Welcome to Ep. 3 (Series 2) of the  Tales of Female Badassery podcast!

In this episode we speak to UK-based Founder of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company Hubbix, CEO of Ablewight, and business coach LISA WIGHT.
Join us as Lisa shares her tales of badassery with our podcast host & Not Sorry Club Founder, Betty Adamou.

*Trigger warning*
This episode contains several references to bullying, domestic abuse, suicide, and drug use. A verbal warning is provided when this part of the conversation will begin, include how far forward to skip, should you not wish to listen to the conversation containing this content.

Join us as Lisa shares...

• Why it's important to uncover your values, and how to do that
• How she traversed a life of bullying, domestic violence and drug use and came out of the other side surviving and thriving
• How, ironically, it was a job at Club 18-30 that helped Lisa get clean and change her life
• How personal development was a key part of her growth and how she is transforming that into a 'F*ck Yes' ethos for other people
• Her admiration for the founder of the Red Balloon Foundation 
• Why performers like Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are an inspiration 
• And so much more!

Find out more about our guest online:
- Lisa Wight website: https://lisawight.com
- Follow Lisa on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thelisawight
- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lisawight

An extra special thanks goes out to Lisa Wight for her time for this episode!
Lisa was in the interview seat TWICE before this recording, and due to tech issues, we needed to record for a 3rd time. So big thanks to Lisa for her patience 💖

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Welcome to Ep. 2 of Series 2 in the  Tales of Female Badassery podcast!

In this episode we speak to UK-based Professor Elaine Cloutman-Green; a woman who has several job titles and  37 letters after her name (these are explored in the episode), so get ready to get motivated as Elaine shares her tales of badassery with our podcast host & Not Sorry Club Founder, Betty Adamou.

Join us as Elaine shares...

• Choosing what to wear to the KING'S ACTUAL CORONATION, and meeting Lionel Ritchie
• How a little bit of fear is your friend when it comes to getting out of your comfort zone
• Why it’s important, as a leader, to be open about our negative emotions, not just the positive
• What it’s like working in healthcare, and during the pandemic
• How Elaine supports other women to overcome imposter syndrome 
• What does “knowing your why” mean, and why that matters
• Calling out inappropriate behaviour at work 
• speaking ‘truth to power’ in her role as an advisor during the pandemic, helping to ensure that safety for people always came first
• How her @girlymicro blog became an act of rebellion 
• And much more!

(At approx. 1 hr 24 mins in, my neighbours dog started barking, and our walls are thin. This could not be removed in the editing, so thank you for your patience!)

PS. Who is Shonda Rhimes? (Elaine mentions her in the episode) She is an American TV producer, screenwriter, & founder of the production company Shondaland. And a total badass.

Find out more about our guest online:
- The Girlymicro blog, in which Elaine shares her work, personal life, and things in-between https://girlymicrobiologist.com
- Follow Elaine on socials using @Girlymicro:
Insta: @Girlymicro www.instagram.com/girlymicro
Twitter/X at  @Girlymicro https://twitter.com/girlymicro
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/elainecloutmangreen

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Welcome to Series 2 of Tales of Female Badassery!
This podcast shares & celebrates acts of Bravery, Authenticity, Determination, Assertiveness, Strength, and Self-Care by women from all over the world.
(And in case the mnemonic wasn't obvious, those are BADASS qualities!).

In this 1st episode of Series 2,  we speak to UK-based dancer (and, fair to say, fast-growing influencer) ROSY MAY who shares her badass stories with our podcast host & Not Sorry Club Founder, Betty Adamou.

Join us as Rosy shares...

• her recent work in sharing dances from the African diaspora
• the challenges & triumphs of her dance career
• channelling the "no's" from auditions into a big YES by taking her career into her own hands
• speaking out about the lack-of-diversity-elephant-in-the room, while live on stage
• How we all suffer from, what we're calling 'hindsight badassery'; having awesome things to say/retort after the fact (and always in the shower! Why?!).
• How Rosy uses dance to build confidence in herself and others
• And so much more!

Credits and show notes:

Find out more about our guest online:

- Rosy's site: www.rosymaydancer.co.uk
- Online magazine about her show 'The Islands': https://issuu.com/theislands/docs/the_islands_prgramme
- Info on Rosy's show, 'Finding Joy': www.colchesterfringe.com/rosymay-findingjoy
- Follow Rosy on Insta: @RosyMayDancer www.instagram.com/rosymaydancer

- Anna Mudeka & Mogali Masuku who are two more sources of inspiration that Rosy mentions in this episode, are dance performers based in the UK.

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In Episode 7, we speak to badass entrepreneur Gemma Stokes who's not afraid to make her ideas come to life (or at least, has had *some trepidation, but did the things anyway!)
From starting a market research company called Podengo, to founding the mobile cocktail bar 'Lulu Lush', to her biggest move yet; leaving the UK for the South of France to create a gorgeous retreat - Gemma has done a bit of everything!

