Glin & Tonic Newsletter

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.

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#164: Glin & Tonic - Escaping the Identity Trap

What I’m learning about identity, evolution, and expansion Something profoundly shifted for me this week. You know when you feel something so deeply it's hard to describe? 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 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

How are you raising your floor?Elevating your minimum standard for the life you are living? Earlier this week, I felt like I was drifting. I had space in my calendar, and it felt strange. 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. In my study, right in front of my desk, there’s a quote I see daily - Be Fearlessly Authentic. Some days I notice it consciously. Other days it’s just there, quietly holding space. 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. This past week, I had an experience that reminded me how easily emotional honesty can be misunderstood. 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 This week, I’ve been wowed by the magic of the universe and the shifts that occur when you raise your frequency. 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 Please be aware this heart to heart might be triggering. This weekend has felt brutal. I hadn't anticipated going into this weekend that I was going to experience an emotional ego death. 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. 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. 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

It’s a Small but Big Change I did it. I made a decision to embrace all of me. To allow myself to become SimplyGlin. 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. 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

Who are the 'they' whose thoughts and opinions you consistently concern yourself with? 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

"Have you noticed how all the big creators from LinkedIn are jumping onto Substack?" I asked a friend this week. "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." Those are the words that have been ringing in my ears over the past few days. 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. John’s a Projector in Human Des...

May 11, 2025 #authenticliving #emotionalintelligence #glinandtonic #goallin #humandesign #innerwork #lifeonyourterms #personalgrowth #selfleadership #transformation

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