Natalie @ Identity Spark
@identityspark.bsky.social
Business & leadership coach for games, tech & creative professionals. Defying burnout and harnessing ADHD to lift up others.
As #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth comes towards a close, there are still places left on my FREE career reflection and coaching workshop next week.
Make sure your career works for you and allows you to lean on your superpower values and skills.
Sign up now to work out your pre-year’s resolutions!
Make sure your career works for you and allows you to lean on your superpower values and skills.
Sign up now to work out your pre-year’s resolutions!
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
As #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth comes towards a close, there are still places left on my FREE career reflection and coaching workshop next week.
Make sure your career works for you and allows you to lean on your superpower values and skills.
Sign up now to work out your pre-year’s resolutions!
Make sure your career works for you and allows you to lean on your superpower values and skills.
Sign up now to work out your pre-year’s resolutions!
It's OK to spend time thinking about yourself this December instead of just others.
I’m running a free coaching workshop on 3 Dec to help you take stock of your job, reflect on your 2025 achievements, and properly plan your 'Pre-Year's Resolutions' for 2026.
#NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
I’m running a free coaching workshop on 3 Dec to help you take stock of your job, reflect on your 2025 achievements, and properly plan your 'Pre-Year's Resolutions' for 2026.
#NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
November 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It's OK to spend time thinking about yourself this December instead of just others.
I’m running a free coaching workshop on 3 Dec to help you take stock of your job, reflect on your 2025 achievements, and properly plan your 'Pre-Year's Resolutions' for 2026.
#NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
I’m running a free coaching workshop on 3 Dec to help you take stock of your job, reflect on your 2025 achievements, and properly plan your 'Pre-Year's Resolutions' for 2026.
#NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
Great response to the 🧑🎓 Student Career Firelighter 👩🎓 coaching sessions I just launched. If you're a student aged 16+ who wants meaningful, constructive and actionable help to take your next step then get in touch.
#NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
#students #studentcareers #careers #careercoaching
#NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
#students #studentcareers #careers #careercoaching
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Great response to the 🧑🎓 Student Career Firelighter 👩🎓 coaching sessions I just launched. If you're a student aged 16+ who wants meaningful, constructive and actionable help to take your next step then get in touch.
#NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
#students #studentcareers #careers #careercoaching
#NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
#students #studentcareers #careers #careercoaching
Great to catch up with @andrewbrazier.bsky.social at Warwickshire College. Ace to see they're continuing to deliver incredible, forward-thinking courses for games, esports & digital creative media students. A great option for anyone after a career in creative tech. #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great to catch up with @andrewbrazier.bsky.social at Warwickshire College. Ace to see they're continuing to deliver incredible, forward-thinking courses for games, esports & digital creative media students. A great option for anyone after a career in creative tech. #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
Do students know how great they are? And can they tell you?
Even with ace exam results and extra-curriculars, students can struggle to join dots into a clear path that they're excited by and can articulate.
The Student Career Firelighter is the answer! Just £40 for #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
Even with ace exam results and extra-curriculars, students can struggle to join dots into a clear path that they're excited by and can articulate.
The Student Career Firelighter is the answer! Just £40 for #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Do students know how great they are? And can they tell you?
Even with ace exam results and extra-curriculars, students can struggle to join dots into a clear path that they're excited by and can articulate.
The Student Career Firelighter is the answer! Just £40 for #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
Even with ace exam results and extra-curriculars, students can struggle to join dots into a clear path that they're excited by and can articulate.
The Student Career Firelighter is the answer! Just £40 for #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth
Great AMA chat this morning with the wonderful @seffers007.bsky.social via the Great Northern Games Discord. We did a deep dive on my recent blog, and the importance of understanding how we get in our own way when having business conversations. Thanks again for having me, Jamie!
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Great AMA chat this morning with the wonderful @seffers007.bsky.social via the Great Northern Games Discord. We did a deep dive on my recent blog, and the importance of understanding how we get in our own way when having business conversations. Thanks again for having me, Jamie!
The biggest thing our teenagers need is the ability to recognise and value their own strengths.
Spent the morning mock interviewing Y13s at my son's school. The most common theme was how few of them were able to give themselves credit for their strengths and values, if they recognised them at all.
Spent the morning mock interviewing Y13s at my son's school. The most common theme was how few of them were able to give themselves credit for their strengths and values, if they recognised them at all.
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The biggest thing our teenagers need is the ability to recognise and value their own strengths.
Spent the morning mock interviewing Y13s at my son's school. The most common theme was how few of them were able to give themselves credit for their strengths and values, if they recognised them at all.
Spent the morning mock interviewing Y13s at my son's school. The most common theme was how few of them were able to give themselves credit for their strengths and values, if they recognised them at all.
