Catherine Ann Reid

doqit

doqit | Simplify Your Life Admin

We all have more personal paperwork, information and documents, than ever before. Sometimes also managing for our children, partner, and other family members. 

It’s stressful and chaotic. 

We’re using a variety of on and off-line places like files, piles, spreadsheets, apps, cloud storage, emails, notes on the fridge to try and help us reduce the overwhelm.

There has to be a better way. 

doqit is that way. A single place to manage life admin at your fingertips helping reduce the overwhelm and quagmire. Less time, less unnecessary spend, and less stress…. Giving you more time to do the things you enjoy. 

We want to help business owners help their people and customers by flipping out the old tired, ineffective benefits, and replacing with doqit a cost-effective, value driven, relevant benefit. 

For less than the price of a coffee each month you can make sure your most important people know in advance when their MOT is due, have somewhere to store everything from their contract to P45, and mange home info!  

Want to know more?

Give me a bell | 07867 788087 or
Drop a note: catherineann@doqit.io

 Founder & CEO

Hotbed

Member of Hotbed OVERRULES, a 10-week programme for 220+ women-led startups around the world designed to support founders in building for product market fit and raising their next round.

Hotbed Fellow

Consultant

Supporting communication agencies expand their sales and business development primarily in Automotive, Financial Services, and Pharmaceutical vertices. 

Key accountabilities focused on generating opportunities with B2B clients to  drive increased profitable sales and client retention.

Sales / Business Development Consultant

Manor Green School

Governance and fiscal management of a sizeable publicly funded budget for one of the most successful special schools in the country.

Governor / Chair of Governors

Mongoose Communications

Crown Business Communications

Strategic new business development within FTSE 250 / NGOs / Government.

As the Founder & CEO of doqit, my vision is straightforward: to simplify and optimise personal and family paperwork. 

The modern life is awash with documents that span from the kitchen fridge to cloud storage, managed through a haphazard mix of apps, spreadsheets, piles of paper, and calendars. 

doqit is the antidote to this quagmire. 

Our platform is designed to be a singular, accessible hub for all life admin paperwork, information and reminders.

It's about efficiency: reducing time, cost, and stress, thereby elevating the quality of both work and leisure time.

Our goal is to partner with businesses to offer their people and customers a tangible, affordable benefit. Imagine a service that costs less than a coffee yet provides your most important stakeholders with proactive alerts for their vital deadlines and a secure place to organise their critical documents.

Curious about how doqit can benefit your business and bottom line?

Let's connect: 07867 788087 | catherineann@doqit.io

Founder & CEO

Doqit - Dropbox with a brain.

Today, we all have more personal paperwork, information and documents, than ever before, that we keep across a variety of on and off-line places like files, piles, spreadsheets, apps, emails...... making the
task of managing it time-consuming, stressful and often costly.

Our mission is to reduce this and help make your life admin simple.  We are fundraising NOW and seeking like-minded visionaries to join us on our journey. 

07867 788087 or drop a note: catherineann@doqit.io

Bonnier Books UK

Author of Another Door Opens; 5 steps for navigating change in life and work

Author

Another Door

From a small idea, a blog, a podcast, grew a community, and then became a book and a business.

Another Door is on a mission to help you, your team, your organisation see change as opportunity.

How to navigate change - consulting, programmes, coaching and workshops.

Visit www.anotherdoor.co.uk for more information.

Training | Podcast | Coaching

Rethinkers

You are starting something new, you want to develop your idea and get it out there into the World, join Rethinkers. 

When you work with me either 121 or as group coaching you get all the help you need to go make your idea happen. And you join the Rethinkers community to be surrounded by others who will cheer you on, and share their experiences and ideas.

Rethinkers is a space for speakers, trainers, experts with fresh ideas and fresh perspectives. 

I help experts to develop their 'thing' so that they stand out, get booked and continue to get recommended.

You don't have to have a big headline bio to join our community. I'll help you develop your offer, product, your message, your service, I'll help you 'nail your thing'.  It's time to get your ideas seen and heard!

Drop me a DM if you want to work with me to nail your idea and share it with the World - make it happen!

My VIP 121 Coaching Community

Penguin Random House UK

Published by Penguin Random House. I’m a Nobody and got a book deal. Don’t let your ‘people-like-me-don’t-do-that’ thoughts get in the way of pursuing your dream.

Institute of Internal Communication

Lead Coach of the Fast Track Programme > a unique coaching and learning experience for internal communication specialists who are new to role, who are new to the profession or want a rethink about how they work. 

