Charlie Rosier is the Co-founder & CEO of Babbu.

Babbu is the UK’s first online nursery™; designed to support, reassure and empower parents and their children in the first critical few years. We are driven by a simple but ambitious vision: a world in which all children reach their full potential. Prior to Babbu, Charlie owned and managed Cuckooz Nest – a totally flexible, PAYG nursery with onsite workspace, designed to make childcare more affordable for freelance/self-employed parents whilst also allowing them to be present during those important first 1,001 days of their child’s life. A mother of one and advocate for change within the Early Years sector, Charlie regularly contributes to the media and speaks on the topic of affordability, working parents, child development and how technology can help close the attainment gap.

To learn more about Charlie and Babbu, please check out the links below:

Thank you for listening to this episode of This Independent Life. For more inspiring conversations, please do subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, where we have more for you to enjoy. If you liked this episode and want to help spread the word, please rate, review, and share with your community. We love seeing you share the love so feel free to tag us using @thisindependentlife.

For more information on other This Independent Life activities, or if you have any requests for who you’d like to see on the podcast in future, check out our website at www.thisindependentlife.co and subscribe to our newsletter, message us on Instagram @thisindependent and LinkedIn, or get in touch at [email protected], dms are always welcome.

Until next time, I'm Rebekah Lloyd, and you've been listening to This Independent Life.

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Rebekah Lloyd is a speaker, women's advocate, and founder of This Independent Life. She helps people to achieve personal independence in life through education across health, work and money, regardless of their background. Rebekah does away with the old training methods and puts facts, personal stories, and experience at the heart. She hosts and delivers impactful talks, workshops, events, and podcasts for both TIL and thought leading organisations, such as the University of Cambridge, General Assembly, STEMettes, and UNiDAYS. She founded an endometriosis support group “Endo, so what?” which provides a safe space for education and honest real talk about the condition.

This episode, we're mixing things up and hearing directly from the creator, producer, and host of the This Independent Life podcast, Rebekah Lloyd.

Whilst this doesn't go into every single detail or aspect of her journey (as it's a long and multifaceted one that will definitely be expanded upon in other episodes!), Rebekah dives into some of the main reasons why she founded her business, This Independent Life, takes you through a simple self-reflection exercise to help you evaluate where you're at in your own independence journey, and gives you some inspirational, practical and motivational tips to help you move towards embracing and achieving personal independence in your life, no matter what stage you're at.

To learn more about Rebekah and This Independent Life, please check out the links below:

Rebekah is a speaker, podcaster, women's advocate, and founder of This Independent Life. TIL helps people embrace and achieve personal independence in life, regardless of their background. Rebekah does away with the old training methods and puts facts, personal stories, and experience at the heart through impactful talks, workshops, and events across the areas of health, work, and money. So far, she’s supported 100’s of women globally and delivered engaging experiences for thought leading brands and organisations including The University of Cambridge, General Assembly, STEMettes, UNiDAYS, and many more. She also founded the endometriosis support group Endo, so what? which provides a safe community space for education and honest, non-judgemental, real talk about the condition. Rebekah was formerly the founding member of a healthcare creative agency in London, and is passionate about women in business, compassionate leadership and mentoring, and the power of authentic networking.

Thank you for listening to this episode of This Independent Life. For more inspiring conversations, please do subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, where we have more for you to enjoy. If you liked this episode and want to help spread the word, please rate, review, and share with your community. We love seeing you share the love so feel free to tag us using @thisindependentlife.

Until next time, I'm Rebekah Lloyd, and you've been listening to This Independent Life.

Mary Agbesanwa is passionate about how technology is transforming and democratising the financial services industry and supporting millennials to achieve their full potential. 

Mary spent several years working as a strategy and operations Management Consultant. Now she works at a B2B fintech leading sales. She also runs a female millennial entrepreneurial community and business called the 'Now You’re Talking Network' which has over 850 members and aims to help women earn more and be more confident. The network runs regular events and workshops for their community of women and staff at over a dozen leading companies including PwC, WeWork, Multiverse, Henley Business School and British Land. Outside of work, Mary blogs on her Medium blog 'A Millennial's Diary' about careers and personal development for millennials and is also a trustee for Girlguiding, the UK’s largest charity for women as well as Learning Facilitator for Imperial College Business School’s Fintech Programme.

