Hi, I'm Rachel!
Business owner, avid frolicker, aspiring cowboy builder living on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Normally found lost in my own thoughts or stuck in a fantasy book…
Where it all began...
Three and a half years ago, I was a medical researcher craving independence and purpose.
I didn’t want the things career progression promised me, a bigger paycheque or material things, I wanted time and freedom to just be me, not my work persona.
To work hard on something, for me.
So I negotiated a fully remote contract, packed up my life, and moved ten hours north to the Isle of Skye, honestly I bought into the fantasy that it would fix everything... spoiler alert, it didn't.
I bought a house that became a building site, and things got a whole lot harder and lonelier so I knew I had to do something drastic.
Grounded In Freedom was born.
As a total technophobe, stepping into the online-working world felt terrifying, but it offered the flexibility I longed for.
What started as my own pursuit for flexibility quickly blossomed into Grounded in Freedom, a mentorship program helping women who wanted to work online but needed a step by step guide to navigating the space.
Providing a model for them to use and teaching marketing, mindset, and personal development.
Now 3 years later over 100 women have launched, built and scaled their own businesses using our training, mentorship and support from the community!!
Time and again, I have watched women reclaim confidence, reignite their spark, and glow from the inside out and not just from their financial success but from the growth and connection they experience along the way...
The power of connection.
Women joined the GIF community for mentorship—but take so much from having such rich connections within the community.
I met my closest friends in GIF too—and yet on Skye, I’d never felt more alone.
I was connecting so deeply online and at our in person retreats and events, but I was craving deep connections who were on my doorstep, who I could go on adventures or spend quiet moments in nature with.
And through the personal brand I created, sharing my journey online I heard from women daily about how much they craved the kind of connection that bringing together likeminded women within the community had cultivated.
The skills, confidence, belief, connections, resources and brand created through creating my first business, and the interactions I'd had alongside my own experience sparked the idea for my next endeavour....
Grounded Connections.
An app that matches you with three other like-minded outdoorsy women nearby each month, to meet in person for an activity / interest you have in common.
Honestly, it is in part a very selfish endeavour, something I really just want to use myself, and from having so many others approach me for something like this I knew there was a need for it out there!
Grounded Connections builds a network of connections nearby, whether you are travelling, moved to a new place, or simply seek more deep connections.
It is currently in development and launching in the UK and further afield in the coming months...
