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Baby2Sleep Making Sleep Education accessible and affordable to every parent from pregnancy through to children turning 6 years old.

Helping parents to feel seen for the first time and validating their feelings. £7pm to join the Sleep Well, Live Well Membership I am a mum of 2 girls, Sofia (6) and Alyssia (2), and a Holistic Sleep Coach who has trained under Lyndsey Hookway through BabyEm. My own experience with severe sleep deprivation has led me to study sleep and behaviour in order to support my own children, along with supporting other families who may be struggling due to their own baby or child's difficulty to sleep well. I do this by supporting the parents by increasing their knowledge and by using positive and responsive strategies to help the whole family get a good nights sleep. I have won Theo Paphitis's SBS award, Jacqueline Gold's WOW award, I am Twitters Queen of Developing Bonds, and twice winner of Lux Life Magazine's Most Trusted Baby Sleep Coach, UK 2020 and 2021 for my online courses. I have also been featured in the Manchester Evening News, The Sue Atkins Podcast, BBC, ITV, GB News, Metro News with more to come. I not only support parents who already have their children, but I am now in a position to be able to offer support to expectant parents to help them through birth, and prepare them for what is to come in the first 6 months after having a baby. I have a range of support, both online and personalised one to one support, and am also available to speak at events. Online Courses:

Newborn - What to expect in the first 6 months £39

6-24 months - Build Your Own Sleep Plan with 2 months online support included £99

20 months to 6 years old - Child Behaviour and Sleep Support Guide with 2 months online support included £129

There is a deliberate cross over in ages on the courses. If you have a 22 month old who has always struggled with sleep, you would start with the Sleep Plan, if your 22 month old's sleep issues are new, you would go with the older course. If you need more hand held personalised support, this is £399. Knowledge is power, and if I can empower you to feel secure in what you are doing and why you are doing it, help you introduce positive strategies to help develop and strengthen your bond while improving sleep, then I am doing something right. You don't have to leave your baby or child to cry alone, you can support them to sleep well by understanding their individual needs and meeting them. I have free resources on my YouTube channel, please feel free to subscribe so you get notified of new videos https://www.youtube.com/c/Baby2Sleep

You can also access my online courses and download my FREE eBook on sleep conducive bedtime routines at https://shop.baby2sleep.co.uk

You can find out more about working me on a one to one basis at www.baby2sleep.co.uk

If you would like me to come into your work place, or would like me to talk at any events, please drop me a message or email me at [email protected]

Did you know I’m weird?🤣Tomorrow I head back down to Coventry for my third awards final in a month.This time it’s for be...
03/11/2026

Did you know I’m weird?🤣

Tomorrow I head back down to Coventry for my third awards final in a month.

This time it’s for being Holly and Charlotte and it’s ran by the phenomenal Holly Matthews |Weird AF | The Happy Me Project and

Turns out I’m mega weird coz I’ve made the final in 3 categories.

The Unhinged and Unstoppable award
The Plot Twist Award
The Main Character Award

I know some people think it’s an odd thing to shout out about being weird, but if I wasn’t, I don’t think I could have done the things I have done.

I think you have to be a bit weird to risk everything and start a business.

I think it’s even weirder when you realise that you have no qualifications, no money and no support network and you still do it anyway.

Moving into research when you have no academic background and no clue what you are doing. Yep, totally weird.

Saying yes to everything and just hoping that you have enough about you to not let people down. Risky and very weird.

Weird is what I was called in school.

Bullies don’t like people with a voice and a heart.

They don’t like the people who stand up for others and for what’s right.

I always did, and I got bullied badly for it.

Yes, I probably was weird without realising it.

The thing is, I quite like being weird.

There is no-one else like me.

I don’t have competition because there is only one me.

Nobody has lived my life, nobody has my stories to tell, and nobody has what is in my head.

I will make the world a better place for the next generation.

My daughters will grow up knowing how to advocate for themselves and not get the same push back me and millions of other women have had.

Being different makes us stronger.

I mean, for goodness sake, I’m one woman working from a corner in a room in our house surrounded by my husbands stuff, boxes and goodness knows what else with a vision to create The Sleep Belt Check.

A national campaign that will eventually change how we treat sleep and ourselves.