Joyous and energised time at last week's awesome inaugural @gamerepublic.bsky.social New Horizons event. Huge props to @seffers007.bsky.social & team for a thoughtful, engaging and positive couple of days, and for your ongoing support and encouragement. Looking forward to next year!
October 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Joyous and energised time at last week's awesome inaugural @gamerepublic.bsky.social New Horizons event. Huge props to @seffers007.bsky.social & team for a thoughtful, engaging and positive couple of days, and for your ongoing support and encouragement. Looking forward to next year!
I'm heading to @gamerepublic.bsky.social New Horizons on Wednesday, for my first games event since Covid. My nerves about hitting the circuit again led me to realise that the most important networking conversations we ever have are the ones we have with ourselves. Check out my blog for more. <3
"No-one is a perfect networker.... But taking some control over our own self-talk is the most powerful networking skill you’ll ever learn."
A must read on networking from @identityspark.bsky.social
gamerepublic.net/features/tak...
#gamedev
A must read on networking from @identityspark.bsky.social
gamerepublic.net/features/tak...
#gamedev
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I'm heading to @gamerepublic.bsky.social New Horizons on Wednesday, for my first games event since Covid. My nerves about hitting the circuit again led me to realise that the most important networking conversations we ever have are the ones we have with ourselves. Check out my blog for more. <3
Proud to have joined @gamerepublic.bsky.social! Still inspired by founder @seffers007.bsky.social, GR’s such an important presence in the North of England. 💪
Look forward to seeing folks at GR’s New Horizons event next month too – LMK if you want to meet there. (Coaching discounts for GR members!)
Look forward to seeing folks at GR’s New Horizons event next month too – LMK if you want to meet there. (Coaching discounts for GR members!)
September 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Proud to have joined @gamerepublic.bsky.social! Still inspired by founder @seffers007.bsky.social, GR’s such an important presence in the North of England. 💪
Look forward to seeing folks at GR’s New Horizons event next month too – LMK if you want to meet there. (Coaching discounts for GR members!)
Look forward to seeing folks at GR’s New Horizons event next month too – LMK if you want to meet there. (Coaching discounts for GR members!)
Delighted to have earned a Merit in my Life Coaching Diploma this week, 9 months to the day since I started the course. If you’re a games, tech or creative pro and interested in compassionate, empowering coaching from someone who truly understands your sector and its challenges then do get in touch.
September 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Delighted to have earned a Merit in my Life Coaching Diploma this week, 9 months to the day since I started the course. If you’re a games, tech or creative pro and interested in compassionate, empowering coaching from someone who truly understands your sector and its challenges then do get in touch.
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It costs on average £2,000,000 a year to run SpecialEffect, providing free support and access to tech for physically disabled people all over the world.
Sign up to become a regular giver, and you’ll help support people like Shaz for the rest of his life! www.specialeffect.org.uk/news/your-re...
Sign up to become a regular giver, and you’ll help support people like Shaz for the rest of his life! www.specialeffect.org.uk/news/your-re...
July 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It costs on average £2,000,000 a year to run SpecialEffect, providing free support and access to tech for physically disabled people all over the world.
Sign up to become a regular giver, and you’ll help support people like Shaz for the rest of his life! www.specialeffect.org.uk/news/your-re...
Sign up to become a regular giver, and you’ll help support people like Shaz for the rest of his life! www.specialeffect.org.uk/news/your-re...
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Ever notice how anti-DEI folks lift up some of the least qualified people, proving why DEI matters?
Obama went to Harvard and taught constitutional law at U Chicago; now we get a guy who can’t grasp high school economics. Yet we hear nonstop about diversity hires.
Seen in a Toronto Star headline.
Obama went to Harvard and taught constitutional law at U Chicago; now we get a guy who can’t grasp high school economics. Yet we hear nonstop about diversity hires.
Seen in a Toronto Star headline.
April 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Ever notice how anti-DEI folks lift up some of the least qualified people, proving why DEI matters?
Obama went to Harvard and taught constitutional law at U Chicago; now we get a guy who can’t grasp high school economics. Yet we hear nonstop about diversity hires.
Seen in a Toronto Star headline.
Obama went to Harvard and taught constitutional law at U Chicago; now we get a guy who can’t grasp high school economics. Yet we hear nonstop about diversity hires.
Seen in a Toronto Star headline.
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THEY ARE DOING SANCTUARY MOON
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
"The show-within-a-show stars John Cho, Jack McBrayer, Clark Gregg, and DeWanda Wise, sporting outrageous hairstyles and costumes that make the stylings of A Flock of Seagulls look like business casual." oh my God they're doing Sanctuary Moon, say thank you Apple TV+
April 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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“You can’t have your cake and eat it too” is such a damn stupid phrase…I don’t want to own a cake for, like, display purposes. Is that a thing people want?? A /liability/??
