We Make It Work

We Make It Work

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  • #16: Natalie Shaul | Choosing a different way to live life

    Lifestyle Coach for burnt out women focusing on their diet and lifestyle and identifying the underlying cause of burnt out. As Natalie talks through, the cause is not always what you see on the surface.

    Natalie talks about how she deals with living with an underactive thyroid and understanding how to deal with auto-immune condition through eating the right food.  

    You can find Natalie at: https://natalieshaul.com/

    Join her Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1107310136102949/

    Or follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natalie_shaul/

    (01:03) Natalie introduces herself as a lifestyle coach and who she helps.

    (02:03) Natalie shares how she helps burnt out women

    (02:18) Natalie introduces us to how her limiting beliefs was causing her stress and how by switching them to empowering beliefs, she was able to change her lifestyle drastically

    (04:15) Natalie talks about how her underactive thyroid was diagnosed.

    (06:33) Natalie explains how she used a naturopathic to enhance her diet. 

    (07:03) Natalie shares examples of her limiting beliefs and how it affected her.

    (08:43) How Natalie found her naturopathic doctor and a life coach.

    (09:11) How Natalie found Lewis Raymond Taylor

    (17:23) Natalie shares how she sets boundaries so she is not overwhelmed with work, so she and time chunk her week to be productive. 

    (22:33) How Natalie can help those who have been out of work and looking for flexible work

    (23:23) How Natalie overcome her fear of doing Facebook Lives

    (24.48) The Wheel of life

    (33:03) feelings of guilt and shame

    (37:21) Where to find Natalie Shaul

    41 min
  • #15: Kezia Hall | Pivoting from one freelance career to another

    Kezia Hall is THE Gut Goddess. She is a holistic nutritionist women helping those who are fed up of feeling bloated. She has freelanced for the last 12 years and started way before starting a family. I highly recommend listening to her story to get a different perspective, As flexible working is not just for parents. She also has her own podcast, The Gut Goddess. 

    I love her sultry Irish voice and highly recommend others to listen to her podcast.  

    To find out more about Kezia Hall, visit,  https://supernaturallyhealthy.org/ 

    Follow on Instagram: @supernaturallyhealthy, if not interested in her health therapy but for the gorgeous images she shares.  

    Listen to her weekly podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-gut-goddess-show-with-kezia-hall/id924890557 

    (00:15)Kezia introduces who she is and who she helps. 

    (00:35) How Kezia works flexibly 

    (01:48) Kezia's pivot from artist 

    (7:50) Rebuilding her network for her new career 

    (12:30) Kezia introduces her podcast “The Gut Goddess” released every Wednesday (

    14:50) We discuss whether podcasting is a good way to get clients 

    (18:00) The benefits of the Doing It For The Kids Facebook community 

    (20:25) Kezia's tip for those looking to work flexibly (24:35) Where to find Kezia Hall online 

    Kezia and I met via the Facebook Community, Doing It For the Kids, a community of freelancers who are also parents. You can find out more about the community here: https://www.facebook.com/DoingItForTheKids/

    They also have a fab podcast too:  http://www.doingitforthekids.net/diftk-podcast/

    28 min
  • #14: Camilla McGill | Path to being a potty training support for parents

    Camila is a specialist in potty training. Using gentle methods and collaborate with parents to ensure they get the support they most need.

    Thank you Camilla for sharing the vulnerabilities of being a parent, working for yourself and how technology has opened more opportunities for you to work more flexibly

    To find out more about Camilla and more on her Parent Support service, visit: https://www.myparentingsolutions.co.uk/home/For more info on the free web class she offers:   https://myparentingpartnership.com/optin-29245540

    Instagram: @myparentingsolutions

    (00:38) Introduction to Camilla McGill, who she is, and how her business, My Parenting Solutions, help parents as a Parent coach specialising in potty training.

    (04:31) How Camilla started her business helping other parents

    (08:01) Camilla talks about how technology now can be a blessing in disguise.

    (09:31) Talking about taking stock and selling her first business.

    (19:31)  Camilla shares her tip for those looking to set up their own business

    25 min
  • #13: Claire Gallagher | Dealing with digital overwhelm

    Listen to this podcast for Claire's views on the work-life blend that is flexible working and dealing with digital overwhelm. We also discuss how coaching and paying for help can help grow your business.

    Claire is a website strategist and designer from Ireland, based in France and has been working flexibly for about 10 years.

