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Today on the pod, we have Rebecca French, a global brand partnerships professional whose career has taken her from the Toronto International Film Festival to Manchester International Festival, and now Factory International — one of Europe’s most ambitious cultural venues.

Rebecca’s story is full of passion for creativity and collaboration. In our conversation, she shares how perfectionism shaped her relationship with mistakes, and her I f’d up moment that taught her the power of letting go of flawless execution. This episode is a powerful reminder that the opposite of perfection isn’t failure — it’s creativity.

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Today on the pod, we have Monique Chery. With over 20 years of experience spanning luxury brands, real estate, financial services, and tech, Monique has led high-performing teams and shaped brand strategies at organizations like JOHNS&CO, AXELOS, and GE Capital.

Monique brings a sharp mix of creativity and commercial acumen, making her perspective on leadership and marketing especially rich. In our chat, we unpack her mindset around mistakes, her career journey, and her I f’d up moment centered on navigating the office politics during a high-stakes brand relaunch. It’s a candid conversation about influence, resilience, and the realities of leadership.

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Today on the pod, we have Dr. Helen Krug von Nidda, founder of With Helen coaching and consulting, and former HR leader at UNICEF, the United Nations, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and the International Rescue Committee. Helen has trained and coached leaders across the globe, from Sony Music and Walmart to Stanford and INSEAD, with a mission of helping women thrive in the workplace.

Helen’s journey is inspiring and deeply human. In our chat, she reflects on her early openness to mistakes, her extraordinary career, and her I f’d up moment of leaving a role too soon and having to return. A humbling experience that reshaped how she views leadership, risk, and resilience.

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Today on the pod, we have Jaz Marfo, career coach, speaker, and community builder behind Just Jaz. Jaz has worked in customer success and community management with companies like Mixpanel, Trint, and Hustle Crew, and now helps high-achievers move from burnout to balance with her coaching practice.

Jaz’s energy and honesty make for such a refreshing conversation. Together, we discuss her early mindset around mistakes, her career pivots, and her I f’d up moment when she vented to her boss about a friend and colleague who wasn’t pulling their weight. Expect laughs, real talk, and some powerful lessons on boundaries, communication, and navigating friendships at work.

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Today on the pod, we have Tanya Uyigue, leadership coach, content creator, and founder of TanyaUCoaching. Tanya’s work reaches over 150,000 people online, and she currently supports career changers and emerging leaders through her coaching and her role as Senior Program Success Coach at Merit America.

Tanya’s career path is anything but linear, spanning youth programs, nonprofit leadership, and now thought leadership in the career space. In our conversation, she shares her mindset around mistakes growing up, the squiggly path that shaped her, and her I f’d up moment about not asking for help soon enough. This one is packed with practical lessons on vulnerability, courage, and defining success on your own terms.

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This will be the last season of I F’d Up, and it feels bittersweet. What started as a healing process for me — shifting into a growth mindset and understanding why mistakes had felt so heavy on my confidence — has become a space for raw, honest conversations with incredible women. Together, we’ve pulled back the mask to uncover what’s really going on beneath the surface of our careers and lives.

I’ve learned so much about myself along the way, and I’m deeply grateful to every guest and every listener who’s supported this project. So tune in for this second and final season of I F’d Up. 

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This is a bittersweet moment for me as this will be the last episode of Season 1 of the I F’d Up! podcast.  I’ll be back with Season 2 in the fall!

 In this episode, I sit down with the founder of Embiria, Palak Dave.

 Palak is a versatile entrepreneur, speaker, and now most recently author of "Beautiful Everydays: A Guidebook to Living in the Here and Now." Formerly an award-winning marketer, Palak noticed the lack of IRL opportunities to build community and relationships. This led her to make the leap to leave the corporate world in 2017 and embark on a new journey, founding Embiria, a community for women who want to elevate their life. Through Embiria, she inspires individuals to shift from digital distractions to embracing the beauty of the present moment. In this episode we dive into Palak’s mindset around perfectionism, the importance of intentional rest, and the need to bring humanness and empathy in everything we do, which rolls into her I f’d up moment as a founder. This was such an uplifting and honest conversation and the perfect way to end the season. So join me as we jump into this episode of I F’d Up!

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Today on the pod, we have Nicholas Sutherland. Nicola has over 10 years of experience working in creative campaign operations, partnership management, program management, and creative production at some of the most globally iconic brands. 

Nicola emits this incredible balance of expertise and passion that makes for such a rich conversation. In our chat, we discuss her mindset around mistakes growing up, her career path, and the I f'd up moment she had working at an agency which involved an accidentally overshared internal email. Get ready for the many hilarious moments and wise insights as we dive into another episode of I F'd Up.

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Today's guest, Robin Johnson, is a creative producer and founder of Indie Creator Society. Robin's career journey has been nothing short of fascinating. From starting her record label at just 17 to pivoting into the creative producer space for some of the biggest tech names in the biz, before launching her own successful company designed to empower black creative entrepreneurs. Robin shares the ups and downs along her career trajectory and ofcourse her I f’d up moment that showed her the importance of nurturing her creative soul. This was a truly deep and honest conversation that I can’t wait for you to hear.

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Today on the pod we have confidence coach and founder of the consultancy Yes You Coaching, Anna Manning.  Anna specialises in helping professionals feel more confident at work through mindset management and internal awareness.  But before Anna fell into the world of coaching,  she had a successful career as a lawyer where she had a major I f’d up moment that sent her down a spiral of negative thinking patterns. Tune into this week's episode for another raw and enlightening conversation.

Anna is also the host of the Confident at Work podcast.

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