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In this video, Monique Vega Hodgson shares how growing up surrounded by strong women in Panama, studying fashion in Milan, and working in diplomacy eventually led her to create Mumble Forum, a community supporting ambitious women through motherhood, career transitions, and entrepreneurship.She reflects on losing her sense of identity after becoming a mother, finding the right people to grow alongside, navigating grief after her father's death, and building Mumble Forum, MHOUSE Agency, and Elevate Summit around community, purpose, and women's wellbeing.Mentioned in the Episode🌐 Mumble Forum — https://www.mumbleforum.com/ 💼 MHOUSE Agency — https://www.mhouseagency.com/ 💼 Monique Vega Hodgson on LinkedIn — https://uk.linkedin.com/in/monique-hodgson-45274057/en 📖 The PRO Method: Three Simple Steps to Reinvent Your Life by Rosie Nixon — https://www.rosienixon.co.uk/ 🧠 Mark Sisson — https://www.marksdailyapple.com/ Music: "Palms Down" by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue) License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/TIMESTAMPS00:05 👋 Meet Monique Vega Hodgson 00:55 👑 Growing Up Surrounded by Powerful Women 03:15 🎨 The Advice That Changed Her Career 04:55 💡 Why Business Became More Creative Than Fashion 06:46 🎖️ The Grandmother Who Broke Every Rule 08:35 💍 The Ring That Symbolized Independence 09:47 🌍 From Fashion in Milan to Diplomacy in London 13:22 👩‍👧 Motherhood and Losing Your Identity 14:35 💼 Why Becoming a Mother Can Make You Better at Work 15:38 🫥 When Every Conversation Becomes About the Baby 18:32 ⏸️ Why Taking a Career Break Isn't Falling Behind 20:01 🫂 The People Around You Shape What's Possible 21:30 📱 How Peanut Helped Her Find Her Tribe 25:11 ⚖️ Why Work-Life Balance Doesn't Exist 26:55 💔 Losing Her Father and Keeping His Memory Alive 30:43 🌊 The Grief No One Sees Behind Success 34:19 ✨ How a Personal Struggle Became Mumble Forum 35:26 🥂 From One Charity Event to a Bigger Mission 36:31 💻 Building a Community During Lockdown 38:06 🚀 From Mumble Forum to MHOUSE Agency 40:33 😰 The Moments She Almost Gave Up 42:06 🧠 Why Wellness Became the Next Big Opportunity 43:36 🌱 Creating the Wellness Event She Couldn't Find 46:58 🔎 Cutting Through the Wellness Hype 49:14 💃 Who Would She Be Without Her Businesses? 51:29 🌎 The Feeling of Belonging to Two Countries 52:54 ⚡ Quick-Fire: Motherhood, Culture and Career 59:00 👑 The Legacy of Never Compromising #AtWorkWith #MoniqueVegaHodgson #MumbleForum #MHOUSEAgency #ElevateSummit #WomenInBusiness #FemaleFounders #Entrepreneurship #WorkingMums #Motherhood #CareerReinvention #WomenInLeadership #CommunityBuilding #WomensWellness #WorkLifeBalance

In this video, Maria Hvorostovsky shares how growing up around performers, building a career in executive search, losing both her mother and stepfather, and undergoing unexpected heart surgery at 42 repeatedly forced her to rethink ambition, strength, motherhood, and who she wanted to become. CONNECT WITH MARIA HVOROSTOVSKY🌐 Anatomy of a Leader — https://www.anatomyofaleader.com/ 💼 Maria on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/ 📸 Maria on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/mariahvorostovsky/ TIMESTAMPS00:00 ❤️ Preparing to Die at 4200:44 👋 Meet Maria Hvorostovsky01:48 🎭 Growing Up Surrounded by Performers04:00 🌍 From Moscow to London08:00 🗽 Why London Finally Felt Like Freedom10:16 🎪 Running Away From the Family Business12:14 💼 How She Accidentally Became a Headhunter15:00 🚀 Taking the Leap and Starting Her Own Firm16:42 🎙️ How Anatomy of a Leader Was Born20:20 ❤️ The Moment She Knew Something Was Wrong21:32 🩺 “You're Probably Fine” Wasn't Good Enough25:16 ⚖️ Two Surgeons Gave Her Opposite Advice27:42 🔎 Headhunting the Surgeon Who Would Operate on Her30:40 😢 Preparing Her Family for the Worst32:48 🌳 Why Her Definition of Strength Completely Changed34:22 🪦 “My Old Self Died on That Operating Table”36:14 🛑 The Collapse That Finally Made Her Stop39:00 👩‍👧‍👦 How Heart Surgery Changed Her as a Mother42:00 🕊️ Losing Her Mum and Stepfather43:32 🌧️ When Grief Returned 10 Years Later46:52 💔 The Grief of Things Left Unresolved49:00 🌈 Why You Need the Painful Emotions Too52:00 🫀 Why Health Became Part of Her Leadership Mission55:42 🔥 Why She's More Ambitious Now Than Ever57:22 🚫 The Problem With Hustle Culture59:52 🧒 What She Wants Her Children to Remember01:01:20 ⚡ Quick-Fire Round Music: "Palms Down" by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue)License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/#atworkwith #mariahvorostovsky #anatomyofaleader #leadership #heartsurgery #mitralvalveprolapse #womenshealth #grief #motherhood #executivesearch #headhunting #career #resilience #recovery #workingmums #femalefounder

