Roslyn Bell - IRG Partner Belfast
Roslyn Bell is an inspirational Author and Speaker and successful Business Woman. Roslyn not only proves that a lady doesn’t have to be a tough nut to be a major success, she is living proof that you can bounce back from terrible adversity and triumph.
Roslyn Bell highlights as a keynote speaker how a brush with death in a horrific car crash, near death experience and overcoming major surgery for cervical cancer, made her determined to fulfill her dreams, provide security for her twins, and make the most of the gift of life.
Roslyn created and ran her own businesses for over 14 years. Her first business venture took her into the field of fashion, where she created, managed and ran a very successful ladies boutique. Owning the shop sparked off the idea to go into property investing, this seemed a perfect compliment and soon she started buying properties to rent. Within a few years this had evolved into another business and the shop became part of a much larger property portfolio of residential and commercial properties both in Ireland and the UK.
Creativity within property was always Roslyn’s passion and soon she was to acquire a substantial property within the walls of Chester’s old city. The top 2 floors of the 400-year old listed building had been dormant for over 100 years and it was not long before Roslyn transformed these into apartments. Roslyn now runs a very successful award winning four-star holiday let business that serves international guests for both business and pleasure.
Success didn’t come easy, there was turmoil to overcome, which was not just physical but mental too. Her courageous story was featured in a television documentary in 2011 filmed by Irish TV channel TG4 and in her book called ‘I will be home in 20 minutes’ showing the inner strength and courage she found to survive the near fatal crash which left her horribly injured.
I will be home in 20 minutes
To look at her stunning looks today you would never know that the car steering wheel hit her in the face and detached the left hand side of her face from the cheek. She also suffered multiple fractures and injuries including:
- Fractured skull
- Broken right foot
- Smashed right ankle and leg
- Broken knee cap on left leg
- Cracked pelvis
- Two compressed vertebrae
- Two broken ribs
- Broken breast bone
“After the accident and all the things that happened in that five year period I realised that if my life had have ended, what did it consist of? You want to leave something behind, a legacy for other people, that is what we are on this earth for. I want my legacy to be more than about money,” she says.
Now that she has built up a successful business and her twins have grown into adults, her latest passion is to inspire people by telling her story and sharing her own adversities and challenges of life as examples to inspire people to go and live the life they are destined to live.
Roslyn’s vivacious and charming personality makes her an engaging and warm public speaker and she makes sure no one leaves the room without appreciating just how precious life is. Audiences not only learn from her considerable business acumen but they learn about the importance of family bonds, self healing and helping others. They are inspired by the humility of the ‘mumpreneur’ who grew a business from nothing at a time when she and her builder husband overcame many ups and downs including living in a caravan and the birth of the twins while they were building their dream home in a the rural part of Northern Ireland where they still live today. Just five years later, she ventured into business and started a career, which continues to astound friends and neighbours who knew her when she was a struggling young mum.
We are delighted to announce that Roslyn will be hosting her own show on Inspiring TV and Radio show called “Women inspiring Women” starting in 2012.
Roslyn is available for international inspiring speaker assignments and for guest appearances. Email info@inspiringspeakersagency.com or telephone +44 (0)7976 396072.
