
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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#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
#152: Glin & Tonic - Letting Go to Let Myself Grow
Something shifted in me this week and as a result, I’ve started something new.
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2025 is my year of inner transformation. I’ve committed to being subject no.1, using my own life as an experiment in the journey of becoming, of self-remembering, of aligning to the truth of who I came here to be.
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by Glin Bayley —
May 04, 2025
emotional surrender
generator energy
glin and tonic
human design
inner transformation
letting go
messy becoming
personal growth
self remembering
truth telling
#151: Glin & Tonic - The Shift from Proving to Presence
How inner transformation redefines success, value, and visibility.
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In three days, we will be at the end of April, and I'll be writing my One Pager for the month, reflecting on how I grew, what changes and progress I made towards my goals, and who I became this month.
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I'm feeling a little appr...
by Glin Bayley —
Apr 27, 2025
authenticity
ego work
emotional resilience
human design
inner transformation
letting go of proving
personal growth
presence
self-leadership
self-worth
#150: Glin & Tonic - The cost of not being honest with yourself
I've been lying to myself, and this week I allowed myself to become present to how much we all lie to ourselves to avoid the discomfort of living out of alignment with our deepest truth.
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I spoke last time about how brutal transformation is. I wonder how many of us truly aspire to shedding the l...
by Glin Bayley —
Apr 19, 2025
alignment
becoming who you are
conscious living
emotional truth
frequency & energy
future self
human design
inner transformation
inner work
living in alignment
personal growth
raising your standards
resistance
self-honesty
self-leadership
#148: Glin & Tonic - Why I'm choosing presence over performance
and how it's changing my life.
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This last week was one of the most transformative weeks I've had this year.
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I attended a long-awaited Human Design retreat with Emma Dunwoody, and it certainly did not disappoint.
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Even though I first discovered Human Design around seven years ago, it was only ...
by Glin Bayley —
Apr 06, 2025
authenticity
emotional intelligence
human design
inner work
mindfulness
personal growth
presence
retreat reflections
self-awareness
self-trust
simplyglin
transformation
#146: Glin & Tonic - The Courage to Disappoint
Have you ever had one of those holidays where you think you're going for rest and relaxation but instead experience an exorcism of your ego and a shedding of even more false layers of your existing life?
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No? Just me?
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Perth has been amazing this week. Spending time with my good friend,...
by Glin Bayley —
Mar 23, 2025
authenticity
boundaries
courage
ego death
emotional wellness
inner transformation
mindset shift
personal growth
prioritising yourself
saying no
self-alignment
women's empowerment
#144: Glin & Tonic - When Growth Feels Like a Storm
Most of this week was a schmozzle, and if you've read my heart-to-hearts over the last two weeks, you'll know this is the third week I’ve felt this way.
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I'm sharing this journey with you to show you the behind-the-scenes of what inner transformation looks like. This is my messy middle, the spac...
by Glin Bayley —
Mar 09, 2025
embracing change
inner transformation
letting go of control
mindset shifts
navigating uncertainty
overcoming fear
personal growth
resilience and growth
self discovery
trusting the process
#143: Glin & Tonic - Why saying no is the hardest step toward your dreams
How have I managed to have another week that has been an absolute schmozzle?
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I was in Sydney this week for a business conference as part of the mastermind group I’m in. The last conference was in November, and I remember how disconnected I felt. That week, I was purging, unable to keep myself f...
by Glin Bayley —
Mar 01, 2025
boundaries
career change
letting go to grow
mindset shift
overcoming fear
personal growth
protecting your dreams
saying no
self-discovery
trusting yourself
#142: Glin & Tonic - Letting Go of Obligations to Step Into Your Future Self
I'm being really harsh with myself, but I had to say this out loud to get the feelings out of my body, this week felt like a bit of a clusterfuck.
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Nobody on the receiving end of my time would have thought that because I was fully in contribution mode this week.
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The only person I didn’t contri...
by Glin Bayley —
Feb 22, 2025
boundaries matter
choosing yourself
energy management
future self
identity shift
inner transformation
letting go
personal growth
self-leadership
trust the process
#141: Glin & Tonic - Your Big No is the Key to Unlocking Your Future Self
This week, I’ve had another major aha moment, and it’s freaked me out a little.
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The inner transformation I was committing to this year just got even bigger.
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I had a major identity shift coming into the new year when I realised I didn’t want to be a business owner but a creator instead.
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For ...
by Glin Bayley —
Feb 15, 2025
becoming your future self
creative freedom
embracing change
identity shift
inner transformation
letting go
personal growth
quantum leap
the power of no
trust over validation
#139: Glin & Tonic - Rewriting Your Life Script and Choosing Freedom Over Expectations
We're one month into 2025 already. If you were to write a One-Pager summarising your month, what would it say?
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My January has been the most incredible start to what will be a year of huge inner transformation.
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So much has shifted. I'm not the same person I was coming into 2025. I’ve rewritten...
by Glin Bayley —
Feb 01, 2025
breaking the script
conscious living
create your life
creator life
embrace change
freedom lifestyle
life transformation
mindset shift
personal growth
rewrite your story