I want prevention to become the norm rather than waiting for people to break before they seek help.

So if all that means I’m weird, I will take it.

Let’s just see how weird the judges think I am tomorrow. 🤣

Ratcliffe says: “I think we need to get much better at recognising sleep as a fundamental part of our health, rather tha...
17/10/2026

Ratcliffe says: “I think we need to get much better at recognising sleep as a fundamental part of our health, rather than something we only pay attention to when everything starts going wrong.”

As we approach , I am so proud to share an article I have been featured in to help women understand and navigate sleep during their 40’s and onwards.

I love that sleep is starting to move up the rankings. Sadly, we still aren’t doing enough.

I have been asking HR leaders why sleep isn’t featuring in their wellbeing support, and the answer that is repeatedly coming up, is that they don’t see it as an issue they can, or should, get involved with.

They feel like the lines are too blurred, and that by bringing sleep into the mix in the workplace, they may be overstepping into employees personal lives.

The truth is, employees aren’t asking you to tuck them into bed at night, read them a bedtime story, and tell them when they should go to sleep.

We already know over half of working adults are taking work stress to bed with them, so maybe that’s a place to start the conversation from.

Yes, sleep is an individual’s responsibility.

We can’t make someone go to bed and go to sleep.

We CAN provide them with the understanding of why sleep is so important, what happens when we , and give them simple strategies they can implement themselves that meet them where they are in that stage of life.

Just because an employer brings sleep as a topic of support to the table, it doesn’t mean they are overstepping into personal territory.

It just means you care enough to give people the information to allow them the opportunity to charge some of the not so great habits that may have formed.

When we sleep better, we show up better. We perform better. We live better.

This is why I am running the Workplace Sleep Impact project focusing on sleep through the perimenopause and menopausal years at my own cost.

After this cohort, if you want the analysis, it will come at an additional cost.

The volume is rising on the sleep conversation, and especially during the and menopausal years.

Get in early and be a company that exceptional women want to work

It’s started. 🥳The baseline questionnaire has been sent out to the first cohort of The Workplace Sleep Impact Project fo...
16/10/2026

It’s started. 🥳

The baseline questionnaire has been sent out to the first cohort of The Workplace Sleep Impact Project focusing on sleep through the peri / menopausal years. Thank you to Riverside for being the first company to sign up and take part in this much needed research.

On Monday, the day after World Menopause Day, I will be delivering the Sleep through the Perimenopause and Menopausal years workshop to this cohort.

We will then be following up to see how women’s knowledge and confidence in sleep has changed, or not changed if that’s the case, and each participant will create their own personal sleep action plan to help them stay accountable to the things they wish to change in their life to help improve their sleep.

What is really important with this research, is that we aren’t just measuring sleep.

We are seeing if by educating women on sleep, and helping them understand what things they can change that influence sleep that is within their control, can it improve their overall mental and physical health, their workplace performance, their confidence, and more.

You might not see it in your business because women are still showing up and working and performing. What you also might not see is the extra effort it is taking for them to produce the same output as before sleep started to desert them.

There is only so long a woman can carry on adding weight while delivering as though they are in their twenties before they burn out, or worse for you business, leave their employment.

So if you are a HR Manager and are interested in finding out if the money you are spending on wellbeing initiatives is having any impact on your employees health, and the businesses bottom line, then let’s chat.

I’m looking for 20 companies to sign up before Christmas so we can provide the overall impact reports by spring.

If you are a Menopause Expert and delivering to corporates, do you have any clients who may be interested in signing up?

I would love to hear your thoughts on this project, and I would love to know if you want to be a part of the journey.

Back in the press again today celebrating 3 award wins this year in ManchesterWorld  I love the fact we have the call to...
14/10/2026

Back in the press again today celebrating 3 award wins this year in ManchesterWorld

I love the fact we have the call to action got employers to take part in the first cohort of The Workplace Sleep Impact Project with phase one focusing on sleep through the peri/menopausal years.

I have just had my head down today finalising the protocol and methodology of how the research will be done, and I think my head is fried.

Hoping to find a way to get ethics approval without being attached to a university, so if anyone knows a way to do this, I have all my methodology ready to send over.

Things are looking pretty exciting at the moment with some great conversations going on.