In this video, Eliza Filby shares how growing up in a financially complicated, class-conscious South London family shaped her understanding of money, privilege, inheritance, and the hidden role the “Bank of Mum and Dad” plays in modern life. Mentioned in the Episode📖 Inheritocracy: It’s Time to Talk About the Bank of Mum and Dad by Eliza Filby: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/219561103-inheritocracyConnect with Dr. Eliza FilbyWebsite - https://www.elizafilby.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dr_eliza_filbyYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Dr.Eliza.Filby.Music: "Palms Down" by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue)License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/TIMESTAMPS00:00 The Family Money We Don’t Talk About01:00 Growing Up “Rich” Without Feeling Rich03:00 Why British Class Is More Complicated Than It Looks06:00 How Her Dad Shaped Her Intellectual Life08:00 Growing Up in a House Where Everyone Argued10:00 A PhD and Cleaning Toilets to Pay the Bills12:00 Why We Romanticise Our Parents’ Struggle15:00 How Immigrant Families Think Differently About Money18:00 Who Actually Talks About Family Wealth?20:00 How Gender Changed the Inheritance Economy22:00 When the “Bank of Mum and Dad” Marries Another One24:00 What Losing Her Father Taught Her About Inheritance27:00 Birth, Death and Rebuilding Her Identity29:00 Why Money Suddenly Started to Matter31:00 Why She Removed the Data From Her Book33:00 Her Mum’s Brutally Honest Book Review35:00 Quick-Fire Round36:00 Academic or Entrepreneur?37:00 The Book She’s Writing Next #atworkwith #elizafilby #inheritocracy #bankofmumanddad #generationalwealth #inheritance #class #socialmobility #familymoney #wealthinequality #millennials #genz #womenandmoney #entrepreneurship #futureofwork

In this video, Arti Halai shares how she went from being an extremely shy child to becoming one of the few South Asian faces on British television, building two seven-figure businesses, and reinventing herself as an executive communication coach.She reflects on redundancy, knowing your value, separating identity from professional roles, marrying across religious and cultural boundaries, and why confidence is built through knowledge, experience, and choosing to do life your own way.Mentioned in the Episode🌐 Arti Halai — https://www.artihalai.com/👋 Meet Arti Halai — https://www.artihalai.com/about/💼 Arti Halai on LinkedIn — https://uk.linkedin.com/in/artihalai📸 Arti Halai on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/artihalai/Music: "Palms Down" by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue)License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/TIMESTAMPS00:00 🎭 Your Identity Is Not Your Job00:50 👋 Meet Arti Halai02:17 🤫 The Extremely Shy Girl Behind the Broadcaster04:43 🏠 Growing Up in an Immigrant Household08:14 🚪 Leaving Home Changed Everything12:00 🌏 Taking the Best of East and West14:10 📺 Breaking Into British Television17:00 📄 The CV That Looked Like a Magazine19:00 🧠 Why Naivety Can Be an Advantage22:36 🚧 The Doors She Never Asked to Open24:13 🎥 How Much Has Media Diversity Really Changed?28:17 💼 Losing the Career That Defined Her29:09 ⚠️ Your Role Is Not Your Identity31:36 🔄 Turning Media Skills Into Business Leverage33:04 💰 Building and Exiting Two Seven-Figure Businesses40:37 🎤 The Preparation Behind Looking Effortless43:37 💷 Why Women Undervalue Their Work45:25 🥈 The Silver Tray Lesson That Changed Her Pricing49:31 🔥 Where Real Confidence Comes From52:00 ❤️ The Marriage That Divided Two Families54:38 💔 Why Her Father Missed Her Wedding55:11 👶 The Miracle Daughter Who Reunited Them59:39 🌍 Don’t Wait Until Retirement to Live01:04:50 🎥 Why a Former Presenter Still Dislikes the Camera01:05:42 ✨ “She Did It Her Way”#atworkwith #artihalai #womeninbusiness #careerreinvention #executivecoach #communicationcoach #confidence #britishmedia #womeninmedia #entrepreneurship #sevenfigurebusiness #redundancy #personalbranding #southasianwomen #interfaithmarriage

