by Amy Wilkinson | 1 06, 2026 | Confidence, Food Industry, Food Manufacturing, Mental Health, Perfectionism, Stress, Women in food
Confidence at work is something almost everyone struggles with — but very few people talk about honestly. Most people look like they’ve got it together. They’re speaking up in meetings, leading projects, progressing in their careers. Underneath? A lot of them are... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 6 04, 2026 | Confidence, Food Industry, Leadership, Resilience, Stress, Women in food
You know that feeling when you walk into a team meeting and something just feels… off? The surface looks fine (everyone’s smiling, nodding along) but underneath, there’s tension. Confusion. Frustration that never quite gets voiced. High-performing... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 17 11, 2025 | Communication, Confidence, Food Industry, Imposter Syndrome, Leadership, Resilience
Picture this: You’re sitting in a meeting room filled with people who have decades more experience than you. Someone throws around an acronym you’ve never heard before. Your chest starts to feel blotchy, your fight-or-flight response kicks in, and that... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 24 01, 2024 | Career, Communication, Confidence
The Food industry is a place I love and sometimes hate in equal measure. So many of the people I have worked with over the last 25 years feel the same. Do you? I wanted to work with Food from the age of 11, with Home Economics (showing my age!) my favourite subject by... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 23 01, 2024 | Career, Confidence
New year, New me, blah blah – we’re over that now right? There’s various theories on the dates we give up on New Year’s resolutions but basically, as humans we suck at sticking to things. That’s why we did an Oh for Food’s Sake podcast episode on ditching the... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 17 01, 2023 | Communication, Confidence, Leadership, Resilience
Our parents (and teachers) lied to us. There, I said it out loud. “If you just get your head down and do a good job, you’ll have a job for life”. That might once have been true, but we all know the job market has moved on a lot since then but that voice in our head...
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