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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#171: Glin & Tonic - Stillness Over Striving

When the proving voice falls quiet, we can see whether we’re optimising for recognition or for impact that truly matters. I’m struggling to find the words today, and I’ve been asking myself this question: “What’s the point?” When I sit to write my blog each week, I want my words ...

by Glin Bayley — Sep 21, 2025 alignment authenticity clarity contribution ego human design inner work proving voice self-leadership stillness

#166: Glin & Tonic - Why Not You?

What meeting Oprah is teaching me about nervous system recalibration, identity traps, and daring to live inside your vision now. This week I felt my dream move closer. The kind of dream that makes you smile when you say it out loud - partly from excitement, partly because you know it sounds o...

Aug 10, 2025 creative becoming human design journey identity work impossible dreams inner work outer impact meeting oprah nervous system recalibration personal transformation self-leadership the identity trap

#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

#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

#151: Glin & Tonic - The Shift from Proving to Presence

How inner transformation redefines success, value, and visibility. 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. 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. 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

#149: Glin & Tonic - The brutal tuth about transformation

If you've been following along, you'll know 2025 is my year for deep inner transformation. I chose this path after noticing how often my decisions were driven by fear and scarcity. I constantly felt like I was behind, watching others seemingly master the art of life and—in Gary Vaynerchuck's wo...

by Glin Bayley — Apr 13, 2025 authenticity conscious leadership courage ego work emotional intelligence human design inner growth mindset shift negotiation mastery personal development self-awareness self-discovery self-leadership transformation vulnerability

#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. Nobody on the receiving end of my time would have thought that because I was fully in contribution mode this week. 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