In this video, Sophie Bruce shares how the invisible mental load of modern parenting inspired her to leave a high-performing corporate career and build MOLO, an AI-powered operating system for families.She explores how household admin affects careers, relationships, parental wellbeing, and gender equality, and why better systems, shared responsibility, strategic neglect, and meaningful paternity leave could help working parents reclaim time and brain space.Mentioned in the Episode 🌐 MOLO — https://www.wearemolo.com/📱 Download MOLO on the App Store — https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/molo-familyos/id6756577025 👋 Meet Sophie Bruce — https://www.wearemolo.com/about 💼 Sophie Bruce on LinkedIn — https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sophie-bruce-molo 📸 MOLO on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/themoloapp/ 💼 MOLO on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/wearemolo/ 🔬 University of Bath Research: Mothers Bear the Brunt of the Mental Load — https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/mothers-bear-the-brunt-of-the-mental-load-managing-7-in-10-household-tasks/ 🔬 MOLO and University of Essex Research Partnership — https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sophie-bruce-56632b1ab_qualtrics-survey-qualtrics-experience-management-activity-7432432743894118400-MOBx 📚 World Book Day — https://www.worldbookday.com/ 📅 Equal Parenting Week — https://parentingoutloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Equal-Parenting-Week-employer-resource.pdf 👨‍🍼 The Dad Shift — https://dadshift.org.uk/ 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Out Loud — https://parentingoutloud.com/ 📣 Push for Paternity Leave — https://www.eventbrite.com/e/push-for-paternity-leave-tickets-1982354647113 👨‍👧 Fatherhood Institute — https://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/ 📣 Six Weeks for Dads Campaign — https://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/six-weeks-for-dads 👩‍💼 Joeli Brearley and Pregnant Then Screwed — https://pregnantthenscrewed.com/ 🧸 Jules Stories — https://jules-stories.com/ 📖 Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein — https://davidepstein.com/range/ Music: "Palms Down" by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue) License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/TIMESTAMPS 00:00 🧠 Why Home Life Needs Better Systems 00:44 👋 Meet Sophie Bruce — Founder of MOLO 04:49 🏆 What High-Performance Systems Actually Fix 08:19 🧷 Counting Nappies on the Motorway Changed Everything 10:00 🤖 MOLO: A Family Operating System 11:22 🧠 The Invisible Mental Load Explained 16:06 💔 How Household Admin Erodes Relationships 18:14 📚 The World Book Day Breaking Point 20:25 ⚖️ Why Mothers Still Carry More of the Load 22:38 😔 The Identity Load Working Mothers Carry 23:13 🧺 Strategic Neglect: Choosing What Not to Do 25:42 🔬 Researching the Modern Load With the University of Essex 28:38 👨‍🍼 Why Unpaid Paternity Leave Is Not Progress 32:02 🚪 Dads Are Locked Out, Not Opting Out 33:37 👨‍👩‍👧 Making MOLO a Family App — Not Another Job for Mum 36:49 🚀 The Fear Behind Launching a Startup 38:34 ⏳ What Giving Parents 30 Minutes Back Could Change 39:49 ⚡ Quick-Fire: Parenting, Founding and Letting Go 43:05 📖 Why Generalists Thrive 43:26 📅 The Nursery Message That Proved MOLO Was Needed #atworkwith #sophiebruce #molo #modernload #mentalload #workingparents #workingmums #workingdads #parenting #familytech #femalefounder #womeninbusiness #paternityleave #equalparenting #strategicneglect

In this video, Nana Crawford shares how rediscovering dance through samba and twerk helped her rebuild her relationship with her body, her identity, and her joy after motherhood, lockdown, and years of feeling disconnected from herself.

She reflects on building JiggleFiTT, facing cruel online comments, representing Black women in dance fitness, and creating inclusive spaces where women can feel safe, confident, and free in their bodies.