So yes, a mum who had no business knowledge, has picked up a hat trick of awards this year.

Thank you so much to Sandra Garlick for the incredible opportunities with Woman Who

Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE for announcing me your North West Beauty, Health and Wellbeing UK StartUp’s Awards winner.

And to Small Business Saturday UK for naming me one of the UK’s favourite businesses.

The year isn’t over yet, and I’m in the final at 2 more awards in the next few weeks. Who knows, maybe things are on the up, and my voice is getting loud enough to really start making the impact that needs to happen.



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I dropped an award win on Friday, then disappeared off social media for the weekend. Not the best PR, but here’s why.On ...
12/10/2026

I dropped an award win on Friday, then disappeared off social media for the weekend. Not the best PR, but here’s why.

On Friday, I was incredibly proud to win the Woman Who Solopreneur Award.

And in true Nicole style, there had to be a comedy moment.🤣

They announced my name, but I heard “Nicola” and sat there in my cardigan & glasses looking around for someone else. There actually WAS a Nicola with a similar surname in the room, so while everyone was looking at me, I was looking for her!😂

Anyway, I shared the news, received so many lovely messages, and then vanished.

This weekend was about my girls.

Hubby was away promoting his album Chronicles Of The Residuum at FantasyCon in Glasgow, and I’ve been feeling pretty run down lately.

Being a solopreneur comes with an enormous amount of responsibility, financial pressure and self-doubt. And lately, I’ve felt my children haven’t had the best version of me.

So I decided we needed a weekend of reconnection, fun and making memories. On a budget!

Saturday involved Morrisons (kids eat free!), the National Football Museum (free for Manchester residents) and Rock Over Climbing

The girls climbed while I perfected the art of internal helicopter parenting and external encouragement.😂

Sunday was spent at CAFTcharity, an incredible adventure farm for children with additional needs, followed by even more climbing.

Seeing my girls playing together, laughing and thriving outdoors was exactly what we all needed.

Somewhere in between, I also cleaned the bathrooms and started decorating the kitchen. Because apparently I don’t know how to sit still.🤣

Today it’s back to work, with meetings about The Workplace Sleep Impact Project, which starts its first delivery next Monday.

I’m still looking for employers who’d like to take part & actually measure the impact of their wellbeing investment.

But this weekend reminded me why I work so hard in the first place.

I’m incredibly proud of winning that award, but I’m also a mum, and sometimes the most important thing I can do is put everything else down and be fully present for my girls.

They needed more of me this weekend.

And I think I needed more of them too.

Well I didn’t expect this today.I have literally just got home from the Woman Who Solopreneaur awards where I amazingly ...
09/10/2026

Well I didn’t expect this today.

I have literally just got home from the Woman Who Solopreneaur awards where I amazingly was named one of this years winners.

I’m going to look through the videos and I might share one.

It took a good while to realise my name had been called as there was another lady with a similar name and I didn’t think it could have been me.

It made everyone giggle though when they heard me say, ‘who, me? F***.’

It was definitely not expected.

I’ll share more when I’m feeling less tired as it’s been a long few weeks and a long day, but amazing day.

Thank you Jay Diamond | Reality Recoding ™️ for being incredible company on my travels.

Thank you as always Sandra Garlick for hosting the most fabulous event with a room full of incredible and inspirational women.

More to come soon, but for now, it’s time to flop. X

HR, People and Wellbeing leaders - I want your opinion on something I dont think were talking about enough.Where does sl...
07/10/2026

HR, People and Wellbeing leaders - I want your opinion on something I dont think were talking about enough.

Where does sleep actually sit within workplace wellbeing?

Organisations are investing in mental health, menopause, stress, physical health, parents and carers and many other areas of employee wellbeing.

But sleep still seems to sit somewhere near the bottom of the pile. second lowest in fact according to the latest CIPD Health and Wellbeing in Work report.

So, rather than me making assumptions about why that is, I want to hear from the people making these decisions.

I want to hear whats happening in your organisation.

What are you doing well?

Where does sleep fit?

What stops it getting more attention?

How do you decide where to invest your wellbeing budget?

And how do you know whether the things youre investing in are actually making a difference?

I’ve put together a short questionnaire for people working in HR, People and Wellbeing.

