In my latest Pro Mum podcast, I speak to Tejali Shete, founder of Roll Dot Agency and Creative Equals Creative Comeback winner, about her personal experience of moving to the U.K. from India and her struggle to find work here with 16 years experience.We talk about gender and cultural bias, personal pressure, the need for the industry to notice transferable skills and how employers' trust can make a big difference, not just for the individual but for the business too. All whilst navigating home schooling and a pandemic.If you’d like to chat about any of the challenges raised in this podcast or discuss your own challenges on Pro Mum please get in touch.The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning, by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

This Pro Mum podcast is in celebration of IWD 2020. I speak to award winning Group Creative Director Sue Higgs from Grey London about being a single Mum, breadwinner and creative whilst fighting bullying and sexism in the work place. In 2020 and beyond I hope no one comes up against the same prejudices as Sue. Or any prejudices for that matter. We've come far but we've still got a way to go. Let's keep fighting the good fight.

The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning, by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

This is the second Pro Mum podcast with Charles Powell- Chandler, on paternity leave. This time I talk to him after his 6 months of leave. We chat about how it was, what happened as expected and what came as a surprise.

The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning, by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

In this Pro Mum Podcast I speak to Charles Powell- Chandler just before he goes on paternity. I ask him how he's feeling, what he's looking forward to and what he's nervous about. I also ask about the social pressures and prejudices around paternity leave.

The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning, by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

In this Pro Mum podcast, I celebrate International Women’s Day by speaking to the wonderful Sam Phillips. Sam is the CMO of Omnicom Media Group UK, Chair of OPEN OMG UK and Assistant Dean of Omnicom University. Outside of these roles she is also sector champion for disability in Government, sits on the development board of RADA and is a member of WACL.

Sam is widowed and has three children – Tallulah (who is adopted from Russia), Max (who has Down’s Syndrome) and Ted (who has ADHD). Listen to find out how Sam successfully juggles a career and home life.

In this Pro Mum episode, I speak to a Kristina Ryan, a senior creative, about how she was made redundant whilst on maternity leave.

The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning, by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

This is a special Pro Mum episode with Amy Ewbank. Amy is a director and founder of Dolls Eye theatre. The company looks to question gender stereotypes and has toured their show ‘Might never happen’ about street harassment around schools. Now, Amy is preparing for her next play ‘Birth Right’- A play that explores our shifting attitudes towards what we should and shouldn’t expect when we decide to have children. In this podcast, I speak to Amy about how her own experiences have informed the play. (Birth Right is on from the 5th -12th September at Calder Theatre in Waterloo- Find out more here www.dollyseyetheatre.com)

The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

In this Pro Mum episode, I speak to a senior designer, about how's she's finding juggling her career having recently had her first child.

The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning, by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

This Pro Mum episode speaks to Ana Balarin joint ECD with Hermeti Balarin, her creative and life partner, at Mother. Having climbed the ranks at Mother from intern to ECD in just 10 years, I speak to Ana about her journey and how it's been bringing up her son whilst sharing parenting and work responsibilities with her husband.

The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning, by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

The final Pro Mum episode in this series speaks to Caroline Pay, ECD at Grey. However, a congratulation is in order as Caroline has just got a job as the Chief Creative Officer at Headspace in LA. Caroline has actively championed diversity throughout her career, so I speak to her not only about her journey but what we can be doing to help parents in the industry.

The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning, by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/