Her recent accolades include being Brummell 30 Inspirational Women in the City list 2022, Shortlisted for Black Tech Achievement Awards 'Fintech Professional of the Year 2022', MCA Young Consultant of the Year Finalist 2021, Innovate Finance Women in Fintech Powerlist 2020, McKinsey Next Generation Women Leader 2020 and No.1 on EMpower and Yahoo Finance’s Future Leader List 2020.

To learn more about Mary and Now Your Talking Network, please check out the links below:

Thank you for listening to this episode of This Independent Life. For more inspiring conversations, please do subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, where we have more for you to enjoy. If you liked this episode and want to help spread the word, please rate, review, and share with your community. We love seeing you share the love so feel free to tag us using @thisindependentlife.

For more information on other This Independent Life activities, or if you have any requests for who you’d like to see on the podcast in future, check out our website at www.thisindependentlife.co and subscribe to our newsletter, message us on Instagram @thisindependent and LinkedIn, or get in touch at [email protected], dms are always welcome.

Until next time, I'm Rebekah Lloyd, and you've been listening to This Independent Life.

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Rebekah Lloyd is a speaker, women's advocate, and founder of This Independent Life. She helps people to achieve personal independence in life through education across health, work and money, regardless of their background. Rebekah does away with the old training methods and puts facts, personal stories, and experience at the heart. She hosts and delivers impactful talks, workshops, events, and podcasts for both TIL and thought leading organisations, such as the University of Cambridge, General Assembly, STEMettes, and UNiDAYS. She founded an endometriosis support group “Endo, so what?” which provides a safe space for education and honest real talk about the condition.

Tiwalola Ogunlesi is a globally recognised coach specialising in positive psychology, international speaker, author and the founder of Confident and Killing It.

Confident and Killing It is a purpose driven organisation and community that wakes women up to their worth so they can be confident, unstoppable and dare to live the life they truly desire. Through engaging and practical workshops and media, Tiwalola equips women with the tools they need to overcome fear and self-doubt, programme their minds for success and take action in life. Her first book Confident and Killing It was published by HarperCollins in July this year, to great acclaim. Since starting in 2018 she's upskilled thousands of women in London, NYC, Lagos and delivered engaging experiences for brands and organisations such as Google, Meta, The Times, Deloitte, Morgan Stanley, Viacom CBS, Spotify, MG OMD, UN Women UK, The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy and many more.

To learn more about Tiwalola and Confident & Killing It, please check out the links below:

Thank you for listening to this episode of This Independent Life. For more inspiring conversations, please do subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, where we have more for you to enjoy. If you liked this episode and want to help spread the word, please rate, review, and share with your community. We love seeing you share the love so feel free to tag us using @thisindependentlife.

For more information on other This Independent Life activities, or if you have any requests for who you’d like to see on the podcast in future, check out our website at www.thisindependentlife.co and subscribe to our newsletter, message us on Instagram @thisindependent and LinkedIn, or get in touch at [email protected], dms are always welcome.

Until next time, I'm Rebekah Lloyd, and you've been listening to This Independent Life.

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Rebekah Lloyd is a speaker, women's advocate, and founder of This Independent Life. She helps people to achieve personal independence in life through education across health, work and money, regardless of their background. Rebekah does away with the old training methods and puts facts, personal stories, and experience at the heart. She hosts and delivers impactful talks, workshops, events, and podcasts for both TIL and thought leading organisations, such as the University of Cambridge, General Assembly, STEMettes, and UNiDAYS. She also founded an endometriosis support group “Endo, so what?” which provides a safe space for education, connection, and real talk about the condition.

Kevin is the Founder and Managing Partner of Diversity X, a community and VC firm in the making that supports underestimated founders solving real-world problems and making a positive impact in their communities and the world.

To learn more about Kevin and Diversity X, please check out the links below:

Thank you for listening to this episode of This Independent Life. For more inspiring conversations, please do subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, where we have more for you to enjoy. If you liked this episode and want to help spread the word, please rate, review, and share with your community. We love seeing you share the love so feel free to tag us using @thisindependentlife.

For more information on other This Independent Life activities, or if you have any requests for who you’d like to see on the podcast in future, check out our website at www.thisindependentlife.co and subscribe to our newsletter, message us on Instagram @thisindependent and LinkedIn, or get in touch at [email protected], dms are always welcome.

