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Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, Mumpreneur and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season.  Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

On today's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Rachel Smylie the Founder of Mama Hub here in Dubai. I met Rachel at my very first Ripe Market for Next of Kin and we got chatting about how Mums here in Dubai could really do with everything being collated in one place. Well mere months later Rachel launched Mama Hub and we had a full circle moment, back at Ripe Market, when we collaborated on The Careers Club event.

On this episode we talk about the inspiration behind Mama Hub and Rachel's own Motherhood experience, moving to Dubai 7 months pregnant, comparing the care to the more formalized approach that she had received in Australia, and the impossible juggle of putting the kids to bed when you are meant to be on work calls, and how that ultimately led her to quit corporate life and go it alone.

The main reason that I asked Rachel to join me on the podcast is because I personally love Mama Hub! I take Bonnie to their FREE play dates most weeks and I eagerly anticipate the weekly roundup email. If you are a long-time listener, you'll know that last year I joked about how someone really needed to create a resource for freelance Mums in Dubai, and well, spoiler alert, it look's like Rachel has nailed it!

Links:
Mama Hub Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamahubdxb/
The Careers Club Events: https://nextofkin.ae/pages/events
Kiddos Toy Rental: https://kiddostoysclub.com/
Peekabook The Library: https://www.instagram.com/peekabookthelibrary/
Beck and Doodle: https://beckanddoodle.com/?utm_campaign=skedlink&utm_medium=button&utm_source=skedlink

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Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, Mumpreneur and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season.  Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

On today's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Carina Harvey about all things identity, which is also the name of her wonderful podcast exploring how people who have been through huge life changes (like motherhood!) and how they were able to find themselves again afterwards.

As this is the Career Season, there were 3 reasons why I was keen to chat to Carina, firstly, to understand how she works with people, drawing on her styling, life purpose coaching and NLP to get to the core of who they really are and to bring out their resilience and confidence. This helps people who are feeling lost and don't know what their next career step should be. Secondly, I wanted to hear about the work Carina is doing with various organisations to support Mums who want to return to work. And, lastly, I'm sure I will have some listeners interested in the idea of becoming a Life Coach, so I asked Carina about the skills needed to be one. We even touch on manifesting and how she uses it in her own life and when working with others.

Links:
Carina's website: https://www.carinaharvey.com/
Carina's podcast All Things Identity: https://podcasts.apple.com/ae/podcast/carina-harvey-the-podcast-all-things-identity/id1738367676
Carina Harvey Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carinaharveyofficial/
Carina Harvey Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carinaharvey/
Beyond Careers: https://beyondcareers.me/

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Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, Mumpreneur and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season.  Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

On today's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Emma, the Founder of My Little Barfi. An ex-teacher, turned stay-at-home-Mum, turned Brand Founder. Her unique brand includes beautiful South Asian inspired prints and designs. Emma created the brand when she noticed the lack of kid and parent-friendly clothing with the representation of South Asian cultures. We get chatting about the challenges with social stigmas around colourism that she faced, even when designing the clothing, in 2024 it really seems unbelievable some of the stories that she tells!

We cover A LOT in this episode:

• Normalisation of colourism in the South Asian community and lack of representation
• Emma's loss of identity when becoming a Mum
• A very real and honest chat about starting the brand including a lot of obstacles and self doubt
• Would Emma recommend this career path to other Mums?
• Emma's experience teaching in Dubai and how it influences her decision on schooling her own children
• Trolls and going viral on social media

... and so much more.

Links:
My Little Barfi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mylittlebarfi/
My Little Barfi Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mylittlebarfi
My Little Barfi Website: https://www.mylittlebarfi.com/

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Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season.  Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

On today's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Amanda Ashworth @dubaitravelmum who is an Entrepreneur, Coach and Podcaster all whilst home-schooling, or really I should say WORLD-schooling her 3 children.

I was intrigued to ask Amanda...

• What is the difference between home-schooling and world-schooling, and why did she choose to go down this route?
• What are the pros and cons of home-schooling?
• The costs involved with travelling whilst homeschooling
• How to move past self-sabotage and negative self talk
• How to build your own self belief

... and so much more.