Mentioned in the Episode
🌐 JiggleFiTT — https://www.jigglefitt.com/
👋 Meet Nana Crawford — https://www.jigglefitt.com/about-nana
💃 JiggleFiTT Classes — https://www.jigglefitt.com/classes
🛍️ JiggleFiTT Shop / Merch — https://www.jigglefitt.com/jiggle-shop
📸 Nana on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/thisblackwomancan/
📸 JiggleFiTT on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/jigglefitt/
🎵 “Q.U.E.E.N.” by Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu
🌐 Paraíso School of Samba — https://www.paraisosamba.co.uk/
🎭 Notting Hill Carnival — https://nhcarnival.org/

Music: "Palms Down" by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue)
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 👋 Meet Nana Crawford — Founder of JiggleFiTT
00:47 👩‍👧‍👦 Mom, Wife, Samba Dancer — In That Order
01:42 💛 Growing Up With Her Husband
03:05 🇬🇭 Ghanaian Roots, Identity & Strong Women
04:14 🙏 Her Mother’s Fearless Faith and Self-Belief
06:10 🌍 The Pressure and Pride of Being Second Gen
08:04 🧩 “Where Is Nana in All of This?”
10:30 ✨ The Meaning Behind “This Black Woman Can”
12:20 💃 How Samba Helped Her Accept Her Body
13:46 🏠 Dancing Alone in the Kitchen During Lockdown
14:59 🧠 Why Dancing Changed Her Brain and Her Work
16:30 📲 Posting Online to Stay Accountable
17:13 💬 The Cruel Reality of Body Comments Online
19:54 🫶 The Messages That Kept Her Going
20:28 👀 Why Representation in Samba Matters
22:22 🇧🇷 The Brazil Trip That Changed Everything
24:05 🪘 The African Roots of Samba
25:18 👩‍🏫 From Dancer to Teacher
27:16 🛡️ Creating a Safe Space for Women to Move
28:40 🍑 How JiggleFiTT Was Born
30:31 🗣️ Responding to “You’re Not a Therapist”
32:33 🌟 Carrying a Bigger Mission Than Dance
33:38 ✉️ Writing a Letter to Her Body
35:30 🤝 From Distant Cousins to Best Friends With Her Body
36:50 💇‍♀️ Natural Hair, Relaxers & Reclaiming Herself
40:51 👑 Teaching Her Daughter She Can Be Elsa Too
42:27 🧱 Building Confidence Society Can’t Break
44:49 🪞 Loving the Person in the Mirror Now
45:41 💪 M40 — Stronger for 40
47:27 🚫 What She’d Say to People Who Comment on Women’s Bodies
48:30 🌈 Advice for Women Feeling Lost or Disconnected
50:01 ⚡ Quick-Fire Round
50:20 🍚 Ghanaian Jollof vs Nigerian Jollof
51:02 🏠 Where Feels Like Home?
52:15 🌱 Before JiggleFiTT vs Now
52:55 💬 The Biggest Myth About Body Confidence
53:11 🎭 Samba, Rio Carnival & Feeling Unstoppable
54:13 🖤 What She Wants Her Daughter to Know About Being a Black Woman
54:40 📍 Where to Find Nana and JiggleFiTT

#atworkwith #nanacrawford #jigglefitt #thisblackwomancan #bodyconfidence #bodypositivity #samba #twerk #dancefitness #blackwomen #motherhood #selfconfidence #movement #joy