Until next time, I'm Rebekah Lloyd, and you've been listening to This Independent Life.

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Rebekah Lloyd is a speaker, women's advocate, and founder of This Independent Life. She helps people to achieve personal independence in life through education across health, work and money, regardless of their background. Rebekah does away with the old training methods and puts facts, personal stories, and experience at the heart. She hosts and delivers impactful talks, workshops, events, and podcasts for both TIL and thought leading organisations, such as the University of Cambridge, General Assembly, STEMettes, and UNiDAYS. She also founded an endometriosis support group “Endo, so what?” which provides a safe space for education, connection, and real talk about the condition.

Afsaneh Parvizi-Wayne is the founder of Freda, an award-winning natural and organic period and bladder care product subscription service that has been created by women for women, and that give back to women as a portion of every Freda purchase is donated to initiatives worldwide tackling period poverty.

Freda like to think they're more than just a period subscription service. They want to be a gathering place for health- and socially-conscious women who want to change the way the world looks at both period products and periods themselves – as a natural and healthy process. Affi was inspired to start Freda after seeing refugees stuck at various border crossings in Europe on the news. Coming from a refugee background herself, these images struck a chord, and she started to consider the practical ramifications of displacement. She found that these women just don’t have access to period products, and that they aren’t included in the hygiene kits provided by the UN and relief organisations – societal taboos and stigma have caused the menstrual needs of women to be overlooked, in refugee camps and in all public spaces.

The more she looked into it, the more she became frustrated with the impact of this stigma not just on access to these products, but on how they are made – with cheap unnecessary chemicals that don’t legally have to be disclosed –, and marketed – patronisingly! Freda aims to represent something new in this industry, both in terms of the product itself, and what we stand for. Their products contain no nasty chemicals, without compromise on protection or comfort - their tampons are made of 100% certified organic cotton and are biodegradable, hypoallergenic and free from chemicals and synthetic fibres commonly found in tampons, whilst their eco-friendly pads are made from 70% natural, renewable materials.

To learn more about Affi and Freda, please check out the links below:

Thank you for listening to this episode of This Independent Life. For more inspiring conversations, please do subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, where we have more for you to enjoy. If you liked this episode and want to help spread the word, please rate, review, and share with your community. We love seeing you share the love so feel free to tag us using @thisindependentlife.

For more information on other This Independent Life activities, or if you have any requests for who you’d like to see on the podcast in future, check out our website at www.thisindependentlife.co and subscribe to our newsletter, message us on Instagram @thisindependent and LinkedIn, or get in touch at [email protected], dms are always welcome.

Until next time, I'm Rebekah Lloyd, and you've been listening to This Independent Life.

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Rebekah Lloyd is a speaker, women's advocate, and founder of This Independent Life. She helps people to achieve personal independence in life through education across health, work and money, regardless of their background. Rebekah does away with the old training methods and puts facts, personal stories, and experience at the heart. She hosts and delivers impactful talks, workshops, events, and podcasts for both TIL and thought leading organisations, such as the University of Cambridge, General Assembly, STEMettes, and UNiDAYS. She also founded an endometriosis support group “Endo, so what?” which provides a safe space for education, connection, and real talk about the condition.

Hannah Mijovski is the founder of The Actualisation Academy, who are committed to empowering people to live purpose and value aligned lives both professionally and personally.

Hannah Mijovski is a performance and life coach who is committed to empowering people to enjoy sustainable success across all facets of one's life, including their physical, mental and spiritual health. Having worked in the fast paced world of luxury fashion PR for ten years and subsequently experiencing chronic burnout that saw her wheelchair bound, Hannah strives to offer hope for those struggling to keep all their balls in the air. This year Hannah founded The Actualisation Academy through which she works with businesses and individuals through 1:1 coaching, workshops, training and event speaking. According to Hannah it is absolutely possible to live purpose and value aligned lives both professionally and personally.

To learn more about Hannah and The Actualisation Academy, please check out the links below:

Thank you for listening to this episode of This Independent Life. For more inspiring conversations, please do subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, where we have more for you to enjoy. If you liked this episode and want to help spread the word, please rate, review, and share with your community. We love seeing you share the love so feel free to tag us using @thisindependentlife.

