Raise The Bar

My guests this week are Onloan co-founders Tamsin Chislett and Natalie Hasseck.Tamsin and Natalie are two friends with a shared mission to reduce waste, curate brilliant independent designers and reignite a love of clothes without the guilt.In this episode, Tamsin and Nat tell us how they closed Onloan’s angel investment round whilst they were BOTH pregnant, navigating tricky investor questions and flagging energy levels.We discuss how we all need to change the way we acquire clothes and move...

My guest this week is Clare Seal aka @myfrugalyear. Clare started the Instagram account @myfrugalyear in response to confronting credit card debt totalling £25K and a £2K overdraft – she wanted to be held accountable and to share her journey anonymously to help others. Fast forward twelve months and Clare has paid off £8K of debt, grown her Instagram account to 46.4K followers and has secured a book deal. In this episode, Clare tells us what it was like to confront the debt and describes the ...

My guest this week is Kim Palmer, founder of Clementine.Clementine is an app that uses hypnotherapy to improve women’s mental health.In this episode, Kim tells us about the time she had a panic attack during a presentation at work whilst she was pregnant, which led to her discovering hypnotherapy and its mental health benefits.This planted the seed for Clementine app, which aims to support women in key moments by offering sessions on confidence, de-stress, sleep and body image.We discuss the ...

My inspirational guest this week is Mel Berry, co-founder of Her Spirit. The Her Spirit app provides daily workouts and activities, mediation, community and recipes. Her Spirit is FREE for EVERY Woman until 30th June to support women’s health and wellbeing during this period of national uncertainty. In this episode, Mel and Frankie discuss the Her Spirit mission to challenge a diet and fitness industry that is failing most women and instead focus on “the whole self, rather than a fragmented p...

Hello! I’m back to talk about adapting your business during COVID-19.In today’s episode, I share multiple ways you can continue to take action in your business to increase revenue, look after your customers and lay building blocks to strengthen your business’s foundations. This podcast episode is for you if you want to explore how you can survive and potentially thrive in the new normal. And remember, if you can build in a recession, your business will excel in a strong economy. And the econo...

My guest this week is… well it’s just me, in my spare bedroom where I started my first business and using the microphone I used when I first began podcasting. This podcast comes in two parts. Firstly, I will share what I am doing on a day to day basis, to stay focused during this COVID-19 epidemic, take positive action and live more consciously. I found working from home very difficult when I started my first business Let’s Be Frank, which is why I invested in an office as soon as I could aff...

My guest this week is Sophie Baron, founder of Mama Made. Mama Made helps parents home-cook nutritionally-dense, organic and plant-based meals for their weaning babies – quickly and conveniently, without compromise. In this episode, we talk about how Sophie has bootstrapped Mama Made and the practical financial decisions Sophie and her husband had to make. We discuss self-development, how overcoming negative self-talk is essential to success and that entrepreneurship forces you to grow in way...

Happy International Women's Day to all you lovely listeners and supporters. Thanks for sharing and celebrating women's voices with us every week! #IWD2020My brilliant guest this week is Vivi Friedgut, founder and CEO at Blackbullion, an EdTech company providing financial literacy to students. Vivi founded Blackbullion in 2014 and since launching their digital platform, Blackbullion has partnered with 30 universities globally and is able to reach 500,000 students worldwide. In this episode, Vi...

My guest this week is Tova Leigh, social media influencer, content creator, writer, performer, wife and mother. Tova’s open and honest video rants, articles and podcast have resonated with a huge number of women around the world. Tova uses her platforms to support and empower women by giving them a sense of belonging, as she doesn’t hold back whilst sharing the raw truth on uncensored topics including motherhood, body issues, marriage, sexuality and relationships. In this episode, Tova tells ...

Hello! This week we’re having a break in recording, but I wanted to use this time to tell you a little bit more about Women On Top and how you can get involved. Enjoy and see you next week!Connect with Women On Top:https://www.instagram.com/thewotpod/https://twitter.com/TheWotPodhttp://thewotpod.comConnect with your host, Frankie Cotton:https://frankiecotton.comhttps://twitter.com/FrankieCotton_https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_/https://twitter.com/letsbefrank_cohttps://www.instagram.co...