No, I want to put it in my god damned mouth.
No, I want to put it in my god damned mouth.
April 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“You can’t have your cake and eat it too” is such a damn stupid phrase…I don’t want to own a cake for, like, display purposes. Is that a thing people want?? A /liability/??
No, I want to put it in my god damned mouth.
No, I want to put it in my god damned mouth.
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Nothing - absolutely nothing - prevented news organizations from running this headline before the election, when it was equally true as now and could have made a difference.
April 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Nothing - absolutely nothing - prevented news organizations from running this headline before the election, when it was equally true as now and could have made a difference.
Excited to announce my new business – Identity Spark Coaching. After 35+yrs in games (and surviving burnout), I'm prioritising my wellbeing and using my strengths to help lift up others. Limited free coaching sessions now available to help me build my practice hours: app.delenta.com/ta/@Identity...
March 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Excited to announce my new business – Identity Spark Coaching. After 35+yrs in games (and surviving burnout), I'm prioritising my wellbeing and using my strengths to help lift up others. Limited free coaching sessions now available to help me build my practice hours: app.delenta.com/ta/@Identity...
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I'm sorry for raining on this parade, but the "transgender mice" talking point is bullshit, but not because someone mistook "transgenic" for "transgender."
The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.
The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.
March 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I'm sorry for raining on this parade, but the "transgender mice" talking point is bullshit, but not because someone mistook "transgenic" for "transgender."
The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.
The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.
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America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..
March 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..
Thanks for the Department of Truth tip-off on the pod @nndroid.bsky.social!
I'd totally missed the new volume. Now enjoying a rainy Friday with a mug of Earl Grey and an internal anxiety attack about what's fact and what's fiction. I mean, that's how most political issues are best processed, right?
I'd totally missed the new volume. Now enjoying a rainy Friday with a mug of Earl Grey and an internal anxiety attack about what's fact and what's fiction. I mean, that's how most political issues are best processed, right?
February 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Thanks for the Department of Truth tip-off on the pod @nndroid.bsky.social!
I'd totally missed the new volume. Now enjoying a rainy Friday with a mug of Earl Grey and an internal anxiety attack about what's fact and what's fiction. I mean, that's how most political issues are best processed, right?
I'd totally missed the new volume. Now enjoying a rainy Friday with a mug of Earl Grey and an internal anxiety attack about what's fact and what's fiction. I mean, that's how most political issues are best processed, right?
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Starting a new studio or biz & need tech or marketing advice?
Or stuck in a rut & need some fresh perspective / a sympathetic ear / coffee / cocktail?
Ansible is heading out to these events soon, or ping me a line - I'd love to hear what you're up to & help if I can 👐
Or stuck in a rut & need some fresh perspective / a sympathetic ear / coffee / cocktail?
Ansible is heading out to these events soon, or ping me a line - I'd love to hear what you're up to & help if I can 👐
February 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Starting a new studio or biz & need tech or marketing advice?
Or stuck in a rut & need some fresh perspective / a sympathetic ear / coffee / cocktail?
Ansible is heading out to these events soon, or ping me a line - I'd love to hear what you're up to & help if I can 👐
Or stuck in a rut & need some fresh perspective / a sympathetic ear / coffee / cocktail?
Ansible is heading out to these events soon, or ping me a line - I'd love to hear what you're up to & help if I can 👐
I mean, it already felt pretty damn bad but seeing it all presented in this way is pretty stark…
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I mean, it already felt pretty damn bad but seeing it all presented in this way is pretty stark…
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no no we don't say "empty carbs" anymore. the preferred term is "emotional support carbs"
February 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
no no we don't say "empty carbs" anymore. the preferred term is "emotional support carbs"
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I don’t understand those on the left who respond to someone agreeing with them with “What took you so long?” Take the win. Welcome the convert. Grow the coalition.
February 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I don’t understand those on the left who respond to someone agreeing with them with “What took you so long?” Take the win. Welcome the convert. Grow the coalition.
@iandunt.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social listening to Fascism book (thanks for the podcast preview btw). Horrifying but vital. Thank you both.
One exceptionally banal complaint tho - any idea why the audiobook edition isn't on Goodreads? How am I supposed to correctly validate my reading?!
One exceptionally banal complaint tho - any idea why the audiobook edition isn't on Goodreads? How am I supposed to correctly validate my reading?!
January 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
@iandunt.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social listening to Fascism book (thanks for the podcast preview btw). Horrifying but vital. Thank you both.
One exceptionally banal complaint tho - any idea why the audiobook edition isn't on Goodreads? How am I supposed to correctly validate my reading?!
One exceptionally banal complaint tho - any idea why the audiobook edition isn't on Goodreads? How am I supposed to correctly validate my reading?!