With over 25 years of in-house experience and 6 years of leadership coaching this programme is about shared learning, mentoring and coaching to create confidence in your work, with practical tools and techniques.

Lead Coach

Sidebar

Sidebar is a private, highly vetted leadership program that accelerates your career. We have the people, the process, and the technology to drive your impact and growth.

Founder Member

Why losing your job could be the best thing that ever happened to you

Costain Group PLC

Working with the Director of Internal Communications on transformation, new brand identity and communications skills toolkit

Internal Communications Consultant (Interim)

University of Cumbria

Associate Lecturer

BAFTA

Consultancy project working with the Director of Communications, Director of Transformation and HRD to develop a plan to support operational and cultural change including embedding organisation values and change communications.

Change and communications consultant 

Change | Transformation | Rethinking | Consultant | Speaker | Trainer | Founder | Author | The art of creating great transformational experiences (TEX)

I help you, your teams, your organisation to see change as opportunity.

You can work with me in 5 ways > 

1. If you are navigating change in your life, career change, redundancy, a door has closed and you are wondering ‘now what’? Join the 'Another Door Opens' Online Programme and community.

>>> 5 steps to navigating change, supporting you through uncertainty and the unknown, into your next chapter, and not just knowing what to do next, but making it happen.

2. If you are ready to start something new, you have an idea, a goal, a direction and you are thinking ‘how do I do this’? Work with me 121 or group coaching with my Rethinkers community.

3. If you are a senior leader, consultant, founder, changemaker who is navigating change and needs a coach, a mentor, a sounding board. I work with you 121 when you are leading change, when you want a career change, and when you are ready to start something new. 

4. If you are looking for a speaker to get teams thinking about change. Book me as a Speaker / trainer / facilitator. I run workshops and training programmes on how to navigate change, from creating new strategic narratives, to supporting redundancy.

5. If you are looking for longer term or a specific project supporting organisational change.  I’m your 
Communications and change partner >>> I work with you and your organisation to develop internal communications and learning strategies to support people through change and transformation.

And a bit more about me

Corporate escapee – After 23 years working for brilliant brands including Costa Coffee, Whitbread, RAC, Virgin Atlantic and Vodafone I now enjoy my portfolio career. I still love working with corporate clients, and enjoy the challenge of how organisations evolve and transform.

Founder – Another Door supports people in the space in-between a door closing and the next door opening, so that you know how to own what happens next.  We also support businesses to handle redundancy well with mindset centred outplacement programmes.

Author –Why losing your job… started as scribbles in a notebook, then a blog, then a podcast then a book. I got a book deal with Penguin in 2019, so now I spread the message to everyone who needs it! Next book coming out in September 2025 - Another Door opens.

www.eleanortweddell.com
www.anotherdoor.co.uk 

email eleanor@anotherdoor.co.uk

Eleanor Tweddell

I absolutely, completely believe in my book Another Door Opens (and it's contents).

I know it's 'another 5 step thing', but I really believe it can help people. It's been developed from 8 years of work, research, mapping, listening, noticing. It's been through several different concepts before I got to this approach.

When people use it I can see moments of insight, moments of energy shift, moments of a little bit of clarity. When I talk to people about it, sharing the ideas, it leads to deeper conversations about change and perspectives. 

Most of my coaching, speaking, workshops are now based on the 5 step thinking framework. And I can see and feel the shifts. When people are navigating change a framework can help create space to think, it's one less thing to work out. The framework slows down sporadic thinking and helps focus energy. 

So I want to get the message out further.  It's not quite reaching the parts that I'd love to reach, yet.

Can you help spread the word? 

Can you benefit from the content?

1. Buy the book (And then leave a review 🙏 )

2. Book me for a talk - 'Navigating the messiness of change (without missing the opportunities)'.

3. Book me for an online 60 minute workshop - 5 steps for thinking through change at work.

4. Book me for a team day - Navigating a change as a team to reconnect, reset and restart.

5. Have me on your podcast - What to do when a door closes in your life, when work is changing around you, when you are navigating uncertainty.

The book and work hasn't reached the momentum I'd hope for yet, but it's early days. Somethings take longer to get out into the world.  

If you are working on anything to do with change, and want a fresh perspective for your audience, drop me a note.

The end of the book is all about being intentional, backing yourself and taking full ownership for actions. So I cant really (ever) give up. We have to back ourselves and believe in our work. Otherwise no one else will.

People, us, humans, are going through so much.

Today Im sending my book out to people who have been gifted it by someone who cares. There is a box where people can leave a message. Ive been writing out these messages on cards, and I’ll admit, there have been some tears.

