From Barry Island To

Andrea Callanan is one of the world’s leading authorities on human voice. Andrea is an International, Expert Voice, Mindset & Business Coach. Founder of Inspire Me. Speaker, International Best-Selling Business Author. Andrea Callanan from Barry, South Wales has been hand-picked to join Sir Richard Branson on an elite Mastermind on Necker Island this June.

Andrea’s story From humble beginnings, Andrea Callanan grew up in Barry in the 1970’s and 1980’s, she had always felt that she was meant for more. Twice in her life she lost her voice in more ways than one.

Andrea’s voice At 20 she had the opportunity of a lifetime – the chance of a record deal after a scout told her she, “had an ‘interesting voice’ and should come and see him about releasing some music with him,” but it seemed it was not to be – as she lost her voice a week later – for a year. Devastated, she spent 6 months in speech therapy relearning how to speak.

Andrea’s Career Now founder and owner of the award-winning people development company Inspire Me, which specialises in providing proven emotional and financial return by working with mindset, behaviour, positive psychology and creativity (including singing!). Alongside her coaching business working with high achieving female entrepreneurs, she travels the world, sharing her skills and passion, and is a globally recognised vibrant motivational speaker, having shared the stage with the likes of Simon Sinek and Joel Brown.

She also launched a record label and managed a band. As her teaching and coaching and businesses progressed, she began to delve more into the reason why clients produced sound in the way they did and she found quicker results came by instilling confidence using positive mindset. She wrote about how her own personal circumstances challenged her own voice when her marriage fell apart and she found herself a single mum. From Andrea’s book You Are Meant For More (Co-Author) entrepreneurial best-seller on amazon “Suddenly my life came to a complete stop. My confidence shattered during this phase in my life. For a short time, I was very depressed. I became ill. I was emotionally broken, and for the second time in my life, I lost my voice.”

She continues: “A few major things happened for me during this period. I went to therapy which changed my life and I found a way through”.

Andrea is now passionate about sharing her story as part of her mission to help others appreciate that they can overcome adversity, and find their voice again, on many levels, alongside supporting other entrepreneurs who are looking for more. She said of her entrepreneurial spirit: “I am fiercely proud of where I come from but it took me a while to realise this, as for a long time, I never felt good enough when out there ‘in the big wide world’, and this is something that would plague me for years. I now know that my mindset and self-worth work has opened me up for continued success, but in the early days I was cutting myself off from opportunities due to insecurities and doubt – which then manifested in cutting off my communication channel all together – my voice.”

“This was a very literal way that my fear and deep sown self-worth issues manifested, but for many it is much subtler and can be hard to recognise. By sharing my story in this book I hope to make people question just how strong their voice is and if they are using it to their full advantage, as life is too short to be muted.”

Sir Richard Branson Elite Mastermind on Necker Island

“In December 2019 my application was successful. I had been hand-picked by Sir Richard Branson to join him on an elite Mastermind on Necker Island. 2020 marks the third year of the Necker Summit with the Collective, a small group of High Achieving female leaders. I’m so honoured to be going and so proud to be able to take my husband and sons with me on this life-changing adventure. I’m looking forward to connecting deeply with other female business leaders and being able to mind share about our business ventures and future plans.

From June the 8 th

to the 10 th

we stay on Scrub Island, a neighbouring island to Necker before arriving on Necker Island, where we stay for 4 days and become part of one of the world’s leading masterminds. Five star hotels, healthy food, snorkelling, sailing and surfing are also on the agenda, and my husband Matt Callanan from We Make Film Happen will be filming the whole trip.

I know a lot of people would say I never saw this day coming but I’ve had Necker Island on my vision board for a very long time. So I’m glad it’s finally arrived. 2020 is going to be a year I’ll always remember.”