In the first collaboration between media outlets from different faiths, Jewish News worked with British Muslim TV and Church Times to produce a list of young activists leading the way on interfaith understanding. While she still experiences anxiety, therapy helped her develop coping mechanisms – and staying organised is one of them. “Organisation is a good distraction and keeps my mind busy. By tidying through a cupboard, I physically have to move, label, empty, clean and refill objects. By the time I’ve done all that, my brain has forgotten about whatever was worrying me,” she says.

It doesn’t matter where your anxiety comes from, it’s about finding what triggers it and what helps.” As more of my friends started to have babies, one by one they’d come to me and ask, ‘Did you feel like this when you were a new mum?’ And I helped them through it. I created a WhatsApp group where I told all of my friends that if they ever needed to get anything off their mind nothing was too big or small for the chat. It’s a safe space for us to share our feelings.” Jewish News holds our community together and keeps us connected. Like a synagogue, it’s where people turn to feel part of something bigger. It also proudly shows the rest of Britain the vibrancy and rich culture of modern Jewish life.

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Jemma, 33, tells the Jewish News: “For me, being organised and running a business has really helped with my anxiety and to focus on getting where I want to be, and I really want to help others achieve what they want to. If you have ever dreamed of opening up a small business, there’s no reason that you can’t, and I hope this book inspires people to build a business that’s right for them.”

Jemma Solomon is a self-taught success in the world of business, with her bespoke label company The Label Lady (Image: David Cummings) Read More Related Articles In an age when news is readily accessible, Jewish News provides high-quality content free online and offline, removing any financial barriers to connecting people. Jemma started experiencing anxiety following the birth of her daughter, Darcy (Image: David Cummings)Lord Sugar has just announced that he has invested in ‘ The Label Lady,’ which was set up by an Essex-based entrepreneur, named Jemma Solomon. I like to think that growing up, I was the more organised sister. My siblings – Stacey and my brother Matthew – might say otherwise, but keeping tidy has always kept me happy,” Jemma adds. It’s clear that Jemma’s new book is only the tip of her ambitions. “I’m working hard to become my biggest champion and I want to say yes to more opportunities,” she says. “Business wise, the cost of living crisis is tough, but I hope to keep it growing and I intend to use my platform to support other small businesses who are doing amazing things.” Write down everything you need. Lists are really important, especially if you've got more than one child. Schools send out a uniform list but sometimes those lists are a bit overwhelming; it can be easier to make your own list. I lay the uniforms out the night before and get their PE stuff ready if it's PE the next day. I encourage them to do it too. I'm a big advocate for my children having their own responsibilities.

In an interview with the Mirror, Jemma opened up about juggling family life and her growing business.Jemma, mother to Darcy, 10, Mila, eight, and five-year-old Hudson, was a paediatric nurse until 2019 when she stepped down from her full-time role to take part-time shifts so she and husband Lee could save on rising childcare costs. I'm so happy and grateful that I've got three beautiful children and I know that he's going to love school. They're all at the same school and they'll play together at lunchtime." Jemma’s anxiety manifest after the traumatic birth of her first child, Darcy – something she is refreshingly open about in the book. “It wasn’t the baby that caused my anxiety – it was the trauma of the birth and not knowing how to deal with it. It was about having too much time to think about things.” She says: “People ask me if I have more anxiety now because of the business but actually, no, work is a distraction and keeping busy is what’s good for me.

I used to love organising my pencil case at the start of the term, covering my books and labelling them all," reveals Jemma. "It gave me such joy." It wasn’t until we started writing the books that we reflected and realised how many little things happened when we were younger that influence us now. Our mum would sort all the Lego out into the little people and flowers etc and organise our bedrooms. Don’t get me wrong, we could be messy – but we loved going in and seeing that organisation.” While she makes things sound easy, Jemma admits to facing several challenges along the way, including having issues with anxiety, and says that mum guilt remains a daily battle. When I first started, I’d work until five in the morning then start again a few hours later. I’d bring the kids along to the HQ and make them a den under the table, keeping them occupied with sweets and films to watch,” says Jemma. I like to think that growing up, I was the more organised sister. My siblings might say otherwise, but keeping tidy has always kept me happy,” Jemma adds. “The highlight of my summer holiday was heading to WH Smith to buy a new pencil case and arrange my stationery.”Lee would work in the day and I took on night shifts,” she says. “But I’m really bad at doing nothing, so when I wasn’t working, I spent all my time at home playing with a label-making machine that I’d bought for an events business, which I’d been running as She saw her GP and, as her anxiety fuelled a conviction that medication would make the situation worse, she was referred for therapy and attended weekly sessions for 10 months. The mother-of-three explained: "People always ask me how I do it. But, honestly, there’s no right or wrong way. Publishing director Charlotte Hardman acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Amanda Harris and Anna Dixon at YMU, with publication scheduled for 15th June 2023.