So much messiness to navigate, challenges ahead, setbacks that have sent us off course. And yet some words from someone who cares might make a massive difference.

Its worthy of a John Lewis & Partners advert some of these words!

It might not be my book you send to someone but send the message, through card, letter, pigeon. It might be what they need to hear. 

Even Secret Santa is an opportunity to send love (like my friend who included my book in our annual secret santa 😅). 

I have a few books left in (my) stock if you want to send the gift of hope of Another Door Opening.

https://lnkd.in/g-Ee4g9J

It would be my honour to sign the book, include your message, and I wrap the book and make sure its sent with love 💜

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Is writing a book on your 2026 list?

I’ve been guesting on podcasts to promote the book, Another Door Opens. Some podcasts are more about being a writer, and writing books (rather than about the topic of the book).  I put quite a bit of thinking into how I write. I thought Id share a bit of that thinking.

Full blog here > https://lnkd.in/es5eWege

This book started 9 years ago when I lost my job. I created a WordPress blog about being made redundant, called Howtobe… I had no idea what I was doing and the blog was just daily thoughts and reflections. Until I could WordPress no more. I moved to Squarespace and renamed it ‘Another Door’. The content from that blog became my first book Why losing your job could be the best thing that ever happened to you 

After that book came out in 2020 I got messages from people saying they hadn’t lost their job but they connected with the stories, podcast, themes from the book. This got me thinking about the wider theme of change. And so the second book idea was created in 2021.

I started writing around the question - “What if we can change how we feel about change?” and later the question “How can we do change better?”. So rather than starting with a title and theme, I started with some questions.

I observed and noted what was working on change and transformation programmes in organisations, and coaching calls. Noticing where we got stuck, noticing what people said, their behaviours. I mapped what people do and how they moved through change.

Change is a huge subject and I’m a great rambler - I wrote nearly 120,000 words while exploring the topic. So I set myself guiding principles to focus the writing to shape it into a book.

These five principles became my compass -

👉 Reader first – it’s not about you, it’s about them.

I reduced all the ‘I’s and talked directly to the reader

👉 Familiar surprise – advanced yet acceptable, safe yet fresh ideas.

MAYA principle was a big influence, fresh thinking but not too out there.

👉 Fresh perspectives – go beyond the usual suspects.

Voices from every corner of life, not just the usual quoted gurus.

👉 Written to help people think through change – offering a framework, not answers.

Its a book to help you think, not tell you what to do, that’s impossible.

👉 Encouraging, but real – honest about the hard stuff, while still hopeful.

If you’re thinking about writing a book, it’s good to set out some principles which will guide you. Start with questions about why you are writing it, why would someone buy it, what is the problem you are solving for the reader, who are they and then some creative principles which will then make it unique to you.

If you want help to shape your idea, ship the book, I offer full day 121 ‘Nail your book idea’ where we work on your idea until you have a framework to write around. Drop me a note.

Is writing a book on your 2026 list?

I was shopping in one of my favourite places today. Full on Christmas vibes going on. 

Standing browsing the ‘stuff you buy for people when you dont really know what else to buy’ when I had a flashback to this time last year. I remembered I was excited for the new year. With the book coming out, I was sure my book was going to be on the shelf I was looking at. I was so sure. 

So the flashback was suddenly a wave of emotions. Gutted my vision didnt happen. And then, because its been a tough year, and Im tired, and probably a bit fed up, I thought ‘why am I giving them money, they didn’t back me’ because when you are tired you have lazy, petty thoughts. I was about to put the things back and head home when something caught my eye.

A beautiful yellow planner. The Positive Planner by the brilliant Finn Prevett and that momentary self pity disappeared and suddenly I was smiling telling my daughter about the planner.

Finn joined Rethinkers this year and has some very exciting projects coming up. Cant wait to see what 2026 brings for her. 

It was a good reminder we can take just as much pleasure from other people’s success as our own. And a moment of being fed up can quickly disappear if we choose.

Of course its hard when you put everything youve got into your work, but you can redirect your energy to cheering others. I love seeing the Rethinkers work out there in the wild.

So. A vision for next year, maybe its more about me supporting others to thrive in 2026.

(If you are looking for a coach + community where you can rethink your work and be supported to create your next chapter drop me a note. You’ll be amongst speakers, consultants, creators, community builders all doing bold things).

In the meantime, put a Positive Planner on your Christmas wishlist and head into 2026, and all its got planned for us, with good vibes.

New Another Door podcast episode...

