This week, Stylist's Fliss Thistlethwaite is joined by Stylist's very own Editor-In-Chief - and her boss - Lisa Smosarski.

Together they'll be chatting to two Stylist staffers about their returns to work: How it made them feel, the highs, the lows, the best advice they ever received, and the worst.

Joining Fliss and Lisa this week are Stylist Editor and mum-of-four Alix Walker, and Head of Digital Marketing and mum-of-one Tash.

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This week, Stylist's Fliss Thistlethwaite is joined by co-host Claire Lynch. Author of Small: On Motherhoods – published on paperback last year – she is also a university lecturer and mother-of-three and has spoken widely on her experiences of motherhood – including a Four Thought talk titled ‘The Other Mother’, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020. Together they'll be discussing flexible working, with a spotlight on new parents returning to work and managing life with a family in tow.

They're joined by this week's guest, Anna Whitehouse, AKA Mother Pukka - the founder of the Flex Appeal campaign, the campaign for more flexible working - for everyone.

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This week, Stylist's Fliss Thistlethwaite is joined by co-host Atanuke Awe - entrepreneur, founder of community Mums and Tea, Learning with Ez specialising in diverse educational resources for babies and children and co-founder of Five X More - a campaign committed to highlighting and changing Black maternal health outcomes in the UK - and she’s a mother-of-two.

Together they'll be discussing the importance of carving out you time as a woman returning to work. They're joined by this week's guest: Sunday Times best-selling author, journalist, TV presenter and founder of Make Motherhood Diverse, and mother-of-two - Candice Brathwaite.

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Welcome to Baby On The Brain, a podcast brought to you by Stylist magazine - dedicated to the big life questions you face when you find out you’re about to become a parent. Hosted by Stylist's Digital Content Director, Fliss, this podcast began back in 2021 with a baby on the way. That baby is just three months off celebrating her second birthday now and we suddenly feel very old (where did the time go!?).

For this special bonus episode, we’ve teamed up with the international charity WaterAid to talk about the essentials every new mum should have – discussing what’s helped others mentally and physically through birth and those early stages of motherhood. This episode is co-hosted by Stylist's Lisa Smosarski, and features guests Shakira Akabusi and Dr Amalina Bakri.

Season 2 of Baby On The Brain begins on March 9th, and we kick off with Tobi Oredein and Ashley James!

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Returning to work after having a baby brings many challenges with it - and we're not just talking about balancing the spiralling cost of childcare and a new wave of mum-guilt as you re-enter the world of work.

Season 2 of Baby on the Brain is about the intimate and often neglected discussions around returning to work as a new mother. And how we, as women, can centre ourselves and our needs in the conversations about our return in a world that seems pitted against us both financially and mentally.

From flexible working to busting the myth of the juggle, each episode tackles one of the conundrums that women who want to return to work often find themselves scouring internet forums to find the answers to.

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