Careering into Motherhood

By Careering into Motherhood

Why do so many of us go careering into motherhood, unaware of just how hard it is to have a meaningful career as well as family commitments? And why don’t men struggle with their careers in the same w... more

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How many episodes does Careering into Motherhood have?

The podcast currently has 39 episodes available.

Careering into Motherhood episodes:

June 02, 2020 18: A Frank Talk About Perimaternal Mental Health & How It Affects Our Lives & Careers
Please be aware that this episode covers some very raw topics around mental health.
In this episode, Jane talks to three women about their experience of perinatal depression and anxiety.
If you’re affected by these issues or want to support, Cocoon is the charity we mention: https://cocoonfamilysupport.org/
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49min
May 19, 2020 17: Tracey Blake Talks Career Change, Business Pivot & Being a Female Tech Entrepreneur
Jane talks to journalist turned tech entrepreneur, Tracey Blake, about her mission to solve the after-school care dilemma for working parents, and how her business has executed a successful pivot during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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For details of our coaching programmes email [email protected]
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21min
May 12, 2020 16: How Are We Coping With Life In Lockdown?
In this second episode of interviews, Jane talks to working mothers about their experience of lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic. Jane talks to a single mother, a teacher and a front line NHS consultant.
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44min
May 05, 2020 15: Will Flexible Working Be More Acceptable After The Covid-19 Experience?
This week Jane talks to employers and employees about being in lockdown as a working mum. Are some employers looking to keep some aspects of this remote working experience to make it easier for employees with caring commitments in future? And will flexible working be more accepted as a result of Covid-19?
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46min
April 21, 2020 14: Lockdown Lessons With Nicola Kemp
Jane talks to Nicola Kemp; an editor, journalist, mother of two and Diversity & Inclusion campaigner. Nicola shares her current experience of juggling a full-time career with the school closures.
Jane and Nicola also discuss aspects of our working culture that this current situation is highlighting, in the hope that we can harness the positive and get rid of the negative once we return to normal.
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31min
April 14, 2020 13: Creative Writing With Amy McLellan
Jane talks to Amy McLellan, mother of three, writer, journalist and author, about the creative process of writing, and how it can be helpful to adults and children at this stressful time. If you’ve ever thought about writing, Amy talks about how to get started, build a plot, and what to consider if you’re looking to get published.

Find out more about Careering into Motherhood by joining our community of mums via our Facebook Group.
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25min
April 07, 2020 12: Amy Shepherd on career coaching, its value and why now could be the right time to re-evaluate what’s important to you and how that affects your career choices.
Jane talks to Amy Shepherd, an organisational psychologist and career coach, about how this period of isolation is highlighting what really matters to you and can lead us to making decisions about the work we do. Amy also talks about some tools and ideas for coping with stress and anxiety at the moment.
Amy recommends the book Playing Big by Tara Mohr
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33min
March 31, 2020 11: Cindy Gallop on the female voice and female leaders being heard
In this episode, Jane talks to Cindy Gallop about why this is the time for female leadership, and for the female voice to be heard.
We talk about why women must take this opportunity and be at the heart of designing the world of work.
Cindy talks about her own career, why taking leaps into the unknown is a good thing, and how she went from Chairman of one of the world’s largest advertising agencies to launching her SexTech start up.
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35min
March 24, 2020 With Helen Tupper co-author and co-founder of the Squiggly Careers movement
To provide a brief interlude from what’s going on in the world right now and look to a brighter future, today’s podcast is an interview with Helen Tupper, co-author and co-founder of the Squiggly Careers movement.
Helen talks about having belief in yourself and other people believing in you too, building support systems and a mindset for success.
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37min
March 17, 2020 9: Holly Power on Flexible Working
Teaching used to be synonymous with a professional career that would work perfectly with parenthood. But the shortage of teachers is fueled by real-life stories of high stress jobs, on low pay and long hours.

In this episode Jane talks to Holly Power, founder of Return To Teach, about the work she’s doing to shake up the teaching profession and open it to more flexible working practices.

She’s a teacher, business founder, Government Advisor and a lot of the challenges and experiences she has in bringing more flexible working to teaching are highly relevant to other professions.

You can find out more about Return To Teach here https://www.returntoteach.co.uk/

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22min

FAQs about Careering into Motherhood:

How many episodes does Careering into Motherhood have?

The podcast currently has 39 episodes available.