Warning: This includes conversation about suicide.

#165  From horror to hope; the emergence of resilience and optimism following tragedy and crisis with Caroline Roodhouse MCIPR

“It’s not a tick box exercise. It’s a genuine need to care for people and other human beings. Ultimately they’ll thrive again given the right support…and bring a whole new level of compassion and empathy if they’re nurtured the right way.”

What happens when your life changes in an instant, not by choice but by tragedy? 

In this episode I talk to Caroline Roodhouse, who shares her incredibly moving story of losing her husband to suicide, the surreal aftermath, and the slow journey of rebuilding identity, family, and hope.

Caroline shares her very real, raw, open grief: the shock, the vividness and then the blur, learning to parent alone, redefining family from a ‘square’ to a ‘triangle’, and the tools and thinking that helped her through the darkest chapters. 

We talk about being a ‘hope carrier,’ the lifelong waves of loss, and the vital work of supporting others at home, in the workplace, and in community. 

Caroline is an incredible person, impressive with her ability to share how she navigated the hardest moment of her life, and now supports others in that moment.  

Caroline helps organisations to support employees who need suicide postvention. An incredible story of grit when you don't want to have grit, and how sharing lived experience can help others. 

Thank you so much for sharing Caroline.

It's been a hard year (for lots of us).

I put some time in yesterday (paused) to think about the year. The first 10 minutes were just a stream of being disappointed, fed up, under whelmed, exhausted. 

I looked at some of the numbers - 
32 bookshops I reached out to didn't stock my book
11 interviews where I didn't get the job (contracts)
42 free workshops, reached nearly 2300 people, didn't really convert to book sales or work
61 pitches to corporates with 2 green lights
13 podcast guest interviews

It went on and on... and it was like I was just deliberately looking for all the bad stuff. A very good sulk (as talked about in the book). Completely ignoring the impressive numbers, the good things that happened. 

So I stopped myself. Because it's actually not been a bad year. Just not what I expected, or wanted. But did I get what I need, yes, probably. 

So I thought I'd try better reflective questions, something more useful, to get a balance. Of course, using the magical 5 step framework. And had some fun. The result is feeling a lot better about the year, clearer on how to approach 2026. 

Sometimes we aren't great at creating a good pause, good quality time to do good thinking. We can pause but still don't use it well. 

It's important to get perspective. Because my year for some people would've been nailing it. We can get lost in perspective and context sometimes. It's important to step out and reflect.

So I thought I'd share the questions I used yesterday. And because I couldn't just create a Word document, I had to give it some Canva sparkle. Done quickly, possibly not all aligned but still...

It's completely free to download and use. 

👉  PDF is here https://lnkd.in/egCBbAhk

I'd love to know if you found it useful. 

Hopeful made you smile, helped you to see the good stuff and acknowledge the bad stuff, and move to place to be able to reset for 2026. 

Let me know if you used it.

#youryear2026

Seasonal Review

"Do something every day that scares you" attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt.

I'm not sure being scared everyday is exactly my goal, but being uncomfortable, shifting out of cosy zone, trying something new certainly has it's place in moments of change.

Last year I was really chuffed to be asked to be an expert on the brilliant learning platform inrehearsal. But I went from 'chuffed' to 'oh crap' quite quickly when it sunk in I'd be filming, with a pro crew, lights, camera, action.

Like most things out of our comfort zone, it turned into a great day. I actually, kind of, enjoyed it! 

So it's exciting to now be part of it's next evolution. A fresh looking website, an even better user experience, even more boxsets, topics, learning themes. 

My boxset is all about navigating the messiness of change, how we can own change (and we may have more options than we think) and how we find opportunity even in the most challenging times. 

Head over to inrehearsal.com to check out the new site and new boxsets. 

Congratulations to the team Sophie Johnson Ben Gallacher Gary Stringer

#ContentLibrary #Content #LearningAndDevelopment

Inrehearsal 

It was a pleasure to be part of Borderlines Book Festival at Tullie.

Sometimes the story isnt just the story of the book, often people want to know about behind the scenes. Where the idea came from, how I started to write, how the idea evolved, as well as the idea itself.

I love the curiosity, and the good thing about talks is the audience get to be part of the conversation.

At this session the best part was when the audience started talking to each other about the topics, thats what made it feel like a success to me.

Id love to do more of these in 2026. 

So if you are planning your event and want an author to talk about their work, and open to the audience joining in, drop me a note.

It’s hard work publicising a book. I got tired a few weeks ago. I let go a little. I didnt give up, but just needed to pause for a moment.

