourself, even when it’s misunderstood.
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This past week, I had an experience that reminded me how easily emotional honesty can be misunderstood.
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I was at an event with friends. It was meant to be a light, social night, a friend had kindly paid for my ticket, we’d driven toge...
by Glin Bayley —
Jun 29, 2025
boundaries
emotional honesty
human connection
inner negotiation
living from alignment
personal integrity
self-leadership
self-trust
vulnerability
#159: Glin & Tonic - When You Stop Shrinking, Everything Shifts
What happened when I stopped diluting myself and started listening to the quieter voice within
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This week, I’ve been wowed by the magic of the universe and the shifts that occur when you raise your frequency.
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After last week’s emotional ego death, I wasn’t sure what I’d see change. What I’ve l...
by Glin Bayley —
Jun 22, 2025
creative process
ego death
emotional release
feminine energy
frequency shift
human design
inner transformation
personal growth
self worth
#158: Glin & Tonic - When Letting Go Becomes the Breakthrough
The weekend that broke me open, and why I’m grateful it did
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Please be aware this heart to heart might be triggering.
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This weekend has felt brutal. I hadn't anticipated going into this weekend that I was going to experience an emotional ego death.
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I found myself on Friday feeling exhausted, ...
by Glin Bayley —
Jun 15, 2025
ego release
emotional healing
growth journey
identity
integration
letting go
nervous system healing
self-reflection
shadow work
surrender
#157: Glin & Tonic - Releasing Ego, Remembering Me
What I’ve learned about worth, identity, and choosing myself, without needing to prove a thing.
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As I sit to write to you this morning, there is so much I want to share, and honestly, I don’t know where to start.
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I’ve been riding an emotional wave over the past few days. Following a powerful k...
Jun 08, 2025
ego release
emotional healing
growth journey
identity
inner alignment
integration
letting go
personal transformation
self-reflection
self-worth
#156: Glin & Tonic - Being Paid to Be Me
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It’s a Small but Big Change
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I did it.
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I made a decision to embrace all of me.
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To allow myself to become SimplyGlin.
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It’s where I began in 2017, when I first launched my personal blog under the same name. A year later, it became my company, Simply Glin Pty Ltd.
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I was on the right path....
by Glin Bayley —
Jun 01, 2025
authenticity
being paid to be me
coming home to yourself
entrepreneurship
feminine leadership
identity
inner transformation
personal growth
self-leadership
simply glin
#155: Glin & Tonic - Stop Worrying What They Think
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Who are the 'they' whose thoughts and opinions you consistently concern yourself with?
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You know, the ones you think of when you ask yourself questions like:
What will they think?
What if they think I've lost the plot based on what I share?
What if they judge me?
What if they don't thi...
by Glin Bayley —
May 24, 2025
authenticity
creative confidence
emotional freedom
inner transformation
mindset
overcoming fear
personal growth
self-expression
self-leadership
the inner negotiation
validation vs alignment
#154: Glin & Tonic - The Noise, the Signal, and the Hungry Hippos
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"Have you noticed how all the big creators from LinkedIn are jumping onto Substack?" I asked a friend this week.
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"It feels like there’s no sacred space for creative expression anymore." Soon, Substack - like LinkedIn - will be filled with people chasing audiences, using it as yet another plat...
May 18, 2025
authenticity
creative expression
inner truth
online noise
presence
reflection
self-leadership
signal over noise
slow growth
writing
#153: Glin & Tonic - Going all in and what it really takes to change
"You're not going all in."
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Those are the words that have been ringing in my ears over the past few days.
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On the drive down from the Sunshine Coast to Sydney, John and I had an abundance of time to talk. No distractions. Just open space for deep conversations.
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John’s a Projector in Human Des...
May 11, 2025
#authenticliving
#emotionalintelligence
#glinandtonic
#goallin
#humandesign
#innerwork
#lifeonyourterms
#personalgrowth
#selfleadership
#transformation