Mother, Mentored.

Have you ever said something perfectly sensible in a meeting, then spent the next ten minutes wondering if you sounded stupid?

In this solo episode of Mother, Mentored, I talk through the identity gap: the sense that you're doing the job fine, but don't quite feel like yourself while you're doing it. It's something I hear from almost every woman I mentor in her first few months back.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why the identity gap is structural, not a confidence problem
• Why it only passes if you name it
• Why competence comes back faster than confidence, and why big career decisions can wait
• How small, visible wins rebuild your identity faster than affirmations
• Why who you talk to about it matters

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Hannah x

What changes when you've been a working mother for seventeen years, long enough to watch the whole system shift beneath you?

In this episode of Mother, Mentored, I sit down with Christina Francis, a senior tech leader, to talk about the before-and-after view 17 years of working motherhood gives you, and the personal story behind the housing initiative she built for single mums.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How working motherhood has changed across Christina's 17 years as a mum
• Why she calls patience the biggest leadership skill parenting ever taught her
• The mentoring program she built to help women navigate their maternity return
• Why she founded her incredibly housing initiative to support single working mothers.
• What "leading with grace" actually looks like in practice

Connect with Christina Francis;

• Email
• LinkedIn

Connect with Hannah and Mother Mentored;

• Email

• LinkedIn Profile
• LinkedIn Business
• Instagram

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Hannah x

What if the real skill motherhood teaches you isn't multitasking, but the confidence to say "not right now"?

In this episode of Mother, Mentored, I sit down with Amy Lester, founder of 'Typing & Tasks and VA Drop in Desk' her Virtual Assistant mentoring community, to talk honestly about building a business around the very boundaries motherhood forced her to learn.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why Amy built her incredible mentoring programme after constantly being asked "how do you do it?"
• The one boundary shift that changed how she works with every client
• Why she now works four days a week, fully off on the fifth, and what that protects
• Why "I'm still me, I'm still ambitious" matters more than any identity shift motherhood brings

Connect with Amy Lester;

• ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠
• Instagram
• Website

Connect with Hannah and Mother Mentored;

• ⁠Email⁠

• ⁠LinkedIn Profile⁠
• ⁠LinkedIn Business⁠
• ⁠Instagram⁠
• Website

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Hannah x

What if the leadership skills companies pay thousands for are ones mothers are already building every day, completely unrecognised?

In this first episode of Mother, Mentored, I sit down with Alexa Starks, founder of Mother Media and editor-in-chief of Mother Magazine, to talk about her journey from unsupported return-to-work experiences to building a global research platform on motherhood and leadership.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why Alexa pivoted from maternity leave coaching to founding Mother Media.
• The surprising leadership skill mothers build fastest (and why it's overlooked)
• Why so many senior women still stay quiet about motherhood at work
• The one conversation to have with your manager before you go on leave
• What the best and worst return to work experiences really look like

Connect with Alexa Starks;

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠
• ⁠Instagram⁠
• ⁠Website⁠

Connect with Hannah and Mother Mentored;

• ⁠⁠Email⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠LinkedIn Profile⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠LinkedIn Business⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠
• ⁠Website⁠

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Hannah x