It’ll take around 3-4 minutes, and Im going to bring the responses together and share what I learn.

Because I think theres a really interesting conversation to be had about why were investing so heavily in the branches of workplace wellbeing while sleep, which touches so many of them, receives comparatively little attention.

If you work in HR, People or Wellbeing, I genuinely want to hear your experience.

The link is in tonight’s story, but if you miss this post, comment and I’ll fire it over.

Also, if theres someone in your network who works in this space, please tag them or send this to them. The more perspectives I can hear, the more useful this becomes.

Well this came as a bit of a shock. I haven’t just made the final of one category, but 3. 🥳😱  I’ll be honest, I’m not to...
06/10/2026

Well this came as a bit of a shock. I haven’t just made the final of one category, but 3. 🥳😱

I’ll be honest, I’m not too sure what to say. I know a lot of people may think it’s weird to celebrate being weird, but the truth is, to do what I’ve done, the way I’ve done it, after having been through what I have been through, you have to be weird to keep going.

There are so many times I should have just given up and ‘got a real job’. I still get asked when enough is enough and if I am going to stop, because in all honesty, running a business where the sole focus is to change an entire culture and societies thoughts around sleep and make a better future for everyone else, really is pretty stupid when there isn’t any money or a team behind me backing it.

It’s me, my voice, my mission, and relying on people like you to help me get my mission heard of so I can make real change happen.

It is not easy, and there are times when I wonder if getting a job in my old career and earning loads of money would make life easier, but the truth is, it wouldn’t light me up.

It wouldn’t give me the kick I get from helping people and seeing the needle move in the right direction at companies.

So yes, I am very weird, and I am proud of it, and it’s lovely to see others can see that.

Thank you Holly and Charlotte and Holly Matthews |Weird AF | The Happy Me Project

I know some people really won’t like this as a use of AI, but I personally love understanding how my chat bot see’s me. ...
26/09/2026

I know some people really won’t like this as a use of AI, but I personally love understanding how my chat bot see’s me.

I talk to it so much about my work, my life, my dreams and more, so it’s interesting to see what it makes of me from our conversations.

I actually think this is pretty spot on.

If you want to try it, this is the prompt you can copy and paste. X

Give my personality a mascot using what you know about me and the uploaded photo for my appearance, invent a funny cartoon mascot that represents my personality. Feature a glamorous cartoon version of me posing beside the mascot as if we are an iconic duo.
The mascot can be an animal, creature, object, or completely imaginary character. Give it one small accessory or detail that connects it to me. Add its name and one short tagline explaining its energy. Keep everything else minimal. White background, clean composition, polished colorful cartoon artwork. Do not ask me what the mascot should be. You decide.

Absolutely gutted I didn’t even come close to winning the Great British Build Off with team.blue I did look at the winne...
14/09/2026

Absolutely gutted I didn’t even come close to winning the Great British Build Off with team.blue

I did look at the winners though and their apps were pristine.

Absolutely beautiful, very clear and extremely professional.

Personally, I didn’t have a scoobies what I was doing, but wanted to see if I could take what was in my head and make it work.

It absolutely did.

Now I have something to build on, get clinical governance with, set up data protection and so forth, and then it will be incredible.

I honestly thought my personalised and conversational sleep support would be six figures and a lot of expertise and years away, but now I know that isn’t the case.

It’s quite exciting to see how it works and that it genuinely will work.

But, until then, you will have to make do with my workshops, which, considering I didn’t actually speak to many people during the day, means the offer I created for people at Ideas Fest fell on no ears, let alone deaf ones.

So, as all my individual workshops are available half price until Friday using the code ‘IDEASFEST’ I might aswell get them out to you.

You can access;

Sleep through Perimenopause and Menopausal Years workshop for just £18.50 (normally £37).

Sleep Smarter, Live Better for just £9.50 (normally £19)

Parental Rage: Finding Calm in the Chaos for £9.50 (normally £19).

Scroll across to see the QR codes, check them out. (Press and hold the code).

You have until Friday to take advantage of this one time offer.

As the people who have taken part in my workshops say, they are ‘Pure Gold’, so act fast.

It’s immediate access and you can start learning about sleep, and creating strategies to help you improve your own sleep.

Shout up if you have any questions.

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