The Risky Mix Podcast

Key Learning Points1.The highs and lows through different stages of parenthood2.How insurance companies can better support their employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance3.The importance of implementing clear boundaries as a working parentOn the final episode of the Parenthood Diaries, we welcome David Clamp, who is the founder of one of our series sponsors - The Camelot Network - and also works as an independent consultant helping insurance businesses to navigate and embrace digital i...

Key Learning Points:1.The Father Stunter Culture and how it is holding men back at home and at work2.Replacing the concept of Breadwinning with Carewinning and why this matters3.How workplaces can help to challenge some of the harmful social norms that get in the way of gender equity in modern society On the penultimate episode of the Parenthood Dairies, we are here to talk about modern fatherhood with Danusia Malina-Derben. Alongside being a mum of ten, an academic, entrepreneur, author...

Key Learning Points:1.The challenges faced by parents of neurodivergent children in school2.How seeking a diagnosis for a neurodivergent child can affect a parent at work3.The support that parents need from their employers Today on the Risky Mix, we welcome back Rebekah Bostan and Eilish Jamieson! Rebekah is Director of Research & Insight at InsTech and Eilish is an Executive Coach & Board Advisor. Both will share their experience raising neurodivergent children, including their ...

Key Learning Points:1.How employers can support workers in blended families2.What a ‘blended family’ looks like3.How rigid working environments can impair employees’ performance Welcome back to the Risky Mix! In this episode, we welcome newlyweds Sam (a former Risky Mix guest) and Jennie, who are here to talk about the challenges and joys of their ‘blended’ family. Sam is the Founder & CEO of Stella Insurance and Founder & Chair at Freedom Services Group. Jennie also had a big jo...

Key Learning Points:1.The challenges faced by working parents as they juggle being a parent and having a career2.What employers can do to help support working single parents3.The need for employers to plan for the impacts of their policy changes to ensure the policy works in practice In this episode, we speak to two single working parents, Sonya and Amanda, about juggling life as single, working parents. Sonya wears multiple professional 'hats' as a Board Advisor, Accredited Coach and In...

Key Learning Points:1.How different workplace policies can support working parents returning to work and sharing responsibilities2.The importance of challenging societal norms for childcare and work and doing what is best for your family3.How leaders setting an example as a working parent can make cultural change happen at work In this episode of The Parenthood Diaries, we speak to new parents André and Nikita Symes about the challenges of juggling parenting and work and how employers ca...

Key Learning Points:1.How surrogacy works in the UK and the misconception surrounding the process2.The emotional challenges sometimes faced by men looking to take parental leave3.How workplaces can support working parents through the surrogacy process In this episode of the The Parenthood Diaries, we speak to Ash Daniells, an Associate Solicitor at RPC with insurance experience through his specialism in professional indemnity and financial services dispute resolution, and father to his 9...

Key learning points1.The different challenges facing new parents, including postnatal depression2.The importance of role models in insurance3.How the insurance industry can help working parents Trigger warning - this episode discusses miscarriage, birth trauma and postnatal depression.In this episode of the Parenthood Diaries, we chat with a long-time friend of the Risky Mix Podcast, Hilary Banks. Hilary is Director of Sales at Guardian Financial Services and a mum to two young boys, Ern...

Key Learning Points1.The stress induced on couples experiencing rounds of IVF and infertility2.How organisations can help people cope through their fertility journey3.What (not) to say to couples struggling with infertility Trigger warning - this episode discusses ectopic pregnancy and failed rounds of IVF.In this episode of the Parenthood Diaries, we speak to Samantha Davidson, a 29 year-old Senior Product Manager at Simply Business, who will be talking about her ongoing fertility journ...

Key learning points1.Challenges for parents returning to work2.Where the inspiration for the Risky Mix Parenthood Diaries came from3.The topics that the series will cover Here on the Risky Mix podcast we are delighted to kick off our new ten-part series - the Parenthood Diaries! For the next 5 months, we will be covering a huge range of parenthood-related topics with insurance guests who have ‘been there and done it’. We'll be chatting about things like going back to work two weeks after...