Links:
Amanda's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dubaitravelmum/
Amanda's Podcast Finding You Now: https://www.instagram.com/dubaitravelmum/
The 4 Hour Work Week: https://www.amazon.ae/4-Hour-Work-Week-Escape-Anywhere/dp/0091929113/ref=asc_df_0091929113/?tag=googleshopp09-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=355845872598&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15603096852572879120&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1000013&hvtargid=pla-364195442764&psc=1&mcid=787065190e463624a728ba73337e9eed

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Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season.  Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

On today's episode, I had the pleasure of asking Deborah Henning, a Serial Entrepreneur, Business Growth Strategist and Coach questions like:

• Is it really possible to have work/life balance as a business owner
• How to choose a business that works around family life
• How long should it take for a business to become profitable
• Can you really create passive income
• How she adapted her career to suit family life

... and so much more.

Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deborahhenning_official/

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Email: [email protected]

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Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2!

I'm Emma, a British Expat, and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season.  Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

On today's episode, I'll be catching you up on the last few months and sharing my candid take on where I went wrong when launching my business and my advice for anyone else in a similar position. I'll also be letting you know what is in store for you this season.

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Welcome to episode 28, the season 1 finale of Next of Kin Parents Podcast!

I'm Emma, a British Expat, and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

On today's episode, I am rounding off my first season of the podcast by bringing you up to date on my life right now and how I am re-prioritizing my life in 2024. I have broken my goals down into work, family, and self-care as I try to find the ultimate balance, not an easy task as a Mumpreneur, I know!

I decided to go back to my roots for this episode by following the format of my early episodes, and today's segment will be on de-influencing 10 so-called newborn 'essentials'. My Mum-llema for the week is for you to let me know what you bought for your newborn, thinking it was essential, but it really wasn't. Check out my blog for more info.

Links
Mother Tongue Raya Halat Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/ae/podcast/starting-a-podcast-with-raya-halet/id1548131054?i=1000638256005
Get Organised With Decluttr Me Podcast (Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/decluttrme/

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Welcome to episode 27 of Next of Kin Parents Podcast! I'm Emma, a British Expat, and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am so pleased to have squeezed this chat with Anushka into my penultimate episode of season 1. Anushka is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Derby Home Health and Nannies and More, but in her formed career she worked in Reproductive Health in crisis zones. But when Anushka welcomed her daughter to the world she decided to move back to Dubai to be closer to family, and this is when she set about using her background and values to set up Derby Home Health, and she quickly discovered the need for more support options for new parents so Nannies and More was created.

I was intrigued to hear what Anushka's former career entailed and how she has handled leaving that role and moving back to Dubai. I also wanted to pick Anushka's brains about all things Nannies and how Nannies and More are doing things differently.

Links:
Derby Home Health Care: https://derbyhomehealthcare.com/
Derby Home Health on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/derbyhomehealthcare/
Nannies and More: https://nanniesandmore.ae/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA7OqrBhD9ARIsAK3UXh0U61gBD8on-37KclcvC1_d8ZSizdPjhuUqelFxDEcwcAIdhI42Qq0aAjFnEALw_wcB
Nannies and More on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nanniesandmoreuae/

How to choose a Nanny article: coming soon
We also mentioned Crunch Moms: https://www.crunchmoms.com/

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Welcome to episode 26 of Next of Kin Parents Podcast! I'm Emma, a British Expat, and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

In this episode, I reflect on my first half a year of podcasting and the lessons that I have learned from my guests, and how that has influenced my parenting.

Do go and catch up on these episodes and let me know what your main takeaway has been.

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Welcome to episode 25 of Next of Kin Parents Podcast! I'm Emma, a British Expat, and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am so pleased to be joined on this episode by Dr Sandy Zanella who you probably already follow on Instagram @mymindfulmomlife. I loved chatting to Dr Sandy about how yoga completely transformed her life and why she decided to leave Medicine to do her current work as an Author and yoga practitioner. We chat about the benefits of yoga, mindfulness and affirmations for both parents and children and how we can parent mindfully and intentionally.

Links:
Dr Sandy's Website: https://www.drsandyzanella.com/
@mymindfulmomlife on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mymindfulmomlife/
@happy.yogis.book on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happy.yogis.book/
Happy Yogis Billingual Edition on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Yogis-positive-affirmations-Bilingual/dp/1736245201
Happy Yogis book Maisontini: https://www.maisontini.com/products/happy-yogis-book?variant=43065070190816¤cy=AED&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6vaqBhCbARIsACF9M6l7h_BgEfQpGgAhmvAqLkKx79AZvdSldQ6sUajPmrKwaRV3V_uzaK8aAnMfEALw_wcB

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