How She Does It

When Nancy Zeffman and Eileen Willett hit their fifties they weren't prepared to put up with the hot flushes and sweats that accompany the menopause. So they set to work creating Cucumber Clothing, a range of stylish womenswear which cleverly wicks the sweat away, to leave you feeling comfortable and cool. (It's also ideal if you've just had a baby, are undergoing cancer treatment or anything else when your body temperature is at the mercy of your hormones!) We talk about new beginnings after your kids have left home, starting a business with your best friend and why the menopause is not a dirty word.

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When Sarah Brown was in her twenties she began suffering from chronic outbreaks of hives, or to give it its proper name 'urticaria'. When she couldn't find any skin creams to soothe her inflamed and irritated skin she decided to have a go at making one herself and her success led to the launch of Pai: an organic skincare range aimed at people with extremely sensitive skin. That was eleven years ago and Pai has gone from lowly beginnings in a garage belonging to Sarah's parents to an international brand with fans all over the world as well as celebrity endorsements from Emma Watson and Natalie Portman.

Sarah has two small boys and talks about the challenges of being a working mum. She doesn't have a nanny and has learnt to put her smartphone away and focus on family time.

Sarah has some great advice for people with sensitive skin. If you're a parent of a child with eczema you might want to listen!

More about Pai: paiskincare.com

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30% of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer go on to develop secondary breast cancer. Fiona Leslie is one of them. Sadly there is no cure, but with a positive outlook and by taking the life-extending drug Kadcyla, Fiona is living her life to the full. Since her diagnosis, the former journalist and now PR professional used her skills to successfully campaign for Kadcyla to be routinely available on the NHS. She's also a trustee for the charity Second Hope. I'm sure you'll agree she's a true inspiration...

For more about Fiona here's her blog:

fidancingintherain.wordpress.com

If you need more information on Secondary Breast Cancer here are some useful links:

secondhope.co.uk

breastcancernow.org

breastcancercare.org.uk

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What's it like to find out you have a very high risk of cancer? This is Lindsay King's honest account of what happened seven years ago when she found out she had the faulty BRCA 2 gene and the decisions she has made about her body since then. Lindsay is married to Tom, has three children and runs her own business as a beautician. Here she speaks openly about the process leading up to her double mastectomy (including how she chose her new breasts) how she feels about it all and how she's explained it to her kids.

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maggiescentres.org

ouh.nhs.uk/services/departments/specialist-surgery/plastics/bra.aspx

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Join me and The Eve Appeal trekkers as we walk across the beautiful Derbyshire Hills raising funds and promoting awareness of the five gynaecological cancers: cervical, ovarian, vaginal, vulval and womb. Tackling taboos, whilst straddling stiles and dodging cowpats!

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This one's about work. Whether you're a working mum or dad looking for the right work-life balance, a mum returning to the workplace after maternity leave or you're someone who wants to move up the career ladder but isn't quite sure how. Zena Everett has the answers. Zena used to be a recruiter so she knows how companies think. She also knows how they SHOULD be thinking in order to recruit the best people - particularly parents. As a mum of two, Zena gets why parents need work that's flexible. Here she explains the traps some working mums fall into like squeezing a five days of work into four and being too grateful for simply having a job in the first place. Oh and don't be the one who takes the tea-towels home for a wash!

zenaeverett.com

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Jane Milton loves food. So much so she's made a career out of it. She is a renowned food industry expert who works with Deborah Meaden behind the scenes on Dragons Den. Jane is equally passionate about feeding those who can't afford to eat properly by encouraging the food industry to support food banks….she even ate from one for a week to see what it was like. She told me how her love of connecting (and feeding) people has brought her neighbourhood together and how important it is to find your purpose. Jane is a certified tea sommelier and talked to me over a glass of blue iced tea which was delicious!

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janemilton.com

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cityharvest.org.uk

sufra-nwlondon.org.uk

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Vasiliki Petrou has got it sussed. She's 50 but she feels like a millennial, and all without invasive beauty treatments. She reckons we should all stop worrying about our age. Vasiliki is responsible for some beauty brands you may have heard of...Dermalogica, REN and Kate Somerville, plus some others that you may have not…Living Proof, Hourglass and Murad. She is also the Chairwoman of Cosmetic Executive Women, an organisation to promote and support women in the beauty industry. She's a mum of two with a very youthful perspective on life. Vasiliki also believes the beauty industry has a huge responsibility to support young people who are worried about body image.

The Unilever Prestige brands:

dermalogica.co.uk

katesomerville.co.uk

livingproof.co.uk

murad.co.uk

renskincare.com

Cosmetic Executive Women: cewuk.co.uk

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From Formula One to the fashion pages, Rae Feather's career has been anything but traditional! She began by cooking for racing drivers, this lead to working with F1 brands and on to one of the most famous hotels in the world. Now her creativity has led her to produce a hit in the fashion world: the Rae Feather basket. The distinctive monogrammed design has been spotted on the arms of celebrities and all over Instagram.

Now she's turned her attention to beachwear and this is proving to be just as popular. Rae began this foray into fashion in her late forties and reckons it's never too late to start something new. So how has she managed all this as well as having three boys? Rae explains how she took her babies to work, gives her top tips for bringing up boys and tells us how she created a stable family life after divorce.

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Chanelle McCoy is well known as the wife of the now retired champion jockey Sir AP McCoy but until recently many people were unaware of her own success in the business world. It was only when she appeared on Dragon's Den on Irish television that people realised she actually had a job!

Chanelle talks about her career, what it was like watching her husband regularly break his bones through horse racing and why she feels she has at times "failed as a mum".

She also has some top advice about what to wear to the races!

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