Its not the physical energy, I find that easy. Its the emotional energy. Its the energy that creates thoughts that never switch off. How can I get my book out there, how can I do more, what am I missing, what am I not doing… it goes on and on.

And then, is it really any good? (I think so, its just I need others to feel the same!).

So book festivals and author talks are moments you can reenergise your emotional mind. When people turn up, and nod along, and ask questions, and talk about what you write about. 

I loved being part of @Borderlines book festival at Tullie Museum.

Thank you so much to everyone who came 🙏🙏🙏 and thank you Borderlines for inviting me.

Miltary life is full of doors opening and closing.

As Raye says ‘Where the ell is my husband?’ because honestly, mostly I dont know. Hellos and goodbyes kind of merge, Hellbyes, Goodellos.

But perhaps the hardest is the final door closing, because it’s not just a job, it’s your life, it’s who you are, it can be your whole identity.

So this is a special one.

As a military spouse, it’s personal. 

It is an honour to run a workshop for Forces Transition Group Ltd and the absolute legend that is John Stephenson - Forces Transition.

Join on Friday.

Info below. Along with another brilliant event they are running. 

My workshop is about creating time to think about change, process it, meet it in its messy form, explore what you really want and need.

When you do this level of thinking you’ll be ready to fully connect with all the people and businesses John and team gather, and approach with intention.

The 5 Practical Steps to Change, lets get messy in just one hour.

Its free.

🗓Fri 12th Dec - Online (1000hrs)

Contact John on

john@forcestransitiongroup.co.uk - Book Your Seat by sending a quick message.

And an amazing offer…

📚When you attend, the FTG will purchase the book (Another Door Opens) for you, giving you a helping hand and a little 🎄 Christmas stocking for under the tree.

🐺Then why not follow this up with an online job fair, 31 companies in 31 minutes.

With your mindset changed, a chance to open another door on your chapter on leaving the forces or looking to pivot into something new.

🗓Fri 12th Dec - Online (1230hrs)

www.ftgjobfairs.com - Book Your Seat Now

Both of these events are Free, Online and will change your future.

As John says ‘Be The Hunter 🐺 ‘ a great way to end the week, perhaps close for Christmas and Pre-Energise your 2026.

Do you know someone who needs to feel some hope in amongst alot of change in their life right now?

Im going to giveaway 5 copies of my book.

Tag someone who you think needs it.

Ill draw 5 names out of a hat on Friday 12 January at 5pm.

Navigating change together as a team might feel like it should be easier, 'all in this together' and all that. 

However, we might be in the same sea of change, but we are not in the same boats. Everyone has their own personal change mastery, how they navigate through uncertainty, the unknown.

So navigating change as a team can be extra messy, and unless you take some time out to think, connect and share you might be making it harder than it needs to be.  

Whether it's a new strategy, a new tool, or a new way of working, teams are often rushed into solutions before they’ve taken a collective moment to understand what’s really going on. So they are  going into the change as a group of individuals, not as a connected team.

The Five-Step Framework is a simple way to slow down reactions and replace it with shared clarity, curiosity, and momentum. Even if you just take 15 minutes to play with these questions in a team meeting it might help to see a different perspective.

Here's a few ideas (to play with) - 

1. PAUSE - Before diving into plans or panic, hit pause.
 What’s actually happening? What are we assuming?
 A shared pause creates psychological safety and gives everyone a chance to breathe and align.

2. MESS - Explore the emotions, feelings, confusion openly.
Change is messy. Instead of avoiding it, surface it.
What’s unclear? What’s overwhelming? What feels contradictory?
Naming the mess reduces its power and builds trust.

3. PLAY - Generate possibilities without commitment.
This is where creativity happens.
What could we do? What haven’t we tried?
Teams who give themselves permission to play unlock solutions they would never find in “meeting / operational mode.”

4. TRY - Pick a small next step.
Not a big transformation. Not a perfect plan.
Just the next smallest meaningful move.
Trying turns ideas into learning and gives teams progress they can feel.

5. RESTART - Be intentional with how you move forward together.
What did we learn? What shifted? What needs a reset?
Teams need shared thinking habits that help them move from reaction → intention, and from fear → progress.

If your team is navigating change right now, these five steps might be the a simple way to start to think your way through it together.

If you want more support 👉 

Buy the book for your team Another Door Opens

Book me to run a 60 minute workshop

Book me to run a full day team day, plus coaching.

Taking time out to think is a demonstration in commitment to slowing down to move faster. Teams taking a collective breath come back energised and focused.

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