In this video, Ira Guha shares how her journey from Bangalore to Cambridge, Accenture, Harvard, and eventually rural India led her to create Asan Cup and take on period poverty.She reflects on the shame, cost, product design, and social enterprise lessons behind building a menstrual cup that aims to make safe period care more accessible around the world.Mentioned in the Episode🌐 Asan Cup — https://asancup.com/🎬 Pad Man — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7218518/🌐 ActionAid UK — Period poverty research: https://www.actionaid.org.uk/blog/2025/05/28/cost-period-poverty-risen🎓 Harvard Innovation Labs — https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/🎓 Harvard Kennedy School — Master in Public Policy: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/educational-programs/masters-programs/master-public-policy🎓 University of Cambridge — https://www.cam.ac.uk/🌐 Accenture — https://www.accenture.com/🌐 athenahealth — https://www.athenahealth.com/🌐 TOMS Impact — https://www.toms.com/pages/impact🌐 ISO 13485 — Medical device quality management standard: https://www.iso.org/standard/59752.html🌐 National Health Mission — ASHA Workers: https://nhm.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=1&sublinkid=150&lid=226Music: "Palms Down" by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue)License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/TIMESTAMPS00:00 🩸 Period Poverty No One Talks About00:39 👋 Meet Ira Guha01:53 🏙️ Growing Up in Bangalore03:17 💪 The Family Lesson That Shaped Her04:01 🏀 Period Poverty on the Basketball Team05:08 🛍️ Carrying Soiled Pads in Secret06:13 🤐 Why Period Shame Is Universal08:47 🎓 Cambridge, Accenture & Harvard09:18 🏢 The First-Day Corporate Wake-Up Call11:30 🧑‍🍳 Mary’s Story13:00 🔴 The Cup That Changed Everything16:01 💡 Turning 50 Cups Into a Business Model17:37 🧪 Building the First Prototype at Harvard20:43 💸 When “At Cost” Still Wasn’t Affordable21:23 🔁 Why Buy-One-Donate-One Wasn’t Enough24:08 🤝 The Power of Trusted Local Women27:06 🚫 Why She Rejects “Imposter Syndrome”30:05 🧾 What We Don’t Know About Period Products34:13 🇬🇧 The UK’s Period Poverty Crisis36:36 💔 The Founder Rejection Spiral39:59 🎯 Build for a Real Problem42:55 ⚡ Quick-Fire Round#atworkwith #periodpoverty #asancup #founder #socialenterprise

🧪 1N Labs — consciously formulated nicotine products for adults who already use oral nicotine, made with high-quality ingredients and tested in UK labs. 👉 https://www.1nlabs.comNicotine is a highly addictive substance and is for adult consumers only, 18+.Disclaimer: Any sponsor messages included in this episode are arranged by At Work With only and do not imply affiliation with, endorsement by, or partnership with the guest.In this video, Mimi Swain shares how growing up as the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants shaped her ambition, work ethic, and sense of responsibility.She reflects on growing up in the Midwest, feeling pressure to choose a stable path, learning to move through rooms where few people looked like her, and building confidence by taking action before she felt ready.Mimi also opens up about the cold email that changed her career, her decade at Ring, stepping into leadership at Amazon Devices & Services, working motherhood, prioritization, identity, and the advice she would give to women who are trying to grow into the next version of themselves.Connect with Mimi Swain🔗 LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimiswain🌐 Website — https://www.mimiswain.comThank you to 1N Labs for sponsoring this episode.🧪 1N Labs — consciously formulated oral nicotine products for adults who already use oral nicotine, made with high-quality ingredients and tested in UK labs. 👉 https://www.1nlabs.comNicotine is a highly addictive substance and is for adult consumers only, 18+.Disclaimer: Any sponsor messages included in this episode are arranged by At Work With only and do not imply affiliation with, endorsement by, or partnership with the guest.TIMESTAMPS00:00 💌 One Cold Email Changed Everything00:20 👋 Meet Mimi Swain — CMO at Amazon Devices & Services01:45 🪑 Moving in Rooms Where Few People Look Like You03:11 🇻🇳 Growing Up as a Child of Vietnamese Immigrants04:29 🧱 The Pressure to Choose Stability06:14 🌾 Growing Up Vietnamese-American in Kansas06:37 🫥 Wanting to Blend In08:34 👨‍👧 Her Dad’s Rules for Life and Work11:41 👶 Raising Kids With Empathy and Perspective12:41 🏢 Did She Ever See Herself in Corporate America?16:53 💌 Cold Emailing Ring’s Founder19:22 🚀 10 Years of Nonlinear Growth20:39 🧩 Startup, Acquisition, and Scaling at Amazon21:00 🤰 Pregnancy, Leadership, and Building Systems That Don’t Need You24:12 📅 What a Normal Week Looks Like at Amazon25:37 🎯 Prioritization, Identity, and Voice26:44 📣 What People Get Wrong About Marketing27:40 👩‍👧 Motherhood, Ambition, and the “Three-Hour Mom” Debate30:23 🧸 Weekends, Family Time, and Presence31:29 ⚖️ Feeling Stretched Between Work and Home32:41 🪞 What She Wants Her Kids to See33:49 🧭 Advice to Her Younger Self35:06 🔎 The Life Audit for Mid-Career Women35:50 ⚡ Quick-Fire RoundMusic: "Palms Down" by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue)License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

