How Can I Help?
About Pearl
I believe that we’re all born with a lot of special gifts. Two of mine are wandering off and talking to strangers. Well, you can imagine how quickly that was trained out of me when I was little! Thankfully, after many years, I rediscovered those gifts (and it’s not like they’re my only gifts!)
Coming back to being true to myself, I wandered off in spectacular style, making friends around the world, writing books along the way. It’s amazing what we can achieve when we allow ourselves to use all those special gifts. In the same way that we are taught to fear heights or water, or hugging each other, in order to keep us safe, many of us have become afraid of our own natural, authentic success – of just being ourselves.
Since 2010, I’ve been the Explorer-in-Chief of Pearl Escapes, the organisation I set up to share all the most wonderful things (escapes) I could find around the world. I’ve shared Zumba® Fitness, traditional healing, health and wellness, spiritual practices and principles, my own deeply personal story of being a living kidney donor and stories of my adventures around the world. But, when I look at it all from the other side, I see that these are all just ways of overcoming fear of success, fear of being ourselves, fear of life, these are all just ways of coming home to our true selves.
I’ve learned that when we set out to explore our fear of success, to overcome it, nothing can stop us. What’s more, when we finally come home, back to being ourselves, we can look back and realise that this exploration has taken us on quite the most incredible journey.
- Trained and presented for organisations including the NHS, The Alzheimer’s Society, GoSweat, The Multiple Sclerosis Society, Mencap, Scope, Age UK, Merton College and Chichester College as well as primary and middle schools.
- Creator of follow along meditation and mindfulness recordings for the Enough health and wellbeing app
- ‘Personal Wellness Professional of the Year’ Innovation & Excellence Awards 2022, Corporate LiveWire Prestige Awards
- ‘Leading Wellness Therapy & Retreat Expert – South London’ SME News 2022
- ‘Leading Provider of Zumba and Meditation Classes’ in the 2020 UK Enterprise Awards for demonstrating excellence, commitment and dedication in the face of uncertainty
- Nominated for Best Zumba® Instructor in London
International Amazon Best Seller in many categories:
- No. 1 in Self-Help, Counselling and Travel
- Meditation, Motivational Self-Help, Self-Help (Success), Mental & Spiritual Healing, Parenting Emotions and Feelings
- Asia and Africa Travel and Tourism Audiobook, Adventure Travel
- Photojournalism
- Financial Thrillers
Previous Clients
Feedback & Reviews
“I am writing to tell you just how fantastic your Zumba classes have been!
After 3 weeks of lessons we are still receiving glowing reports…
The children who usually do not enjoy physical education have been very positive about Zumba because they find it so much fun.”
Primary School Teacher
“I got my mind blown this weekend at the Fear of Success Instructor Training by Pearl Howie 🤯🤯🤯
I learned so much about the blocks that stand between people and success and the solutions to overcome these.
With a global group of students 🌍 it was really cool to share experiences and best practice while learning.
Because of this mind blowing day I am also now a certified Fear of Success coach. 🏆🤸♀️
Annelies James
Training and Awards
Apprenticeship with Don Miguel Ruiz
After studying with don Miguel Ruiz and his sons in Sedona and at the pyramids in Teotihuacan, I was fortunate enough to be able to complete an online apprenticeship with them during the pandemic.
Beto Perez
I’ve studied and trained with Beto Perez, the founder of Zumba® Fitness as well as almost all of the top Zumba Instructors in the world. My biggest achievement was rolling out the Zumba Gold program for people with disabilities and special needs. When I began, there were no Zumba Gold classes in my area of London, let alone chair classes – by the time I left there were 22 taught by other instructors.
Corporate LiveWire Prestige Awards
Winning ‘Personal Wellness Professional of the Year’ Innovation & Excellence Awards 2022, Corporate LiveWire Prestige Awards for providing such a broad range of advice and support for everyone and anyone who needs it, from audiobooks to training, through a difficult few years, when everyone has had to face difference challenges.
What Can I Do for You?
Are you looking for a speaker for an event?
Perhaps you’re specifically looking for a woman speaker or a female motivational speaker? Or a female keynote speaker?
Maybe you’re trying to decide what kind of event you want to host, which training would be right for you or maybe you’re not sure whether you need a speaker or a trainer?
Maybe you’re working with a team that is suffering from exhaustion and burnout, maybe you need some help with recovery, maybe you just need some energy and laughter, some fun and freedom back in your life.
Don’t worry, we’ll figure it out.
If you like, explore the courses and books on this website, see what feels like “your thing” or maybe what feels like something you’d never even considered and want to know more about.
If the words “fear of success” resonate with you, your organisation or leadership, it does not make you a failure, it just probably means that you are dealing with the next stage of your personal or professional evolution and you might need help to move on.
Fear of success is a very good hider, and it’s different for each of us. Some of us may breeze through success in our careers but struggle in relationships or with taking care of our health.
Fear of success can cause all kinds of problems for us, in fact, pretty much anything up to and including serious physical illness, suicidal thoughts, addiction, anxiety, depression, jealousy and guilt.
Fear of success can also mean we avoid commitment, responsibility or change in our personal and professional lives.
Fear of success can feel insurmountable and we may experience it in many ways, but I have overcome and seen others overcome so many impossible challenges that I have faith we can get over it.
Need Advice?
If you don’t know where to start, just ask!
Drop me an email letting me know a little about you and I can call you back for a quick chat.
Don’t forget, I’m very good at talking to strangers.