Join us as we discuss:

• The importance of being kind to yourself, especially in a world full of 'should do's' and conflicting information
• How easy it is to create a beast when starting your own business, and why we need to tame that beast into a calm puppy so we don't become slaves to our own creation!
• How unglamorous it is, in reality, buying a dilapidated property and working hard to turn it into a home and a place guests will want to come and stay (especially with kids running around!)
• And so much more!

Find Gemma online:

• www.gemmastokes.com
• Gemma's Podengo website (market research business): https://gopodengo.com 
• The gorgeous Rêve Retreat, now opened in the South-West of France: www.reveretreat.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/gemmastokes__
• Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/gemma-stokes-2516b918

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In Episode 6, we speak to yet another multi-award-winning woman; Jayne Odell.

(Who, by the way! Is a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society & shares a story of how she got 'in' to this exclusive group of people. There are only 600 fellows in the world. Hint: it was her resilience and that unapologetic badassery we're always talking about!)

Join us as we discuss:

• Jayne's story of coming out later on in life (through Facebook, no less!)
• How camera gear has historically had built-in sexism (see below links for more discussion/facts on this)
• Kinship - and what that means
• The importance of not taking 'no' for an answer 
• Is it anxiety or excitement? The importance of reflection in times of heightened emotions
• Surviving through the pandemic as a self-employed person 
• And more!

Find Jayne online:
www.jayneodell.com
Jayne's business website: www.outofthebleu.co.uk
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jayneodellphoto
Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/jayne-odell-frps-6b3abb66

More:

• Anita Corbin's 'First Women' portraits can be found: 1stwomenuk.co.uk/about & www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/anita-corbin-first-women-uk
• We reference a video about Kinship. Sadly we can't find this video! As soon as we do, we'll add it!
• The opinions shared by Jayne in this episode are just that; but the notes about photographic equipment being designed historically by men for men is accurate. Check out: fstoppers.com/originals/are-cameras-just-men-industry-needs-change-313935 & www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/lens/sarah-lewis-racial-bias-photography.html
• The Africa Fashion exhibition has ended, but find more here:

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In Episode 5, we speak to multi-award-winning comedian Michelle Murphy, who our podcast host had the privilege of meeting in beautiful Bali during a one-month stay.

Michelle Murphy's brand of honesty, hilarity, and insightfulness gets us talking about all sorts in this episode!

Listen into this deep dive conversation about...

- The devastating power of an email (this is one badass story)
- Imposter Syndrome!
- Mansplaining - and dealing with it
- Depression, and how one seemingly small action can feel like the most badass move
- Owning your calling, and the power in saying out loud "I am an artist"
- The power of NOT being perfect
- Living a life without chasing awards
- Sticking up for yourself in the face of restaurant-staff rudeness, or corporate f*ckery
- Mental health and therapy
- The importance of demonstrating curiosity
- And much more!

Find Michelle online:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/meeshoffleash
Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-g-murphy
Michelle's YouTube channel where you can watch some of her recorded live performances: www.youtube.com/@meeshoffleash

Michelle Murphy has another podcast interview on the Moth website which is a must-listen:  themoth.org/storytellers/michelle-murphy

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In Episode 4, we welcome the inspiring Tsholo Semenya, who our podcast host Betty Adamou met 4 years ago, in beautiful Bali.

They were both there as part of an Unsettled co-working retreat, and met again when Betty spent 1 month travelling around in Tsholo's birthplace of South Africa.

Tsholo first caught our hosts' attention as an unapologetic badass when she said things like "'No' is a complete sentence", and unbelievably, married herself! 
(Yes, with a wedding with a dress and everything, and yes of course we talk about that in this episode, and of course we'll share a photo of Tsholo in her wedding dress!).

Join us as we also talk about...

• Unsuccessful sabbaticals 
• The harsh realities of going after your goals; saying 'yes' to one thing means saying 'no' to something else
• The importance of a 'f*ck you' savings pot of money
• The practicalities of making work places into safe spaces
• Why we need to be honest with children when we say things like "you can be anything you want"
• Quitting her job and starting a new chapter
• MARRYING HERSELF (can we stress again how amazing this is?)
• Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable
• Supporting other women in the workplace, and how we can do that
• How Tsholo started her career in media
• And so much more!

In this episode, we briefly reference an article about how diverse workplaces are more commercially successful. Here's the link: www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2018/01/25/more-evidence-that-company-diversity-leads-to-better-profits 

Find Tsholo Semenya and connect online:

- In this episode, we talk about Tsholo's upcoming & current projects, including ‘An Intimate Night with Gregory Porter’ and 'Black Conversations'.
Get a sneak peak of these projects & delve deeper via Tsholo's Linked In feed: Linked In
- Connect with Tsholo on Linked In
- Instagram: @TSemenya (

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HIRE OUR BADASS EVENT
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We're currently taking bookings for the week leading up to & including International Women's Day (which falls on a Friday this year, on 8th March).
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In Episode 3, we're delighted to welcome Annie Pettit, who our podcast host Betty Adamou has known for almost 16 years.
Their relationship was at first a mentor/mentee (with Annie being the mentor) and now Annie and Betty are firm friends, even thought they have the Atlantic Ocean between them, with Betty living in the UK, and Annie based in Toronto, Canada.

