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7: Lead Well Live Well with Dee Blick - Episode 7
7: Lead Well Live Well with Dee Blick - Episode 7
7: Lead Well Live Well with Dee Blick - Episode 7
Saturday 28th March 2026
Marketing leader Emma Ellis joins Dee Blick to talk imposter syndrome, values-led leadership, Mint support for marketers and Dee’s eight pillars of self-belief.
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Episode Overview
- Starting a business without prior experience is common; many owners are quietly “winging it”, so seeking support and being honest about fear is vital.
- Strong values around equality, respect and team culture should guide which clients and projects you accept, even if that means turning down big fees.
- Community and mentoring, such as the Mint initiative, can stop lone marketers from losing confidence and help them stay excited about their roles.
- Authentic, relatable leadership – showing vulnerability, sharing doubts and leading by example – encourages staff to contribute ideas and grow.
- Dee’s eight pillars of self-belief stress self-kindness, ongoing learning, challenging negative self-talk, using affirmations and building a supportive network.
Everyone’s winging it at the beginning.
What can we learn from those who have battled imposter syndrome while trying to lead, parent and build a business all at once? This conversation between host Dee Blick and marketing agency founder Emma Ellis is packed with honesty, wobbles and wins that many entrepreneurs and recovering people alike will recognise.
You’ll hear how Emma moved from corporate healthcare marketing into running Amber Mountain Marketing so she could be closer to her children and support small businesses that didn’t really “get” marketing yet. She openly admits she was terrified at first: “Everyone’s winging it at the beginning” becomes a quiet theme as she talks about fear, finance, hiring staff and the daily juggle of being both marketer and CEO.
Emma shares the pressures of being responsible for her team’s mortgages, why she hires apprentices, and how a local award win at Harry Potter Studios unexpectedly put her agency on the map. Values come up again and again: she and Dee compare notes on turning down lucrative work when a client treats staff badly or views them like servants, and why internal culture has to match external marketing.
There’s also plenty here for lone marketers and sober business owners who feel isolated. Emma explains her Mint – Marketers In Need of Therapy – community, a space for marketing managers to learn, laugh, compare notes on AI and databases, and realise they’re “blooming good enough” after all.
Dee rounds things off with her eight pillars of self-belief – from practising self‑kindness and daily affirmations to building a like-minded community and adopting an “atta tiger” mindset, especially relevant given her own journey as a recovering alcoholic and late‑career success. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re capable enough, too old, or simply too scared, this chat might be the nudge to ask: what if you really can do it?