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54: Meet Nicola: A natural health specialist & highly skilled (evolving) Acupuncturist

Chops

Aug 182 min read

54: Meet Nicola: A natural health specialist & highly skilled (evolving) Acupuncturist

I know Lisa because she kindly volunteered herself in a women's 'work' group I joined a few month's ago. It's called the Southwood Social...

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

Chops

Aug 111 min read

Creative

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...

Chops

Aug 42 min read

Corporate

Break Room 4: Jo & Chops: The highs & lows of making career changes

To end 'Teacher Week' and for our fourth Break Room chat, I sat down with the fabulous, Jo, who (if you're interested) is actually Sophie...

52: Meet Sophie: A wonderful teacher and multi-department Head, now bossing it in Thailand

Chops

Jul 312 min read

Body and Mind

52: Meet Sophie: A wonderful teacher and multi-department Head, now bossing it in Thailand

AND SHE'S ONE OF MY BEST FRIEND'S IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!! It's almost been painful getting the requests to 'pod' a teacher, knowing that I...

51: Meet Leah: An 'accidental' French and Spanish Teacher and now a Head of Lower School

Chops

Jul 281 min read

Body and Mind

51: Meet Leah: An 'accidental' French and Spanish Teacher and now a Head of Lower School

I know Leah from old, although mostly through other good friends who know her really well (she was always waaay cooler than me). As a...

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

Chops

Jul 212 min read

Body and Mind

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 141 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 72 min read

Body and Mind

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...

47: Meet Charlie: A highly experienced Midwife and Multi-Department Head

Chops

Jun 302 min read

Body and Mind

47: Meet Charlie: A highly experienced Midwife and Multi-Department Head

I'VE FINALLY PODDED A MIDWIFE!!!! And I'm really excited about that, because it is the job that has been requested of TWW the most. So...

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

Chops

Jun 232 min read

Creative

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 161 min read

Creative

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 92 min read

Creative

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...

Chops

Jun 22 min read

Break Room

BREAK ROOM 3: Stella & Chops

As I mentioned on my instagram teaser for this podcast (assuming you follow @thiswomanswrk on instagram, if not, please do!), I play...

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

Chops

May 262 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

Chops

May 192 min read

Body and Mind

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 122 min read

Creative

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 52 min read

Body and Mind

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...

40: Meet Vicky: A tech-savvy, people-centric Marketing VP, who's fully embracing her world of Dyslexia

Chops

Apr 282 min read

Business/Marketing

40: Meet Vicky: A tech-savvy, people-centric Marketing VP, who's fully embracing her world of Dyslexia

I didn't know Vicky 'suffered' with Dyslexia. But then again, I have only ever known her socially, and she's developed such advanced...

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

Chops

Apr 212 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 142 min read

Creative

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...

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