For more information on other This Independent Life activities, or if you have any requests for who you’d like to see on the podcast in future, check out our website at www.thisindependentlife.co and subscribe to our newsletter, message us on Instagram @thisindependent and LinkedIn, or get in touch at [email protected], dms are always welcome.

Until next time, I'm Rebekah Lloyd, and you've been listening to This Independent Life.

Rebekah Lloyd is a speaker, women's advocate, and founder of This Independent Life. She helps people to achieve personal independence in life through education across health, work and money, regardless of their background. Rebekah does away with the old training methods and puts facts, personal stories, and experience at the heart. She hosts and delivers impactful talks, workshops, events, and podcasts for both TIL and thought leading organisations, such as the University of Cambridge, General Assembly, STEMettes, and UNiDAYS. She founded an endometriosis support group “Endo, so what?” which provides a safe space for education and honest real talk about the condition.

Disclaimer: This Independent Life is not a certified health, career, or financial adviser. The content made available on This Independent Life is provided for information and educational purposes only and does not constitute advice. You are advised to consult with independent advisors for advice on your specific circumstances.

Jemma Sawyer is the founder of ILOH, the UK’s first by women, for women sexual health and wellbeing retailer. Jemma is gifting all This Independent Life listeners 20% off orders over £30 with the code 'This Independent Launch'.

ILOH is a concept store selling an edit of contemporary pleasure and menstrual products, all exclusively created by women. Championing female design innovation and empowering women is at the core of what ILOH stands for. Each item on ILOH has been curated to live in plain sight and confidently become part of everyday life. We provide a unique shame-free shopping experience so customers won’t feel that knee jerk embarrassment often associated with browsing and purchasing pleasure and menstrual products. ILOH was founded by Jemma Sawyer in November 2020. An entrepreneur with 14 years experience in Fashion Consultancy and Higher Education, she set out to explore the intersection of FemTech and female design. Attracting media coverage from Wallpaper*, WGSN, The Future Laboratory and The Outspoken Beauty podcast, Jemma is dedicated to modernising the conversation surrounding sexual wellness. In addition to the digital retail space, ILOH delivers talks, workshops and pop up events for women as they navigate their own sexual health and wellbeing at various life stages. Participants can expect a safe space and open communication of topics including sustainable menstruation, shedding the shame and rebranding sexual wellness. Clients include Curate Beauty, Sonder & Beam, Raye the Store and The Stack World.

To learn more about Jemma and ILOH, please check out the links below:

Thank you for listening to this episode of This Independent Life. For more inspiring conversations, please do subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, where we have more for you to enjoy. If you liked this episode and want to help spread the word, please rate, review, and share with your community. We love seeing you share the love so feel free to tag us using @thisindependentlife.

For more information on other This Independent Life activities, or if you have any requests for who you’d like to see on the podcast in future, check out our website at www.thisindependentlife.co and subscribe to our newsletter, message us on Instagram @thisindependent and LinkedIn, or get in touch at [email protected], dms are always welcome.

Until next time, I'm Rebekah Lloyd, and you've been listening to This Independent Life. 

Rebekah Lloyd is a speaker, women's advocate, and founder of This Independent Life. She helps people to achieve personal independence in life through education across health, work and money, regardless of their background. Rebekah does away with the old training methods and puts facts, personal stories, and experience at the heart. She hosts and delivers impactful talks, workshops, events, and podcasts for both TIL and thought leading organisations, such as the University of Cambridge, General Assembly, STEMettes, and UNiDAYS. She founded an endometriosis support group “Endo, so what?” which provides a safe space for education and honest real talk about the condition.

Disclaimer: This Independent Life is not a certified health, career, or financial adviser. The content made available on This Independent Life is provided for information and educational purposes only and does not constitute advice. You are advised to consult with independent advisors for advice on your specific circumstances.

Hey everyone, I’m Rebekah Lloyd, the founder of This Independent Life, and this is the This Independent Life podcast.

I’ll be shining a light on people working to support personal independence for all, across industries and in their own unique way.

Through inspiring conversations, storytelling, and real talk, you’ll learn how to trust the process, how to uncover and pursue your true purpose, and how to embrace your independence and thrive in This Independent Life.

Let’s jump in.

To learn more about This Independent Life, check us out here:

Website: www.thisindependentlife.co

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