🧪 1N Labs — consciously formulated nicotine products for adults who already use oral nicotine, made with high-quality ingredients and tested in UK labs. 👉 https://www.1nlabs.comNicotine is a highly addictive substance and is for adult consumers only, 18+.In this video, Zertashia Awan shares how years of high performance, resilience, and pushing through warning signs eventually led her body to force a hard stop.She reflects on growing up between cultures, rising from a contact centre role to senior leadership, writing Toxic Resilience, and learning how to build success without sacrificing your health, relationships, and sense of self.Mentioned in the Episode📖 Toxic Resilience by Zertashia Awan — https://zertashiaawan.com/🌐 Toxic Resilience Book Resources — https://zertashiaawan.com/resources/🔗 Zertashia Awan on LinkedIn — https://ae.linkedin.com/in/zertashiaawan🌐 1N Labs — https://www.1nlabs.com🛵 GoPuff — https://www.gopuff.com📺 Dubai Bling — https://www.netflix.com/title/81462121Thank you to 1N Labs for sponsoring this episode.🧪 1N Labs — consciously formulated oral nicotine products for adults who already use oral nicotine, made with high-quality ingredients and tested in UK labs. 👉 https://www.1nlabs.comNicotine is a highly addictive substance and is for adult consumers only, 18+.TIMESTAMPS00:00 💥 "I Had to Work Harder Than the Men"00:29 👋 Meet Zertashia Awan — From Amazon to DoorDash01:53 🤫 The World's Most Hopeless Introvert04:47 🌍 Growing Up Between Cultures07:20 👀 The Microaggressions That Stay With You11:49 👨‍👧 Losing Her Dad at Five14:12 ❓ The Question That Changed Her Family's Future20:29 🚀 From Contact Centre to VP23:40 🏥 When Her Body Finally Shut Down28:23 ⏳ "I Don't Have Time to Be Unconscious"31:17 ✍️ Writing the Book She Needed34:04 ☠️ When Resilience Turns Toxic35:42 🚦 The S.I.G.N.S. of Burnout36:56 📵 The Red Flag She Still Watches For38:28 🎯 The 80% Rule for Perfectionists41:33 🪞 Realizing "I'm the Toxic Boss"44:07 🧨 The 5 Toxic Boss Types46:00 📝 What to Do When You Can't Leave52:20 👩‍💼 Why High-Performing Women Burn Out Faster55:35 🧘 What Rest Feels Like Now57:21 ⚡ Quick-Fire RoundMusic: "Palms Down" by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue)License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/#atworkwith #toxicresilience #burnout #leadership #womeninleadership #resilience

In this episode, Barbara Want shares how the death of her husband, BBC Radio 4 presenter Nick Clarke, reshaped her understanding of grief — and why she believes loss never diminishes, only the life around it grows larger.She reflects on 20 years of carrying that grief forward, what the world gets wrong about bereavement, and how to support both adults and children through one of life's most isolating experiences.Mentioned in the Episode📖 Why Not Me?: A Story of Love and Loss by Barbara Want — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003FXCSAY🎙️ Fighting to Be Normal — Nick Clarke's BBC Radio 4 audio diary (2006): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00799pn (flag for verification — see Phase 3)🌐 Winston's Wish (childhood bereavement charity) — https://winstonswish.org🌐 Cruse Bereavement Care / Cruse Bereavement Support — https://www.cruse.org.ukTIMESTAMPS00:00 👋 Meet Barbara Want — BBC Producer, Journalist & Widow01:00 🎓 Growing Up in Pinner & Getting into Cambridge02:17 📺 Buying a TV Just to Ace Her BBC Interview06:32 🎬 The Reality of Life as a BBC Producer09:35 💑 Meeting Nick Clarke 11:00 🎉 A Party, a Published Book, and Days Left of Joy11:52 💔 The Diagnosis That Changed Everything13:00 🏥 The Amputation & the Moment She Collapsed14:21 🎙️ Recording "Fighting to Be Normal" While Living It16:44 📞 Re-Diagnosed18:50 🤝 "You Are the Best Friend I've Ever Had"19:00 ✨ Why Nick's Death Was, in Its Own Way, Beautiful20:05 📖 The Brutal Truth About Grief22:09 🪨 "Grief Never Ends"25:43 🚪 Winston's Wish & Why Bereaved Children Are Invisible27:44 🏫 What Schools Get Right (and Wrong) About Children's Grief30:00 📅 20 Years On — Does It Still Feel Like Yesterday?31:58 🫂 Friendships Lost in the Wreckage34:33 💪 How Her Relationship with Grief Has Changed35:50 📣 Real Advice for the Bereaved (No Instagram Memes)37:48 🌟 What Gives Her Joy Now38:15 ⚡ Quick-Fire Round:#atworkwith #grief #bbc #journalist