    Useful resources mentioned in the podcast:

    Make Time by Jake Knapp

    How to focus on what matters every day: https://maketime.blog/


    Sprint (also) by Jake Knapp
    A framework used a lot by Claire in her work with people. It helps to focus and make a project really flow ("I don't do in 5 days though" - Claire Gallagher, 2019). https://www.thesprintbook.com/

    For more information on Claire Gallagher, find her at: https://clairecreative.com
    Book here for a free consultation session: https://clairecreative.com/book-now/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairecreative_com/
    Facebook free support group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadsonline/

    39 min
  • #12: Grant Jennings | Running an ethical agency and promoting flexible working
    (5:30) Grant Jennings is the director & founder of Creative Blend, a specialist creative agency based in Brighton. Today, he discusses how he wanted to encourage flexible working to enrich his staff and his passion for the non profit sector that inspired him to adapt his own ethical agency practices to work with multiple local charities, providing 10 hours of free services every month.
    Hearing about Creative Blend's pro bona work was my favourite part of the conversation as I got to hear how Grant gets his staff onboard, how the charities are supported specifically, and how they fit it in with all their other work which generates revenue for them. A real challenge when trying to do something noble.
    Blog post mentioned: https://www.creative-blend.co.uk/2018/03/01/5-apps-that-make-your-work-life-easier To find out more about Creative Blend, visit:
    https://www.creative-blend.co.uk/
    and follow on Instagram @creativeblend_UK
    36 min
  • #11: Adria Tarrida | Crowdfunding expert

    Adria started off as a Brand Marketing Manager for Kimberley-Clark and now is a Crowdfundraising Consultant. 

    He talks about how he found his niche and the importance of setting yourself objectives.

    Listen to this podcast for tool suggestions to manage time

    To find out more about Adria and his work, visit https://tarrida.co.uk/

    Mentioned during the podcast: #nosmallcreator and the guy behind it is Cody Wanner. His Twitter account is https://twitter.com/codywanner

    Adria learnt about him on the Social Media Examiner podcast (highly recommended!): https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/daily-vlogging-how-to-tell-video-stories-cody-wanner/

    35 min
  • #10: Sarah Merry | A recruitment consultant's perspective on flexible working

    Sarah shares her drive to set up her own recruitment consultancy business and her passion to find the right candidates for roles and the right roles for the candidates she represents.


    Sarah gives her view on the flexible work market and company's changing attitudes as well as also sharing tips for those looking for flexible working.

    If you are interested in working with Sarah, you can find her at https://www.rockpoolrecruitment.co.uk/ or via https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmerry/

    Sarah is absolutely lovely and has offered my listeners free CV reviews, give her a call on 01306 779199

    As always, I would love to hear feedback or if you have any comments to add, please leave an audio message at: https://anchor.fm/we-make-it-work/message

    28 min
  • #9: Natalie Styles | Getting content right for LinkedIn
    Natalie Styles is a HR consultant working with charities, start ups and scale up businesses. 
    Natalie has been working flexibly for almost 3 years. In this week's episode she shares are experiences of LinkedIn and what has worked for her and hasn't.
    I have recommended Natalie to clients and they have always spoken highly of her so if you are looking for a flexible working HR consultant please do find her on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-styles-28628b32/
    As always, I would love to hear feedback or if you have any comments to add, please leave an audio message at: https://anchor.fm/we-make-it-work/message
    28 min
  • #8: Al Stevens | UX designer working remotely in France for a UK company
    Al is a UX/UI designer and works remotely for Click Travel whose HQ is based in Birmingham. They are a company of around 100 people based in Birmingham and remotely in the UK/Europe, 50 of these are in the product and engineering team.  They offer flexible working i.e. being able to define your own hours as long as the work is done.
    We discuss the challenge of being part of the team when working remotely and tools used to collaborate and work as part of a team when you are remote.
    Current vacancies can be found here: https://www.clicktravel.com/careers
    and if you want to work with Al, the vacancy can be found here: https://www.clicktravel.com/careers#job-296441
    Other interesting links:
    Squiggly Careers Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/squiggly-careers/id1202842065
    As always, I would love to hear feedback or if you have any comments to add, please leave an audio message at: https://anchor.fm/we-make-it-work/message
    21 min
  • #7: Victoria Doxat | My boobs are famous!

    (03:38) Victoria is a part-time philosophy teacher and freelance copywriter. In this episode, Victoria shares how she has used her positive attitude to shaping her flexible working week. She has some fantastic tips on how to best use LinkedIn so this podcast is worth listening to.

    Victoria speaks about going under breast reconstruction following a very rare disease necrotising fasciitis.

    You can find out more about Victoria at:

    www.victoriadoxat.com

    www.jellynightmares.com

    see show notes on: https://www.digitalseamstress.co.uk/podcast

    And you can leave voice messages for us here: https://anchor.fm/we-make-it-work/message


    37 min

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In each episode, our guests talk about how they work flexibly in hope to empower those who are looking to freelance or just starting out in freelancing.