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53: Meet Lisa: A brilliant dressmaker and designer, with a background in adult education teaching

Lisa has LIVED, and she has both the medals and the scars to show for it. And like LOTS of the women I pod, Lisa has very much taken the...

50: Meet Henna: A brilliant, 'patient-first' Dentist, Dental practice owner, and Mumma

Chops

Jul 21, 20242 min read

50: Meet Henna: A brilliant, 'patient-first' Dentist, Dental practice owner, and Mumma

I am officially girl-crushing on Henna. I can't help it. She beautiful, talented, driven, focussed, and wonderfully positive. She's a...

49: Meet Emma: A VERY happy doggy 'playcare' business owner

Chops

Jul 14, 20241 min read

Agriculture

49: Meet Emma: A VERY happy doggy 'playcare' business owner

Emma is one of those people that you don't necessarily know, but you know a million people that know them, so you kind-of do know them......

48: Meet Maya: A functional medicine guru and health supplement entrepreneur

Chops

Jul 7, 20242 min read

48: Meet Maya: A functional medicine guru and health supplement entrepreneur

Maya is gorgeous... Literally and metaphorically; and I've known her for over 10-years, when our boys joined nursery together and became...

46: Meet Anna: A neurodivergent, non-binary Tarot Reader, Artist and... Witch!

Chops

Jun 23, 20242 min read

46: Meet Anna: A neurodivergent, non-binary Tarot Reader, Artist and... Witch!

Yep, witch! Oh this podcast has it ALL! ... A gorgeous person (Anna!), a gorgeous soul, a neurodivergent brain, a non-binary gender...

Chops

Jun 16, 20241 min read

2024 Mid-Year Mash-up

Can you believe we are half way through 2024... it's crazy?! But we are, and what a year it's been so far - 22 women podded, 3 of which...

45: Meet Liz: TWW's 'resident', highly experienced florist and a fab small business owner

Chops

Jun 9, 20242 min read

45: Meet Liz: TWW's 'resident', highly experienced florist and a fab small business owner

Liz had been on my hit list for months and months, but almost because I see her so often (sometimes multiple times a week), I kept...

44: Meet Gemma: A highly qualified Solicitor and bad-ass IP & Trademark Attorney

Chops

May 26, 20242 min read

Business/Marketing

44: Meet Gemma: A highly qualified Solicitor and bad-ass IP & Trademark Attorney

Receiving a DM from Gemma was a shining light on a dark day... a dark few days. I'd had a couple of pretty sh***y weeks and was starting...

43: Meet Marie Helen: A SENCO Teacher & Assessor, and a passionate ADHD Coach

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May 19, 20242 min read

43: Meet Marie Helen: A SENCO Teacher & Assessor, and a passionate ADHD Coach

Marie Helen got in touch with me about the same time I had referenced/touched-on my own experiences with ADHD in my first ever video chat...

42: Meet Amy & Jo: Two Philanthropic working mums bossing the soft-play business

Chops

May 12, 20242 min read

42: Meet Amy & Jo: Two Philanthropic working mums bossing the soft-play business

I attended 'The Yard' many, many (MANY) times with my two, when they were younger; it was very often a life-saver. I also attended other...

41: Meet Jenny: A wonderful and hugely committed children's speech and language therapist

Chops

May 5, 20242 min read

41: Meet Jenny: A wonderful and hugely committed children's speech and language therapist

I found Jenny because I was asked to... Yep, this was one of the careers you lovely bunch asked me to look into for you. Thankfully, a...

39 // Vid 2: Meet Helen: A kick-ass corporate political advisor who now runs her own successful comms agency

Chops

Apr 21, 20242 min read

Business/Marketing

39 // Vid 2: Meet Helen: A kick-ass corporate political advisor who now runs her own successful comms agency

Hearing Helen's story, and journey, was exactly what I needed this week. ... I won't keep harping on about it (if you've seen my...

38: Meet Vicky: A highly sought-after (creative genius) Interior Designer, with a bonkers career journey

Chops

Apr 14, 20242 min read

38: Meet Vicky: A highly sought-after (creative genius) Interior Designer, with a bonkers career journey

I knew Vicky was interesting, enough people had told me that, but sitting down and hearing everywhere she'd been (leading up to right...

37: Meet Ruth: A talented, progressive commercial Artist, who's taken the scenic route to get there

Chops

Mar 31, 20242 min read

37: Meet Ruth: A talented, progressive commercial Artist, who's taken the scenic route to get there

I feel like I say this a lot, but Ruth is another fab female that I knew of through quite a few different people, before actually meeting...

36: Meet Chelsey: A VERY proud (and diligent) cleaner and a progressive business owner

Chops

Mar 24, 20242 min read

36: Meet Chelsey: A VERY proud (and diligent) cleaner and a progressive business owner

I know (of) Chelsey, quite simply because I tried to book her a while back to come and clean for me... She came incredibly highly...

33: Meet Emily: A world-renowned 'Norland Nanny' on a mission to support working mums

Chops

Mar 3, 20242 min read

33: Meet Emily: A world-renowned 'Norland Nanny' on a mission to support working mums

As I am finding more and more with TWW, I met Emily almost by accident at a Christmas social event. We got chatting and when I asked what...

32: Meet Helen: A kick-ass Architect with a penchant for sustainability

Chops

Feb 25, 20242 min read

32: Meet Helen: A kick-ass Architect with a penchant for sustainability

Helen and I first met when we got our teenage Saturday jobs at a (pretty high-end) local homewares/gift shop in our local town. We sold...

25: Meet The Genever Sisters: Three super-smart, talented and driven farming daughters on a mission

Chops

Jan 14, 20241 min read

Agriculture

25: Meet The Genever Sisters: Three super-smart, talented and driven farming daughters on a mission

Ooh I was chuffed when the sisters said yes to my podcast. Because yet again they were on my 'hit list' from the start.... Three women...

22: Meet Jo: A sustainability queen and plant-based food advocate

Chops

Dec 20, 20231 min read