Join this inspiring conversation as we talk about...

• Annie's ability to mentor others; why it's important to her, and does she set boundaries?
• Putting an all-male conference panel in their place - this is one juicy story that our podcast host Betty Adamou personally loves!
• How you can be an introvert and still speak on a stage with 200 people in an audience
• Overcoming shyness
• Championing others who are from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, and who are differently-abled
• Why Annie loves the power-house that is Cindy Gallop 
• and so much more!

Find Annie Pettit and the organisations she's involved in online:

- Buy a copy of Annie's books 'People Aren't Robots', all about Market Research here, and '7 Strategies and 10 Tactics to Become a Thought Leader' here.
- Linked In www.linkedin.com/in/anniepettit
- Twitter: @LoveStats (https://twitter.com/LoveStats)
- Instagram: @LoveStatsAnnie (www.instagram.com/lovestatsannie)
- In the podcast interview, we briefly touch on Annie's blog containing a gender split counter at Market Research conferences. You can still check that out here:

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We're currently taking bookings for the week leading up to & including International Women's Day (which falls on a Friday this year, on 8th March).
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In this second episode, we're thrilled to speak to creative solopreneur AYRÏD CHANDLER; owner at Ayrïd by Design, Founder of greeting card collection Trini Lyrics - aimed at celebrating local language and culture in print form, part-time Lecturer at University of West Indies, mentor, and so much more!

Ayrïd Chandler and podcast host, Betty Adamou, met in Bali, Indonesia after taking the leap to go there for a month with the Unsettled program (https://beunsettled.co). From there, our host continued to be inspired by Ayrïd's arresting honesty, and her authentic and bold attitude.

Join us as we discuss...

• unapologetic email signatures 
• jumping from cliffs in Bali
• going to therapy with our friends
• protecting your energy and peace
• saying yes to an absolutely random request to be a lead in a play
• the inspiring figure that is Rihanna, why and how Carnival in Trinidad is a salve for the soul - and so much more!

Find Ayrïd Chandler and the organisations she's involved in online:

- Ayrïd's websites: https://ayridchandler.com and https://ayridbydesign.com

- Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/ayrïdchandler

- Instagram: www.instagram.com/ayridbydesign and https://www.instagram.com/asebbe

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ayridbydesign

- More about Ayrïd being shortlisted for 2022 Bocas Emerging Writers Fellowship for early career Caribbean-based writers of prose and poetry: www.bocaslitfest.com/awards/emerging-writers-fellowships-2022

- Trini Lyrics Greeting Cards: https://ayridbydesign.com/trini-lyrics

- More about the play Ti-Jean and his brothers, which Ayrïd starred in as the character 'Mother': https://issuu.com/ayridchandler/docs/ti-jean_programme_draft/1

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The Importance of Celebration event is a fantastic 2 hr seminar to help women build confidence, defeat imposter syndrome, and build relationships through story sharing.
We're currently taking bookings for the week leading up to & including International Women's Day (which falls on a Friday this year, on 8th March).
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In this first ever episode of Tales of Female Badassery, researcher, cross-fitter and Women In Research (WIRe) London host DANIELLE TODD talks about her everyday acts of badassery with podcast host and Not Sorry Club Founder, Betty Adamou.

Join this inspiring conversation as Danielle shares...

• the importance of bringing other women up the ladder
• kindness in the workplace
• the impact that an Irish mum can have on a daughter
• raising money for charity by running all night like a crazy person
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, feminist T-shirt wearing, Karen from Will and Grace, and oh so much more!

As women, we are hungry for inspiring stories of unapologetic women, and the 8-part Tales of Female Badassery podcast brings us these stories through listening to real, everyday women. 
After all, we've all heard those urban myths about the woman who refused to take the notes in the meeting - but we now need to hear these unapologetic tales direct from the women who live these badass lives.

Credits and show notes:

With thanks to Silverman Sounds for the copyright and royalty free music which we've edited to use for our intro and outro music (https://www.silvermansound.com)

Find Danielle and the organisations she's involved in online:

- Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/danielleddtodd

- Instagram: @danielleddtodd

- Women in Research www.womeninresearch.org

- The Forge www.thisistheforge.com

- Just Giving page: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/danielleddtodd

- Louisa Olafuyi, who Danielle mentions in this episode, is Co-Founder and COO of Kunda Kids who provide award-winning children's books and media: https://kundakids.com

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The Importance of Celebration event is a fantastic 2 hr seminar to help women build confidence, defeat imposter syndrome, and build relationships through story sharing.
We're currently taking bookings for the week leading up to & including International Women's Day (which falls on a Friday this year, on 8th March).
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