EP 101: Veronica Milsom on her career in radio and navigating motherhood

On EP 101: of The Thinkergirls Pod Channel, Stacey June and Kristie Mercer creators of some of the most successful female podcasts and content in Australia chat with another badass celeb; Veronica Milsom from Triple J, about her career in radio, being a mum but still staying true to who she is as a person and what it's like to come back to work after maternity leave.

4:18 – How did Veronica start her career in radio?

5:56 – How did Veronica and Lewis meet?

6:54 – The hilarious and traumatic story from Veronica’s time in Perth radio.

9:34 – Why did Veronica and Lewis go for the Drive spot on Triple J?

12:25 – When it was announced that Veronica was coming back from maternity leave, Kristie felt relieved because in such a cutthroat industry, a woman was succeeding. How did Veronica navigate that?

14:10 – Maternity leave allowed Veronica to flex different creative muscles.

17:54 – Planning for the future – how do you do that?

19:44 – Having a baby was a selfish decision for Veronica.

22:45 – How do you regain perspective after you’ve lost it? Has maternity leave helped Veronica regain perspective?

25:44 – Maternity leave is so often seen as hard work and exhausting but there is also so much joy, so are fathers missing out because they don’t get this experience?

30:20 – Do calm mothers get easy babies and stressed mums get difficult babies?

32:45 – Veronica took her baby to a music festival! OMG!

EP 88: Rachael Finch mentioned. Listen HERE

ABC's The Let Down Veronica mentioned. Listen HERE

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